... TH-JE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE DOCK TRUST. IT is an unspeakable relief to all who Cale more for the prosperity of the port than for mere paltry personal triumph, that at 1lst there is a fair chance of the Bill for a bock Trust being tried upon its merits. We thlke it that the vote of the Town Counoil on Tuesday last was a decisive one. Indeed if the Mayor had chosen to exercise the powers given ...

... THE news from Jamaica is up to the 10th instant. It had been hoped that on that day the labours of the Commission of Inquiry would close, but the witnesses still unexamined would, it was thought, occupy the greater part of the next fortnight. More than 420 witnesses had been heard in Spanish Town. Mr. Gurney examined 150 more in five days' sitting at Bath, Morant Bay, and Manchioneal; and it ...

... TEE REFORAI QUESTION. PUBLIC MEETING AT HANLEY. A public meeting, called by tho Mayor, in complianca vith a .reqlilitlon signed by 710 persons, wee held o01 Wcdresday evon- tog In thie large hall of thie Meclianics t laaritution, Hanlaey, for tbe conbideration of the Government ?? Bill. The seats hald been removed, and the hall wag densely crowded by a staerding audience, composed chiefly of ...

... ,zlrnSrgSrI A-lt. 4 WEDNESD&Y, APRIL 4. N9esemane, H., fileminbhars, perfumer, drst mecting ?? 12l FRIDAY, APRIL 0. Morgan an, aAdams, Ross and Hereford, bankers. new choice of assigaces ?? ANOTIIRR TESTIMONIAL IN FAVOUR OF DR. LOCOCK'S PUL.MoNeIC WArsits-From J. W. F. CounselU, bookseller, Ross. ?? hear them highly spoken of by aU who us3 them. I have fomnd them excellent in conghs myself. ...

... THIE PRUDENCE OF PASSING A REFORM BILL. Some prominence was given in the Times of Tuesday to a letter signed H. (generally supposed to be the initial of Mr. Vernon Harcourt, the Historicus of the American war), advocating, on prudential grounds, the passing of the Roform Bill of the Government. H1. writes:- What I venture to think the public interest really demands is that the question ot ...

... an W iraies Riogues do not appear to appreciate what has ave- been called the eternal duty ofosilence.I Germ- E both lity is their weakness, and frequently proves their ii n56 u~n. By foolish boastilig, kiiaves often expose the c strataigems they adp iocrry on their nefarious II very practices ; an the'recaln. 'be little doubt that the Ia rears. inajorit of robberies would remain ...

... LfauR m's TrELEGAM.]. PRUSSIA AND THE FEDERAL DIET. VISEyA, Araxa 10, EVrENrU. According to the Presse of this evening, the Prussian propositions, in addition to the question of the Duchies, also treat of the reform of the Federal military organisation. Prussia asks that t the contingents of the Northern States of Germany should be under her leadership, while those of the Southern States ...

... PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE WVAGES of JOURNEYMEN HOUSE CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. )r Last evening a meeting of the journe men house o carpenters and joiners Was held in the Concert , Ha l, Lord Nelson-street, for the consideration of e a proposed advance in their wages, and other ,d matters, 'The hall was crowded, many of the d audience being compelled to stand. Mr. George d E. Leeves occupied the ...

... 13BAII-WEEKLYZ SUMMARY. .- j I a DOMESTIC. it is stated that an annuity of £3000 'wilI be proposed for the. Princess Mary of (am- £ bridge On her marriage with the Prince of f Teck. X In the House of Lords, on 'Tuesday, the a qualification for Offices Abolition Bifl was read 'n i second time, the Earl -of :Derby abstaining t from offering any opposition in consequence tV of the action of ...

... SALS i'OPUL LA SUPrgA U MMARY. DOMESTIC. assent I given SI A Cabinet Council will be held to-morrow. her enti in the Hoseo of Lords, last evening the meut, ii Parliamentary Oaths Amendment Bill passed and aml6 through committee, the Government agreeing common So a proviso, moved by Lord Chelmsford, Since t declaring the supremacy of the Crown. The militar Cattle, &c., Contagious Diseases Bill ...

... I IL ., JLL AL.A.LTJ. L.Li .L Ad [IsT .[EcGIH.JCi el HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, APRIL 19. a Their lordships met at five o'clock. r( THE OATHS BILL. On the motion of Earl RUSSELL, the house r went into committee on the Parliamentary Oaths P Amendment Bill. ir Theo Marquis of BATH objected to the bill, on 01 the ground that it nunoristianised Parliamnent and Ti allowed Jews to take their seats ...

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