... it itRIFLE SHOOTING COMTHTITION.an 0 2b~~~T tile k9osTOR, o the DAILY Peer. 1 a Sir, -Will you plsleace corrort the statement made In f, 1. your l~aper of today as to my being the donor of the vary lift has d uoooeerrn ai vase. no it shlouldl have been- BD P~1rteetiaod by Mr. H1, Cernfortb, per Mr. LFulford? b to ?? &am, youra truly, Bs id Birminghaul, October 23, 1807. 0. FULFOIIO. II re _ _ ...

... LABOUR REGULATION AND FACTORY AOTS EXTENSION. On Wednesday next, the lot proximo, two Acts of Par- liawent connected together will take eff ect. The first, on the extension of the Factory Acts, was passed on the 16th of August, and the second, for regulating the hours of labour for children, young persons, and women employed in workshops, was passed a few days afterwards. The Fae. tory Act is ...

... THE FENIAN FUNERAL DEMON. STRITION. oD knit. ?? [Fromt oir .L-ndorU CerreOponilent,] SUNDAY, 2 p.m, In accordance with tbe announoemont made by the diseppointed deputatlon to Windsor, who sought to havo an interview with her Majesty, to procurothe pardon of the condemned Fenilans at Manchester, a meeting waS held this morning upon CUorkoanwoll Grcen, prior to walitcng In procosion to Hydo ...

... BIRMINGHAM LYING IN EOSP ETAL, ANNUAL GENEr.AL MEETING, YESTERDAY. The twenty-fifth amnual general meoting of the govern. r snod subscribors of the Lyingin Hospital was heldl citerlay, at noon, at the Board ioorM of the institution, Vrcad S~rcot. Mr. Thomas Lloyd presided, in the un- etiablo ?? of the Mayor, and there were present the .p5°c, . Wikinsou and Charles Clarke, Counillor G. c Llo°y ...

... THE PU13LIC hEALTh, The following Is the Reglstrar Gencral's weekly return -In the week that ended on Saturday, Nov. 2nd, 4,116 births, and 2 777 death, were registered In London and in 12 other large towns of the United lingdom, The annual rate of mortality was '23 per 1,000 persons living, The an. nual rate of mortality last week wtis 20 per 1,00t in London, 20 In Edinburgh, and 24 In Dublin ...

... A meeting of the Birmingham committee took place yesterday morning, In tile Committee Room of the Town Hall, which had ben Ikindly granted for that purpose by tihe Mayor. The Rev. Dr. Wilkinson was called to the eblir; and thero were present the Rev. Samuel Bach, Mosors. Timothy Kenricir, J, A, Cooper, W. Barl, Jacob Phillips, W. S. Harding, H. W. Tyndall, and G. J. Johnson (hon, sec.). ...

... PARLIAMENT, SATURDA.Y. HOUSE OF LORDS. The House of Lords met at twelve o'clock, and the Royal assent was given by commission to various bills, af ter which their Lordsheip adjourned until Thursday, the 13th of February. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Speaker took the chair at ten minutes after twelve, and shortly afterwards the Usher of the Black Rod sum- menod the members of the Upper House to hear ...

... ,(FROM TR!AITS ANZD STORIES OF THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE, BY THE REV. CHARLES ROGERS, LIiD., ?? A young farmer, of Cumnock. Ayreshire, con- sidered that the daughter of a neighbour at Auchin- leck would suit him as a wife. Having made up his mind, he made proposals to the fair one without the usual preliminaries. The young lady's reply. was, Deed, Jamie, I'll tak' ye, but ye mann gie my dues ...

... I SPEXi.AL Ai'ECT!IG OP t'ii a0WX I I - .. - COUNCIL. I ~ii ~i~dy g seial meeting of the Town Council menianc wag ?? at the ' own-hall, for the purpose of ?? an aldermfan in~ the place of the late Mr. Win. Hodge was sure The Mayor ?? Roberts) occupied the chair, aort ELECTION~ OIVA NE5W i-LDER5LAN1 IN THE PLACE OF ndt sufci THY, LATE MR.* HODUE. Mrd . VC. The MAYOR having read the notice ...

... j r: l PARIS, August ?? Paris papers re- gard the positioD of affairs in Spain as extremely serious. The Efiogue says that amongst the per- soos arrested was Senior Madoz, the Lx-Minister. PARIS, 20th Augnst.-The Patrie of this evening states that the Spanish plot prepared at Brussels has completely failed, and the insurgent bands in Catalania have been dispersed. They are expected to retire ...

... A remarkable article under this title appears in the current number of Tinsley's Magazine. The editor remarks that there is no doubt of the bona 9des of the contribution; it is written by an American Fenian, and explains, from authentic sources, the wishes, hopes, and machinations of the Brotherhood. It is, Aideed, a striking sign of the progress of freedom that an editor should now-a- days ...

... TOWN COUNCIL MzEETItG. DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN TH-l COUNCIL. b' CHAMBER.C( A special meeting of the Coujncil was held at the c Town-hail yesterday, the Mayor in the chair. GRATUITY TO lit. rAPE. The MAYOR read a letter from -Mr. Pape, asking the Council to grant him a gratuity in consideration of his r extra services which he had rendered as assistant- or muveyor, a report of which he had ...