... SALUS POPUmI xEX SUPmMA, SUMMARY.- -, 1 1 . I In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, a large number of private bills were read a second time and referred to select committees. Mr. Leeman, one of the members foi York and a well-known solicitor, gave notice of a bill to amend the law relating to the sale and pur- ,laso of shares in banking companies. Along discussion took place on the motion ...

... EARLY CLOSING. TO THE XDITOIB OP THEZ LIV]RPOOL CEBOUY. Gentlemen,-Whoever the individual is who in your paper of this morning signs himself An Old Draper,' must certainly have written whilst under the Influenco of strong excitement, for h more intemperate effusion has scarcely ever appeared In your paper. It is a specimen of what one might expect from some garrulous old man In his dotage and ...

... LATEST AD pELEGRAPHIC NEWS coMMRIAL. LONDON, MONDAY EVBMNG. There has been a steady inquiry for several l crptbon2 of securities, although the aggregate jsess has been limited, in consequence of a tusaxiety to learn the result of to-night's 9oto, before investments or speculations to a d ga^ount are entered into. The opinion of the okchango, whatever it is worth, being purely interested one, ...

... THE SUCCESSOR OP HEAD CENTRE STEffPHENS, 'I, 11r - - a at -, ?? - i o,] rep, A ?? G flI AI ln T. - - f AF I The Now York ?? give tke following account of the snccess6r of Stepheus:- General Gleeson, the successor of Stephols, is a young Irishman, remarkable for his tall statur. Ile is about six feet six inches in height, slightly etonoed, and has just enter ed 'hi3 28th year. He was born in ...

... PO0U P 7- --DITION -- SEOKIG C;~jji0Ljl1GACCIDENT AT ?? i eld~17hue14 Hospital, Four mi r t n ien giving way of sonic ?? froniteei itaei coeoro of erection lit Scaffolding at on-e ?? the, South en we (ifthiem will not anid thu houe qjgiU A t about four o'clock locovar. The sodtt .:tttineo John Jones (aged onl Saturdlaysirr' lry i-'rid (418), St. John's- 713) (if Forie ?? (d), o~rih-road and ...

... I ,LAW SUNIMARY. (BY A LEIGAL CORRE:SPONI)ENT.)I THiE STAGE PLAY QUESTION, Says the oeliritelPs' JsTo'inl, Is about to comie before several of the Motro- politan Magistrates again. No doubt it is the proprietors of the regular theatres who find a diminution made in their profits by the performances which now take place at music halls, and that is not to be wondered at, if, as we are ...

... THE I IPSWICH NEOHNICS' INSTITUTION. ait Thle forty-secontd annual Mecting of the members of lte this institutioni was eldeh on Moodsta evening, at the ~re Lecture Hall, Tower Street. 1'txe chair was token by at Dr. Drummsond, and there was a large attentancC of ,dr tile members. nd The SrcnewA V(Mr. Huttrilla WiVatoiT), read the rp, following balaicc-se.Stt and repiort : ?? sumnif~llai of ...

... I . . CONVO CATION AND =17ALISML At the meeting of the Upper House of Con- vocation of the province of Canterbury on Wednesday, the following resolution on the subject of ritualism was unanimously adopted, it being the largest meeting Of the prelates of the southern province which has for manr years been held in convocation. H~isGrace the Archbishop of CNTcmmiuay, the presi- dent, remarked ...

... MIDLAND RAIL WA Y. I The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at Derby; Mr. W. E. HUTCHINSON in the chair. An abstract of the report and statement of ac- counts have appeared in this journal. The CaHARMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, commented on the various matters alluded to therein. He mentioned that the increase in the receipts amounted ...

... Wrift -uUt WINDSOR CASTLE, FzB. 6. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice, and suite in attend) ance, arrived at Windsor Castle yesterday at half-past five o'clock from Buckingham Palace. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses, left the Castle this morning at half-past ten o'clock for O0- borne, attended by Lady Waterpark, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, ...

... TO THE EDUO0 OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-Before parliament meets and public at. tention becomes engrossed by domestic matte.> I ask leave to draw attention for a moment to ti. affairs of China. A paragraph in the Times 0 Saturday mentions that a transport, carrying large number of supernumerary officers, is ulndl despatch to China. The gunboats at present la3: up at Hong Kong are, it is reported, ...

... TRAFFIC RECEITS. 1 Thefolowig ae te rceitsof railways for the' past week: ig ~et Mec ilesopn Reip. NAMlS. SC7188 Belfast and Northern counties- 441 19 ((1918 £170 - Belfast an(I Cetusty Down1.444. r 444 222 1902 Itertbyr . 134s 124 68237 Br755$7ndxetel ?? 29812 30353 Carkrini i tl : ?? 314 814 881 854 Cork and Batidenl ?? 20 44 256 Cork anlti Lineloiek Direct.- 23 25 284 2542 Cornwall ?? 034 ...