... THE SUNDAY LIQUOR TRAFPIC. A public meeting, held in consequence of a numerously signied requisition to the Lord Mayer, tools place in the Guildhall', yesterd~ay, to consider the best measn of stopping the sale of intoxicating liquors en Sunday. There war, a very large attendance. The LoRD MABOR who presided, and who was 1udly cheered in passing through the hall, said he occupied his present ...

... (FROM oUR OwN ooaassarOsNIr.) str FLORENCE, FEB. 28. - It is as yet too soon to attempt to form any ba] opinion as to the probable complexion of the new of ;chamber. And the scattered fragments of elec- res I tioneering news with which the papers and the thE minds of the politicians are filled would have FPh little interest for readers on the northern side of affi the Alps. Two facts, however, ...

... Ie TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. LT SIR,-Allow me, through your columnrs, to thank r Sir Charles Trevelyan, for the most able and exhaustive. ,o letters I have ever read on our present army system of . promotion. it For more than five-and-twenty years I have upheld )f promotion by purchase ; not that I did not see many ;e evils in it, but because I saw no way out of it, and Le balancing ...

... TEA EGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. I (BRoUTR'S TELUGEU) THE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT. BERLIN, FEB. 28; In to-day's sitting of the North German Parlia- ment the verification of the elections was proceeded with. Herr Lasker drew attention to what he I stated'to be illegal conduct on the part of some 1X government officials who had superintended the 5 elections in certain military electoral districts. ...

... ?? I' : Eat t u . WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCi 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by the Duchess of iiot. burghe. Her Majesty, attended by the Lady in Waiting, took a drive this morning. The Prince and Princess Christian went out walkingi Princess Louise also walked out, attended by the II,,. Flora ...

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... TU135DAY, FEs 2B Notice of Adjudication and First Meetings of Creditors. Bankrupts to surrender at the Bankruptcy court, London. BAN upTs.-W.D. AUlan, Laurel-villa, LowerEdmoutont -E. Ashbee, Albany-street Regent's-park, granite mer- clant-G. Ballard, Highgate, licensed victuaater-W. Blanchllower, Palgrave, Suffolk, dealer-P. Captleton, Tot- tenhann, mason-A. Colebrook, Leeds, near Maidstone, ...

... 01 HOUSE OF LORDS.-TuESDAY, MARCIE W . f. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack St at 5 o'clock. PETITION. 01 The Bishop of PETERDOROUGH, on behalf of the ol Bishop of W~inchester, presented a petition from the is clergymen, chullrchvwnrd'eni, and inhabitants of the consoli- u dated chapeiry of All Saints, Fleet, against the sale ofi spirituous liquors on Sunday. t MARRIAGES ...

... K - 1 (FROMr OUB SPROUL COOREVONDET.) WIOME, Ps. 24. Yesterday afternoon, at 3.30, the great bell of the Capitol tolling for the occasion, the Senator and Conservatores del Popolo Romano, in their yellow and red robes of state, went forth from their palace on the Campidoglio, and proceeded to open the Carnival with the customary formalities. In the Piazza di Ara Coeli, at the foot of the broad ...

... NEW EDUC0TION IfUMT. The following minute by the Lords of the Com- a mittee of Council for Education was adopted on the l 20th of Februa3y last:- ?? lordships, having considered-1. The present i ratio of teachers to scholars in the elementary I day schools under inspection, and the state of in- struction in such schools, as shown by the result of the exaninations under article 48 of the code, ...

... oRIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. [B 1TRIS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOOR THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY [TgE ~~~CORRESPONDENTS.] Csarles Mtatews and the Webb Committee. TO THE EDITOR OF TIlE ERA. ?? a gentleman finds he has been led into a mistake, ad has committed an injustice towards his friend he is only too to cknewledge his error, and express his regret. But when PP~,a gentienieitorm themselves into a ...

... TI.IaB ,3114*010 V. oliff of W5. 4A TUbDAY, LIRAlA IH 2. ?? position of the Reform question is still un- 1 defined. The Government leavo spent a fortnight in doing nothing except mystifying the country. They gave Parlihuent fourteoen days to) refloct, hut without fmnishing any subjectfir reflection, atnd now at the end of the timlo the sulojoct Qu1 'which it onght to hyve been rolefctirg is ...