... AT THE PLAY. To the EDITOR Of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-I am writing a series of private letters on matters of political economy to a working man in Newcastle, without objecting to his printing them, but writing just as I should if they were for his own eye only. I necessarily take copies of them for reference, and the one I sent him last Monday seems to me not unlikely to interest some of ...

... TEE nigger-prior among men and things in his right to the epithet-has longbeen known as the typically irrepressible being. Irrepressible, too, is the Eastern question. Irrepressible are the nibbling rabbits of Heligoland. Greatly irrepressible are Messrs. Whalley and Darby Griffith. Most irrepressible of all is Dr. Cumming. But none of these-no, not the famous vial-conjuror, nor the oppressive ...

... PARTI BEIE-^'t HOU13 F~QZOON8.-kY DAt- I StpplyeommIQee; Wnys,.ed Meana-committee; Trades IUnions Sill-thitd readiug Assoeiatlons of Workmea Bill- second reVodlg; Land Coatracti '(Irelsnd) Bill-second reading. ?? 2 1 :1 .;rZiOTICES OF'MOTLON&. 2B R Isa,-w e::0 dief Secretary. for Ircland wvhetber It is the atent ion o0 government to repommgnd t*hat oomsen ap- tlonehas31 h bten'to the dounty ...

... [From the Court Journal. People are speculating about the approaching fashionable season. There are some few things which way be predicted of it with certainty. In the first place, if politics go on smoothly, it will not be a short season, or interfered with materially by the Paris Exhibition. It is calculated that it will be •I une before all the treasures are fully displayed in Paris, which ...

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... IMPE4RIAL PARLIAMENT. I HOUSE OF LORDS.-THUBSDAY, FEB. 28. The LORD CHANCEULOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from the com- mittee of the Church Institution, praying that the prove- sions be School Sites Act might be extended to the in- stitu o ideelargeeheit of. ohrohyards. The Earl of LONGFORD presented a petition from the inhabitants of ...

... ROYAL NATIOHA-LLFZEBOAT INSTITUTION. - ; 1 -I I The Prince of Wales presided over the annual 'moetin- of thissciety, heldyersterdayin the Egyptian- ihall at the Mansion-hotse. The announcement that' his oyal: highness would, take the chair 'attracted a nit- -neroai audience withii, and large crowdswithout, from both of whom the r6yal jarty ieceived a warm welcone. -A preliminary annoatcement ...

... DISTRJ CT INTVLLIGENCE. : | BEVERLEY. CHURCH: INSTITUTE.T-The premises in Toll Gavel, which embrace reading, chess, :and smoke-rooms, were opened to the members on Monday last. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson have been appointed the keepers of the institute. ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.-O1 Monday even- ing, whilst a goods train for Driffield was passing over the centre points, near the Beverley iron ...

... If we are not mistaken there are reasons why the following spirited critique on the designs of the New Law Courts, now being exhibited and attracting a good deal of attention in London, should be read with double interest by our readers. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUILDING NEWS. SIB,—A few brief comments, by one who is no stranger to the art, upon the designs for the proposed new Law Courts may be ...

... I ,-ACCID.N O K E EY. We regret having to announce that Mrs. blackey, the amiable wife of Alderman J. W. Mackey, our respected ex-LorE Mayor, met with a serious accident ?? nightatthe Castle. It appears that the lady, who had come to be present at the vicere al drabvingroorn, while stepping from her carriage the horses moved and caused her to slip, when, we regret to say, that her leg was ...

... T1 HE ARMY IN THE COLONIES. Ie - - - Den The discussion on this subject in the yet House of Commons on Tuesday was very bed interesting, if not very satisfactory. The an, difficulty of raising troops, the enormous cost, kind nd the necessity for distributing them all 'over l's. the world, and the increase in the armies of ar- European nations, are items which make a Significant total. One ...

... LQCAL 1NTLI -QE-- - - I LO4CAL I NTE LGENCE.E he Amoigst those present at the meeting of the Ininiet~erial Pss'y, called by Lord flerbyn ody we notice the names of Sir Henry Edwards, Christo- ces pher Sykes, Esq., and James Lowther, Esq. ?? THE INsUIM CCY OF ST. JAlt8's-During the 9At day or two a rumour has been current in the town .TT that the Rev. J. W. Hunt, incumubent of St. James's n ...