... A meeting of the Lancashire Preab 1tory of the Unitd ?? Church was hel yesterday, In the classroom of the Presbyterint Church, Egremont, the Rev.. W. -M. Taylor inodeatdr; and there were also present the Revs, Drs. 119Lerrow'aid Macleod, Revs: Messrs. Thompson, Scott, Howast, IGraham,'.Muir, W. B. Thomson, Grosart, Towers and'PAtterson; Messrs. J. H. Robertson W. iobertson, J. Thompson, Stiit ...

... cautoi OFENGLAND. I Io I;> c ~ i Iz L ev'ii meetaig oi wiorking men nd' ! etbevwwais ld' in the Workman's Hall, Birken.. head' for thei purposeof expresaing an opi4uo on. De ftho- iomahe practices now. behig itro4uod, ihto . the, Church of Rngland. There was t large ?? ?? i~ndatc'e. M. H' Hargreaves. oocupied the . ?? ea, The proceedinga having ?? opened with to 'p.a vr,. b:- ?? A a M wsid ...

... IMPEIAL PA:LIAMENT. ra.'HOUSE OF LO-BD. n- THURSDAY, APRIL 4. fr. :heis Ind Mpeee live o'clock. Arms L(Scotnd) Bill was ee, readasecodtffme.: T he Sgae Du Bll l read isseond of ,time, an' the sadig regrdbs having beeaL Bus- She !pended it wrent through cemittee maid wanreed lhe ea tird tie and sd. -of The Cnii;ntigsBill paedthrth corn WV. ?? lordship adiourned at52D p.m. fr. let XHOUSE OF ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIO. j ,;Wsieekaotal. Hu17-yes~ otL. Jijistol sue. Bxqt~a. 7018 8709 84001 2331408 81001 14 1 Caledoalan ?? . ?? S01828 82483 308402807842 8r Oainbrlan . . ?? 1 ?? 2131 28D72 28683 130 ,OoiknlB - ?? 1,8l - 0 1802 21823 I21778 88 485 430 8568 5106 3o 80.0620,.'. ?? 272 9 841if ?? &Bewlfsat Juno. 1337 1436 *19312 18414 83 Dublin ?? ..1009 1818 18 21 2183M 1 5 Dub. SW'klow a I). SN. ...

... I ' HOUSE Oi0F LORDS. in iF RIDAY, APR.t 12. eg Their lordships nmet at four o'clock a | Th ' ROYAL ASSENT. Is The Roiyal assent was given by commission to, they Canada Railway Loan Bill, the Criminal i Lunatdcs BaU, the Shippig Looal Dues Bill, the. Mutiny Bill and a num esr of private bills. The Royai Oommissioners, were the Lord Chan- cellor, the Earl of Devon, and the Earl of teanker- . . ...

... I FAT4 COIFLICT WITH ITHE .. 1 FENIANS. I [ - . N. IS The Cork correspondent of the Star gives the a following partioulars of this affaii' ,E Only meagre details have reached us of a rather e Wexciting indident arising out of the recent Fenian 'h disturbancee,'which had at first a great chance of a - being megnified bvr popular report into a re'newal- Le of the insurrection.': In my former ...

... TOICORRESPONDENTS. . We cannot undertake to return ?? of which we do not avail ourselves. ?? seould always be legibly written In Ink, and on ese 8ide of.the papsr only; length Increazeo the difficulty of flinding Wce for them. Whatever in intended for Insertion ut bh authenticated by the name and addrem of the writermnot necessarily for publlcatlen, but as a guarantee of his good faith, ...

... ~'I-OCAL BILL- 1; ?? Ill A!C.OAL 8ILtLS IN-PARLIAMiE C . ?? our' owon PRoj*retr; a..) ~ke*Olt Hireu fi ,T-HE MEBt 13dK.N HRO'; This hill 4ainal~:MU 66ief6 the select oomnilttes of hO Htouso e.CosMmb11 ibthl moning, -thea l ght Hofi.t s ,J. Goscherr, elnairmin. . The, further. eunslderatlon of . j i -heasure, the prosnble ' of. *'5hch ws Lpofved,- 1 tpos no:.d by the comMIttee' oqnMonay. int ...

... ? ., - ? . - S. : i .,.f ? : u .,??Lool - 14 -1, ;!M ?? ?? F. ?? OC ?? 3'Thp zathematIlol, scholarship -at :Gonvillle and ?? Cdllcge, Camabrildge, has-been. awjrdecpto ?? Hi Bradbunry,~ of Liverpool 5Jollege..,.-. A.WOaNaiHVOL, OCNARiT. Mr Warburton,' farmer,,of PoultooimSitl near: febiugtou,, hasw anar. 'possessing, the rare gift of whistin t' tui .w1hc he has heard, played ~ocoiasiogauy ...

... I WATER OOMMI-flT I b: The fortnightly meeting of tbis held yeaterday in the couni cb Ha11E L M: Beloe presided, and the otbea t p resewere Messm BarryJa, e . hie5 o Rliether Melladew, Rae, , .e4, q Rigby, H1L Wilson, and Hasi,4t' eB4Z, THE ENGINEERs REPpOR The Engineer in his peridicj The mean rainfall of aU the re for the last fortnight has been 1ie depths of water in the several - d % ...

... . DEDUOID FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THE LIVERPOOL OBSEWVATORY. : Latitnde, 53 24' N. 'Longitude, 3°-4'W. - BARoMETsn. TaxPnnArciR;; Day. - _ ' : April. Inch. Inch. Inch.5 Dog. Deg. Deg. Dog. hlonday I 80.40 .80.27 80,848 67.8. 48.8 58.3 45. 4 Tuceday 2 80.28 g0.14 80.202 54.6 42.0 48.7 48.1 Wedneo,: S 80.82 30.08 8.248 61.1 44.7 47.9 40,0 -Thur a.. 4 80.0 290.08 20,808! 5.11 48.0 47.6 45.38 ...

... T - : X L V : I C M: M TE E: i : 1 . . -'WATER C MMI;TE. - The usual fortnaghtly inieeting fotho water com- mnittee vas held yesterday in. the 0o0uncil chamber ef.tbe ...