... I WATE I !MMLTE.' The fortnightll meeting of W ?? e wssw6 held! yesterday, in the council' dhanier (f I th! ToWn Hall. Mr. I. 0. ;Boloe poeside;,.Aandhthe, other members present we1re iMesrsr.4 J Hou, Holt Fletchor, W. Williaims' aie, lMinmeit Rigby,iBairstow,; and Melly ?? 'r THE:MARGARBT.S1TRET.XT .: The baths committee brought'upthe plaps foF the completioi df the. Margaretja treet Baths, ...

... THE KEY OF THE RITUALISTIC CONFTROVERSY| _ ?? (From the PaU Mdlt Gdz&eU6) If you do not like a sermon or a book there is Le always The easy resource of rot listening to the one and not reading the other. With prayers aid ceremonies it is s altogether different. The question then is whose taste is - to beconsulted if the clergy and the-congregation differ? i, This will gradually be seen to ...

... THE SOOTCH BURGHS. A 11t ?? . - , .. ?? ' -. , .. .. ' ?? ' : ?? :.tlli-rliiot: ,~~si BlIi4 Ji O A i ?? Th. following shown the proposed - t'~tfibiab~zr~~, the re-arrange- Is situatedjtheipopn ationin 1881, ?? of the prinedgm~at: - : - : - \ - :ppiM'4atlb'z''' 'tha ie 6t pid~ ~d ,e Mah ji L - ?? ?? ; ?? z..Fou Chcracteroi- ?? ?? -ia.Dovnt.i, .Sum 5JpopulatX-ion! Falkirkr .. ;.Stirling. 9,030 ...

... MIEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. A general meeting of the magistrates of the l county of Middlesex was held yesterday at the Sessions- house, ClerkenweDllgreen; Mr. HEaY POWNALL in the chair, and there was a very full attendance of magistrates. On the presentation of the report of the committee of accounts and general purposes, MrL Kemshead took occa- sion to draw the attientoion of she ...

... By a friendly conference, occupying but four days, questions have been arranged which, a few weeks ago, it was feared would involve two of the great European 9 Powers in a deadly struggle of months, or, perhaps, r years. The representatives of the respective Govern 1 ments sat for the last time on Monday, and (it ap- pears from the. Ministerial statements made that ' evening) signed a treaty ...

... MILITARY PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENS. I - I' - = , a. E V I a, -WAR OIICN,; PALL-MALL MAY It~ 12th Regiment of T,a cers.-Lieut. Edward Albert Pole to be Capt., id by purcbase. vice Wilbahn Blackler, who retires; CorneL George Ar. thur Thomrpaa0l to be Lieut., by purclase, vice Pole. .4tI Husecra-COapt, Robert Chadwick to be Major, by purchase, ' vice lrow, 1romoted half-pay Lieut.-Colonel by ...

... In a new publication called Echoes from the Clubs, an old story of a fracas in the lobby of the House of Commons is retold, with certain particulars which were not published at the time. The world outside is. now given to understand that traitor and scoundrel were the exact epithets applied by one honourable member to another, and further learns that a gallant general, to whom the noble ...

... SUMMARY OF THIS MORNINGS NEWS. According to a Paris telegram published this morning, the Commission on the Reorganization of the Army has not concurred with all the proposals of the Government, especially with that for the annual voting of the contingent. The Commnission desired that the vote for the contingent should be in the form of a special bill, and not a paragraph in the budget. It also ...

... (From the Mfedical Tiens nd Gazette.) There is no doubt that cattle plague has again made its appearance iii London. It was statedin the House of Cronsmons on Monday week that cows had recently died of the disease at Limehouse, and that 39 had been killed. On Thusrsday last a fresh case appeared in the shed of Mr Rance, at Islington. We have been able to obtain some infosruation about the ...

... I (By Telegraph.) HOUSE OF LORDS, Y5nI IA. Their Lordsbips met at five o'clock. INCREASE OF THE EPISOOPATE. The House went into committee on the Increase of the Episcopate Bill. On the clause authorising the appointment of saffraggan bishops, The Earl of DERBY opposed the Clause, and objected to the appointment of suifragan bishops altogether. After some discussion, and without any result ...

... I TEIB REV. JAMES TAYLOR BROWN, eldest son of the late Mr. Alderman Brown, of this town, and at present incumbent of Neyland Church, Suffolk, has accepted the ineumbency of Holy Trinity Church, in this town, in place of the Rev. F. Langhorne, lately deceased. VOLUNTEER INTELIGciuaE.-The members of our local artillery corps will parade at their depot, St. Wilfrid. street, in undress uniform, ...

... I TIE OLD CASTLE OF I j .. LIVERPOOL. I' In Thursday's Me'rcury reference was made to the'diioovery of a portion of the moat which sur. 1ounded the castle that formerly occupied the site bf .St. 'Gorge' Church. The following extract Irbi a lecture delivered some years ago by' Mr. filoton, on Anienert Liverpool, give. in a con- form all the information which is known reol. 'tn's to the ...