... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... slaosork Autralw, TUESDAY MORNTNG, MAY 21. TaEE decision of the Court of Session in the case of Addie t. the Western Bank was yester- day reversed bythe House of Lords-judgillent' having been given in ?? of the Bank-. The opinions of the Lords are reported in another column. The preamble of the bill for the amalga- iuation of the Caledonian Railway and the I Forth and Clyde Navigation ...

... I LATEST INTELLIGEu ,- ?? -.-I U.. ! (BY TELEGRAPL) THE FRENCH ARMY. Paris, Monday, April 20, The committee on the orgrniation of the ar have agreed to the demand of the Government tia the effective force of the army be fixed at 800,oo The Government have consented to the prjoel that the annnal military contingent shall bee by the Legislative Body. The Miniter of Wa, order of the Emperor, has ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, MAY 20. | The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. it The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented 15 petitions in favour of the Clerical Vestments Bill. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:-v Bodmin Railway. Bill, Ayr Water Bill, Dewsbury, Batley, and, Heokmondwik e1 WaterBill, Hampton Court Unitpld.c0 Gas Bill, and ...

... THE RFpORM BILL OOESSIONS. I I ~ ~ ~ ona 0 AT-wsr~l 8PEIALTZLIGRAW. (nom Oun s0IRMPONnDliT.) LoNDOw, MONDAY Ev£Nio.-The impression here in that the concession yielded by the ministry O0 Friday, and which~has been fully conirmnod this evening, saves the Reform Bill, and that the bill will be completed this session, It has recently undergoee so many and so important alterations, that, so far m ...

... LATEST A N IELEGRAPHIC NE WS. Sipiiqaazams says a late private letter, ,t received, leaves no doubt of the murder of Dr. 1,iingstone. *_ __ _ COMMERCIAL. LONDON, MONDAY EVn'qING. ?? have showndeoided tendencies ,avonrable reaotion; and in faot. a distinct Mcee has been established in ?? but a comr atively few securities. The certainty of peace, h.contingeUCY of cheaper money, with more con. ...

... I M IMPIRIAIJ PATILIA)IENT. ; r1. IY *; h A I' a. g i!i f1 . f i'.r Ir'- fit ; I' liv ' -Io ?? V ?? [:EArF. *F liPE PI'i'OJAAIE BILL. 'Il'iese then cent intO committee on the in- creasc of the Episcopate Bill. )rI the clause autlherising the appointment of suffr:ae Ilps, TIba E. H of Il- IlaY oplo.-selt the clause, and ob- t- Ito tire .rprin ,ftnent of sulrrage bishol,, ill ally A, te ?? Si~fl ...

... |Two troops of the 6th Dragoon Guards arrived at Cork, from (ahir, on Saturday last, to replace the 12th Lancers. MILITARY INSUECVION IS DERniY-Mlajor-Ge- n eral Conyngharle, accompiknieil by ('aptainu Xhelain, ?? inspected the detittchuneiit of the Srd Re- gimient of Buffs, stationed in Ebrinaton Barracks, en Wednesday evx-fing. The inspeution was a very critical one, and the 'ruta ...

... The Railway Commission reports the following to be the rate of railway travelling in the various countries of Europe :-In England express trains average 40 miles an hour, including stoppages; in France, 25 to 35 miles an hour; in Belgium, 29 to 35 miles an hour; in Prussia, 29 miles an hour; in Austria, 20 to 29 miles an hour; in Bavaria and along the Rhine, 24 to 32 miles an hour; in Italy, ...

... THE DIOEST OF LAW COMMISSIoN. The first report of the Digest of Law Comrcj. Lion has been laid before Her Majesty. It is divided under two heads. In the first the Commissioners state what ha to be done, as they conceive, in fulfilment of the coma.s Lion entrusted to them by the Qaeen, and secondly hoe they propose to do it. They say: - It may be proper here to advert to what has recestly been ...

... I HER MAJESTY'S TROOPSHIP | | EUPBRATES. This magnificent troopship, which has been constructed by Messrs.Laird Brothers, at Birken- head, will leave the Alfred Dock to-day (Tuesday) at one o'clock, and on Wednesday she will take her departure from the Mersey for Portsmouth. The Euphrates was undooked on the 24th Novem- ber last, and since then she has been completely fitted up by the builders ...