... The committee for promoting the working men s ex- cursion to Paris are desirous that some practical good should result from the visit, and have, therefore, pro- posed that a fund should be set apart for the purpose of awarding prizes to those excursionists who furnish the oest essays and reports on the subject of their visit. A selection of these is to be published in order that subscribers to ...

... Whilst speaking on the Irish Habeas Corpus Suspension Act last night Mr. Bernal Osborne described a few of the trite formula by which successive governments prescribe for the condition of Ireland. He said that the Irish Chief Secretary always brings in a bill for the preservation of salmon, of which twenty have been brought in; a Peace Preservation Act, of which twenty-six have been brought in ...

... l1,PERIAL PARLIAMENT. BoUSlE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Tieir lordsldPS met at five o'clock. THE FENIAN SENTENCES. T lFFoRO presented a petition from Glasnevin, h ?? lilit praying forthe remlission of thle ,1aidbur et i el the Fenian prisonors. The pe- epl , Lch isively signed by members of the De- (,ion : w who had all been ready to support !,ace lIritie. in the late disturbances ; and he ehl- ahe aur ...

... IWINDOW GARDENING FOR THE WORKItNG CLASSES. I ' . . . I .. .. . - . I On Friday a meeting in connection with the win- dow gardening movement was held. The secre- tary read the report of the sub-committee, which recommnended that the following prizes should be given at the show to be holden in the Park on Saturday, July 13th :--Class A. £1, given by the Mayor of Hull, and Ss Gd adjded by the ...

... THE PRESBYTERIANS AND Tfll. VENT SCHOOLS. Lord Nus, in the name of his Governce ., refused to accept the programme of improve,,t and modifications in the national system of eductU i bequeathed to him for adeption by his predece,.os X the Irish Office. The Ulster Asembly hse b triumph-itb protests and its deputtionshavewok tho desired effect-ita tockig at the gat b been heard-and great is ...

... MONDAY was the great night of the session. Important things have been said and done since the opening of the present Parliament, and the future of the population of the United Kingdum has been materially influenced reeither for good or for evil. But progress has ir hitherto been limited to carrying out old. mn principles; even the compound householder Is is not a novelty 9 and if the question ...

... ^j?oi;tiw) Jntctligencij. THE Sporting Gazette says there is no truth whatever in the report that Van Amburgh has been purchased by Mr. Chaplin.—Mr. H. Coventry' horses will shortly he trained by Dover, at Ilsh:y,and the t'5,0 '0 match between Lord Lyon and Viriilis will, in all probability, fall through. The Duke of Hamilton has purchased Coniberton, (Jams, and King Allred from Colonel Knox, ...

... HENCEFORTH no one will doubt the valuable properties of I)ul5ariy's hedth-iestoring Revalenta Arabica Inva ills'and Infants' FOLd, to the thousands of blessings it has already received from Invalids whose position had b en deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, wh'se health has been perfectly restored by it after Unity yeaisof nn-nccessfu medical tieatment We quote from ...

... THE festival service on behalf of the Sons of the Clergy which took place last week under the dome of St. Paul's may justly be regarded as showing in the most favourable light what is the present position of music in the English Church. Looking at the dignity of the occasion, at the place where the service was held, and at the celebrity of the choirs which took part in it, we are bound to ...

... NORTHUMBERLAND CENTRALI RAILWAY. The following circular and accompanying resolu- tions have been handed to us for publication:- Hepple. Rothbury, 8th May, 1867.-D'ear Sir,-I have the honour to forward to you a copy of the reso- lutions agreed to at a meeting held at Rothbury on the 30th of April last;* and, in accordance therewith, beg leave to urge the great importance to Coquetdsle of the ...

... The Rill to amend the Inw of master and servant bears the short title of the Employer and Employed 'ontract of Service Act, 18r.ï. It provides that if a master or ser- vant shall refuse to fulfil any contract of service entered into between them, the party feeling aggrieved shall re- ceive compensation for any loss sustained through the breach or non-performance of the contract on having ...

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