... LOCA L I - ._ OIL T1 NNV rpm L , T - ,, ?? I UPENrNGOF0 THt NgFWTo seen from the report of tii T ?? -. meeting last Thursday t roed 511b declined the. invitation to hat theen p ?? \V1 Preston Town Hall and thtehe pgi l~ in addition to the other festivitiee e th5re has, Inese areview of the volunteers fe there ees Pacjs ?? has also bes iniedt e rw5 t pti answer has been reeieef-nt,~ 0 but e ...

... The National Reform Union held a great meeting on Saturday evening in St. James's Hall. Mr. Samuel Morley presided; and with him on the platform were Mr. Mill, MP., Mr. Gilpin, M.P., Col. Dlckson, andDr. Brewer. The Chairman opened the proceedings by explaining that this meeting was advertised before the government decided to accept the principle of Mr. Hodgklnson's amendment- before, indeed, ...

... Further correspondence appeared in the London journals on Monday morning between the Bishop of Salisbury and his recalcitrant clergy on the subject of his lordship's recent charge. The Bishop, having re- ceived an indignant protest against the doctrines asserted by him, replies that, having asked for a patient and dutiful consideration of his views, he did not expect that they would have been ...

... An inquiry has been held in London by Dr. Lan- kester at University College Hospital, relative to the death of Florence Lennox, aged nine, while under the influence of chloroform, administered for the purpose of performing an operation on the eye for the cure of squinting. Sarah Lennox, widow of a gardener, of Burling-on-tlie-IIill, Okeham, Rutlandshire, identified the body of her daughter, ...

... It will be seen from our Parliamentary intelligence that the Government have decided to recommend her Majesty to commute the sentence upon Burke, the Fenian, whose execution was fixed for last Wednesday, the 29th. Public feeling was being strongly manifested in favour of this step not only in Ireland, but in Lon- don and the provinces. A large annual gathering of Quakers from all parts of the ...

... RITUALISM. The following reply from his Grace the Archbishop of York has been received in answer to a memorial, adopted and numerously signed at a public meeting recently held at Birkenhead, by lay members of the Church of England, to protest against the practices and innovations of the Ritualists :— (Copy.) Bishopthorpe, York, May 15. Gentlemen,—I have to thank you sincerely for the memo- ...

... Kits. LONDON CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. Arrivals last week were unusually small. With a very short supply of wheat this morning, especially from Kent and Essex, factors held at Is. to 2s. more, this being a re- covery of last Monday's decline, though a return to genial weather caused a languid trade. Foreign sold freely, espe- cially Russian sorts, at an improvement of Is., though the market closed ...

... DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT.—This entertainment will come off on Friday week, June Till. Tickets are going rapidly, and a full honse is confidently predicted. HAY.—On Saturday last, the first crop of hay mown this year in this district, was that on the ground in front of the Union Workhouse. HORD'S THEATRE—This theatre continues to be very fairly supported. Several interesting dramas have already ...

... WENVOE. On Sunday week a funeral sermon on the late Rev. Alfred Jenner, the respected rector of this parish, was preached by the Rev. J. Evans, at this church. The Dying Christian was beautifully sung by the chcir, under the leadership of Mr. T. Richards; and several other suitable anthems. The first treble was sung by the Misses Miller, of the Wenvoe Arms, Jane Williams and Catherine ...

... THE TOWN MISSION AXD THE INFIRMARY.—We are requested to sta'e that the Town Mission only applied for permission to see the sick in the Cardiff Infirmary one hour per week, and not every day as stated in our second edition last week. LORD BUTE AT OXFORD.—The Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, has been receiving company last week at the College Lodge. The Bishop of Bangor and family have been ...

... - A report received from her Majesty's Ambassaidor and Consuls respecting the condition of the Christians in Turkey has been issued. It includes 28 despatches from consuls and vice-consuls and one from Lord Lyons. This communication is dated the 6th inst., and is as follows-. My Lord,-[n execution of the instruction conveyed to me by yourloidship's despatch of the 7th of March, I addressed, as ...

... LATEST AM E TELEGRIPH31IC NEWS. COMMERCIAL. LONDON, FRIDAy EvaiNwq. The rapid accumnlation of resources is now pro. ducing a daily observable effect. The amount of money in the hands of the public is astonishing; and as for the present the principal attention in given to the funds, a further rise has been estab- lished As am instance of the change within the last four days, It may be mentioned ...