... Xc ?? twelve (.'lok the usual iaoathiy rsriqor tihe m,nemibrs Of this socItY was Held :P. theu La'i)oeJtulv, Viper Arthur Sitreet'--oNs S ?? SNCO~l (liii(,Vs.. ?? JiPt, in the chair. Thiier erstoi also pieseiit:-IRev. Joseph BrIndshaws, J. P., Newtown'tirIls; Fitzherbert Fil- gate, E~l,q ?? fi llsbxoroo~!; And1rew Cowan, I itir,, Es1 , J.1. , Parkainaur; J ohn. Preston, 1` 8(1 ?? 1. 1 Tie,. ...

... Y .FFENIAID. id YMDDYGIAD STEPHE1N'S WASA AT El ' Yid GRAGYDDWLADW YR. r ,ida er Bair bymag.ydyntyr abertba n a wnued~gan lawer o d rif Wyddelod ydalr symmnudiad F nfeniaidd, m e'n hoIlo|1 d 3S amlwg~oddi vrth yr hyn sydil wedi digwydd elisoes r i na by' i'r r bai a fiont:yngyrbwynwyr y symmudeiad r m- wneyd:ond yehydig tang at ?? y r hai sydd m ewn, helbul yu bresennol. ' Ir- Ar un adeg, ...

... }mpcriaJ ,ariament. In the HOUSE OF LORDS, On MONDAY, the Earl oft KImnaLxv presented a petition from the Corporation of Dublin, praying the Government to purchase the Irish Railways, and stated that in his opinion the subject was one which was deserving of the consideration of the Government. The Earl of D)EnnY admitted the importance of the question, and said the Government had received a ...

... REPORT ON THE OAKS COLLIERY EXPLOSION- Tie report made by Mr Blackwell to the Secretary of State has been presented to Parliament. He observes that there was a naked light, a patent safety lamp, allowed to remain with the gauze off at Thompson's box-bole, where it was used fbr relighting the colliers' lamps. Neither Mr Woodhouse, who was responsible for the underground working and ventilation ...

... THE COnBRAX CASE. To the Editor of the Glasgow Herald. Sir,-My attention has been called to a corre- spondence which appeared in an Edinburgh paper, last week, between the Rev. Mr Robertson of Greenock and the Procurator. In speacing on the case in the General Assembly, the Procurator had said that the Preabytery allowed page after page of trash in regard to the quality of the dis- courses to ...

... The Manchester Courier says :-About twenty-one years ago, in the rural parish of Sandiford, which lies between Penkridge and Brewood, in the county of Stafford, resided a maiden named Susan Simister, She was of the humbler walk of life, and not above receiving the attentions of Robert Tomkinson, fol. lowing the then comparatively new occupation of a platelayer upon the Grand Junction Line, and ...

... 'WRBST OF SCOTLAND ErIFLE ASSOCIATION. The rife meetings of .8I@'were inaugurated yes- terday with that under the auspices of the West of Scotland Rifle Association at Irvine. This, the sixth meeting of the aociation, bids fair to prove as successful as any of its predecessors, if not more so. The aggregate of prizes offered is over £1100, and the whole entries already exceed those of last ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENJE. .Z bUzUTEBRS TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. TEE GATHERING OF THE CROWNED HEADS. Paris, June 5. The Patr ie of this evening discredits the reported death of the Emperor Maximilian, and says that, according to telegraphic advices received in Paris, he was still alive on the 20th of May. The gala representation at the opera yesterday was very brilliant. Three thrones were erected, on ...

... THE Weather AND THE CROPS.—A gentleman who has been travelling in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Monmouth- shire, speaks most encouragingly of the hay crops. Mowing has begun in many places, and the grass falls heavdr III many plac ...

... The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held on Saturday last at the Board Room of the Union Work- house, E. W. David, Esq., chairman, presiding. After the usual minutes of the preceding meeting had been read by Mr. Stephenson the recently appointed Clerk of the Board, The Chairman stated that he had received a com- munication from Miss Jenner, complaining of a nuisance at Wenvoe which she ...

... Lord Vane will shortly proceed to St. Petersburg to invest the Emperor of Russia with the Order of the Garter. DEATH OF THE ARCHDEACON OF CARLISLE.— The Venerable Archdeacon of Carlisle expired on Satur- day evening last, at half-past six, after a long illness. The late archdeacon was formerly one of the assistant masters at Harrow, and until his promotion to the archdeaconry of Carlisle was ...

... The Public Ledger is in many ways one of the most remarkable and successful papers in America, and was first issued in 1838. It was started by three working printers, who gathered together all the money they had in the world, and found they had barely §5,000 to devote to the enterprise. It was an experiment, for they were without influential friends or support, and started their paper as a ...