... LIFE ATi SHEZFELD. * The Sheffield bra nch of the 4rades union inquiry is making in iportant additions to our knowledge of£ aociet, v and industrial life An England. Notthat t ?? is much of absolute novelty in the revels %tions whick are. daily, elicited by the; Sheffi 31d commissioners;. for: the main featuwes ( if trade. -uxionism as dewloped in thataingu lar towiphadlong ben' matter of ...

... I - I I I IMPlERIAIA PALIttlAMENTJ. I mx7 TBLZ+3APEI HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. The Speaker took the chair at ttelve o'clock. EXCESSES OF THE TURKS IN.AANDIA. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition complaining of the excesses committed by the Turks in the island of Candia, and praying the house to inter- pose its moral weight with the Turkish authorities to mitigate the evils complained of. ...

... BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN LIVERPOOL: TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. In 'the week ending last Saturday 3410 births and.2076 deaths were registered in ten large ofties and'boroughs of England, includingLondon. The births *ere 181 and the deaths 486 below the average weekly numbers in the ten years 1851-6D, corrected for increase of population to the middle of this year. The deaths showed a decrease of 257 upon ...

... I n Yesterday being Whit-Monday, there was as g usual a large influx of visitors to Liverpool. The ). weather, fortunately, was all that could be desired, and throughout the day the sun shone brilliantly, T, thus affording every inducement for holiday. makers. The public throughfares and the usual y resorts of sightseers, more especially the landing- ., stages, were crowded with visitors, all ...

... PRUIBRMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Atherton, Rev. 0. J., BA., to Incumbenoy of at. Diys' Fensnett, Staffordshire. Bliss, Rev. W. H., M A., to, a minor canonry in St. George'sjOhapel, Windsor. Barter, Rev. T., M.A., to ber officiating minister of St. Lawrence, Revesby, Llncolnehire. Grippe, Rev. W. It., M;A., to- uracy of Lenton. Farm r, Rev. J., B.A., to- curacy of Babworth, near East Retford. ...

... THE COMPOUND R RATING DIFlFICUTmY. I A deputation of persona anxious to avert the loss of Varoohial rates through the passing of Mr. HodgknslonJamendment to the Reform Bil} had a conference with Mr. W. B. Gladstone on Mon day. After hearlng an explanation of the object of the conference, Mr. GLADSTOiE said he believed there were three advantages that parishes derived from the com.. pounding ...

... SERIOUS - A&CCIDENT W IN A IBUOMA CATHOLIC C1TAP91& ?? ~ ~ I On Sunday,, coneiderable excitement wae oreated Iin Belfast in consequence of the falling in of part of the gkound floor in St.VPatrick's RomanuCatholic Chapel, flonegall-street. Shoftly after the occur-i rence the runnours which wares float in. differeut parts of thq town were of the most alarming characteri In some districts it was ...

... NOTES IN - PARLIAMENT ;T, ] LoXDoN, TUESDAY MOBRINGL. i It would be difficult, even if it were possible, to condense into one letter of ordinary length the I aThr94 ?? ?f iutoet ptefen.; by the proceedings of last nlghts Parliamuent. It I I were to attempt in any detailed order to relate the circumstances of importance, to sketch the scenes and incidents, or, to make abstracts of or comments ...

... EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCr OF A WIFE. At the end of last mouth an advertisement appeared in the Glsgow Herald referring to the disippearance from that city of a young woman resbmbling a tradesman's wife. The missing lady was described es about 24 years of age, in rather delicate health, and the solicitude as to her where- abouts was explained by the fact that, a few days before, she.was.said to ...

... THE RELEASE OF MR. JEFFERSON DAVIS:. I n mu T .t I. -- -- -- & -t __ . ._ . r Ia I r With the release of the ?? of the defunct Southern Confederacy may be said to end the history of that dreadful struggle which for so many weary years engaged the attention of the world. The people of the United States have long since ceased to regard their prisoner with fear or to anticipate danger from his ...

... ?? ?? RUA ploUld. I WEITS11NTIIZ VISITORS TO THE SALFORD MusEraI,-The numbers have been for this week:- Monday, 10,260; Tnelay, 10,120; Wednesday, 8,240; 7hursday, 9,860; Friday, 15,200; total, 53,680. The mumbers were, on the same days in 1866, 48,100; In 1865, 4g,300, in 184, 37,420; in 1863, 41,200. THE SIMULTANBEOUS SMALL-IBORP CONTEST.-The official return of the second contest in this ...

... I I HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JUNE 3. Their lordships met at five o'olock THE CAVALRY BARRACKS AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE. Lord REDESDALE asked if the cost of ulling dozrn the cavalry barrvcka at Knightsbridge and of rihildfhg thihr barracks to replace , would be defrayed by the persons who would benefit 6 their removal. The present barracks were he said, admirably fitted for the purposes for which they ...