... , :.IOT - ENERAL .E . I | OOm;H GESRA ABS: EBLIES | ESTABLISHED OHUROIT. .:Qn Monday, the moderator announced' that he hld received a communication for Dr. Woodford, .1 stmting t~m preseuitatlona to the' lib~iar'yf r copy of his edition of ?? 'Catechismo and sug4 gesting'6tpropriety of making a transcript of the minutes of the Weatminiter Assembly of Divfnesf from which le had introduiceY ...

... SAUS OUU LI SUPRNA. THE PROTEST OF, THE TRADES' UNIONS., The trades' unidns are taking a wise and proper course in denounioing the Sheffield atrocities and their perpetrators. Meetings have been held, with creditable promptitude, Which may fairly be regarded as representing the mass of trades' unionists throughout the country; and the language held at these meetings, if not invariably ...

... The fortnlghtly meeting of the watcr committee, was eld yeaterday In the councll chamber of the Town HalL. vere H.C.e Babe preidedndthe otgherf memdberspresent J.EH Wlleon, Holt, Jackson, Bairstow, and Harrisn. TEMENGINEER'S REPORT. The Engineer submitted his periodical report, from which It apjpeared that the mean rainfall for the fort. slight ended the Ilth intant was 1.263 Inches, and the ...

... ' SECOND 'EDITION'.1 LByriET]G - rH.1 TIhe Sultan -has accepted the invitationr to the clty banquet. The report is general that Lord Eloho has joined the, Government as. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 2At the Middlesex sessions, yesterday, three, of thelmen charged with robbing. dirig bhe milii .atch were sentenced each to seven years' pentil servitude. ' _ ?? ?? _ _ _ FURT1HEER RIOTS ...

... PARLIAMIE NTARY INT'ELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, JUNE 17. Their lordships met at four o'clock, when the royal assent was given by commission to the Consolidated Funds (X14,000,000) Bill, the Exchequer Bonds (£1,700,000 Bill, the Public Works Loan Bill, the Sale anid Purchase of Shares Bill, the Labouriug Classes Dwelling-houses Act (1866) Amendment Bill, the British Spirits Bill, and a ...

... 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 ...

... isorrotO ?? t. Whon is a man not a man -When he is a-bed. When is3 fowl's neck like a bell ?-When it is wrung If araeft of timber contains several million feet, how 00~lg Il it produce ? manylol P~hiligps says: The best education in the scld is thgt got by strggling for a living. A° oung lady of Montgomery, who wis recently caught 5makin a cea gave it as her reason for the act -that ...

... 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, ...

... ?? -i- --tn0I I Madame Victor -Hugo has been in Paris for the last few dayu. The Common Council of London has voted £1,600 for the entertainment of the Bglg an Riflemln. The total amount of beet sugar produced in the world is reported to be about 2,08),000 tons annually. Framces le the chief grower. On Friday last, at St. Peter's, Maidstone, the congregation ConCiSting ,f two ladls, thH ?? ...

... .7 The usual weekly Meeting of this board was held ,. yesterday, at the parish offices, High Park-street, ,; Mr. EH. S. Alpass in the chair. There were also present the Rev. Mr. Clementoon, Dr. Warke, and MVessrs. J. Hughes, Bolton, Wilson, flood Carter, Grindrod, Shields, Thomas, Cowan and Forrest o The Governor reported that the number of 'o inmates in the workhouse last week was 638; ...

... THE COMPOUND RATING - IDIFFICULTY. A deputation of persons anxious to avert the loss of parochial rates through the passing of Mr. Hodgkineon's amendment to the Reform BiU b had a conference with Mr. W. E. Gladstone on Mon.l day. After hearing an explanation of the object of the conference v Mr. GLADSTOA said he believed there were three advantages that parishes derived -from the corm. ...

... At the end of last mouth an advertisement appeared in the Glasgow Herald referring to the 9 disappearance from that oity of a young woman I resembling a tradesman's wife. The missing lady ( was described as about 24 years of age, in rather I delicate health, and the solicitude as to her where- . abouts was explained by the fact that, a few days f before, she *as said to have obtained improper ...