... RETROSPECT OF GOODWOOD, AND ANTIMPATIONS OF RIPON, BRIGHTON, AND LEWES MEETINGS. hii, The gathiering this week In the Duke of Richmond's n pork failed in carrying out the wishes of the sporting t publie,wbo usually this time of the year make aforninghtly h~ trip, to the Queen of watering placese, the fields for the I usinol pal events, the Stakes and Cup, being made up of an nu,,ifftrent ...

... ANNUAL M~EETING. The annual meeting of the virminghiam and Midland Re6form League wee held yesterday evening At tile Odd Fellows' Hail. Mr. J. Baldwin, the prsidlont. wae ino tho chair, erid there wast a good Attendance, of mombece. The CHIAO5IRAN, in opening the Proceedings, expressed his -belief that the League bad renderea a great deal'of service to ite co0ntry. (Hear, llear.) Doting the ...

... [BY ILECTRnic TELEGRAPlwL Last evening a crowded meeting was held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, under the auspices of the National Reform Union of the Northern Reform League, for the purpose of protesting against the Lords' Amendments to the Government Reform Bili. Mr. Geo. Wilson presided- Resolutions were passed unanimously, strongly con demning the several features in the Lords ...

... I TiTE REFORM i BILL AS A:MENDED IN THE LORDS. The Representation of 'the People Bill has now passed through committee in the House of Lords, and has been reprinted. The alterations made In the bill arc considerable in number, and some are very important. It may be convenient, in view of the discussjoxs which are sure to arise out of these alterations, to give an account of the bill in its ...

... I.EM]RIAL. PAILI T. TH RE.FORM BILL, .On.tbe mution for the. tiri .rem of the Repreen .tion of, the People6's 110, ' VIMS'WOATHL protested e Feverpal of 'he d iecision of, their 1or0ahips with respect to' the' lodger f6anchise, .wh . Oai his decided -conviehiop t wa fiwxed at4r t ?? a figure.. The noble lord' also ' p sed 'h4 ,, ' - that A pkeponderance of politicai. o f the artlsaiu who ...

... UNITED FREE METHODIST CI1URCHEs. The annual assembly of the above churches commenced its sittings on Wednesday in Lever. street Chapel, Meanohester. For several days previously the connexlonal committee have held sittings preparing business and especily that in- volved in the exmination of 25 young men who have completed their four years' probation- Of the 25 examined, five have not Passedb ...

... - LBY TELEGRAPH.] The Queen will hold a council at Osborne to. morrow. The report of the Marriage Law Commission will not be ready till next session. The Morning Star says the military training o° e Metropolitan police is to be extended to battalion ?? The artillery compcittion at Shoeburyness yes- terday was prematurely brought to a close for the day, the West Yorkshire having fairly knocked ...

... OYMEEND, GURNEY AND CO. The arguments in the two appeal cases before the Lords were completed yesterday. Their lordshipi said that they should take time to considor their judgment. THE REFORM UNION. The National IReform Union will hold a fourth great Reform meeting on Wednesday evening next, to protest against the amendments of the House of Lords respecting the lodger franchise, voting papers, ...

... SPEEOC DAY AT WOODBRDGE GRANNAR SCHOOL. The annuail speech tiny at this school previous to thle sutmmler recalls, took phice On Wednesday anst. Thle presentation of prizes, its in thle Previous year, took place in thle school roofil, and there wus au good attendance of residents in thle town isnd neigh- flourbood, and relaitives and friends of the boys. The roons was i'ery nea~atly decorated ...

... -total Z1itiquar(an eati)etg.mpo ?? , - I n.- I (Fromt sundry Old Books.) ANECDOTE OF COLLINS TlE POET. Collins the Poet was educated at Winchester; he came off first on the roll for New College in 1740, and was after- wards elected a Demy of Magdalen College. Several friends were assembled at his rooms one afternoon at a tea visit, when in comes a certain member of the University, as re- ...

... WEDNESDAY. Nearly the whole of the sitting in the House of Commons was taken up by the debate on Mr. Fawcett's Bin for the Education of Agricultural ChIldren, which came on for second reading. The hon. gentleman showed that at present children were taken away from school too early, either through the avarice, the ignorance, or the poverty of the parents, and against all these motives he ...

... CARDIFF BOARD OF HEALTH. This Board met on Friday, July 20, present the Mayor in the chair, Alderman Pride, and Councillors Ingledew, Whiffen, Jones. Flint, Elliott, P Bird, Todd, Harvey, Wins one, Bowen, J. Bird, Jenkins and Spencer. The collector for St. John's reported collected during the month, and still due. In St. Mary's £1,2;)\ had had been collected, and £-1,674 was still outstanding. ...