... ,ONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANr- On Wednesday, the general ?? meeting 01 proprietors was held at the bank premises, Lothbury. .Mr. Chapman ina the chair. The following report was read:- The directors have to report that-after making provision for all bad and doubtful debts-paying the income-tax-setting apart 2,0001. towards frhe onild- ings of the bank, and presenting a gratuity of 10 per cent. ...

... ' -EXBv~lN ATION OF THE rRISONFIRS MOt THE CLMRENIWZLL OUTRAGE- *The further examination of the prisoners charged with murder and treason-felony, and supposed to be implicated in the outrage committed at Clerkenwell orison, was held before Sir Thomas Henry, at the Glow street police-court, on Monday. The first prisoners placed at the bar were William Desmond, !Fimothlu DegmoncZ, Nicholas ...

... UV3S FROM THE JOURNAL OFOUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS. These leaves from the Queen's Journal will be read Waith intense interest by all classes of her Majesty's ,ubjeots. Their greatcharm consists inthis: that they 'aesoribe a simple home life, passed by the greatest lady in the land, in a nation the pride of which is that the home intiuences are deep rooted. There is in this revelation of the ...

... DISTURBANCE IN A CITY (atICH. I ?? _ ?? 7Af1 Yesterday, Xr. Charles Pembti'iec' Ijeagstoe, 01 jI, lIusssllvillas, Dalaton,'leather agent, appeared at the Mlansion-house poliee-codrt, to answer a sum- mons taken out against him by the Rev. John hlea- dows Rodwell, M.A., rector of Sb. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate, charging him with Y'iotous, violent, and indecent behaviour in that church on Sunday ...

... EX'TRAOPDINAI'Y CASE OF POISONING. On Mlonrdryevening, Dri. ir;nkosterresumed anim- p7?ertant inquiry at t~he Dur;ar-castle, Seven Sisters- Iroad, Upper olloway, relative to the death of John ?? ilty-rirree years, who was found, after | poisoned, su spen dedl by the neck to a beamn in a ! atablejadjeining his resilence, at 27, Durham-road. Tire coronlerread over tbre evidence taken at the last ...

... THE SUNDAY OF RICH AND POOR To Tim BDnrTro.-Sir,-Your eorrespondent of last week has, I think, done good service in placing before the public, through your eolunmns. an insight of the Sunday as passed by royalty, culled from her Majesty's book. The Sunday of the rich, we of the league have long known to be passed very differently to the way it is sought to be imposed upon! the poor. Still, it ...

... THE PUBLIC HEALTIL From the weekly return of the registrar-general we learn that in the week that ended on Saturday, January 18th, 4,515 births and 3,436 deaths were re- gistered in London aud in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mor- talitywas 28 per 1,U00 persons living, The annual rate of mortality last week was 27 per 1,000 in London, 23 in. Edinburgh, ...

... -- . - -- GFNBRAL NT.EWS i EPIONDOFFORBIGN ANDGNRA I 'fivf wnmenl in R.ansas fought a duel recentl y, and, . .1 one was shat dead. The cause of the quarrel was ?? Chinese in Sanl Franc~isco is about to sand the Chineoe beggars in that city back to their native land.e o Tan cattle plague has broken out in the states of Delaware. SNOW , INa TmE TyitsL.'Leattce front the Tyrol mention that ...

... CITY, THuRSDAY FvsEiwc,-There wasabetterifeel- ing in ?? and foreign markets on Mlonday, and but for a further upward movement in wheat the. tendency tovards a return of confidence would perhaps have been more distinctly observable. The report on the Caledon'ian saiway, from Its favourable character as to the condition ofathe line and its rolling stock, coapled with the fact that, even taling ...

... THE FEMAN CO13PIRACX. COMMITTAL OF AN IRISH LEADER The divisional magistrate at Dublin ?? T. S. Dix) attended on Thursday at Kilmainham gaol for the purpose of conducting the investigation into the case of Ferguson- aas Patrick Lennon, who was arrested in Dublin on the 5th inet, on suspicion of being the man who led the attacking party on Step- aside and GClenoullen police-barracks, on the ...

... TBE SPECIAL CONSTABLE MOVBSENT. The number of special constables who had re- speeoded to, the call of the government up to Thurs- day was, in the city and metropolitan districts, no iess than 46,201. From country towns 38,535 have been returned as having been sworn in, so that the grand total as reported is thus increased to nearly 85,00k. There can, however, bh little doubt that the real ...

... jKNWjL' EXPLOSION RELIEF FUND- FIRST RpOYlTb~FTH~E CO:qM1TTK9. O(n Friday, 10th Deeen~ber, 1167,0occrredin~ller'kSnwell that tervifflo and fathi explosion which, from the cause that produced it, anld the -consequences if; brought forth,, has becomO appallillogly historic in tile annals of Ihlsgand. The following ia a brief epitome of the results inflicted on the immediate neighibourhood:- ...