... IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE WORKS I . . COMMITTE. A meeting of the members of the Works Commnittee h of the Local Board of Health was held at the Town- v hall on Friday, Mr. W. F. Chapalun in the chair.-- c TeAC G&rtaity to thbe Board's SIeemyor. -Aldermaln 1 Witty, on the reading of the minutes of the sub-corn mittee, alluded to the West District drainage, and t observed that the question with ...

... - ' `FTHE-WIMBLEDON M,'FTINWG. 1- I Saturday.' The. China Cup- Soj0wrset, 283 Stafford, 2SI. Martin's Challenge C0ap-Private .Drewitb, 13th Surrey, 19; Ensign Holmes, 17thNorthumberland, 18. Alexatidra, 6000yaris- Private Black, Victoria, 19; Sergeant Parker, 2ad Surrey, o8- Aggregate score-Alexaflila, Sergeant Norsworthy, 23rd Middlesex, 53; Private Kings. 1 mall, 4th Surrey, 52. Volley-2nd ...

... IATEST &HIPPING. READINGS OF THE BAROMETER. Wedneedry, July 1S.-Four p.m., 29.87; Midnight, 29.87 Thursday, July ?? p.m., 29.90; MidnIght, 29.82 Friday, July 17.-Four p.m., 30.02; Mldnighlt 30.02 ARRIVED. JvLY 17. Arletsdes ?? Mac0io Golconda ?? QuebecCookatoo . ?? Africa Ter (es) ?? Cadiz OFF THE PORT. Rebecca (as). SAILED. JULY 17. h Martha ?? Wyborg Susan Hendry, ?? hildnigbt.-Wlindvarablo, ...

... INOVA SCOTIA AND GREAT I ~ BRITAIN. MLy JL ^ 1XI . The Nova Scotian delegates sailed from Liver- pool on Saturday. Before leaving they drew up a protest against the decision of the House of Commons refusing an investigation into the air- cumetances connected with the union of the pro- vince with the Canadian Confederation. Whe writera say that as the decision may affect the loyalty of the ...

... IMPiRIAL P.ItAtMEINN F: HOUSE OF ULORS. .MTUE8DAY, JULY 2. AE - dt Ii.j at five o'clock, Thei 10~hii m. . Sir Robert Napier a~nd After. at vtot of (thek T pcheinc -c the Afftssiaitt expeditionA 1flo n onc tion wfth -which ate given elsewhere) hs4 been Rhi'Ishrea(Sca1land) BI.11e was brought up,~ And agreed to, THE BOUNDARIEt% 2rILI.-EXTRAS ORDINARY WkNE The hose8 then went into tov 'nittee ...

... MiE PWXNCEOF WALES' DINNER - AT CHESTER.- WAS THE COOK PAID? In the Chester county court an aotion has been brought by Constant de Moor, a. French cook, to recover £3 for the services of his wie at the Queeh HoteL-Mr. Cartwright, for the defendant, said the company should have been sued, but Mrs. Porter was willing to have the case tried upin its ?? witness said that her husband, at the ...

... I WEAMTER REPORT. SATURDAY, JULY 11, EIGHT O'CLOCK AM. B1. W1. _ iW . _D. W. R .3. Natrn. 802781 450 w, 1~ 1N3.A1 b 1 AberdeeD . . 80 29 bi 64 8. 1 2 D1.S.D. lb _. Lecith .. a 8'2b (Id 67 E.N.R. I 2 Y., o ith~eolds ?? aO8 b liz 68 8.11 2 2. Hi cm 2 Suarboo 2 Go . 6 .S.8. I 1 M. . O 1 v armouth.. bO 20 0 I G .E.1 4 U NE e ..8 Sk45der Culhaven .. .. .. Skrodesnis.s. Ardrosau 028 8 ° r F.8 I4.E. ...

... We cannot ?? we do tot avail ourselves. Communications ebould alwqa bo legibly written in tn, and on ens elde o Me paperonsV *e ngth increases the difficulty of inding pace for hem whatever Is Intended for Insertion nunit be authenticated by the unao and addrens of the writer, noat n ?? publication, but as a gwmnee ef Isis goodl al a tters not otherwise noliced have bee pssed for insertion, ...

... , -FOR I kws. I , SERIOUS iDIFICIJLTY BETWEEN ENGLAND 4 PORUCGAL. The Portuguese 16utlalstate that, by order of the Gioveruiv of Sierra Lbeone, an English almed foreo landed fromn her Majesty's gunboat Pandora, at Colonia, on the Rio'Grande, inl Guinea, and eut down the Portuguese flag, suibstituting the flag of Great Britain, and taking prisoners the Portugutese guard. It is said that two war ...

... LAUNCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN.| I. CLIPPER THEOPH.EANE.. Another vessel has just been added to the number of the Australian clippers connected with this port, several of which have even obtained a wvorld-widle reputation for their sailing qualities. wr.latutd-wiad re repu .hue hdhe, Thea-. phane, belonging to Messs. Joseph heap and 6-Sons, of this town, who have for some time been extensively ...

... KING THEODORES SON. Dejatch Alamaio (meaning, in English, has seei the world) is the legitimate heir of the late Emperor Theodore. Immediately after the capture (A Magdala, Dejatch Al maio waa with his mother brought into the British camp. This queen, by name Terru Wark (puregold), was the daughter of Ras Oobie, the former Prince of Tig'rd, and, on her father's defeat and capture by Theodore ...

... ECHOES FROM THE BLACK ] COUNTRY. iProies O eu r piif. No. 24. The notice of a reduction in the wages of tll E ast Worcestershire colliers, given a fortnighlt ago, ex- pires to-day, but all probability of a disturbance has fortunately been removed by the announcement made by larl Dudley and other large proprietors of a cor- respon(ling reduction in the price of coal. This prompt decision has ...