... Dudley and Tiptoriu Licensed Victuallera' Friendly and Protection Society. The Annual Meeting of this Association was held on the 8th inst., at the house of Mr. Councillor W. Challingsworth, Bull's Head Inn, Hall-street, Dudley, in accordance with the rules, to transact the general business of the Society and to appoint officers for the essuing year.. Mr- CoUocilIor' CNoALLeNSsVORT1e ...

... RUITUALISM AT BRIGHTON. ?? seems to havemade ?? atDIgilbt, for, according to a statement contained in a contemporary, the young people of that town ' almost to a man or woman, or rather almost to a boy or girl, are ritualists either actually or in tendellcy. Notorious as St Paul's used to be in the earlier days of the ritualistic movement, it would seem that the cpremonies at Mr Wagner's ...

... A nt published this morning, says that a large meeting was held at Circusin Madrid yesterday afternoon ; Senor Olozaga in the chair. Several the Cine 'rc delivered, urgently calling for the immediate abolition of slavery ccthe; SpL t Antilles. An immense number of persons were present, and inathe e-usasm was manifested. The Minister of Public Works and Instruc- ,rchas decreed that the ...

... The great cupola over the dome of the Holy Tomb has at last been completed, and the Governor of Palestine, as well as the general consuls of France and Russia, have signed the protocol, couched in exactly the same terms as that drawn up six years ago. There is something very strange about this simple official announcement. Accustomed though we be to omnibuses through the desert to railway ...

... IS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN DA N R? : SECOND-RATE discussions upon fundamental subjects are the peculiar product of the English long vacation. The discussions themselves are not of much value, but their general direction, the fact that they take place, and that they are regarded by the best judges as likely to interest the public at large, are by no means tunimportant as signs of the times. ...

... THE REPRESENTATION OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. The Times maintains that Sir Roundell Palmer would represent the whole constituency of Oxford better than any partisan, for he is not a partisan, but a man of singularly independent character and opinions. He has already in Parliament expressed opinions that would oppose a great, if not insuperable, bar to any official connection with the Liberal leader ...

... ?? GLADSTONE DESCENGDS TO THE GUTTER.' TO THE IDTOR OF REYNOLDB'SS WPAPZR. I SnI,-It is amusing to note the activity of the Tor 1 press, so anxious to blacken the characters of th ?? leaders; and partioularly obnoxious to then 1 seem Messrs. Gladstone, Bright, and Beales, who . striving for the rights of the people, are stigmatized al revolutionists.. The patriots of Italy and Spain are ...

... I SUSDAY, OCTOBER 18, ISM . SUNDAY'S EDITION. THE INTIlMDATION OF WOIUDmEN. The next general election will have one irn sistible effect; for, if we believe only half we a told, the demand for the ballot must be concede We have seen for generations how landlords dri their tenants to the poll like so many sheep: an in not a few instances, we ha-(e also seen er ployers exercise a certain amount ...

... 1cc fi(lelity of the Swiss to their Federal motto- One for all and all for one'-has just received forcible and disagreeable illustration. Swiss inn- 1iepe`o, postmasters, guides, and syndics, all the classes that prey on the ?? foreigner, have long cordially recognized that in their union lirs thrir strength, and accordingly they play into one another's hands with a atrching and a profitable ...

... CONJURATO DESCENDENS DACUS AB ISTRO.' OUR recent animadversion on a cettain passage of the T1mJs cofrr spondence from Berlin concerned manner rather than Iratricttserg object was the exposure of a thoughtless and foolish literary, 01of Ie displayed, rather than any examination into the truth or falsehood writer's direct statements. But it would by no means be justifiable I fac to lose the ...

... DAS EWIG.WEIBLICHE. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. fortakiels SIR,-I will not trouble you with any preliminary eXCLuIe0 ,t to dito as the subject of this letter the eternal feminine, for I have yet t cover a good reason why people, if they have anything tosay Xold write about women as often as they write about men. Tid fth amount of tiresome nonsense has been wvritten of late on ...

... . SCAS FROM THE COMO JOURNALS. [From Ft IM RACHEL's OWNW.-Tbe oastom of designating the different corps of volunteers by the names of some dis. tioguishod individuals Is about to be extended. The Inns of Court Riflis Rove long been popularly known as The Devil's Own; the S ?? Middlesex have recently received the honourable a pellation of Rachely5 Own, and are consequently entitled to ...