... LATEST NEWSO 1fLEUTXER'S TELEGRAM8.1I SPAIN. X&ADRItD, JANUARY 31. The Epoca of to-day says:- The idea of entrasting a Directory with the highest authority of the State has bean unanimously agreed upon. Several names aro being put forward for ihis office. This has been accepted as the dofinitive form of Government after opening the Cortes. lt is, in fact, a sanction of the principle of a ...

... [Prom ostr own Beport i. The trial of this petition was continued yesterday morn- ing. Mr. Baron Martin took his seat at ton o'clock. As c before, Mr. Huddleston, Q.O., with Mr. Clarke, appeared for the petitioner, and Serjeent Sargood, with the Hon. 1:. C. Leigh and Mr. Fallon, for the sitting member. The Court was crowded and as on the previous day, large numbers remained outsize the Court, ...

... There are few prettier sights. and of sounds still fewer, than those which constitute the stal)le attractions of the annual Children's Festival, or review night of the school choirs of this town and neighbourhood. An array of per- formers, beside which even the great host of our triennial Musical Festivals sink into insignificance; a Hall crowded to its utmost limits with attestivo and sympa- ...

... TOWN'S MEETING AT COVENTRY. Last evening a town's meeting was hold In the Corn Exchangeq Coventry, on the requisition of some 17o inhabitants, to consid r the propriety of representing to Government that the French Commercial Treaty, now about to expire, should not be renewed except on terms of perfect equality as regards the duty on all menufaecturod goods. The Mayor (Mr. J. Gulson) presided, ...

... It is not of tenl that a4 gooti ideat is so promptly recognised and so handsomely rewarded ase in the ease of these cont- certs. Too often a long line of failures is needed to form the fousidation of a solid success ; andi the discoverer, in- ventor, or originator who, has enriched his species with a new pleasure, or an added power, after experieneing only loss, misconstruction, and ...

... The annual meoting of the Governors of the Birming- ?? General Dispensary was held yesterday morning, at the ?? and Chickens Hotel, Now Street; Mr. J. H. i Nettlefold presiding. The gentlemen present were Messrs. T. W. lIlslceoay, S. Aston, J. it Turner, Joseph Chamber. lain, Mlicihael Davis, Docking, B. Thompson, G. B. Lloyd, V. B3olton, J. J. Horton, and V. 11. Deykirn The following reports ...

... The first Loyal levee of the season will be marked by a curious incident. A number of Irish Mayors, headed by the Lord Mayor of DUBLIN, will present to the QUEEN, through the Lord-in-Waiting, a petition, signed by upwards of 100,000 persons, in favour of the release of the Fenian prisoners. As the petitioners are about to ask an act of grace, they resolved that they should approach the QuBEN ...

... TAMWORTTI ELECTION PETITION. [By/ our Own1 PvseT021'. I TAMWORtTti, F&rl17oy 'Tie ease of tile t~sonlentq, ylr Robert l'esl amlt Sir ?? Buirier, wass commenced this morning. Tlhe hall wirs rsgril Coussnel for the petitionoire, Serjeant Baitautinx anti Mr. Henury Jaesum; for Sir Roebert 1'oel, Mr. iiaraitege Cliffardj, Q.C., and Mr. Meerauraarn for Sir Itunhry BIlvier', Mrt. Kesuce, QX., Mr. ...

... A working men's meeting, to consider the present unsatisfactory state of the liquor traffic, was hold it, the Temperance Hall, Temple Street, last evening. Mr. P. H. Dfuntz, M.P., presided. There were on the platform the 1Rev. J. D. Alford, Messrs. J. B. Boyce, James H awley, MicKenzie, Bennett, Derrington, Morewcather, Osborne, D eeley, Wilde, Brambley, Halam, &A. The CHAIRMAN said he was ...

... The Cheltenham election inquiry terminated yester- day. Mr. Baron MARTiN declared Mr. SAIMUELSON to have been duly elected, and condemned the petitioner to pay the costs. The mnunal rate of mortality last week was 27 per 1,000 in London, 33 in Edinburgh, and 31 in Dablin; 34 in Bristol, 22 in Birmingham, 31 in Liverpool, 31 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 26 in Sheffield, 28 in Bradford, 26 in ...

... The week opened with a wet and boisterous day. Some heavy rains had fallen early on Monday morning, and sharp showers fell at intervals throughout the day. Wind, S.W. ; thermometer tip to 54 degrees at midday, and barometer very low, down to 2910 inches. Tuesday was a finer day-cooler, with no rain. Wheat-thrashing has I been interrupted by the recent damp state of the atmo- I sphere. Our ...

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