... IMPERIAIL PARLIAMENT IDY TEUGILAPH.1 HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, MARCH 12. Their lordships met at five o'clock. On the motion of the Earl of AIRTIE, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the operation of the law of hypothec in Scotland. The Marquis of CLANRICARDI laid on the table a bill for the amendment of the bankruptcy law of Ireland, which was read a first time. Their lordships ...

... WoOLF v. Ko'rni.-A case came on for hearing at the county court, before Sergeant Wheeler, Q. C., which involved a somewhat curious quetiou I as to the legality of obtaining a wife through the agency of what may be termed a 'marriage . hroker. Abraham Woolf, Dickinrs n-street, out- fitter and tobacconist, was the plaintiff, and Heinrich Kothe, licensed victualler, Pitt-:itreet, the defendant. ...

... Mr. James Greenwood, the amateur casnal,' who .Qetntly exposed the flagitious frauds por- petratedb' makers of so-called life-buoys,which instead of i.Jng constructed of cork, are astuffea with bay, straw,. and other rubbish useless for purposes of flotation, recurs to the subject in a Fletteraddressed to lke Star, ?? writes- Diligent inquiry has enabled oe to gather some sort of healing ...

... I I The fortnightly meeting of this board was h-311d yesterday, in the boardroom at the parish offices, Browfniow-hill. Mr. Churchwarden Satchell pre. sided, and the other members present were Mr. Cburchwflrdefl Turner, Messrs. Jennings, Scott, Syerr, Glover Owen, Hughes, Oritchley, Byrom, B. Roberts, MIartin, Peck, Blackledge Hand,' Knight, T. Smith, Aitken, Coupland, h3orafall, J. P. 0. ...

... TO COR=USPONDENTS. We cannot undertako to return communicatlion of ?? we do not nvailloureolvea. Comnmunications should always be legibly written in ink and on onse side of the paper only; length increases the difisculty of finding space for them. Whatever Is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee ...

... IlTE NEW AMERICAN GABINET. I The Cabinet selected by President Grant will probably be received by the people of the United States with more surprise than dissatisfaction. With one exception, it consists not only of entirely new men, but of men who have been hitherto unconnected with official life, The Secretary of State's is the most distin. guisbed name in the list. Mr. Elihu B. Wash- burns ...

... | NEGLECTED CHILDREN OF | OUR TOWNS. It has been our duty on many occasions to notice discussions in Parliament concern- ing popular education, but we can remember none so full of practical purpose as that which Mr. Melly brought on last Friday. The House of Commons is at length coming to a definite understanding of the objects really desired by those earnest and persever- ing social reformers ...

... A deputation, comprising Mr. Broqklehurst, MW ., Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. Sidehottom, MLP., Mr. Tipping M.P., Mr. Chadwick, M.P., Mr. E. C. Egerton, M.P., Mr. Wil- broham Egerton, M.P., Lord Grosvenor, Mr. Leigh, M.P., Mr. Davenport, M.P., Mr. Laird, M.P., and other gentlemen, represent. inR the corporations and unions of Stockport, Macclesfield, Congletonu and Vreatbury, the Cheshire ...

... HUDSON VM4uBS ANDl TE1 I =HUISON'S S1,KY fiThz- - The imagknation is niaturally dxcited bT the idea o'1 a &meeting of oimmeroial gentle-- men and, joint-stock shareholders in London sn1 (libel, ?? disc.61ing the transfer of half a continent to as though it were the sale of a private it 'estate. It is really a transaction which ismit be determined by the ordinary consi- ca derations of business ...

... LAW8, OF. NATURALISATION ~ 'AND ALLEGIANCE The royal commissioners appointed to idnquir into the laws of naturaliation and allegiance h issued their report, which isigned by the whol of the commissioners, viz., the Marl of Clarendon, Mr. Cardwell, Sir Robert Phillimore. Mr. W. I. Forster, Baron Bramwell Sir Travers Twis, Sir .1. B. Kerslake Sir Roundell Palmer Mr. Vernon Harcourt, and htr. ...

... I3IRMIN'GRAM ASSAY OFFICE. (SECON\D ARI-CLEm) t S Although assaying, as at present practised, is a com- f paratively modern art, depending on chemical laws of 's qnite recent discovery, it is probable that the practice of f testing gold and silver werk, for the plupose of determining F its purity, is nearly co-eval with the use of alloys, or, in t other words, with the emsployrent of the ...

... THlE DRAINAGE OF TIPTON BASIN. Wel have ?? to know that arrangements are being nmnde for a temporary undtrtaking between the chief colliery propritors interested in the drainage of the Tipton basih, by which those pumps shall be kept in opera- tirn a brief while, till a more definite and comprehensive soheme can be established. Perhaps 40 cohicry proprie- tore sed ?? are largeiy interested in ...