... REPORT ON ABSESSMENT. S The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the assessment and collection of poor rates-and other looal taxes in England and Wales have made their report. The conclusions at which the committee have arrived are expressed in the following resolutions:- That everylocal authority entitled toraise any money by means of local rates should make arequisition on the over- ...

... II TORRY i5M ESTATE. I NO 1.-STATEMENT of the net aennal loss to be sustained in the event of the Estate c)f Torry Farm being acquired, at the purcheac p ice of £336500 based on its present agricultnrial value, and showing (1) t s aunnual loss onitho purchese, .ossousiIeg that the cost of the proposed Bridge across the liver Des anol time accesses to and from same will fall on the Town of ...

... ?? I The Annual Meeting of this Club was held at Newmarket on Wednes- day last. Present-The Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Newcastle, lion. Admiral Rous, Stewards ; Count Batthyany, Afr Batson, Lord Calthorpe, Mr Chaplin, Mr W. S. Crawford, Lord Durham, Colonel Forester, Sir Joseph Hawley, Sir F. Johnson, Captain D. Lane, Sir C. Legard, Colonel Lowther, Lord George Manners, Mr Payne, Mr Saville ...

... BANQUR@k JR Pi1(fOG1I4A-1LJ.' A grand court banquet was 'Ven last night St T.ishmongers' bnll, Prieo Warden tC aldo62o0 .in. the 'chair. The guess ineluded:-H'SH. ?? his Grace the ArchbIshop of Canterbury, the Barl of Dubile Lord George Gordon Leanox, l.P, Lord ' Altrrdd :Charchdill, Visoouat Stratford do Redcliffe, Viscount' En. field, M,P., Lord Lawrence, the Bishop of Chester, Sir W. Erle,' ...

... IMPERI JAL PARLTAMENT. [BY TELEGRAMPH] HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTEErAY. t Tsiart lordships met at five o'clock. a ?? PER. Lord ,AvWEXfeCE tock the oathb and his seat on L being crea-bed a peer. The noble lord Was intro- b duced by the Duke of Argyll and Lord Chelmsford.I THE EOCLESLAST[CAL COURTS BILL a The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the second r reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, He com.r ...

... SEDGLEY N AILERiS AND THE VICAR. ro 4te EDITOR of ihe DAULY POST. Sir,-A letter, with the above heading, appeared in your Saturday's paper, which letter emanated from the Vicwr of Sedglcy. That epistle was avowedly written on account of a. remark made by me respecting the clergy and not for the purpose of throwing light upon the condition of the iuailers, which subject is carefully passed by. ...

... NOTIOES TO CORRESPONDENTS l T. S.-You must go to a lawyer. J. S., PelsalJ.-Much obliged for the suggcstil'm. Playgoer.-.Yes, we believe so; but we do not know the date. J. lI S., WillenhaUl.-We can only repeat 'Ate answer we gave yesterday. F. `.-The Moor Street Theatre (first used as a circus) was licensed in 1861. MI. J F.-We cannot either insert or acknowlodge all the letters we ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT | I BY' TELEGnAPI. | HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, APRIL 9. Their lordships met at five o'olouk. THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. The Marquis of CLAWEICARDE moved the second reading of the Tenure (Ireland) BilL lavieg explained previous attempts to legislate upon the subject, he stated that the object of the present bill was to provide that in future leases should be in writing, and ...

... THBIE WRECK OF THE AUSTRALIAN. I- a) diTHE Board of Trade inquiry in to thle esuo SO f the loss Of this i Y vessel, which, it rmsy be soemembored, was wrecked off Arat- Lt' caje, Brszils, inl October last, Commenced hero onl Fridayleist. *e Mr O'Dowd eppearod for tire Board of Trade, wvithl Capt~ain sI 2-Harris cud Inspectissg-Corumiandanlt Berkley, nauticel as- sessors. Mr J. Collie, advocate ...

... ;, STATEMENT by Provost NIoCL in reference to the proposed Y Purchase of Tosry Farm by the Town Council, and t application to Parliament for an Act to take £12,500 of the Bridge of Don Fund to build a Bridge over g the Dee:- Lo l Ir Murray, Accountant, has prepared several statements ii at my request, which will be found in the Appendix:- 1. Showing the annual loss to be sustained by the Trea- ...

... . y , ? 4 SoUbmad. 91,191,41 . . `? ? ., I I I I I. ? ?? LLITI AR %YMFUDIAETH._ B33YD y nifer liosocaf : 'm darllenwyr wedi el clywed, cyn y daw y *rhifyn hwn i law, i'r ddadl ar agor y mynw'entydd-yr; 'on oedd w ar y papur am ddydd Mercher dieddaf-gael a, ei gohirio hyd ddechreu Mehefin. Cyttunodd Yn Mr. HIADFIELD a Xf.M RIOHAARD.w gohitio_8:r Yi daer annogaeth amryw q'nu, prif gyfeillion, a ...

... CORWEN. THE COUNTY COURT CASE AND MR MARCUS LOUIS.— The following letter to Mr Louis will more fully explain the matter to which we referred in our explanation of last week :— Llandderfel, April 2nd, 1869.—Sir,1—I received yours dated April 1st, 1869, and beg to state that the paper you mention misunderstood me. What I said at Corwen was simply this-How could the tailor- who put me into the ...