... In the House of Lords, yesterday, the second read- ing of the University Tests Bill was moved by Earl RUSSELL. The Earl of CARNARVON, in ?? the previous question, said he did so from no want of courtesy or conciliation, but chiefly because he ob- jected to the bill being introduced at the close of a session, when the attention of Parliament was en- grossed with another and all-absorbing ...

... A STROLL THROURH THE NAIL DISrRICTS OF EAST WORCESTERSHIRE. IFronm a Corraspondtnt.] Alighting in the centre of the nailhaking country a (lay or two ago, we set out, in company with a friend, for the purpose of seeing and hearing for ouaselves the facts of the present strike of the nailers of East Worcestershire. A walk of two hundred yards from the Oldhill railway station, on the Birmingham ...

... THE NAILERS' STRIKE: In despite of all that has been done and said, this strike diags its slow leugth along, and, in appearance, is now uo. nearer the end than it was at the commensomeet, nearly seven weeks ago. No real efforts have been made to settle the matters in dispute by arbitration. The- men still show a determined front. the masters make no sign of Conoes- sion, and in the mncantime, ...

... I - . V - D ?? 1 ?? oer Special Reporter.] Wimbledon has just witnessed its annual gathering of volunteers; the notabilities of the racing world are once more at Goodwood; end che National Archery Society, representing the toxophilites of Great Britain, will this day (Wednesday) commence theirtwenty-sixth competition in the Lower Grounds, Aston. This is an event for which many of our local ...

... CoRBESPONDENCE. arJ EDUOATION AND RB-GISTIZATION. blDG 20 IAC EDI1|01; of the DLILY PO.;T. 1IU Younpression of this day, I see that the above si- OXata, which has assumed so many Proteam t:11, been so frequently brought before the public, it is troe, iln a somewhat different garb ou this OT loss again cropped up. It appears, after PAgDr tenlcngyeas the effect of the Medical Aot of ?? with ...

... Lord Rtavensworth is busy with at translation Cf Homer. It is stated that Mr. Agnew, of Manchester, bag becorn the proprietor of Puench. On Sunday last Richard, third Lord Castlemnaiue, lied after a short illness, in his 76th year. The Viceroy of Egypt is said to intend creating a ford',0 legion to be recruited in Europe, but principally in Frat,, This corps will be in garrison at Suez and ...

... FPRINCE'S END, WuflT ?? u r,.v, -. , -rT PnlsA I~~rlsls m ?? tiAt). DROWNED WHILST BATHIJNU IN THE CANAL, - Oil Sunday evening, a miner, named James Viner, aged seventeen, was drowned In the canal whilst bathing. The deceased, who resided at GoldsR Green, stripped himself, with two othoas, while warm, and was almost immediately seized with cramp. 13A1:LY Cr.OSI~,-A meeting of drapers' ...

... MORE OUrRAGES IN IRELAND Mr Warburton continues to progress favourably towards recovery from the murderous attack made upon him, though his face has been terribly mangled, and it is hoped to preserve the sight of his injured eye. The men arrested on suspicion of having been his assailants have been discharged. At a meeting of magistrates it was proposed to attach the respon- sibility of the ...

... Loss AT SEA.-ri'le steamer Pharos, Captain Link- Iris] later, fom Abereen to Hull, camte up to the 6chooner and laohn ByronA of Micidle-bro', abandoned and in a sink- mee in. st~ate, on the 21st July, at :3 ?? laid b~y her forth half-an-hollr, when she went down, NewvbiggiPointas bearinev west, abont lo miles distant. was FOURTH ElAST YORnK HU L ARTILLERY CorpS.-On perE Satnrday last the ...

... TH.,.E EXTEN$tVE IkOBBERY, AT $ i-OU-ETEMR. A sentenceof eighteen months'- imprisonmext pxised' by ini . the. Reccrder,' Mr:'2G'.;5:Whitmpic- at thel Gloucester . ,Quar ?? afternoon, tras the fini'ihing of D atroke'iiia'story', ?? as'cu'rbouds as any-fo be' fond 'in' a the records -f erinI We have already given ftheoxfacts.'fO ' Messia. Bruton-and-;Knowles,..well-known qaet;ioners at '1 i ...

... LMR. HENRY RICHARD, M.P., AND THE WRONG4S OF WALES. (FROM THlE -. SATURDAY REVIEW.) We have heard over and over again from Conservative 0orators the argament that if Ireliud is discontented Wales L ought to he discontented also, Prid. it appears from a recfmt dcbate in the 'House of Commons that aag supl of 0 Wclsh grevances ha.9, been bronght- into the market, 'inn theyprovis tobecome a ...

... BOARD OF GUAPDIANS.-At the last meeting (the Rev. 1 Win. Allen, Bbsherston, chairman), Mr. T. Lewis, Norchard, proposeid that the application of Mr. wvig, their latc i relieving officer, should be entertained, in regard to his U superannuation. This was seconded lby Mr. E. Young, , IIabbertou.-Mr. N. A. Roch, Paskeston, proposed as Dn amendment that Mr. Twigg's application should not be ...