... 2: )r t. ir S I- V. Ig 5. )r or Ig S. I- y s-i BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY. at The concluding sitting of the National Trades' Congress fc comnmenced this morning at half-past nine, under the s, presidency of Mr. T. Wilkinson. of Birmingham. it MR. RUPERST KETTLE AND THE CONGRESS. it The following letter from Mr. Rupert Kettle was read:-w To the Chairman of the Trades' Congress, Birmningham:. a Dear ...

... ILATEST INTELLIGENCE ie (sEUTVE'S TEJLEGRA1rS,) So FRANCE. l The Emperor is Slightly 5,A s' 12. rndsnse His by Majesty held, nevertheless, yesterday evening, a id reception, at which a large number of Senators ewere present. His Majesty has postponed his de- le parture for the Camp of Chalons until Saturday. to The health of Marshal Neil has become wors. in and his life is despaired of. he MI. ...

... t .1 MXR BARRY SULLIVAN ANT)E SCENE, PAIMEE . i; 6w- At the Croydon Assizes on Wednesday, before the Lia4 for Chief Baron and a special jury, an ction was brought by Mr. Callcott, the 'well-known theatrical scene painta, kto azainiat Mr. Barry Sullivan, the lessee o6f the Hfolborm fly Theatre, to recover damages for a wrongful dismissal and fr. for the breach of a contract he had entered into ...

... IESRUCi FIR AT . ' !ERY. i ;DESTRUOTitt DIM AT MERTHYA.u el ?? ?? se A fire brokc out early yesterday morning in a warehouse M.. belongingto M rW. T. Griffiths,.iromnonger, High street' NO rth r, which but for the' promptaid, efficient serices of, lhpice, would hare been attenided with, serious conse. m quences.' As it''is, the loss of property i' cosiderable. oF' he 'Mr. Griffiths' warehouses ...

... I THE ABliRDAREB BANQUETA ND THE PRESS. A I-- I mT THE EDITOR OF THII WNISTE3N MAIL. SIE,,-Althoughfullyjustifying the eastigationyou gave the banquet committee for their want of courtesy to the press C -thereby depriving the public of a report of the proceed- to t ings, I will ask permission to say a word on their behalf. This is the first time these gentlemen have been engaged Pri in such ...

... BRDGWATER ELECTION COM1SSION. I } FROX UR R9110FTU.a vindi 7 (so CutRPB. . On the ie BRI7DGWATER, WEDxzaDAT. MrJ ig The inquiry was resumed to-day. Obtsmissioners: Mr. wurned Price, Q.C., Mr. T. C. Anstoy, and Mr. J. 0. Coleridge. er 'Y peretary, Mr. Pm-cell. The first witness examined was cretc whe person who the wvitness Palmer deposed yesterday had. spente rpaid him £10 on the af terroon ...

... {A-VERFORDWEST. TowN Couwce.-An.adjourned meeting of the members 6f this body was held at'the Council'Ohitwbert-oii ?? afternoon. The Mayor presided. Mr.Szlumper, engineer, of Aberystwitb, nttended the meeting, and gate explitn- tions respecting his report and plan submitted at the L'st meeting in reference to the. proposed waterworks He stated that St. Thomas-green, Barn-street, 'Milforiroad, ...

... I LATEST INTELLIGEN(-iR e, (REU'rses TELEGRAMS.) thc FRANCE. rnmi The new grape disease has done grcat U'ja.- 3 so near Bordeaux, and is spreading in I, e Bu;.;rly vineyards. erar the TURKEY AND EGYPT. the CONSTArM TR;O'LE, Ah uG*S the Talahout Pacha, First Secretary of t3hc Kh;,. of Ecgypt, arrived here yesterday. lc iva:e.s.u. ort, panied by the Grand Vizier's aide-d.?-canp.;: ort had been ...

... STRAY NOTES ON ANTIENT CARDIFF, AN7D THE SAXONS, CELTS, AND YAORMANS. No. XII. Some Some futture Welsh historian, by simply colleeting and the fo arrang~ing the inadvertent adissi-on of the lacent one- rejOiw, ?? Of thle Welsh people, May discover a dicfineld for show- y'earv lgthe bravery coil patriotism of his countrymen in do- IV wich fe~~iug heirlartlis and their homies, during so manly ...

... The great solar eclipse, which it was foretold would ?? visible over a -rcat part of the North American continent, took place ?? a few seconds of the time predicted. Th['i state of the sky was peculiarly fnvourable at tc chief poiits of observation, and astronomers and photogrnphers were richly rewarded for their zeal and patience. The I fruits of their labours will doubtless reach us in duo ...

... LATE ST AND T_.LEGRApjC NEWS.I - ?? MRt. CLLADSTONE'S HEALTH. Ir N'Wc nrn glad to li abh' to eontraict n statement NNTC AFi d contemporary to tae inea that Mro . e ?? is again veryll awell p t Twe trmiers *nthe proceedting to business, ?? th 9tneP'rday P emie at' hore n t n, beca ee o s during, ),ii illneiei, ail hisi anxiety ?? the Car1~ very unwellr tou for the o remaifltling b to which the ...

... IlY TILUGRAIH.i HOtJSE OF LORDS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11. Their Lordships met at two o'clock. There were only a few poers present, and none of the members or leaders of the Opposition. The. attendance of strangers, chiefly ladies, wae also limited, and the proceedings excited little interest. The royal commissioners, who were the Lord Chancellors the Earls of Itimberley and Granville, Lord Foley, ...