... The Chief of the DBureau of Ordnance of the Imnitcd States Navy Departnient discusses several impiortant subjects in his report this year. Ho says :-The oroanisation of our ordnance dates frorn 1845, and from that period it has been fully recognised in the na\'y that onr ShipS should com- pensate for inferiority of numbers by the superior armamaent of individ Li ships; and eo lontg as the ...

... A public medtling of Liberals was held in the Board School, Steward Street;, on ~Satuirday evening, for the election of the committee, and of representatives on the Four Hundredl for the ensuingf year. Conncillor Barrow presided, and there were also present the Rev. I-. WT. Crosakey, Conneillor Baker, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. J. Hlofgkiss, Mr. F. lendley, Mr. P. Schnadhorat, Mr. Thomas Beston, ?? &c. ...

... | [Renter's Teicgsraos, per Press Association.) FRANCE. PARIS, -JANuARY 1. M. Thiers recomnmends the electors of ?? Pyrenees to support itl. Branhauban, the Couser- I vative Republican candidate. at the election of a deputy for that department next SundaCyW7. PARIS, DLauS1;imr 31. The paymnent of the coupon of Five per Cent. Turkish is announiced to ?? piacs on and after the 130t of Janulry. ...

... THE VISIT Of MESSRS. MOODY AND i SANKRY. I Thre arrangemenetra for the visit of these gentlemen are described in ain advertisement. A aisceird service will be held onl Snadity morning, next, iii the Town Hail, at eight o'clock, for Chrisithia workers ortly ;at itch-paist; two oiltt UrnmSaflilay', there will ho fin opien service in the Town Mar11 ; fand in the ev ening ret eight o&cloek, ...

... A Ooinferonce on Sanitary Reform, convened by thdi Mayor (Alderman Chamberlain), was held yesterday, at thle E~xchlange Rooms, 1Ntew Street. Tho niedical otisers Of health and1( the members1I Of the Sanitary Committees of nil the large towns were inlvitedi, together with ladlies anti gentlemen who takle an intere-st in the snhject. Thle Mayor presidled; and amon~gst these present Nvore Mr. G. ...

... BIRMIKNGHAM LICENSED VICTUALLERS' FRIENDLY JAUND PRIOTECTION SOCE TY. The annual mneetiog of this society was held yesterday, at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, New Street. Mir. H. Fulford presidled.; and there wero also ?? J. Wadhams4, it. Mlaher, J. Clement;, Bailey, P. G. Burton, A. Minsulnl. T. F. Keel, AleFarlaiet, E. J1, Bishop, K. Miackeanzie, T. Chaplin, T. Burton, NV. Thornp son, Red.. ...

... 1BY1 TELenGRAPH. Dli KENEALY. Last night's Londoln Goat rte contains the announcement of the removal of Dr. Kenealy from the list of Queen's Counsel. THE VACANCY AT ST. IVES. At a meeting of the St. Ives electors last night, Sir Franceis Lvcett was unanimously accepted as the candi- date of the Liberal party. DEATHl OF LIEUTENAN.T-COLONEL GREY. Lieuteiantc-eolonol George Gr ey, only son of Sir ...

... 'HE BOILER EXPLOSION IN BIt~MINGcIAr. On Saturday afternoon, Dr. Birt Davies held an enquiry at the Queen's Hospital, into tho ca:use of the death of James Swift (17) and Samuel Sutton (18), stable- men, in the employ of Mr. Jonathan Swift, cab and car proprietor, of Communication Rew, who were killed by the boiler explosion at the premnises of Mar. Swift, on Thursday afternoen. Jonathan Swift ...

... TILE WORKING OF THE FLEMANTART EDUCUTION ACT. A large and impeort *ieputation waited, yesterday afternoon, upon Viscount Sandoer for the purpose of pre. scntiug their views on the subject of the defective working of tle' Elementary Education Act, the bad attendance of children at schools, the unexpected growth of damle schools, and tle consequent evils ; and for the furtlier murposo of ...

... O CAMIBRIDGE MATHEMATICAL TRIPOS. I A BIRMINGllA)I MAN SENIOR WRANGLER. Tlhe class-list indicating the order of merit of the several eanldilatos for mathematical hominors, who entered tihe examnanation which conclutled onl Iridait' w'eek, was published in th~e Scnate House at nine o'clock yesterday mrnuiug, smind the usual amount of cheering front an assembly of students and generat public ...

... FORrAG3T F¶R1UITS IN COVENT GARDEN. I [Fromn tli Garden.] The importation of foreign fruits to this country Is destined, at no ?? date, to influence to a considerable extent the market value of home- grown produce. Indeed, such imports as now find their way to Covent Garden alone form no incon- siderable proportion of the gross supply of the market. The fact is we are not afruit-growing people ...

... ALAIANACKS _FOR 1875. Tire Licensed Vietu-allers' Almanack (published at the Lieensed Vik-u-eIlers' Guardiarne office, 34, Catherine Street, Strand) is one of the mtost comprehensive trade almalrlicks we have seen, and abundantly justices its claim to be it national handbook for hotel proprietors, inn an& tavern-keepers, Se. It is replete with moattr of special interest to licensed ...