... H-E ACI=ON AGAINST CARDINAL CULLEN. The action for libel at the instance of the Rev. Father O'leeffe against Cardinal Cullen was resumed in the Irish Court of Queen's Bench on Mpnday, when Cardinal Cul- len's examination was resum . His eminence denied that he had used Father OKeeffe harshly, and represented the interview in Eceles-etreet as iaeant in perfect good faith. He said that Father ...

... ST1~I oT cir A-10 ^t.A A - I . tub --§_li~it~ ttl'C coals howtl J Itly this apinorismn haidly hegIl1 ti1 ork nearer to say coals are dma10111. i, ?? for diamonds theyhave Ia been t the that on Tuesday, coals at Sltfle' ,i ved zned 4s. per tOII tli i he e Ins. | harf iS ?? e l ded ton. With lvintry w eatlier Gi l5f 1y t to approaching, cold coamfort it is t i i' tra- still advncing, ...

... PRESTON ELECTION, YESTRDAY, . Running about for candidates, securing them, address- issuing, sveech-maling, much placarding, a periodical attempt at squibbing-a fortnight's excitement of the second-rate order: this is the sum, substance, and his- tory of the political proceedings in Preston which cul- minated yesterday in- The Election. The Election is what we have all been talking about, ...

... TH.E (U [LHRONICLE. PRESTOIV, SATURDAY, JRL 1, 1 I73. WORKING -PEOPLE: THEIR ELEVATION I AND WELFARE. I All who sincerely desire the elevation and in- creased welfare of the working classes will sympa- thise with Sir Joseph Whitwortlh in the motives which prompt his munificent offer to the Society of Arts. He proposes to give prizes to the value of one hundred pounds for the best essays on the ...

... BREACH OF PROMISE AND SEDUCTION T BY A MAREIED MAN. James Kidd, an engine-fitter, residing at 31, St. Paucras square, St. Pancras, was summoned before Mr. Cooke, at the Clerkenwell Police Court, on Saturday, by Frances Wright, a domestic servant, to show cause why he should not contribute to- wards the support of an illegitimate child, of whom she alleged him to be the father. Mr. Ricketts ...

... THE TLATEST N EWS FURTHER ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COAL. The price of coal was yesterday advanced 4s. in Bolton, and 2s. in South Yorkshire. The miners in Mettley district, near Leeds, have given notice for an advance of 7d per ton. A deputation on the subject of a Municipal Corpora- tion Borough Funds Bill waited on Mr. Bruce and Mr. Stansfild yesterday. Mr. Bruce promised that Government ...

... GREAT FIRE IN BELFAST--Early yesterday morning, the Alhambra Music Hall, North-street, Belfast -_ building calculated to hold 7,000 persons-was dig. covered to be on fire. The weather was calm, but the fire spread rapidly. After two hours' laboar, the fire brigade succeeded in getting the fire under, and had left the spot, when it was found that the adjoining flax stores e of the Brookfield ...

... Another endeavour to crack the remainder of the nuts given out by the editor of the Chronicle on the Alliance question was made by Mr. Fothergill, of Kes- wick, on Monday evening, in the Temperance Hall. Mr J. J. Cockshot occupied the chair. The LECTURER, after admitting the correctness and fairness of the Chronicle's report of his last lecture, said that the part of the subjeet that lie ...

... I EveLning iditioll I THE flL OT. wling ito, the aefect of Mr. Lef~thblu'e 1mtl~nonnthe 4th ,clotsel, of Th~rdX~ay night, a special meeting of the Ballot Society'5 Committee is announced for Monday next, at two orceak. WHITE BLAaRso naster f a blach- bird's nest was tefor ?? ne bourthod of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, an migtt eyon oesweto with white pla of the se ie adteoer is now in fine cod ton ...

... THE, COIO PAPERS. I (From Punch.) 'GRoOnPHY ON 'CHANGE.-Portly stok jobber(lg6inU; OThose bonds are down again! It appears the AmOrieana Mlae taken umbrage- Stumpy ditto: The douce Say have! Whereabouts is that? !! 'HxnuLE PiE.-Mr. Bull: Humble pie again, WU1 a !n!-yougave me that yesterday?' Head Waiter: ' Ye, air-no, sir-that were Geneva humble pie, air. This la Aerlin humble pie, sir!! ...

... Mr. Froude's fifth and concluding lecture in New York of was delivered on the 25th, to a large audience, the pslat- He form being crowded with American men of letters. The thf lecture, whose allocial subject was' Tile Union and the th( Ireland of To-day, is considered by the New York papers we to be the most interesting of the course. After tracing the ea3 events of the early part of the ...

... I . ?? gano is frequently 00 ?? day, pls;ter of Paris, ochre, and Vit.adUilterated guanos. We have often examined sepr55ll),I tsining from 30 to 60 per cent. of serll earthy or other useless matters. When dier tl)I f ,e0d quality this kind of guano has a light ,ie a jdob eolonr. It consists of powder com- 0 ,* jirsd lumps, which on being broken exhibit a Ksceiieite I a acrystailifne ...