... IPRESS AsSOCIATION TELEGROOMl. HoaUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at five o'cloGk, LO1RD JUSTIOS CHRIsTIAN, AND THE IRISH . LAND Act. Lord CAINES, referring to the operation of the rrish l and Act, as illustrated by a judgment recently given by the Lord Justice of Appeal inlrelaad, and pointing out the ni cessitv for the immediate consideration of the subject, with a view to the application ...

... SCHOOL BOARDS AND THE POWERS OF CHAIRM&N. In consequence of the ruling of Mlr. Sargant, Chairman of the Birmingham School Board, at the last meeting, a case, prepared by MBt. Francis Adams, solicitor, on behalf of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, has been submitted to Mr. Bowen, of the Western Circuit, for his opinion as to the legality of the Chairman's ruling. Mr. Bowen, as many of our legal readers ...

... (PIRESS ASOOIATIOX TELERAMS.] HOU.SE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. BANKING REFORM. On the order for going into committee on the Bank Holidays Bill, The Marquis of SALISTIURY moved that it be an instruc- tion to the committee that they should have power to make provision for extending the bill to payments and acts other than the payment of bills of excliege and pro- .-iasry ...

... NiXingham ffaig Vrat{ TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1871. THE WEEKLY POST. A NEW STORY, OF GREAT INTEREST, WILL BE COMMENCED IX THE WEEKLY POST, ON SATURDAY, THE 29TH INSTANT. Events in and around Paris are clearly verging to- wards a great crisis. It is a comforting reflection that when things are at the worst they always mend, and the Communists may now be said to have almost reached the lowest ...

... The report of the Select Committee on Steam Boiler Explosions was issued yesterday, and is as follows :- L-A Select Committee was appointed on the same subject on the 16th May, 1870; they commenced their sittings on the 14th Juno, and sat during many days, until the 21st July, when they reported to the House the evidence which they had taken, and recommended the reappointment of the committee ...

... FRIDAY, A PFRL 28, 1871. THE WEEKLY POST. A NEW STORY, CALLED SIR LMACELOT'S INHERITANCE, WILL BE COMMENCED IN THE WEEKLY POST, TO-MORROW (SATURDAY). ffEWS OF THE DAY. There is very little news from France. In the South the Versailles batteries are making good play against the forts held by the Federals. On Wednes- day, the Federal troops were driven from the Mou- lineaux with considerable ...

... THE LATE SfR JOHN HERSCHEL. As was briefly annoueced in the Post of Saturday, Sir John Herschel died at Collingwood, near Hawk- hurst, on Thursday morning. Deceased, as we loam from 6Men of the Time, was born in 1792, at Slough, near Windsor, and was the only son of the great astronomer, Sir Frederick William HerscheL He was educated at St. John's College Cambridge, where he became Senior ...

... At the fortnightly meeting of the Watch 0hymmittee, yesterday, at the Public Offices, Moor Street, there were present Alderman Holland (in thle chair), Aldermen Lloyd, Manton, end Blicinsley ; Messrs. Chamberlain, Naish, Pedley, Webster, Lewis, Barker, Deykin, and Taylor; Mr. Gloseop (Chief Superintendent), and Mr. Pickard (Clerk). PrBL5C-I5OuSE INSPEcmtioN. - p dermnan BRINSLEY asked the ...

... From our Conupcdes.] NEw YORK, May 6, 1871. AivTnovOlf some despondent parties--argingifromi the disordered state of the public finances-predict a decline in trade this season, those of your readers who are interested in American trade will be pleased to learn that the opinion of the more eminent busi, mess men of this city is that the year-will be one of unusual prosperity. Importations at ...

... [&-v'a Teleugrcmn per Pes Associatwon.] THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN FRANCE. MARSEILLES JuN- G (Evcning). The municipal elections at Marseilles and Tarascon have been declared void. VERSAILLES, Jute . bl. Picard has been. appointed Governor of the Bank of Prance, and M. Rouland Procureur-General. In Parliamsentary circles it is conhfirmed thlt the dis- agreements with jl. TLiers on the abrogation ...

... THE B.b.C. MEETINGS. Yesterday being the day fixed for the commencement of the biennial meetings of the Moveablo Committee of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the Odd Fellows belonging to this order in the district made a demonstra- tion in honour of the occasion. The members of the various local lodges proceeded in processional form from their several lodges to Gosta Green, which had ...

... F [From the Daily Telegraph.] On Friday afternoon, about half past two o'clock, a seri~en of terribleexplosions took placein Messrs. Prentioe's gumer tton factory at Stowmarket, entailing a lamentable lose, both of life and property. The first of these explo. oions occurred,' it appears, in a mfgazine which gontained twelve tons of. gunycotton, and the effect it produced was terrifio. Most of ...