... LATEST AYD TVIEGlRA PHIC NEWS. COMMERCIAL. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENsING. bhgre bbeen to.day for money a fair demand, both in the open market and at the Bank, No buiion operations are reported. Conl5ol have been steady. Fonds unchanged. Exchequer bills at par to r, premium. yoreig, stocbs opened dull on lower prices from Parh, but have since rallied. Italian I lower, efxican A better, Turkish dull, ...

... One day last week, a young man to all ap. pearances not yet out of his teens, called atahouse situated not very far from Hillbank, Dundee, oc- cupied by a woman who is in the habit of keeping lodgers, and asked if he could be accommodatedas a boarder. The young man's story was that he had hitherto been employed as a farm-servaut, but wished to get a change from that heavy kind of work to ...

... THE DOCK BOARD AND THUE RIVER APPROACHEB, 1- The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board ham been Ig so long searching for a solution of the problem of I- the river approaches that practical men have well nigh begun to doubt whether the task should not be confided to other hands. Of the thousand-and- one schemes which have engaged the consideration of the board, not one has met with sufficient favour s ...

... SPRITS AND BEER, Wine Is a mocker, strong drink is raging; gad whoao5 ever is deveived thereby is not wlae.-Pror. . 1. It Isn't the taxes, John; Itt lnt the taxes and rates, Which oake eyon poor. aend your children wan, And your wie a hlattern to look upon- It Isn't Ohe taes eand rates i It Is* the chandler, Johna It mn't the price of bread, Which keep. ?? cupboard no eanly and bar, And ...

... THE TOWN COUNGIL. 0 The major part of the proceedings of the council 0 at the adjourned meeting on Wednesday had e reference to the retrenchment movement, which e has lately found so many zealoue impportors, e especially in the ranks of the health committee. a In no case was there any considerable anm at stake, but every proposition to save money was discussed with as much warmth as if it had ...

... I Ht' TED ?? AND) FINANCE COAh-~ MITTEEB AND) THEiiIR DOINGS3. TO TnM EDiIlTORS 0F Tull L5YtIVXR0OL P5500515'. Geotltmeti,-Thc health, coremittee have thought O proper to dippeaoe with at class of labouirers who are fl poer to bregin witil, whio have little or ?? 121551 to fail l track Ponr or of helping themselves. The same will 4 equally apply to some oft tho small salariari clerks, the ...

... REPORT OF THE LONDON AND I NORTH-WESTERN RAILAY. ,_ . . ?? The half-yearly report of the directors of the above railway otates the rnet pro ceeds of the half- yeaf's working to be g1,203,478; balance from last acconnt, £30,602; disposable balance, £1,294,140, which enables the directora to recommend a divi. dend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum on the ordinary ebare capital, and carry ...

... IMPERIA; PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14. As the telegraph break-down ?? us of our usual report of the proceedings in the Lords on that evening, we now append it. THE COLONiAL QUESTION. Lord CAeRuARvoN called attention to the present relations of the colonies with this country, Re. membering how deeply the public mind hod been! engrossed by the affairs of New Zealand, the Red ...

... DR BARBER, THE PRESTON SIC K -, CLUBS, AND THE bANCET. The following correspondence has appeared in the Lantcet :- .UB. BARBER AND THE PRESTON ?? CLUBS. To the Editor of the Lcanget, Ste,-I have been pressed to take the office of pbysi- cian or consulting medical officer to the Preston Provi- dent Dispensary. It has been founded on the principles of eighteen similar institutions at present ...

... aTTMPTK SUICIDE OF A BAtNh. At Westward Ho, Bideford, on Tuesday, Sir William Gordon, ?? attempted to commit suicide by cutting hi throat with a razor and now e ina dyig state. He is aide-de-cam p to tie Queen and hasbeen Commander- X-obuef at Uhatham. Sir William Gordon won much ionour during the Crimean war, in the expedition to lertch and Venikell; in the battles of the Alma and benmann; ...

... ?? 1 [BY TELEGRAPH.] HOUS1E OF LORDS.-YESTFRDAY. Their Lordships met at five, but, as there was no busineu on the paper, the sitting was merely formal, and they adjourned at 515. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YHWERDAY, The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock 2 OTICES OF MOTION. Lordf E. CECIL ga, notice th__ an earl, day, he would call attention to the present state of the Law with regard to the use of ...

... A MAN CHARGED WITH DROWNING A WOMAN' At ?? Police Court, on monday, Charles Nobbse, age.d 35) an inoffensive-looking man, described as a porter in the ?? Office, was placed in the dock, charged with causing the death of Louisa, Ovary, with whom he coha. bited, by throwing her from Westminster Bridge into the Thames. Thomasmorgam,lUivginGreatWfde-street, Drury~ane said On Saturday night, ...