... - A M.ONDA.Y, AUGUST 21, 1871. *Both Houses of Parliament sat on Saturday. In the Lords, a number of bills were passed, and a re- view of the session made by Lord REDESDALE, who complained of the highly unsatisfactory manner in which the Government had conducted the public basi- ness of the session. Lord HALIFAX, in the absence of Earl GRANVILLE, replied. In the House of Commons, among other ...

... WEST BROMWICHI. CoSIMISSIO!ONERS' MEETING,-The monthly meeting of the Improvement Commissioners was held at the oflices, New Street, yesterday; Mr. P. D. Bennett in the chair. The Highway Committee reported that the receipt of the conveyance of the Cordley weighing machine, and a cheque for £170. Is., making £300. la., the proportion of balance in the hands of the Turnpike Trustees due to the ...

... OPENING OF THE NEW HOSPITAL AT kUGHLEY. lugeley was yesterday en ?? inhabitants laid aside their usual Quaker-like demeanour, and turned out nobly to represent the town upon a very Interesting ocoa- sion. The moving cause thereunto was the opening of the new Hospital and Dispensary, an institution which has already been referred to in the Post. The bazaar at Bella- mour Hall proved a most ...

... OPENINGOFANEW PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL., I . w -I An event of considerable interest to r large and influential body of Primitive Methoi EHull was celebrated on Wednesday last, when a magnificent new chapel, which has been erected on the Anlab road, was opened for public worship; Already several handsome chapels have been built for the accommodation of the increasing number of members of the ...

... | IA1O5PTAI NT DIScUSSIoN, The bimonthly meeting of this Board was h.ll on Monday at the workhouse, AnLby-road, the Deputy. governor (Councillor Symous) presiding, in the abisence iof Aldermau Fountaiii (the governor). The business uf the meeting having been announced, MIr Ellis ob. served that they had for a long time had the consider. ation of certain anomalies which wore said to exist ...

... 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 ...

... [Reztere 2Tepresas, pes Pres Asociatios] FRANCE PROPOSED PROLONGATION OF M. THIERS' POWERS. SCENE IN THE ASSEMBLY. VMRSAILIAS, Auo. 12 (Noon). The prolougafton of Mt. Thiers'powers was yesterday discussed in Cabinet Council, and will probably be brought forward in the National Assembly at the commencement of the sitting. The Chief of the Executive power will probably open the debate by ...

... REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The directors report that the traffic carried upon the railway for the half-year ending 30th June, 1871, as com. pared with the corresponing half-year of 1870, shows a, large increase, ?? coaching, £39,374. From merchandise, £81893. From minerals, £21,469. From cattle, £3,624. Total increase £146,360. The balance available for dividend is £742,908. Os. 4d., of ...

... The great artist, SALVATOR ROBA, first instruoted him. self by drawing on the rocks while tending his sheep. Materials were then very dear, now Canvases cna be obtained at 8, Post Office Piece, New street, Birmingham, from Misoos BReura, g by,. a d. 16 by12.. 1 Is. hL 2 by 8 .7d . 18 by 12.. I. Id. 24 by 16 . is. 8d. Oi1 Pnd Wer-Colours, Brshes, sand all other Materials, nsed by artiste or ...

... WOLVERHAMPTON AND SOUTH STAFFORDBMRE HARDWARES. WOLVERmiAMpTON, Tuesday. The demand is brisk for all the leading elasses of hardware produced in this district, and generally the Black Country is just now in a more pros- perous condition than we have been able to report for several years past. The colonial demand has seldom been more buoyant, whether for tools, im- plenients, or finished goods ...

... LATE-ST ?? ?? ,Td fa~l .um, pa Presa Anoieto2$] TEUE POUTICAL CRISIS IN FR.ANCE. POSITION OF M. TRIRS. THE MOTION FOR PROLONGING HIS POWERS. VERSAILLEI, AUGUST 29. The following is the full and official text of the cons miderations contained in the preamble to the Comi mittee's Bill on the prolongation of x Thiers' powers, and of the bill itself:-. The National Assembly, considering that it ...

... DR. BIRT DAVIES AND A JUROR. To the EDITOR of the DAILY POST. Sir,-In your issue of Tuesday last, under the above heading, you have directed public attention to the uniform practice of holding tbe inquests upon all deaths courring at the General Hopital at the grand Turk public-house, Ludgate Hill. As I have the honour to be chairman of a committee who for Soune months past have been trying ...