... BY 8PECrATok. Thanlks to able speakers, thanks to the religious as well as the loyal fervour of Churchmen and Church- women, and, last tho sgh not leas, thanks to the efficient arrangements and excellent management of the Rev. A. 0. Cherrington rand sir laguley, the secretaries, and the willing members of the corm- mittee associated with them, thle Chaurh of England Institute Soiree in ...

... GIENERAL NEWRS. LONGEVITY. -In the village of Iledale, which numi- hers 390) inhabitants. there are 26 old people whose ages Amoaunt in the aggregate to 1.991 years, or anl aiverage of within a friction of 77 years each. THE RIOYAL ACADEmy Ex~IurrsiN..-Tbe annual bnq et hiin tion waf gihen opnigo th Rya haU e ina Ehobitir waf tiven opnin Saufay at B l ling ton House. ThA president of the ...

... I A pension of 100 a year bas been granted to the widow of Mark Lemon, late cditor of Punch. The Swiss Federal Council has fixed on the 12th May for the national vote on the revised Constita- tion. - Edith Redfern died at Tamwortb, on Wednesday, under suspicion of having been poisoned by a man with whom she lived. It is undeistood that the Rev. Mr Callis, curate in charge of HRly Trinity ...

... PARTY BITTERNESS, AND BLINDNESS. IA Ilas ?? pl-inl- n - ?? ,o 'I Ile poma ICtUrlitcies in B.ackzvood's j2afjozine are undoubted curiosities. In the matter of thought, they are as dogm1atic as papal bull ever belched for h fromt the thunirring., holy Vatican; in vision, they easily descry ile iuturc but never fail, however, to see all ?? of impending woes in connection with liberalirso and ...

... SCLECT READINGS. ?? or THE NIETEgENrtH CENTURY lifen-l such ra death (that of Bishop P:,t. bit l RIi lustre even to his father's itamen )sfilonw, 11re. They have r,,vived-such are b grac0e-they have revived the 4roop- r f the Colonial Church, and watered- 1t'iod tbe furrows thut were parcheld ^ ?? b imewarl faotst p(s bere- no put- cto the plough ans 1 ?? back- ao oftl d of the potst of ...

... NiA11OASTLE, POST 11 I L. r- 1 ?? - .. . FORElIG(N ltxris Cal. -ilor, shbowing the dv. 2 ?? vi iloill ?? foioz. llj l tI /I ~ ?? 1.10 sti VoI i 3hued p tullI -ll .)(k 1 e (suppielinlntaly 11,a11) iv FPi i I spi 27.-United . Statc'--, vii I C,, I10 lw AitINI. wfooV. llailldud.11 :, II Il) ViS (I1 Cal and 1116ifax, ?? 11111 'i1.111 ii: dvly ?? fat 28.-India. N Sin-ipIoV, Vllil 4 CI- l,~I. C~ ...

... In selecting the Spirit of the Press, we are guided solely by a wish to place before oar readers the opinions of all parties, without any regard to the retltion sueh opinions may sustain to this journal. THI CABINET DUIaNG THE SESSION. (Freec the Spectator.) The effect of this session upon the position of the Parliamentary leaders has been unusually small, though it has on the whole been ...

... THlE GLOU0ESIERSHIRG, TRAGEDY. 'Ihe case of Mr Edmund Edmionds, a solicitor at Newetit, near GlObcester, has assumed start- ling proportions and the prisoner has been com- mitted onl the capital charge of wife-mnurder. 'The story is both cprious and painful It ap- pears Mr Ednionds, when a poor boy, went to Neweut and foud employment in a lawyer's office. H aving g>ood qualities, hoxvever, lie ...

... N iWOAST'LE P0IN'T O')FFICh;. FOREIGN RAILS'. Calendar, sho win, the days and flours eif from Necs.co An f the principal toY, foreign mnails, nue of daily deijiaii-71 MANlC a. 8--Brazil, Monte Video, BitnoR Ayresj lanid Islands, and Ioitgga., -rig, Soctb 9.-Unlited States And Cm Ird's v.ic C uk Yilik, I '30 ?? ; Idahanito (Ksoj1C,1,1eni e -. 3'30 poim. ; Hayti and 111xico, via Liveor1 10. ...

... NORTHUMBERLAND CETRAL RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the Northumberland Central Railway was held at the Central Station iHotel, On Saturday afternoon- Mr John Ord, Nisbet, in the chair. The SEcRErARY (Mir Wm. Wbodnan) read the report of the directors, which ?? directors haye to report to you that, the line having been corn- pleted and opened, the position of the company was that the ...

... I A harvest thanksgiving was held at Gateshead, on W dnesday, in St. Paul's temporary church. The new Lord Chancellor has issued hig farewell ade-ess to his late constituents. The screw steamer Speedwell left Ipswich for the North on Wednesday week, and has not since been heard of. Fears are enterta ined for her safety. Mr William Mackensie, manager of the Wood Pulp Works, Bedlington Bank Top, ...

... THE NEw TAXES IN FRANaCE.-Tbe Paris correqpon. ,dent of the Pall Mall Gazette ?? the sea- .sion jist closed the Assembly voted new taxes for -1873, o the amount of about 165,000,OOOf.-that is to say, ?? takes the duty on raw materials (which ' tbho 21hlmnwittee on the Bud-et says will produce 60,000,000f. and li. ThiersG3,000,000f.) at 6O,OOO,OOOf. It ssems curious to contrast the aueount of ...