... L A T E S T _N E W S .a . . ?? lf~uteis 7Terav, per Pre Aisociction.] FRANO ?? PARIS, FEBRUARY 3. It is reported that ;. Leon Say has offered 1his resigna. ton. as Prefect of 'the Seine, in consequenc ...

... x--- - . . on Monday last we had an experience whichl left such an impression upon us that we were compelled to wait for a few days ere we could write calmly respecting it. But whether that experi- ence was of a sort to be coveted we leave readers of this notice to discover. The occasion was a performance. by the English Dramatic Club of the farce The Bilthplacc of Podqera and the comic drama ...

... THE POISONING OF A WORKHOUSE SUR- I GEON. - On Weduesday afternoon, the City Coroner (Mr. E. fer- ford) held nil adjourned inquest touching the death of Mr. Andrew Harris, hlta senior house surgeon at the Manchester Workhouse. Professor F. Crace Calvert said it was not known what -was the snmillest quantity of atropino which would cause death. One cast) was recorded in which two grains caused ...

... DYDD SADIWRN, CHWB.ROI 3, 1872. Cyhoeddasom lythyr yr wvthnos ddiweddaf yr hwn a deilynga sylw byr, oherwydd ein bod yn tybied fod Mliaws mawr heblaw ein goheb ydd yn metbu gweled y gwahaniaeth rhwng cardod a chyflog Dadleiua ysgrifenydd y Ilythyr yn erbyn gwaith y swyddogion eglwys- ig yn LiveIpool yn argraffu enwau a chyfran- iadau yr holl aelodau. Un o'i wrthddadleuon yw, fod y dreft hon ...

... LAST evening a lecture was delivered in the Sullivan School-room, Holywood, by Dr. Reas, American Consul at Belfast, on How to improve the mental, moral, and physical condition of the work- ing men, or the libouring classes. The lecture which was under the auspices of the Holywood Young Men's Association, was numerously at- tended by a highly-respectable audience. The chair was occupied by ...

... LONDON, lriday Evening. A reduetiof of upwards of £1,000,000 has been made in the Army asud Navy Estimates. This very considerable decrease in the national expenditure has, I have reason to believe, been effeoted without in any way deereasing the efficiency of either of those two great braiches of the public service. The result has been aebieved solely by carrying to their legitimate issue ...

... I A meeting of the policy-holders and shareholders in this society was held last night in the Grand Jury Room at the Leeds Town Hall. There was a good attendance, and considerable interest was taken in the proceedings. Mr. Ald. Carter, MP., and Dr. Horton were present. Mr. GEORGE WILsON was voted to the chair. Mr. Ald. CARTa, Mf.P, said that Dr. Horton and he had called that meeting because ...

... GENERAL NEAL DOW ON THE PERMIS- SITV BILL. A long letter from General Neal Dow, of Portland, Maine, U.S., on the subject of the Permissive Bill, appeared in the Titmes of Thursday. In the course of this communication the General ?? my knowledge of English affairs I am led to suppose that there is no ques- tion in the country of so pressing importance as that of British poverty, pauperism, and ...

... ' ROCnDAIu, Monday.-During the past week several wholesale buyers visited this market, with the view of makig their' arrangements for the coming season. In fi plain and dyed goods the inquiry is almost exclusively confined to qualities under s. per yard. Above this prics buyers report that they are mnoderately supplied, as, in consequence of tie advance of 3d. per yard which is now asked both ...

... WEEKLYE BTURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS. d r 4TH WEEK, 1872. In the week ending last Saturday, 4,66G births and 3,351 deatha were registered in 18 of the largest English towns, including London. The births exceeded bv 1.30, and the deaths by 173, the average weekly natbors in the ten years 1861-70, corrected for increase of popal L ticn to the middle of this year. The deaths ...

... I l;: At the City Police Court on Monday, before Mr. HeAd lam and other magistrates Fountain Clarbour was charged with having embezzled various sums of money belonging to his employers, the Burton Brewery company.. Mr. Cottingham proseouted, and Mr. Addison appeared on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Cottinghaim, in opening the case, said the priaoner was in the employment of the company before ...

... The Boyal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending the fitting out, and loss of the Megæra met for the 22nd time, on Saturday, at No. 11 Committee Room of the House of Commons, Lord Lawrence in the chair.. The Right Hon. H. E. Chihlers, M.P., examined by Lord Lawrence, said I was First Lord of the Admiralty from the 22nd of December, 1868, to the 12th of March, 1S71, ...