... . PRACTICAL THANKGIVING. I TO TIM 3MITOB OT nE DAnLT Ewwo S3i,-The nation which has recently ofered up its prayers for the recovery of the Heir Apparent from his most dangerous illness will happily soon be invited to the expression, at St. Paul's Cathedral and elsewhere, of public thankfulness to God for the great mercy which He has accorded to the Royal Family and the people. The present, ...

... 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 ...

... YESTERDAY the 35-ton gun fired the last of the five rounds which were to be expended in order to test the strength of the exterior or wrouaght-iron portion of the structure after the steel lining has been seriously split. As we anticipated in our former notice of this gun, the piece has fired these five rounds of i I0 lb. of pebble powder and shot, weighing 700 lb., with- out showing the least ...

... CORRESPONDENC 'WATER BOARD STATEET N AE BOARD MANAGEMENT TO THE EDITOR OF TEE BELFAST - Sce-Your readers cannot fail to observe that 'during the recent written and oral discussions on :weseat Water Board administration mry namerhas 1S!een frequently and oaensively introduced by two ?? tat-ce of the more noisy members of the Board, bu hech aresi aoevr Iuttesr atc hc butnwich delicacy of health ...

... an Tim MroMcri's HSrnsr¢io.-During the month Aie of January 101 vessels arrived at Greenock, as 'be against 122 in December and 110 in November. AtOf this month's cargoes 46 were sugar,'and no i re, less than 29 of them were of bectroot from the e Continent, 1 GREENOCIK BANKRUPTCY COURT. . YESTERDAY. c (Before Mr Sheriff TmsxANsn) St EXAMINATION or JAMES ROBERT GRANT. li Bankrupt was a boot ...

... . Versailles, January 30, 9.40 Pit . i It is runmored that Mr. Picard intends sh;ortly t to bring forward a motion in the National Assembly E for the consolidation of the Republic. The Orlean- I ists will introduce a countor-motion, proposing the Duo ?? ias Lient.-General of France. I Versailles, January 31.l A circular of the Minister of the Interior to the Prefects relative to the ...

... HAZCEB8TZ SHEFFIELD AND LCf SHIRE RAIL JiY. At the half-yesrly mepinny, held * Manchestr yater ayte report hvnbentalcm a dj ?? hMwLaO WATKM, the iaimsrtredI es mgilfs*=o flo theboresamad Mar Ote Inedt th 7mw, WU*c onabfsd She direolom to ram en ?? et 7shib atone am VW loobk d n I aEow> Wtrsns. ffio a h nenh at soe lagt to * ?? 0rsd ods of ma a icon seee. er:. .9k and tillow, the effho t d aau ...

... NORTH UNION-YESrERDAY, I Mr. E. J. M1'FAHLASE, J.P., in the chair. The other guardians present ?? C CraWconr, Captain Lindsay, D L., JP. : Dr. Brady, J.P., V.0. : NIr T Arkins, MIr. G. Thorp, Mr J M Hyndanan, ?? Mr. T. C. Wilson, Mr. J. 1. Franklin, Mr. P. Kenny, Mr. John Reilly, Mr. Thomas Reilly, Mr. James Reilly, Mr. W. Deaker, Mr. P. Kenny, Mr. t. D. Kane. Mr. G Tickell, Ald. J. 51'Cann. ...

... PROVISION FOR OLD AGd. Last evening Mr. Geo. 0. T. Bariley read apaper before the munbers of-tbe Society of Arts onr Individual Proidenee for 'Old AgeV There was a very large atten- de' in the House in the Adelphi, end the chirwas taken by the Earl of Du ny. After some ptaliminary observations, in which, while recognising the good service rendered by charitable so.., cieties, the lecturer ...

... SIR SA-MUEL BAKER'S EXPEDITION. 8 ._ M,;x r E. T. Rorers has received the following letter e from Sir Samuel Baker, under date Ismailia, Gon- dokora, N. Ilt., 4'55, October 8, 1871 :-Wve shall have no means of communication with Khartoum until the end of March, 1872; thus no letters must t be expected from us until October, 1872, when the h boats returning from this shall have taken the post ...

... 'Ifir following qppoarecd in f poirtica or our imore4sion of yepterday:- (R Eu a's TLE)n.uAS. ) VF\xsAs ?? JTan. 30, E-eniDa. The Budget Committse to-daiy hew-d the vioevr ?? u. Rothschild, Mallet, and Devilliers respecting the bhst mode of paying the indemnity, by loan or by volauntry subscription. The MuNISTvR OF WtuL stated ponitivaly to-day beioxe the Committee of Parliamentary Initiative ...

... ,. i|SPXorAL TPLEGSOAL] LONDON, Wednesday Night. 'Considerable anxiety iB manifested in political circles, eand particularly at the Reformi and Carton Clubs, to read the Case which the English Government has presented to the arbitrators, respecting the American demands against England. The document, which ,consist of nearly 200 pages of closely printed matter, . is -printed and ready for ...