... LA TEST NEWS.I [Resu's Telegrams, per Press Associatian. THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. KAPLES, AmIL 28 (2 p.m.)L The flow of lava Is ceasng. The activity of the ernp.- tion has rncmh slackened. A now crater has opened near Terzigno, and a great shower of ashes fell this morning, darkening the heavens. The rain of burning scorlas reached as far as Scafati and Palleno. At the former place the ...

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... - The first fortnightly meeting of the new Board ?? held at the Workhouse, King's Norton, yesterday morning, when there were. present: Messrs. D. Archer, 111. Grove, J. Docking, J. Worley, A. Greves, T. Biokley, S. Booth, C. Cartwright, A. Stokes, E. Tunnstd4 J. Stones, J. M, Todd, G. Follows, and T. Millington. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAW, VICE-CEHIRMAI!, AND COM- ?? the motion of Mr. Taunstall, ...

... EDUCATION MEETItG AT ALCESTER. On Monday evening, a public meeting was held in the Town Hall, AlcoEter, to take steps for complying with the requirements of the Education Act. The MLarquis of Hertford presided, and there was a good attendance of the principal ratepayers of the parish. The noble Ohairman, in opening the meeting, pointed out that there were two coum ves, by either of which ...

... The forty-seventh annual meeting of the Ladles`-Nogro'a Friend Fociely was held yesterday morning, at Mrs. Joseph Sturge's, 103, Wheeley'sRoad, The Rev. Dr. Wil- kinson presided, and there was a large attendance, chiefly of ladies. After a few remarks from the CAirRmAi, who expressed his hearty sympathy with the movement, and his utter abhorrence of the slave trade, Mrs. H. J. STURGH read the ...

... FARLIAMENT, LAST NIGHT. ' PMM ASSOOITION TALEAMS.] HOUSE OFf LORDS. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack a few minutes after five. INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONGRESS: The Earl of DARNARVON asked whether the Govorn- ment had been applied to to defray the expenses of printing the necessary papers In conneotlon with the Interna. tional Prison Congress to be held in London, in July, at the ...

... SEVERN BRIDGE RAILWAY (No. 2) BOrG I The House of Commons Select Committee on this blg resumed its enquiry yesterday; Sir Hedworth Wllialns5O \ the chair. Mr. Granville Somerset, Q.C, slummed up the eoddeno3 on behalf of the promoters of the bill, who. he resTarkod, were g'entlemen of great weight and Influence in tbe ocality. Among them was Mr. Marling Al.r. for the Western Division of the ...

... LATEST NEWS,', (&euter' e lTvira, per 'fess Amociafion.A _. ?? FRANCE. VERSAIFLE%4 APRI. 16. live mift meeting of the Permanep,l Committee was bela 'under the prekaiency 'of m. G',vvy The Minister of the Interior was pi'celet, BrA in reply to M. de Mornay, expressed fet thWA 'the German Govern- ment'should have e'*cled rnaztes of Alsace choosing1 V rench naiionality - but 1'e hoped that the ...

... DilRsarG a sojourn of some weeks in the quaint old city of h Weuringen, I wa3 very fond of visiting the cemetery, which with its secluded walks, its cool, shaded alleys, adorune with Roawers, and its grand old trees, foslaed a pleasant place in s which to dream away the leisure hours of a quiet summer eve- k iog. It was interesting, too, to watch the other visitors to that ti quiet place- ...

... DR. LIVINGSTONE, At the monthly meeting of the Geographical i society last evening, at the University of London, Sir EL VArl1NSON in the chair, letters were read from Dr. Kirk, on the subject of Dr. Livingstono's prolonged absence, d tbe obairman prefacing the reading by the remark that they contained nothing absolutely new. The first letter A was dated Zanzibar, 16th January, 1872, from tho ...

... I Lord Lyttelton has done good service in bringing the homes of the London labouring poor, and the effect wrought upon them by modern improve- ments, prominently boforethe public. Duringthe last twenty years the hardships suffered by those displaced by the construction of railway lines, or the beautifying of the metropolis, have been fre- quently discussed, and more than one measure has been ...

... ' _ ?? 51IE ERUPTION OF MIOUNT VESUVIUS. TERRIBLXE LOSS OF LIFE R kitt 8UBKA=H T5ELEOaSr.) S 0tFO2 01 ORGnh c0R01 Or n.) i it ROMA, FPUIIAY Vitrf . HI ,mforuatiion has been received in this city which leaves no doubt that the eruption of Mount Vesu- t vius has already been attended with the most l lerribid results, and there is only too much it reason to fear that more fatal disasters A will ...