... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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... F EM A 8 0 N YI MASONS' HALL TAVERFN, MASONS' AVENUE, CITY. The aboe oldgesttthli~b~d TAVERN is NOW OPEN, Newly Decoated by r. CARLE GOSEN, ate anagr oftheFree- LodesCitplea. ark an ?? fo thir eetngs Dinnre Supper, &c.and very ttenton wil be aid t thei icomf rt an enjoymrent by the new Proprietor. GCrand Festival. Grand Festival will bh held on Wednesday week, when the most Wor- sblpfcl Grand ...

... RAILWAy. '-DONI,% The followin' is, from Lleut.-ad llt I' report of the cnilislon which ?? at Junction on the 2d January:-Tle loiniht a r train from Perth ta- Edinburgh (..id G gords a started on the nrnoring4of the 2d at 12.. 35, M late, consisting of englkne and tender, L and empty waggons, anO a, break van. A c ongine assisted the train up to Lilaekford V D it proceeded with one engine -to ...

... TRADE 1NAWS. t24 BEUASSOUNDEBIS.- The 'short-time and 'wages in movement in coanection with this trade was be- i .lieved tohave been amicably settled tbree 'webks' f toago. One of the qwestionB in dispute wan the pa t nes ment of weekly wages, the igreement between 'thee ow parties behg that this should he-left a shop quesn tion.' It appears, however, that several of- the employers have ...

... Nfl C'RAUIFURD'vq POOlR LAW BILL. d GLASqO0W--SLECON) WAIID.'-The monthly meet- a ing of the committee was held, on Tuesday evening, 1' last, in David Street School--Mr Wellwoo4 pre- sidhig. Mr Craufurd's Poor Law Amendment 3Bill was considered, All present expressed them d selves favourable to the amalgamati of the b Id parishes, and it was resolved to petition Parliament is in favour of the ...

... Captain R. R. Williamson, of the Royal Monmouth Militia, having concluded a course of drill at the School of Instruction, Aldershott, has been awarded a first-class certificate for efficiency. NEWPORT SCHOOL BOARD. -The monthly meeting was held yesterday, Mr. Homfray in the chair. All the mem- bers, except the Rev. R. Richardson, was present. A letter was read from Father Richardson to the ...

... The tendency of the Stock Markets is unfavourable, and nearly all the changes in prices ate adverse. The British Funds-have been flower, but have recovered In the American market Eries are f lower, and Atlantic and Great Western bonds and debentures The changes ill Home Railway Stocks are a fall of 1 in North Eastern of g in Manchester and Sheffield and London and Brighton of in Great Eastern, ...

... Between four and five o'clock on Monday afternoon, a large body of roughs, numbering about four hun- dred, who are stated to term themselves the slogging gang, matie their appearance, to the great consterna- tion of the inhabitants, in the neighbourhood of Cheapside. After creating a great disturbance, and smashing several windows in that locality, they proceeded to the neighbourhood of Hill ...

... THE BALLOT. It is to be regretted that the Government declined to Xtend the hours of voting, as proposed, on Monday, y Sir Charles Dilke. The convenience to the newly 6llfranchised electors would be consulted by such a concession, and it may be worth while considering Whether some movement might not be organised for e Purpose of bringing pressure to bear upon the oUse. The poll should remain ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE REFORMATORY SCHOOL. Among the beneficent agencies which the enlighten- ment and philanthropy of the age have brought into operation, that of the Reformatory School claims con- siderable attention. It is not merely that the waifs and strays of the streets are gathered together and subjected to a refining process, but that positive crime is nipped in the bud, and the nascent ...