... 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 ...

... &-VBRICAN AFFAIRS. I - [From 610 cwyesponden.] NEw YoRK, March 29, 1872. TO- question of Tariff reduction is a very ugly ,o to wake up on the eve of a Presidential elec- ] tion; it is one in which even partisan feelings give ,ay, to the stronger appeals of self-interest; and-on it Okilful manipulation depends the important but uncertain vote of Pennsylvania, and probably the grand issue of the ...

... DUDLEY. SOUTH ETPOR SRUE AND EASr WOROESTERvSURE INSTIvTUTE OF MINING ENGNEERS .-An adjourned monthly meetieg of the members of the above Inetitute was held on Monday evening; Mr. Henry Johnson prssid. ing. The discussion on the Mines Regulation Bill was reausred. The action of the Mining Association of Great Britain was generally approved, and It was agreed that all the support the Institute ...

... IO thC EDrrOn of the DAxLY Poar. Sir,-It Is, as you remark in your artlole upon the trial of the rotary puddling machine, unfortunate for Mr. Danks that the patent for which he expected to receive a very large sum of money should be stated to be invalid. I fully agree with you that Mr. Danks has conferred a bene- fit I to the world at large, the amount of which can scarcely bejestlmated, by ...

... | CRITICAL RELATIONS OF FRANCE AND ] I GERMANY. A telegram from the Berlin correspondent of the T'imes says that the latest French financial propositions for accelerating the evacuation of the occupied Departments are regarded there as unsatisfactory. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telepraph writes as follows:-- In sober words of earnestness, let me assureyou- which I am at the present ...

... LATEST N E WS. FRANCE. SPEECH BY M. GA1MBETTA. PARIS, APRIL 10. At the Democratic banquet, which took place at Angers on Sunday last, M. Gambetta delivered a vpeeeb, in which he said he found in France, not a spirit of division and opposition, but everywhere a similar spirit uniting all parts of the Fatherland in a moral unity. Adverting to the defeats suffered by the Monarchical party in the ...

... fPRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.] HOUSB OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at five o'clook,; for the first time eince the Easter holidays. THE PASSPORT SYSTEM. The Earl of MAKIJBUIRY asked whether the Govern- ;nent wonldalay on the table papers, already promised in tbe other House, In reference to the passport system which bad been reintroduced by the French Government, and 'was still maintained. The ...

... GENERAL NEWB. IPrBla AssecrATio.N TEnmROBA.] THE BISHOP OF EXETER ON CHURCH zaATi'ERS. Bishop Temple, in his visitation charge at Barnastaple yesterday, urged upon the elergy the duty of promoting temperance. He was in favour of great elasticity of ser- vices in church. Besides dividing and abbreviating, their clergy ougbtto have power tq make slight moaifications, especially in the baptismal ...

... i MR. MELLY, M.P., AND THE NORTH | STAFFORIDSHIRE SOaEOOLU&STERS. The annual dinner of the North Staffordshire Certifi- cated Teachers' Asrocation was held on Monday evening, at the Copeland Arms Hotel, Stoke-on-Trenti under the presidency of Ur. George Melly, M.P. for the borough. The hon. gentleman was supported by the Rev. Sir L T. Sterner, Bart. (chairman of the Stoke School Board), Mr, J. ...

... I {AND JOWAX AND JOURNAL MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1872. NEWS OF THEs DAY. Her Majesty the QuasN has concluded her brief visit to Germany, and reached Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, having left Cherbourg in the morning. Admiral MILNE'S report on the Alabama claims has, it is said, been lodged at the Foreign Office, and rumour states that its lucidity has given, great satis- faction, and will tend ...

... LATEST NqEWS. [RftufeT' Ttere, per Pres Asodation.) FRANCE. PARIS, hA d 9. During the dinner given by M. Thiers he had a long conversation with M. Vautrain, when he assured him of an early settlement of the question of the 200,000,000 francs. Nearly all the members of the Diplomatic Corps attended the reception. M. Thiers conversed some time with Lord Lyons. About 500 persons were present, ...

... THE NUT AND BOLT WORKERS' LOOK-OUT. MEETING AT SMETHWIOK Yesterday evening, an open-air meeting of nut and bolt workers was held upon some waste ground opposite the Prince Albert, at Smethwlok. The workmen assembled in a body, and, beaded by a local brass band, paraded several of the principal streets of the district. A large banner was carr ed in front, bearing the inscription, Nut and Bolt ...