... [Fronm Tuesday Xigets Gsazmtaj LIQUIDATIONS BY ARBAIGE'IENT. Waltsr Smith, Mathon Mili, Great Malvern, miller. First meeting, at the Red Lion Inn, Great Malvern, May 8, at 2 Debtor's solctotor, Mr. B. 11. Uhe'as, llington. Wiiam Jachson, Blakedown, Bagley, horticultural commi. sion agent. First meeting, at the offices of Mr. William Bache, rolicitor, West Bromwich, Mfay7, at 11. William ...

... Yesterday morning a boiler explosion occurred at Messrs, Wil- linnm Midlington and Co.'s Summer Hill Ironworks, a ld great damage to property was the result. Fortunately, however, no Ives were lost, although some or the escapos seem miracuious. The exploded boiler, which was an egg-ended one, six feet in dia meter, was one of two attaehed to the merchant rolling mill on the canal aide, and was ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. Pmuss, April 19.-Marguerite Dixhianot still romaine at tile Profecturo of Police. She cannot be taken to En land until the BelginuGo~vernimenltliasoissedan or erforher exi~adition. The- Government has decided that Rochefort's senteuce cannot be a collimated to transportation to a fortress. el x .Therae~is correspoindent of the Tinmestelegraphs asfollows ~~ ~ The ...

... 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 ...

... ' _ ?? 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 ...

... I THE FALL OF A WALL AT KIRKcALDY. -d ^ FIVE MElN ILMLED. l a -- ?? Y. The worst fears have been realized regarding CI Athe melancholy accident which occurred at te isPathhead, near Kirkealdy, on Friday afternoon, ur ,e and which was noticed in the Herald of Satur. m ns day. When our telegram was despatched one Pe man had been taken from the ddbris of the fallen wall dead, while fears were ...

... -mu . Thursday Evening.' COTTON MAURET.-The market has'. again been very dtull, and prices rather in favour of buyers. Pia Indis MBa-T.-The warrant minrket has been quiet and steady all day, without change in price, closing at 92s 9d cais and 93s lid one month. No. 1 g.im.b., 94s ed; No. 3, 93s, CLYDE CRUSHED SuGaR MARRM.-Low and fine kinds in active demand at 3d advance. Mediuml very firm. A ...

... MEETING OF THR FACULTY IOF PROCURATORS. his ' to TH~~r~E riND TENREsu BIILLS, 6ir.8 An' adjourned meeting 'of the ?? of 1'ro-P ore -curators was hold yesterday, in the Library of the BF Z' Faculty, to consider and, if so resolved, approve bill of (16t) a petition to the House of Commons against bi Lad the Land Transfer (Scotland) Bill, and (2d) a peti- B eSs. dont in faivour of the Land ...

... e speaker took the chair at four o'clock. TV! -VI CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. ask f'i gave notice that on Monday next he would tenri il 'Prime Minister whether the Government in- Session Proceed with the Corrupt Practices Bill this T A DEFAULTING STAMP DISTRIBUTOR. S r«Ply to Mr. RYLANDS, bepn1' Y1ER sai(l it was true that a loss of £ 2,000_ had -buim.00*'i?onei^ by the defalcations of the stamp ...

... STEAM CULTIVATION IN SCOTLAND.—The Scots- man says:—During several years the leading agricul- turists in Aberdeenshire have often considered the practicability of introducing steam cultivation. The smallness of many of the holdings, however, and the uneven surface, combined with the prevelance of earth- fast stones in a large proportion of the county, operated formidably against the movement. ...

... Epps's CHOCOLATIL-LA Situation, in an article entitled France et Angleterre, eays:— Nous n'vons en France qu'une aeule usine oiL la preparation du Cacao emploie un materiel et un personnel aussi considerables que ceux que nous avons vus dans l'usine de Messieurs Epps. C'est une veritable curiotite dans son genre que cette immenso fabrique. The wrapper of each cake of Chocolate pre- pared by ...

... SIR SPENCER ROBINSON ON HIS DEFEAT. Sir Spencer Robinson has issued a farewell address to the electors of Tamworth. in which he says were not successful, but we were not disgra'ced. I believe the freedom and independence of this borough are dear to you ? all. You have struggled for the success of these principles before now you have suSered for them; but through defeat, notwithstanding ...