... SNOW.—During the past few days the weather has become very cold and sharp frosts prevailed during the nights. On Saturday the wiud changed to south, and rain fell thick but during the night the wind became very rough and boisterous, and early on Sunday morning snow began to fall thick and fast, the wind being very sharp and piercing cold. The leaves on the hills are be- coming white. GELLIGAER ...

... I THE WIC11LOW 'EVER HOSPITAL. An investigation took place in the boardroom of the County Infirmary, Wicklow, at 12 o'clock on Friday last, before the managing committee of the Wicklow Fever Hospital, relative to the complaints preferred by Mr. James Lambert, against the management of the hospital. The following mem- hers of the committee were presezit :-Rev Henry Brownrigg (in the chair), ...

... GILASGOW POLICE BO3ARD. 'Teusual fortnightly meeting of the Policed' arwd was held ?? Macdonald pro- TUB CONSTBUCON Or THE TRAMWAYS, The minutes of the Statute Labour Corn- A of date 19th April, contained the i ?? °-The Clerk submitted to the Corn- & eslls 6atter from the engineer i;f the Cor- w alattern froms igg the intentionj ?ethe conmpany to Continue the tramways£ 5Og Sauchiehawl Street, ...

... .GENERLUJ FOEMGM NEWS. S (RZUEOIS'S ?? 1v- ;THE PRINCE AND PRIWTPESS OF WALES. 3Roxrw, ApriP 21. The P'lice enda Pr'cen of W8elci have gone to Venice. TllEE CARLIST RISING IN ,SPAIN. MADRID, Apii! 22. The (Crlist c-3mpaign has commenced. Oae not very numerors ?? bas nppeirrd in the province of Toledo and another in Navarre. They are oomm osded by a prieet. Tne apper rceo9l other bnds iB ...

... PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP. [BY AN INDEPENDENT WELSH MEMBER] The salient feature in the Parliamentary history of the past week was the defeat of the Government three times by a junction of some of their professed friends with their opponents. That which took place on the motion of Sir Massey Lopes on the subject of local taxation, had, per- haps, no very serious political significance. The question ...

... LEEDS, APRIL 23, 1872. FOU1tTT WEST YORE MILITIA.-The Fourth West York Jeginieut of Militia assembled yesterday at the Militis Barracks, Leeds, for its annual mouth's training, under the command of Lieut. -Colonel Pollard.. The names of the other officers to be present at the annual training ?? Walford, Capt. Hartley, Capt. Irwin, Capt. Mather, Capt. Callaway, Capt. Maude, Capt. Fawkes, Capt. ...

... The Lord CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE BANKRUPTCY OF A PEER. The Lord CHANCELLOR gave notice that on Thursday next he would move to the effect that the House is satis- fied that a noble lord, amember of the House, had satisfied the terms of the Act, that he had discharged the debts under the Bankruptcy Act, and that there were no other debts. THE GENEVA ...

... LOCAL BOARD.—The fortnightly meeting of this board was held at the Board-room on Monday, when the follow- ing members were presentMessrs. G. Wilkinson, (in the chair), E. Evans, D. Williams, J. Griffith, J. Grey, T. Edwards, D. Morgan, E. Thomas, and D. Coleman. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. A letter was read from Mr. Sheppard respecting the work required on ...

... A fair amount of firmness has been observable in th9 cattle trade to-day. The supply of beasts has been about the average, and the quality generally has been good. The trade has been steady, and prices have been quite 2d. per Sib. higher. The best Scotts and crosses have sold at 5s. 4d., and occasionally at 5s. 6d. per 81b From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we have received about ...

... I DUBLIS CENTRAL STATION RAILWAY. I A meeting of gentlemen took place yesterday at the officea of Messrs. D. and T. Fitzgerald, 20 Andrew-street, for the purpose of hearing an ex- planation of the merits of the above undertaking, which is now before Parliamernt, from the engineer, Mr. Frederick Barry. Amongst those present were- Sir James Power, Bart Joseph Boyce, I P; James Hughes. J P; ...

... GENERAL SYNOD OF THE IURCE OF I[RELAND;KD. ThIrBT, MoNawa, [FROM OTUR SPECIAL REPORTER.1 Thu SSynod re-assembled at one o'clock. The Archbishop of DrnuET presided. The proceedings were opened with prayer by the Bishop of CASHEL. The Archdeacon of MishrH obtained leave to bring in a Bill, founded on the report of a cormmittee to the Represcntative Body, on the law relating to churches and ...

... 'RE MAN WITH THE IltON HAND.—At the Police-conrt g? Monday (before Mr. J. C. Fowler), Hugh Pearce, aged a Herculean specimen of the Northumbrian breed, j ^divig six feet five inches and a half in his stocking Vr > was charged with an unprovoked assault on Sergt, I at Troedyrhiw on the evening of Saturday, tke 20th T^&nt. Prisoner lost his left arm in an accident some years &°> and its jilace ...