... kP11 & AiiSOCTCATION 7rLUSRAMS, ] IlEPRESENTATION OF OLDHAlM, Oldham election will take place next Monday. The candidates are Mr. Cobbatt (Conservative), and the Hor. Lyclph Stanley (Liberal). UNIVERSITY TESTS IN IRELAND. Mr. Pnrser, the Moravian elected to the Fellowship In Trinity College, Dublin, has refused to take the prescribed oath, and the next in place has been proclaimed by the Board ...

... The adjourned annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of the Worcester, Iohfield, and Hereford Training College was held yesterday, at the Temperance Hall, for the purposeof recelving the report. Among those present were the Archdeacon of Worcester, the Revds. Canon Hastings, Canon LeP (Hon. Sec.), Canon Douglas, Canon Melville, Canon Seymour, D.D,, Canon Gover (late Principal), J. 1.- ...

... 1t MISCELLANEOUS Nero will bathe title of the new opera Verla iiaj, to write for La Scala, Milan. The collection in favour of the sufferers by the VMAus. eruption now amounts to £20,000. The Watt InstLtutiona and School of Arts at Edeibu will soon occupy more commodious premises. * An elderly gentleman, named Pearcedied on Friday a Taunton, through having been knocked down and liddea over by ...

... REVIEWS. GOTHIC STCNEWORK* (Lnuon Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin) is a useful nnual of the history and prin ciples of Church architedire, which is all the more valu- able in these days of Goii'- revival, as it enters at some length into the definitio of the Gothic style, and gives a concise account of it historical development. The characteristic features oeach period are illustrated, and ...

... There was a small attendance and very little wheat offering, the quantities in farmers' hands being now almost exhausted. Prices have advanced about Is. per quarter since this day week, values being white wheat, 61s to 62s per quarter: red wheat, 52s to 53s. Foreign grain—maize, 29s to 30s per 480 lbs; Egyptian beans, 33s to 34s Black Sea barley, 25s to 26s per 100 lbs oats, Swedish white, 23s ...

... LLANDYSSIL. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE BILL.—A numerously and fluentially-signed peti ion was, on Monday, forwa1^^ from this place to Mr. Jacob Bright, M P., who has j charge of the Bill in the House, and who will to-D,e (Wednesday) bring it forward for second reading. ...

... FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1872. BURKE said if a man tells me his story every morning of my life, by the year's end be will be my master, and I shall believe him, however im- probable his story may be. Something like this effect may be produced on our minds bye-and-by with regard to the instability of Mr. GLADSTONE'S Government. Opposition members never lose an opportunity of preachinga Jeremiad over ...

... Signor Correnti's scheme of public instruction, which abolishes all powers of the clergy over the middle-class schools, has, as is known, been rejected by his col- leagues. From this has sprung a conflict between the Minister and his colleagues of the Cabinet. The issue is still uncertain. If Signor Correnti should be able to maintain his ground, and force his colleagues to give way, there ...

... Ordinary firsts, 112s; seconds, 107s; thirds, 94s; fourths, 80s; fifths, 51s; sixths, 42s. Mild cured—Firsts, 114s; seconds, 109s; thirds, 96. In the market, 2330 firkins. 114s; seconds, 109s; thirds, 96. In the market, 2330 firkins. ...

... The publication of a report of the Newport School Board meeting, which did not arrive until midnight, is postponed until to- morrow. ...

... THE LONDESBOROUGH Cup.-Lackland (Sopp), 1; Syrian (W. Platt), 2 Tippler (Griffiths), 3; Euphrosyne (Busby), 4 Diamond King (Bruckshaw) 5; and Como (Hood), 6. Betting :-6 to 5 agst Syrian. 4 to 1 agst Tippler, 5 to 1 agst Euphrosyne, 100 to 15 agst Lackland, and 10 to 1 agst Como taken. The latter broke away several times, causing a delay at the post. Tippler, with Euphrosyne, got away with a ...

... EPSOM SUMMER MEETING. EPSOM TOWN PLATE. Balquhidar .(Ashworth) 1 j Cranbourne .(C. Payne) 3 Lady Atholstone (Webb) 2 ] (Ten ran.) Letting Even on Jfillesmere, 7 to 1 each agst Pearl and Balquhidar, 9 to 1 agst Admiral, 10 to 1 agst Lady Atholstone, 100 to 8 each agst John Bellington and Cran- bourne. Won easily by two lengths, and a head between the second and third. THE DERBY. The Derby of ...