... I Last Sunday, at the Parish Church, Hagley, the Hon. and Rev. W. H. Lyttelton, who has jast returned from a Continental tour referred at some length in his sermon to the moral and religious condition' of the German empire. The land of the Reformation, of Luther and Melancthon, was sald to have been overgrown with a cold and heartless rationalism-the home of scepticism and unconsecrated ...

... WOLVRHAMIPTON. Tim Tows CouNOIL.-At the monthly meeting of this Vorporaton, on Monday, the Chairman of the Sewerae Commlttee will move the acdeptance of the tender of bless Kall and English, of Birmingham, of £60. lOs&, for drawing nine map. of the borough from the recent town survey, and of £47. 5.. for prang and supplying 200 copies of each sheet (1,800 In the whole). The Chairman of the ...

... AND JOURNAL. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1872. THE BIRMINGHAM DAILY MAIL, AN EVWUG JOURNAL, PnIcu A HALYrnNuy; publiad at Three and Siz o'clock, contains al She Telegrdmws Marke&, Sporting, Pobice, and Local News of tCM Day. Daily Oirculation nowo exceeds 15,000. 9fice for Advergw%4, No. 11, Oannon ftud& NEWS 0 THE DAY. In the House of Commons, yesterday, Mr. WALnvx MORRISON, member for Plymouth, moved ...

... AND JOURNAL. SATURDAY, JULY 13, IW2. THE BIRMINGHAM DAILY MAIL AN EDEMING JOURNA4, PulwU A HALEPve~; publishad a Three Ad Six o'ockc, contain aU Oe Telegrame, Markelse Spatring, Polce, antd Loeal News of the Day. Daily Virculatlin now exoeeda 15,0. 99fice for Advercknmcg, No. 11, Cannon Street. The Lords have plenty of time upon their hands. No one can say that their Parliamentary duties are ...

... PARLIARENT, LAST NIGHT. HOUSE 0Q' LORDS. Their Lordships met at five o'clook. SCOTCH EDUCATION BILL. Before going Into Committee on this bill, The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said he was anxious to address a few words of warning, lest, through inadvert- ence, their Lordships should sanotion a secular system of education, exoluding religious teaching froi4 the schools, He know that there was a ...

... VOLUNTEER INSPECTION AT HAGLEHY. The annual inspection of the 1st Battallon of Woroes. terahire Mfle Volunteers took place yesterday, at EHagley. Under the new regulations the companies must have on the ground at leawt two.thirds of their total strength; and yenterday this requirement wa fuilly eompled with. The battalilonmuntered 665of all ranks and 20 band. The Staff officers present were ...

... BIRMINGHAMI WATCH COMMITTEE. The fortnightly meeting of this committee was hell vee. terday, in the Grand Jury Rooml Public Offices, thor Street. There were present-Mr. Barker (in the chir), Aldermen Holland and Brinaley; Messrs. J. Chamberlain, Deyldk, Thomason, Lewis, Taylor, Kenriok, and Morley. THE LATE OAFAES OF DROWNING NE&R TEE PROOF- H ?? -Tho CHAIRMAN aidd he saw that the Coroner had ...

... AMERICAN A&FF AIRS. [Bconr our o'n W ondenq.] NEW YORK, July 12. Tuis morning is published the text of Count Selopis' speech giving the opinion of himself and colleagues that the indirect claims have no founda- tion in international law, for an award of compensa- tion or computation of damages between nations, and must be excluded from the consideration of the Geneva Tribunal. This decision is ...

... DISTRICT NEWVS. WOLVElli1Auir ror, ! FS'I~ MNrIL TO Tllt REVJ . X. HA.r'TOY-Ye3torday evetstlr, im tie N atiatil SLxcol Room, t)UltelyadStreot% thevev 1 . Mkn-ptOl, vicar of t. Johu'a Cbursh, Was presented with a tet!mno41al raised by jvoluntary contri- cutfonsaby the w&nmbcrs of the Wolverhampton Dratrict of the Mliiiheater 1! ity of Oddfellowr. 'Thetostimurnlal coa° alited of a Lectituary. ...

... We have received from the War Office a Supplementary Report of the Committee on the Organisation of the various Wlilftry Land Forces of the Country, of which the following is the moat material portion: - The committee lave, in the interval which has elapsed sinoc the publics. tton of their first report, ?? many communications from local authorities buggeating various ?? in tbe scheme with a ...

... Yesterday morning a large meeting of masons was held at the Bun Concert Ball, Westminster Road, to hoar far- ther explanations from the committee In relation to the arrangements entered into with the master builders. Mr. Broadburaer occupied the chair, and defended the action taken by the masons' committee. He contended that the terms were better than they could have obtained by aibitration. ...

... THE LOCAL COLLIERS AND COALOWNEiS. In accordance with the resolution come to at Birmlng. ham, the colliery proprietors and chartermasters of the Dudley dlstrict gave their men, on Saturday night, a fort- night's notice that they should stop the band an hour during the working day of eight hours, in order that both men and horses might have time for rest and refreshment. The men are also to ...