... e t 'T At a h.n . T -- 0o mte liDIIOB 01 Met DALY Poar. Sir,-Many of your readera were doubtless much gratified to hear of the late annual meeting of the London Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; a gathering to which the presence of the kind and gentle Princess Louise gave an ?? charm. Is It not fesalble that a plan of the same kind should be carried out In Birmingham-that is, that ...

... AND JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1872. THE BIRMINGHAM DAILY MAIL, AN EVENING JOUtENA PlIuck A Hl&EmPzxN; published at T)ree ond 8s; o'ccd, contains all Ut Telegrams, Markets, Siport'ag, Po01ce, and Local Newes of the Day. Drib Circulation now exceds 15,000. 9Grace for Advertioemmnts, No. 11, Cannon ruief. T he Lords, last night, debated the Inclosure Amendment Bill and the Scotch Education ...

... LATEST NEWSj ?? Telegrams, per Press.Association.] FRANC E. THE NATIONAL ASSE&BLY. VERSAILLES, JULY 16 (Evening). In to-day's sitting of the National Assembly A.U Thiers opposed the amendment moved by U. Peray, and demonstrated that the doubling of the taxon trade license8.would defeat its own object, and that it was necessary, therefore, to have recourse to the taxca- tion of raw material. M. ...

... The Marohloness of Westminster had a garden party at Cliveden on Saturday last, on which occasion the noble host and hostess were honoured by the presence of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prinoess of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Arthur, the Grand Doke of Meok!enburg-Ftrelltz, the Duke of OCmbridge, the PrIn- cess blary Adelaide, and his Serene Highness tbe Duka of Teok, and a ...

... THE SANITARY CONDIT[ON OF WILLRNIALTL, 3ir. Hartill. the oflicer of health connece d withl ?? Wiilenhall Loc:al B13od, continues to briag usiadr ttie r otice of that authoilty the sauitary condition of ?? tcwnship. In a report whicha he presented at a moeilag of the Board on Alonday nlgLt, he sald As the subji et of nuisatices injirlaus to h'altth ia now prominently before you, and its the ...

... THE BUILDERS' STRIKEo The resolutions adopted on Alonday by the corrmittee of the Master Builders' AssociatIon, and forwarded to the men's committee, declining to receive any deputation frcm the men to discuss the question of time or wages, has placed all hopes of an early settlement of the dispute In abeyance. It ls rather a singular crcumtanae that, while the committee of mastere were ...

... Dan Godfrey and hie merry men bade a long farewell to Amerlca on Wednesday night at the Academy of Ilusto. Their reception was even more of an ovation than that which they recelved at the Boston barn. The Academy was actually crammed to suffocation, not a vacant seat to be had, and but little standing room, It reminded one of the old Wachtel and Parepa.Roca nights. No greater proof could be ...

... OPENING OF THE HORTON INFIRAMEY, I B~~~ANBURY. On Wednerday afternoon, the Bishop of Oxford vislted Bnnbury, and formally opened the commodious Inflrua'ry which bus just been completed, near Mr. Perry's nursary, in the Oxford Road. The weather was fine, and la every way suitable for the ceremony, as well as for the lanoheon which followed, and the fetes with whioh the proceedings of the day ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... FATALITIES TO TOURISTS I N I bWIZERLAND. I A correspondent, dating from Tarasp, Engadine, writes as follows to the TbnCs :- As many of my countryinea are now probably contemplating a visit to Swltzeriand, I should wish, with your permission, to caution thermi agahiat entrusting their safety solely to the cere of Sveiss drivers, and to see for themselves that the wheals. of the carriage in ...