... 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 ...

... NOTES ON THE WEATHER OF JUNE, 1872, :COIPAaED Wntr TTINT' OF 1-'- Mijj'H DURING TIHE SIXTEEN YEARS 1856-7L II - . . , : I I I ,W I THuE past month was of average, temperature, quiet, duall, 8 and unusually et, -withia ratIher low barometer.bi The mean height of the barometer (at 32'. and sea level) br, was 29.770 inches, which is 0 173 in. below the mean height oth of the barometer for the ...

... THE LONDON OMNIBUS DRVERS. A meeting of drivers and conductors of omnibuses was held at midnight, on Thursday, in a large unfinished building near the Elephant and Castle, which had been lent for the occasion by Mr. E. T. Smith. As no notice of the meeting had been given before Thursday morning, the arrangements were necessarily of the most primitive order. A rough platform had been erected ...

... | sf1 The leaders of both masters andamen bad ala busy time of it, yesterday, considering and reviewing their fe several positions, and making preparatlons for the future. m The Carpenters ajid J'oiners Centaral Committee opened it, the day's proceedings by sts'iking their fifth dividend for ale, tho men on striko at 12s. each, and the third for the men bet locked out, 'who are virtually now ...

... ?? A BRIGT SIDE OF. I . ?? SI OLNEyI Thr sadismal Gonad about the nameO( Colney-hatch, and even when iti used iz thoul~ls estit ail to Produce the laugh.' it is intended to provoke Nor with the place itself, a much a wreds are bound, t s admire ts ?? ?? and perfection ot. cientifi skill, can we erdinarily conjure up genial rest ofathe s. A community, walled off from the, ost of the nworld, of ...

... I Yesterday, a breach of promise of marriage, in which the lady is between 50 and 60 years old was o the subject of a law suit before Mr Justice irettW at Carlisle Asies . The plaintiff is Mrs Jane a Hope, widow, of Wath; and the defendant is Mr IC( Joseph Watson, landlord of the Wath Brow Top X public house. The promise was not denied, but-it was pleaded that the plaintiff had subsequently ...

... TENBY.. ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening an accident befel a youth named Charles Allen, who, in company of Ralph Henry Boikin, was loading a truck laden with bags of gTass, when, being on the top of the load securing them, the rope broke and he fell, the back of his head coming into contact with a stone he was picked up insensible and taken home. Dr. W. Herson was immediatety sent for, under whose ...

... The celebration of the 12th July in Scotland has un- happily been attended with fatal and serious consequences. Two lodges of Orangemen returning from a demonstration in the district of Wisliaw, were attacked by a number of Catholics, and a-serious riot took place. Pick shafts atad staves were employed by the assailants, and some women threw stones and other missiles. Two of the Orangemen had ...

... THE. COAL AND IRON TRADES. In an article on the staple trades of South Staffordshire, the Birmingham Gazette rrvs: If the current prices of coal and iron are to be taken as a criterion, the,' good time coming,' which has generally been regarded as a thing to be hoped for rather than a substantial reality, seems to have at last dawned here. Iron is now one hundred per cent. dearer than it was ...

... THE INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONGRESS. The Times, In the following leader, review tho whole s- tlca of Prison Di&oiplins and its efleet on Criminals, aad also points out he necessity ef making punishment deterrent enongh to protect life and property The International Prison Congress, which concluded its labours on Saturday, has. on the whole, justified the hopes of its promoters. It has brought ...

... A California hotel consists of the hollow trunks of ten immense trees, standing in a group a few feet apart. Nine of the hollow trees, duly papered and whitewashed, are used as bedrooms, and the tenth as an ogioe and bar room. The vexed oonundrum propounded by Hamlet in his soliloquy to who would faraela bear! has at last been solved in a satisfactory manner. The widow of a man named Fsrdels, ...

... THE HEAT NEW YORK. Tb :■ -v V'-ri: papers just arrived givv terrible accounts of ihe s -i:s o: man aud beast ill that city during the h'-at W t;. ...