... UNIVERSITY DEGREES-SALE OF DIPLOMAS; B. D. H. writes to us:- I had been hoped that the exposures made during the past few years concerning the unblushing and zoandaloun sale and purchase of diplomas granted by certain foreign universiltes had for ever put an end to the fraudulent prac. tite; but from the advertisement of ' Mr. MenIous, 46. Kit g Street, Jersey,' which appeared in lat week's ...

... WESLEYAN CONFERENCE EN LONDON. LFronrn eur Special Reporter.] There wea no session of the Conference yesterday, it being the day appointed for bolding the ordination services. These servicos are very attractive, and the Methodist people assemble in large numbers to witness the solemn separation of the young ministers to their sacred office. Up to yesterday, the young men who had been ordained ...

... The usual quarterly meeting of this body was held yesterday afternoon, hMr. J. Brewer ?? to the following amounts. were ordered to be ?? Fund account, £1,607. 1Bs. 9d.: Hospital account, £126. 18s. 5d. * Free Library account, £67. Ie.; Burial Board account, £186. 2s. 6d.-The Cor- porate seal was ordered to be affixed to a conveyance to the School Board of 4,600 square yards of land in Bath ...

... The Daily NYews correspondent writes from Rome on the 2nd inst.:- The Clerical party has been thoroughly vanquished, and the victory obtained by the Liberals is really a great one. Ever since the occupation of the Eternal City, the Pope had been proclaiming that the great majority of the Roman population was against the Usurper. The plbiscite, it is true, showed the re- verse ; but the ...

... AND JOURNAL THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, W2. aHA BIRMINGHAM DAILY MAZZ, ANi LEVTNG JOURNAL, hxC2 A HRIL'OW; ?? g 7%W W 84 Adl* conkam all U 2degraxVarkeft,8p@V Pogon, and LocaZ New o tU DM. Da aftaeW~ Box exceeds 15,000. ChWou mm l ob N.M u The QuIJ arrived at Edinburgh yesterday morning at -8.50. Her MAasTY Will reside at Holyrood Palace for a few days, and proceed to Balmnoral, It is expected that ...

... RnPRESxENnTrtoN OF PRESTON. The Johne Ball in authorised to contradict the statoment (and does go with regret) that Mr. J. E, Gorst will be the Conservative candidate for Preston. A suitable candidate will be chosen out of the many anxious to off or their ser- vices to the constituency, and in all probability the Liberals will net contest the seat. A correspondent at Preston telegraphs :-The ...

... OPENING OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES ON I BUNDAY.S The followig Interetn letter appeared In yeaterday'a Seeing that the fact of a public library being open an SuplayB in (Olnlnatul is thought worthy of mention in The 2Timae, I have pleasure in intoning you that five free cottae lbrarie have been open every Sanday for fior years In a ra ius of a mile round Cyfarthfa, wlth a yearly lasteaang ntmber of ...

... TEE BALLOT1 AOr. Last night, a spesial meeting of the Town C3ncull was held, fir. Beddee presiding, for the parpose of maelog arrangements necessary for carrying out the providlons of the Ballot Act. At the prevloas meeting of the Ooaaoll It was considered that the sixteea polling distriote, into. whioh the borough was divided for the purposes of the Repre santation of ths People's Act, 1867, ...

... tRY 2Z? INDEPENBR7D7 EMXB&R] LoiNDo, Friday. Tim concourse of members who lock down to the debates on the Licensing Bill is, in one sense, remarkable, and yet it is easily to be explained. It is a subject upon which every member can talk, and in which every member feels an interest. It is not given to all the members of the House to be so confident of their abilities that they can venture to ...

... THE CORPORATION EXPENDITU'E IN WOLVEBHAMPON. Yesterday evening a report of the Finance committee of the Wolverhampton Town Cowucil was posted to the members of the Council and the press, It la of consider. able Importance to that borough, and shows alargeincrease of expenditure, with a consequent necessity for higher rates. We give the following Your committee have again to submit estimates of ...

... LATEST NEWS, (Reuter's Tfiegjrams, per Presa Associatcon.) FRANCR THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. VERSAILLES, JULY 31 (Evening). In to-days sitting of the National Assemibly, the I ,debate on the tax on the distillationof alcohol was tontinued. Sevcral members of the Right proposed that the Assembly should, before voting this bUiw, appoiat a ,Committee of Enquiry. M. de Goulard, the Minister of ingtace ...

... I (PRMSs ANS0O=L N TGAM] REVENUE RETURNS. The Revenue returns from the lot of April to the 17th of August show :-Recelpte, £26,170,184. lask year, £24,209,815, Bxpendituro. £25,807,186.; last year, £28.l24,044. Balances, £5,786,231, ; last year, £1,846,070, VITAL STATISTIC3. The Reglstrar-General'm reports, during the week endlig Saturday, show that 5,362 blrthr and 3,475 deaths were ...