... N i . - - -e X ii -of U AND i THE ATHA> N :RD. . I I On Weknaesdat. both Houses of ftS Convocaton of the Southern ?rovinee retu(ned their ?? ts ?? miriiAster. The Psissate'tresided over the Bishop, wbho iat in the Council Chamber of Queen Ainei's Bounty loae, Deian' Yard; isnd there twerq jresent thoe Biahi:s of '1Wnahe0ter, Esly, Exetr, Llendarf, Lichroeld, Oxford Chichester, Sails- basy, St. ...

... SHAKE' SPEAREAN COMMEMORATION I . AT STRATFORD-QN-AVON. This annual celebration took plaee yesterday. This year. the Mayor (.Mr. W. Stephenson>, in conjunction with Cmuncillor James -Cox, jun., some months sinco took such measures as in- fused much of their activity Into the burgesses. A committee resulted from a public meeting, and that body gave themselves great trouble, and matured a day's ...

... [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGSamI.] HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. The Elementary Education Provisionai Order Confir- mation (No. 3) Bill was read a second time. THE ASHIANTEE WAR. The Earl of LAUDIERDA`F asked what measures have been taken to prevent the Ashantees getting supplies of arms and munitions of war, what number of troops we have oln the spot to defend our various ...

... I I STAFFORD. l1lT~nOVZSI 1 \-T C0,1 MIISSION EiRS.-TI]C ordinary Ionthli d . annuatl ?? g xwas held oa Tnesday i the Guild. ball, 3r. F. Greatrcx il the chair. MIr. Bruce and dr. W. Bux tun lvcre appointe'd chairmen of the Finance and Street (Connnittecs. It was ordered that the street lamps be lighted jhlrisg thin ensuing monthl; complaint was. howecver, iiadoliY Mr. R. Batkin and others ...

... LATEST NEWSl . r P . . I. 1.11lteUser.attegragns, pei XTess Association.] 3FRANCE 1. VERSAILLES MicRe 22 (venieg) The committee on the organisation of the* Lyons mnunicipality, without waiting for the opinion bf the Government, have resolved to propose the iminme- fliate suppression of the central municipality, and the maintenance of the present municipal rouncilj with a division of the city ...

... Tise Levant Times of the 27th iust. says:- A serious fire took plnce this ifioviiing in the Tekd quarter of vera, destroying dboout seven houses and shops, chiefly wooden. It broke out about 6i0e o'clock. Fortunately, there was very little wind, or the destruction would have in all pro- bability-been a ropatition of the disaster which befell the upper part of the Faubotug about this time ...

... VISIT OF PRINCE AND PRINCESS ICHRISTIAN TO INGESTRE. RECEPTION AT STAFFORD. Yesterday, thd appearance of the county town was com- pletely altered. At the entrance to the town, on the Green Bridge, on elegant arch, jn imitation of solid masonry, had sprung uip swiftlyunder the management of Mr. Gee, assisted by artistes from Birmingham; and another of an apropos charactor to the old portcullis ...

... A14D JOURNAIL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1878. ?? A Cabinet Council will be held to-morrow. It is ?? announced in, the Telegraph that a second meeting of Ministers will probably take place on Satuiday, and, perhaps, ?? subsequent meetings in the ensuing week. The principal members of the. Cabinet will then leave town, and will not, return until Lord Mayor's Day, when most of them will, it is ...

... AND JOURNAL MONDAY, AUGUST 11 1873. Ourreaders will be able to obtain the DAILYPoST ?? the secton- at the' following watering places_- Aberystwith ?? Smith and Son, Bookstall. . ?? Mr. Morgan, Bookseller. Barmouth ?? Smith and Son, Bookstall. Bangor . . ?? -'Smith and Son, Bookstall. ,, ?? .Mr. Scott, Bookseller. Llandudno. Smith and Son. Bookstall. . . .Mr. WoOdley, Bookseller.- (Llandudno ...

... WOLTVERHAMPTON AND SOUTH STAF- FORDSHIRE HARDWARES. WoLvann3acurtoN, Tuesday. The demand for leading classes of Black Country hard- ware, although perhaps a degree better than last reported, is still below the avbrage for the season. Where manu- facturers are enabled to make slight concessions in price, orders are forthcoming which in many cases had been kept back for some time past, biut the ...

... SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT, (BY AN 1VDEPENDENT rEMrBER.1 LONDON, Friday. rTE Irish Clhurch, certainly, is doing its best to dleserve the charge brouight igainst it by Mr. Glad- stone of lack of freedom. There have been most furious discussioiis in the Synod uplon the question ,f absolutiOnl, and it is not by, any means im- pro1)able, jludging from, the temper displayed in the debate, that there ...

... A meeting of the men lately employed at Earl Fitz- william's Low Stubbin Colliery, but who struck five weeks ago, and are now locked out, was held at Sawinarsh, near Rothorhaam, on Saturday. There were considerably over three hundred men present, and the whole of them Rwere Daid a week's grant out of the funds of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association. Subsequently Mr. Normansell, one of the ...