... THE MUNICIPAL ELEOTIONS. THE NOMKNATIONS. Yesterday was tie last daty Lor sending in to the Town Clerk's office nnminations of caullidates for the Town Council, and it will b* seen from tbe following beta that tiere are contests in soven Avards, opositi in three of tbe iyalrds-BDurIE~sley, Duafldc!;ton, :und2 Neahel1.I-bavilgq sprung up aflmost at the List inowent. OWing tCL the 1st of ...

... WOLVERHAIPTON. STREFT OUTRAGE-Another aggravated ssault, likely to result fatally lias occurred in IWolverbliunpton. It appears that Samuel IALiyea; (40), labourer, Stafford Street, was walking in the neighbourhood of hone on Strvtlnlay night, when lie was aceosted by several women of disreputable character. After knocking bins down they kiicked and further shaisefully inaltroatedl him Rs lie ...

... The Chief of the DBureau of Ordnance of the Imnitcd States Navy Departnient discusses several impiortant subjects in his report this year. Ho says :-The oroanisation of our ordnance dates frorn 1845, and from that period it has been fully recognised in the na\'y that onr ShipS should com- pensate for inferiority of numbers by the superior armamaent of individ Li ships; and eo lontg as the ...

... BIRMIKNGHAM LICENSED VICTUALLERS' FRIENDLY JAUND PRIOTECTION SOCE TY. The annual mneetiog of this society was held yesterday, at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, New Street. Mir. H. Fulford presidled.; and there wero also ?? J. Wadhams4, it. Mlaher, J. Clement;, Bailey, P. G. Burton, A. Minsulnl. T. F. Keel, AleFarlaiet, E. J1, Bishop, K. Miackeanzie, T. Chaplin, T. Burton, NV. Thornp son, Red.. ...

... 1BY1 TELenGRAPH. Dli KENEALY. Last night's Londoln Goat rte contains the announcement of the removal of Dr. Kenealy from the list of Queen's Counsel. THE VACANCY AT ST. IVES. At a meeting of the St. Ives electors last night, Sir Franceis Lvcett was unanimously accepted as the candi- date of the Liberal party. DEATHl OF LIEUTENAN.T-COLONEL GREY. Lieuteiantc-eolonol George Gr ey, only son of Sir ...

... FORrAG3T F¶R1UITS IN COVENT GARDEN. I [Fromn tli Garden.] The importation of foreign fruits to this country Is destined, at no ?? date, to influence to a considerable extent the market value of home- grown produce. Indeed, such imports as now find their way to Covent Garden alone form no incon- siderable proportion of the gross supply of the market. The fact is we are not afruit-growing people ...

... BI~RMINGHAIM BOARD OF GUARDIANS. 1 The fortnightl' mecting of the Birmingham Board of (hardians was held yesterdiy, at the Board Room, Parish (ilices, Paradise Street. lilr. P. D. Rineebone presided.- The minutes of the various committees were adopted. Tilyh minutes of the Central Out-door Relief Committee shoved that the committee had considered the question of j--yinu fees for pauper ...

... [PPESS ASaOCozrAON TEfLfRAM.tj. A Waterford railway watchman, named D'Arcy, who recently came into a large fortune, is missing. His lamp lies been found in the river, snlt the Waterford police suspect that he has been murdered. A trades demonstration, attended by several thou- sand operatives, was held in Dundee, on Saturday, when resolutions -were passed demanding tho repecl of tie Criminal ...

... THE GOVERNMENT AND THE AGRI- CJULTURISTfS. Those who expectedi an imn~diate redress of agricul- tural grievances from the advent to political power of the traditional farmers' fiiend must be con vinced that, en far as the present session is concerned, they are doomed to disappointment. Only one of the ?? questions that ?? been generallyagitated by agrieulturisis during the pastthree cr four ...

... MR. MELLY, MI.P., ON THE GOVERT,- MENUT. On Tuesday evening, a meeting of the Tnust-all Liberal Committee and canvassers for the recent election weS held in the Methodist Noew Connexion School RPoom, Tunstall, and was attended by Mr. George 31elly, tile Liberal member for Stolee-on-Trent, and several of the leading Liberals of the neighbourhood ; Mr. J. N. }eake presided, and opened tile ...

... THE R.T'rAL VIlIT TO LOND DON. Tuesday av s even Ilmee nifavoiurable than ?? for the street Iecorators who however. mnaised to make grcat progr. S3 I'ish thoil ' llrk ?? t Ic Salioy fell hIcavilY ait interl-va l- an tho weamther all day trai exceed- ingly incileuen. In O0 tond Street the road is lineld with Venentia musts, whih Ct n continued into the EdLwlare Roid as fir as the Tertic s ...

... SMALL-POX IN BIRTIINGHIAM. CON-FE6BENCE ]gSTWEEN THE' GUARDIANS AND ' THE TOWVIN COUNCIL. A conferencea hetwveen a demsation from the Sanitary Committee of the Towin Council an'si the aispeisary ald Vaccillatioes Comsusittco oi the Board of Gslsardialis, rela- tiYO to tlhe ?? of sma;ll-po0x: Wnd the spread of the liscaise in the borough, iWS held yejfterday, at the Parish Oflice. PRtradiio ...