... MIDLAND COUNTIES SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE AT WEDNESDURY. A conference of the Sunday school teacbors of the Mid- land Counties took place yestc.day, in itse new Town Hall, Wednesbuiry. There wvas a large attendance, dele- gates being pree-nt from Gr:at Bridze, West Broanwicb. Dudley, Ta mworth, Walsall, Darlaston, Wolverhbampton, Hales Owen, Stourbricige, Worercester, Crad ley, Birming- ham, ...

... GfNERAL NrEW wS . [BY TELEns4'aI U.1 THE DUCH-ESS OF TECH. KENRsrM-aroe PALAcE, April 14.-Her Royal Highness t1le Princess llary Adelaide, Duchoess of Trek, was esfely deliscared of o Prince at 115) to-day. Ifer Royal Highness and the infant Princo are doing perrfectly well.-A5C'r15UR Itucassi1, MI.D. PRINCE ARTHUR. Lnst night's (a.-ete contains a W'lar 01ce notification of the transfer of ...

... DINNER TO MR TO:JHN CORIBETT, M.P. I_. . During the rocent ?? election for Droitwiels Borough, a very impayrtant part onl belalf of the Liberal candidate was taken by a nucnricr of woricng hen), who ternred theniselves the Worlking 'Moo)sB Com- mittee, and this committce having dejormined to celebrate the return of mr. Corlieft, ini'vited ?? gentle- man to meet thomat'dinner, whvhicls ooc ...

... T HE FO RI ST OF DE AN COLLIERIES. TO ?? E DITOR of th DAIr PYv.' Sir,-Thc Forest of Dean coal proprietors held a meet- ing in Newtuhlam on Saturday, lid agreed to put uip a notice at their various works for a 25 per cent. reduction. Permit me Lo say, through your valuable paper, for the information of the public, that there is no real cause for such a sweepeing reduction. In 1871 the coal was ...

... THE COLLIERS' STPIKE. Thle following letter, :rdlFrcs~ed by tile 'genesl. nanuager of thle Caisurse Clsbee ci (lien- Compiun-a to thle secretary of thle Amialgamnated Assoiation of Miii cr, is reply to a irroposall from the latter to tecfer thle question in di1sputfe betwveen iena and mavsters to arbiatratron, h]as;1 1 beenlcor- municriled to ius for publication, asato inmmwer to tl~re njical ...

... CORK RS SP() Ni) E NCE. NOTICES TO CORUESPONDENTS. 4/) l tii j~t .f i~t 1 (0! 01r /L, ll(atiO?5 abicist 2 arooiI&;aniu!t2 II,, nmes anis ail,--se o' ther 7n , not nc-cssar'ily ,for ,jUwis ,iwchz. 4but for ?? in~ormacnlin of t Efitor. '';rreeaaiia'fl5s '1,0 34t anqr s-) Cit V-sfa ?? .m- maii5 tnU alie.yl l elm co Si 't o tb, -u4 as we caeecnnt udir-- hi;'reto,001 ) ~n iws~-orid'urtions. ...

... TM NEW FOHOOT Lg BOE M i , . , WAPRWIO1I A spaelil rneoticg of the Town Council waa held at t' Court House, on Tuesday, for the purposo of d t ultimatum sent in lasi weak by the truatee of Si- 'h White's Charity. Mouteansnt.Colonel Greeanwayt,..sy presided; and there was a largo attndltarco. Por th' bcnfeit of persons residing at a d; tannt-, wI may state t'ua for a long time past, cons ...

... THE PENALTEs oF ?iIARRil AN ACIOR M CIAL I Ich '~rWe quote the oubjolned extract Ipasy Hto f ud the Shanghai correspondence of the ZE d ln February 12. The writer preflea hI stateteami To with the explatntior that the stge Is+ ts lan of professloni in ChIna, and that pl lea barbere are the only persons ezolu con ful petition at Uterary examinations ke, Thera has recently been ?? In Shasgirl ...

... The following account of a remarkable ascenaior effected by MUZ. Or~ce-Spinell! and Livel in the Etolle Polaire balloon on the 22nd nlt. is tken, from the Republique Tfaiue- The aeronauta rose from the gaiworks at Paris-Viletto at 11 35 a.m. Four minutes after they disappeared from Bight in a stratum of clouds about 1500 metres high (1 metre equals 3.28 fee* and 300 metres tbiok, which they ...

... AXN EAGRANT GERMAIN GIRL'S ADVENTURE. __ The rhiladelphla correspondent of the Mew York H*Rerald ?? passling through the central Nn olice office this morning, as usual, your corrospon- - cent noticed the captain, of the detective force leen engaged in earnest conversation with a bright and lal Intelligent little boy. There was something so e in earnest and ?? band a grace so remarkable In his ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE, I _ - LONDON, MONIDAY EVENING. ri A9 I anticipatea, Mr. Huddleston hwa deelined ha the ollttor-generaehip. The Times announces 1i that he has done so because ho prefers carrying on private practice and remaining an Independent - ?? of the ministry. But that choice might a have been made without going down to Norwioh. L The fact Is the learned gentleman would have ...

... .ImPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I M p1 HOUSE OF COMMONS. WRDNRi8D&Y, APRtL 29. * .Tbo saker took the chair at twelve o'clock. D Sit C. O'Logblon took the oath and his seat. ry PETITIONS. of Mr. RATs'BONEo presented pslttions from the 4. Rleman Ontholios of Edgehill and Bishop SEtn, be W&veJtree, St. Joseph's, Wind St. FrAuctc Xavler's, le Eldou-atreet district, Liverpool, against the Hum- in tio and ...