... ?? AaSOCIATION TELOG1lAM,.] HO USE OF LORDS. Tlie Lord Chancellor took his seat at, five o'clook. Tbe ?? Property Limitation Bill passed through com- mittee, with some verbal amendments. THE LAND TRANSFER BILL. On the motion for going into committee on the Land Titles and Transfer Bill, Lord HATIHIRLEY, while approving of the principle of the measure, feared that a great deal of inconvenience ...

... bAITEST NEWS . (Ica41dva xe;egrarAn, per Prcm Association-. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 1. M. Ilaragnon, Urnder.SeAretary for the ?? Depart- meent, bas left for Nice in reference, it is said, to the Separntist speech of M. Picon, who has resigned his seat in the Assembly. according to a Nice journal. TEE PARIS BOURSE. rAIuS, MAY 1. The :r3ar1ee has beon flrm. The Three per Cent. Ronte left off in liq ...

... COR RESPONDENCE. NOTICES TO COOUESPONDENTS. dfllttetr.e eIb r On 'd lor u i im. o ?? ge ZOYO- aomo5O b th7 1i't)t - i' a- il -3s ol ti I rlrtr, uant nj c ssariiy for )ZI'lic.ztion'. uett for th4 in'orevstion or tieL Edvttor. A. J., Mladeley.-Holly rank, King's Heath. E. W.-Eurdham rode Suleiman in last year's Derby. Query.--Ahlermen are elected in Birminghamn for terms of six years ...

... ME NEW COLLIERY AT SANDW LL PAIP. I [By our Specics Explorer.] Nothwithstanding the striking of a seam of brooch coal, 2ft. 6in. thick, at the Sandwell Park trial sinking, on the 20th March last, and the confident vaticinations of all experienced mining en'gineers thereupon that the thick coal seam lay beneath, and that the correlation of the South Staffordshire and Warwickshire coalfiolds was ...

... | MEETING OF RAILWAY SERVANTS AT I I BEREFORD. Under the auspices of the Hereford district branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, a very largely attended meeting was held in the Corn Exchange, Hereford, on Sunday afternoon, with a view to induce such of the railway men in the town and district as have not yet done so, to enrol themselves members, and to elicit the sympathy and ...

... ma .- , 4 W-v AND JOURNAL. TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1874. NEW. OF THE. DAf. The Executive and Consultative Committees of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union having passed a resolution thanking the Bishop of MAx- CHESTER for his public expression of sympathy with the farm labourers, and with the efforts now being muade to improve their. condition, the BisHoP re- plied as follows I do not soe how ...

... BIRWINGHATI WATOE COMMITTED A The ordinary fortnight]y meeting of the Birmingham Watch Committee was held in the Council Chamber at the Public Ofkice, Moor Street, yesterday morning. Nb. Kenrick presided; and there were present the Mayor (Mr, J. Chamberlain), Aldermen Manton, Brinsley and Bigs,- Messrs. Taylor,' Thomaso0q, Barker, Lewis, Deykin, Whateley, and Webster.-The CinEr SUPEIiiNTrNDENT ...

... WOLVERHIAMPTON AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE HARDWVABES. wVroLvnsRlvtUlr.oN, Tueesday.-There is but slight imI- provement in the demand for hardwares 'in this district since our last report. In most branches of trade the rate of ?? is steadily overtaking the deniand, and unless a speedy improvement is cxpericuced in regard to the latter, tho workpeoplo must, in many cases soon be put 111l1 short ...

... WOLVEREIIMPTON, BILSTO', AND lYILLEN- HALL. The union colliers on striko in those places are being paid with due regularity. Certain mess were paid on W7ednesday, but the bulk w-ere paidl on Saturdaly. Weklily payments are now universal at the lodges. On behalf of the non-financial mensmers applications are being mudo to the diffcrent trades unions with varied results. TERMINATION OF THE ...

... ?? A special meeting of the members of this society was held in the Town Hall, last evening, for thle purpose of 11considering those parts of rules 26 and 27 referring to fuineral levies, with the view ultimately of amending or rescinding them. Mr. B. Delaney, the President, occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance. I The CirAr.iLAN, inl opening thle proceedings said that was the ...

... DUDLEY ELECTION PETITION -O EIIN The following letter appeared in yesterdsy's Aima . Sir,-In your report of these proceedings you naturally give more Prominence to the statements made by counsel for the petitioners thain to thsse for the respondent, and the effect of that report secms to be to convict the people of Dudley of being invariably riotous and disorderly during elections. I Will ...

... LONDON, Saturday. Tim fashionable season maintains its promise of brilliancy, but it is now seen that it will necessarily be short. It will resemble Mr. Charles Lamb, in coaiing very late and going very early. The great lion of thle season will, of course, be the Emperor of all the Russias, who will take part in three popular gatherings. He will receive the freedom of the City, will attend a ...