... In the touse' of Lords' last nighi a message' from. the Crown was rea, announcig that a commission would forthwith be issued to inquire Into thb cause of. railway accidents, and the posai- bility of prevention. In the House of Commons Mr. Disraeli, reply- ing t6 Mr. Newdegate, sid lhat the Wliieuutido reoess would coramence on the 22nd May and terminate on the 1st of June. Five notices of ...

... ^OINX'S BABY. An incident has just occurred at the Hammersmith Police-court illustrates the deplor- able educational destitution of thousands of British Children, for whose education the State has paid so many millions of money to the various religius sects of the kingdom. A poy of the age of 14 was bfrdtight before the .Residing magistrate as a witness. Havmg gone tlhroiigli the form of the ...

... A corijespoiident, WRITES ;—Ever sinca tlie notice has been PUT NP AT the collieries here, (TH^ tradU, whi ...

... I SPECIAL CORIRESPONDENCE. (BY PnmTm TZrL!GRvu.) LoxoDo:, TJ.'hursday Evening. Twelve days of bright fine weather is something to which -we are not often treated in London. However the business of politics may languish in the abseuee of Mr. Gladstone, and in the present placid hanmour of Mr. Disrnaoli, the business of pleasure, if dining out can be regarded as an amusement, appears to be in- ...

... evar few Courat. FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1874. MINERS' WAGES- ANID INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY. The reaction that follows excess is in full operation to-day in the coal trade, and in all the coal districts of the kingdom the miners are foeling the reflex influence oftthat restraint of supply that operated in 1871-2-3 to the great inflation of their wages, and in this northeastern district operated also to ...

... WIT AND HIUMOUR. The dead of ?? Things that must be pushed-Barrows. A boarding establishment-A carpenter's .rnE REAL AUTiHoRTIES ON SPIRITUALySDL -slilitiamen. Aren't they disembodied eleven months out of the twelve ?-Punck. A French wit said of a man who was erx- aeedingly fat that nature only made him to show how far the human skin would stretch without breaking. What comes after T ? ...

... SUfrPPINU I.NlTHL.lI1E$CE. I i WilllCZA .21D aA111GASUAMLML The Meg Anen t 'obi, b ion. Nevz*o Cit coals Jcma Batters,o.,,Srolalxvcpo olotei rt sen oaiw'o has put into Bielfast (2cth Atpril) ?? mdeehiefgrdwiaged, 'lii Arcthusa, braqul, of St. Ives, from 8manyma, o., to Nbnta, was run down on V7t4 Aplil Ia lat. 45.2 N., lorg. 8.14 W:, durinj a denoe fog by the Ciagalow, a., from LUndon, for' ...

... THE, PR0J31Em OF IMMIGRATION. /r ?? . n . . I (From the Chicago Times). Does it pay to become an American citizen? Thousands of foreign mechanics and laboarers land on our shores week after week to find the answer. For years that answer was yes. To-day it is in many oasess ?? Theimralgraut too often finds thathe las left homse and friends for the sake of imaginary wealth which he cannot gain ...

... LOND0U1 LETTER, IrJt'!N ttIiS OWJI tC2r.P2POifl1nV-.) I LONDON, T.111A.M A I If The , Voyelnrllzet J1ntend to do litt er . s;,, hing Ilurintihe present nesion, iyx- > ti-idual- ncmbrer aoppez.r deterifiine(laf ai t( v(e s to ?? 'lreir constitucnts thatb tiey V 1 tve not been eiectcii in Aailn. 4l1 *otees t( ara glaat that their representatives are a';ble n 1 wag their tonngurs, and can. caruse ...

... ICENS8ING ACT, 1872, AMENDMENT BILy To MM, WVTOR OP Trm DAILY NSWO.. SIB-l cannot allow the statement made, bj Mr. Jr. G. Talbot in the HtousA of Commons on Monday last ,$ thar thene vws a reason for the distinction made to close beerhouses sesijair thea 'public-houses because the formqr were open merely for the sale of beer, ~bnt licensed victuallere sol food so well as drink, g to ~without ...

... AN FEECUTION k'FOT GARRY. The Manitoba Gazet publishes the following ac- count of the execution of Thomas Scott, who was sen- tenced to death by a court-martial, on the 4th of March, 1870. It is supplied by Bruce, ?? of Riel's provisional government - Six soldiers had been cho'en to shoot Scott AUgustin Parisien, one of the six soldiers, declared openly that he would not shoot at Scott ; and, ...

... ELECTION P ETITION'S. (SiEsxra TELEAenMS.) DUDLEY. K/r. TTilliln-si, an inspector of mining machinery, Was the first Witness called vesterday, when the Couirtrolsuued is sitting, He said th e mob was fierce and f urioua, and calld out, T He's a Tory-don't let him vote. He was kicked so bad y that he was laid up for three wveeks. The mob also brtallhv nssaultel his son, and threats were ...