... Amotion to pay Mr. Charles BeedI £ l, «s services.as chairman will B £ ?,y r„ Q Jth, London School Board. It will be opposed by a ^ti ...

... WHIT-MOAY.-The shops were all closed and work suspended. The long single street of the town was crowded with visitors from the hill districts, who began pouring in from a. very early hour. All seemed bent for the races. There was only one school treat in this dis- trict-at the Welsh Independent school at New Bethel, near Mynyddislwyn, and the children were regaled with plum cake and tea. ...

... GOVERNMENT SIGNAL STATION, LIZARD. [Sit ips reported bp Messrs. WM. BROAD & SONS, Lloyd's and Ship Agents, Falmouth, and the Lizard, as having PASSED THE LIZARD.] [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] MONDAY. — Morning Passed east: steamers West of England, of Liverpool, Baalbec of Glasgow. Afternoon Portuguese brigRegina, schooners Renown, of Portsmouth, Mary Anna, of Rye, Blanche, Royal Adelaide, of Falmouth, ...

... Captain Hyde is still in prison. Diplomatic relations have been suspended between the Governments of Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. ...

... The Bombay PaPers of April 21th contain the following intelligence (t i budget was published on Thursday in a foliow^rf l, UarJ*- The accounts of 1S72-73 shew the nenditi,™ Revenue, £ 50,220,360 ordinary ex- public works extraordinary, extrarJiv tot:Ll' £ 50,641,0C2. The surplus, excluding nary £ 49A7ao £ 1'763'878; deficit» excluding extraordi- £ HQ • Regular estimates, 1S73-74: Revenue, ...

... The memorials, &c., relating to the International Con- vention of 1874, and sugar duties have just been printed amongst the Parliamentary Papers. Mr. Butt's Bill to make provision for more effectually securing the Ulster Tenant Right, and to amend the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870, is backed by Mr. Richard Smyth, Mr. Mitchell Henry, Sir John Gray, and Mr. Downing. Mr. Philip Callan, ...

... COAL, AND HARDWARE • a THE WEST MIDLANDS. (SPECIE BHP9BT ux Qyji pwN CPpREsy^pSfly,] Urs^ay-—There were hinta to-day lmvprq ir, °L ?^anges at an early date in favour of One firm i.o ce^am qualities oi first-elass Iran, in it* oaaa 8 a,^°^9d reason to conclude that certainly thp flxnpMnt!1 eratio113 s00n take place* When the expectation is realised. then another will be added iLrnTh fhTn, Ww- ...

... SCDDEN DEATH.-A.a inquest was held on Wednesday, at the Roath Police-station, before Mr. R. L. Reece, coroner, and a jury, upon the body of Eliza Adder, 32 years of age, who died in a sudden manner at 24. Con- stellation-street, on the 23th inet. The jury found that the deceased met with her death through a fit of ap- porlexy. SANGER'S FETE took place yesterday at the field in the rear of the ...

... FOREIGN TELEGRAMS [IIEUTU, It's AND CENTAL NEWS' TELEGRAMS.] THE FRENCH BOURSE. PARIS, Friday.—Bourse firm. Three per cent, ttentes, 60-00; Five per cents 94'80. THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY. The French National Assembly re-assembled yesterday, when the Due de Broglie introduced a Bill for the creation of a Second Chaitb r, at tt. tlame time handing in the Ministerial iv,, )rt. THE ELECTORAL LA 1N i;\ ...

... LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. The banquet at Windsor Castle was an exceptionally stately affair. Not a Yeoman of the Guard was out of P?a2e, not a servant of Her Majesty was an inch from the spot ap]xjinfced to him. The Highlanders who carried tiie pipes were placed like so many statues, and the bands men were fixed in a kind of charmed circle from whence they moved not. The Queen sat in great stat8 ...

... An influential deputation, comprising, amongst others, the Diake of Westminster, Sir B. Frere, Mr. Russell Our- ney, M.P.; Sir 0. Trevelyan Mr. A. Mills, M.P.; Sir J. Kennaway, M.P. Mr. Ball, M.P. the Hon. A. Kin- naird; Sir H. Drummond Wolff, M.P. Mr. Leeman. M ...

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