... ?? A I-- CENTENARY OF THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY UPWARDS of a hundred years ago a benevolent physician of London, named Hawes, had observed that persons apparently dead from drowning, hanging, lightning, cold, heat, foul air, and excessive drinking, were not always really dead, and that it was possible to restore their suspended animation. By way of testing his theory practically, he offered a ...

... Eara.I inteitigence. I ROYAL INerTI'TUTION..On Saturday Mr. R. M. Craven will conclude his lecture on the Jaws and XUDDEt DzATr.-Oa Saturday Rmight Martha Clarkksci, 40 yesrs cld$ wife of John Clarkslott s rgar bo~iler, l;2, Reformi-streeb, after retiring t ?? complained of a pain ia her bireast, and sle died the following morning. CIuLhDRREN BITT9N BY DOGS.-OKD Mouday Ads B ciitt, ...

... THE SMALL-POX HOSPITAL AT SUMMER I ?? We continue to receive a large number of letters of objection and protest; but cannot possibly find room for more than a condensation of them. Mr. James Pattison, the Manor House, Spring Hill, writes: As a resident and larme ratepayer of Spring Hill, I protest against the introduction of a small-pox hospital into the midst of our densely populated neigh- ...

... BIR3IiINGEAMI WORKHOUSE. 1Yasteslray afternoon the ordinary fortnighstly t0j, of the Visiting anil General Ptirposes Qoesnimttee vs;W ?? at thie Birmingham Worklloulse, under the prcsidncs J Mr. llland.-Mr. BATES, the medical officer of the snl: pox hospital, reported that there were 124 omal4l1, patients in tbie wards on the 24th ult.; 42c admittefdur 11%, the week ; 4ischaroed and died, 37; ...

... GEN ER AL NEWS,. [BY TELEGRAPH4 _ ?? THE VISIT OF THE CZAR. The Emperor of Russia left Flushing yesterday after- noon,-or Gravesend. E Great preparations are being made at Aldershot for the review on the occasion of the Ckar's visit. It is announced that on the ocession of the Czar's visit to Woolwieh Arsenal. Prince Arthur will attend, with an escort of the 17th Hussars. Divisional orders ...

... GLOUCESTER AND BERKELEY CANAL COMPAN'Y. IIALF-TEARLY IMEETING. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Canal Otlices, Gloucester, yesterdtay, whenr W. C. ILucy, Esq., chabirmno of directors, presided. Tbe attend- ance of sharehollers was nqt so large as ussil'. The roudrt, of which we gave a summary a fewv days since, wrs taken as read, and the C{AcIMAtsn, AIn moving its adop- ...

... CONVOOATION OF QANTERBURY. nho Convocation of Canterbury reassembled yesterday atlf1 o'clock. UIPPER HOUSE. The Upper B oused over which the ?? eS Canterbury eresided, did not mecet for b noesstilthreeot look,a hen tho i'rolociatdr aispesard with his assessors uan presented rosolutions vwibishiald boon adopted by the Lowot~ouso, esmongt thorn ooe treuesting their LIordaps to butcn hotu the ...

... DESTINATION OF TrH INCREASE OF I THE SUSTENTATION-FUND. , (To eke Editor of tei Gfatgove Herald.. t 3 .. Wanlockhead, May 11, 1874. ' I St-Now that the total 'contributions for- ther 1 Sustentation Fund will have been nearly forwarded I to the treasurer, and as this subject ought to be t . ventilated, I trust you will have the goodness to , allow'space for this briefcorruespondeace. Its pub- t ...

... pic ,!8 oiOrWiCL AS EticL Cosrsiso-Txns, 5 -The usual monthly meeting of the Town d ''ouncil was held in the Coart-House yesterday, c I'recaost Croudis presiding. It was agreed to h rensir the Old Bridge, the estimated expense P bag £lfO. Prom anminute of the Finance Corn- s stittes, which was read and approved, it ap- a teared that the account of Messrs Girahams W oardlaw, Parliamentary ...

... DANGEROUS FIRE.—The inhabitants of this town were very much excited on Monday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, by the general cry of fire, a fire having taken full possession of a carpenter's shop in JNicholaa- street. This shop is attached to and surrounded by other dwelling-houses, and within a few feet to the pine-end of the Mount Pleasant Chapel, which was at one time very much ...

... At a recent meeting of the Alpine Club, Mr. Watts, of the Middle Temple, addressed the audience on the subjoct of a proposed exploration of the VlIotna Jokull, Iceland. An exploration devoted to this purpose would, he observed, possess peculiar interest, since the vast area known asthe Vatna Jokull, situated on the south-eastern side of the island, is at present wholly unexplored. Almost ...

... The pas6engf ship Ethiopia, witti '-g^ven passen- is putting backto Glasgow under sai ■, jnfr taken to gers arereturr-ng with the remainder ° New York, peithe Pennsylvania. ...