... QUESTIONS BEFORE IABMIAMENT. CHUnCH PATRONAGE. - On 3Monday, the Dnke of Richmond introduced a l bill for the abolition of patronage in the Church of t So 'itandl. He said he was actuated solely by con- c sidoratiou of the interests of the Churoh, and for the e mtinitonance of that great blessing to a country-an t :13 Ltblished Church, which possessed the love and t veneration of the people. ...

... TH3 EMMA SILVER MINE AnNUAL Mzr.nG-RMlGNaTIoW.Or TE COHAfI!MAN. rg; The annual meeting -of the shareholders of the. m. (Etmma Silver Mine Company was held yesterday in the Cannon Street Botel, London-Mr George{ Anderson, M.,j presiding. The report of the hi- I directors, a full abstract of which has already I appeared in the Herddl having been submitted,' aet The CIRHEmAN said he had very ...

... THE CZAR IN LOMN)N. Shortly before II oclock in Saturday morning the Emperor of Ruuoia, accomipanied by the Grand Duke Alexis and Ccunt Adlerberg, and attended by Viscount Torrington, equerry in waiting, left Buckingham Palace in a close carriage and pair and drove to Charing Cro0e, where they took train for Chieleburst to pay a visit to the Empress Rugenie. On arriving at Chislehurst at 11.45 ...

... or-mof)x. I . I Oad I~ r tlaliNAL OouwtAt ti .dy d&04 -bMr Sherniff Smitha ?? isnamed - ha tfor i, was aenG~ n ays' imnprivas ehfttor haB ig on the i~~s, -hil Eft~ Breitst, struceka rrd aned Chrles Sc0 n the itke, tc ke sof lit person; Tho ^ k' FaWas &gp-r be saix previo YAL-Mt OIN o in; em aa THOAIMN R XYAI ,'--MrPCIPI! e Monday night the ?? ed to hflowiV4, oat~the eccasitsi o the clqoa ...

... i iaD Dr'uitiJx tzv.t/ xxunaU o. A special telegram to the Telegraph, dateda , Brussels, May 17, states that the Belgi authorities have decided not to accept the invitation which was sent to th~ Civic Guards. by- what is known a the Anglo-Belgan Prize Fund Cormmittee to visit Brighton. The ground upon which this refusal is stated to be founded is that the only body l hich can be recognised by ...

... TaEFr OF MONEi FROM THE PRS0V Saturday, Bailie Mason remitted to the S from -the Police Court a woman named EE7i% Gibson or Johnstone, on a chaige of e one-pound note and nineteen half sove .r from the person of h maB of the nawe o Armstrong, with ?? ahe had been in pany in a pnblic-houae in St James' Street Thursday cvewagb SENT TO A REFORMATOR9. -At the POW Court, on Saturday, John ...

... THE SCHOOL BOA RDa ,Gn&NGF.nOux-The archittet'sco~rple, for the erection of a new 1chool and teachers 'were laid before the board on Monday e The school is calculated to accommsodate children, and the total estimate asmeants ti > Some of the members were distatisfiedatth% of the proposed school as being likely to le; t expenditure which cannot Ineet the apprea1 ratepayers. The plans are to e ...

... OJU qra. UULLE. I 4b LllhI-DOXO8. DEBSPATOE OF FORRIGN MAILS FROM ABEHUDE}IN. DESTINATIONS. Amerlea-United States, Califor- nia, and British North Ameria (by British Packet, via Cork), Australia (South and West), Tas. mania, and Victoria, via South-. am pton. .,.;.. Ditto, via Brindisi_. Queensland, via Southampton .. Ditto, via Brindisi. New Sooth Wales and ...

... TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEUDINLGS. i, q r ;1~1 1,~, Z: I . Ib gsi POLICE DEPARTMENT. T1 Town Moadczp, Map 18. noti14 The TonCounoil (Police. Depsrtmerit) met to-day-_ ;,,A Lord Provost Leslie presiding. P~thsENT--Bailies Urquheart, Esslermont, Dotald, Rogss Smaith, 'andiGeabaim ;'the Dean of Guild:; Tredasurer Chbopli';, Me'ais ' Abel; Findlay, hMaodoriald, Goirlon' 1.HoT 'White, J6bnst'on,'Mitchell ...

... LAVNCH,-2S LAUNCHES IIT CH. - ni s was auceyetrdy from th hpuligyrd of Messrs Barclay, Curle & Co., at hiteinhb. Her dimenisions are as follow a-Length, 240E.; breadth of bea-m, 2ft Via depth of -hold, S6ft. -Sh is 1800 tons burdei, and is registeredh;D the highest class in Lloyd's. A large mber o specttor witnessed the launch, includiW Messrs John Hendry, lAlex.- Ferguson, John- Low, ...

... L* X]'E2S I' carE s DiTOR. clrTF NATIONAL INSTITUTION AND COTTAGE HoMIESFRUCF~ABLES.I CHILDRES'S MtEETING. I _Vil you allow me, through your valuable '- direct the attention of the ladies and ?? in Glasgow and azighbourhood to i verised elsehere for the above Ie-V have taken the large hal of the t ,2oomis for Saturday at 12. and hope i' ...

... The Czar, who upon his arrival on Wednes- day night skit ted the Metropolis, entered Lodon ye-terdy at noou, His Imperial Majesty having taken leave of the Queen at Windsor Castle shurtly before 11 o'clock. The royal traina, which left Windsor at f'our ui3ntes past 11, reached Paddiugton Station aboat 20 miantes to 1-2. Here the customlary prepara- tions for the reception of distinguished ...