... &DES' UNION ACT AND BEjiMEN3 LY T~rE TB.SOCIETIES BILL. A deputatio. 'I from the Trades' Union Paralmentei.? Committee, in 'iding representatives from the large Amalgamatte Tra ' e Sotietie, waited by appointment upon Sir Stafford L 'ortheotie the hanngellor of the Exchequer, at his of isc.. residence in Downing-street, on Wednesday, with refer ' qnce to the above questions. The deputation was ...

... [ raos TERI TIXES.] |MORAn, SATURDAY. Or> I have seen the Maharajah Scindia, who repeated that !he had the fullest conviction of the Nana's identity. He wrote to the Viceroy while I was present. He also says that in a private conversation, when the Nana claimed his protection, facts which no one else knew transpired. Colonel Mowbray Thomson also declares that his con. viction is unchanged. ...

... I I MANCHESTER. The first meeting of the new City Council was held 3 on Monday; the retiring Mayor (Mr. Aldermen Watkin) f pzesiding. There was a full attendance of councillors, . and the audience gallery was so crowded that many l applicants for admission were unsuccessful in getting I within earshot of the proceedings. a ELECTION OF MAYOR. 8 Mr. Alderman CURTIS said in rising to propose the ...

... THE BEPRESENTATION OF ST. JOHN'S WARD. THE PROBABILITIES_.;-MEETING OF MR;. TEALE'S SUPPORTERS. Consequent upon the elevation of Mr. Hityburst, lately one of the counciflors for St. John's Ward, to the honour- able position of alderman, a vacancy has been created in the representation of that division of the town, and there are now all the probabilities of a keen contest therein for the post ...

... THE LIBERATION SOCIETY.-LECTURE AT PRESTON. On Monday evening the Rev. J. B. Heard, A.A. (late curate of Pinner), delivered a lecture in the Lancaster. road School Room, under the auspices of the Liberation Society, the subject being State Chsrchison no safeguard for the preservation of religion. The Rev, A. Legge occupied the chair, and ias supported by the Revs. J. Clough, E. Walters, and ...

... -FE NS .0 WREIGN NEWSe I AMERICA. mBY ATLANTIC OTLEGRAP1.1 DESTRUOTIVE TORNADO. NEW TORE, MONDAY. A severe tornado has passed over some parts of the South. Half the town of Tuscumbia, in Alabama, was destroyed, and twelve persons were killed and many injured. Mauoh destitution is apprehended. CANADA. TOReNTO, SATIRDAY. The Election Court has exonerated Sir John Macdonald from the charge of ...

... 1 The annual meeting in connection with the Hospital Sunday and Saturday movement was held on Monday, in the Mayor's Parlour, at the Manchester Town Hall,- Mr. Hugh Birley, M.P.,in the chair. The SECRETARY (the Rev. J. Henn) read the annual report, of which the following is an abstract:- The committeb of management and distribution have much pleasure in presenting to the public this the fifth ...

... e--THQUNE IN WALES. , h of earthquake was telti Ini VA34rvonl | *fhet'bg5ea on Monday morning. |o TO GEAT JEWEL FRAU`,S. p well Police Court, on Tlursday, Fredk. O ,WCleUyr, vas committed finr trial on several DUS, Iealently obtaining jewellery from jewel. -of fr fterwards pledged. - It was stated that 3ecwf the goods obtained by the prisoner was ?? SHIPPING DISASTERS. 500 telegram of ...

... THE MANCHESTER CIY IMPROVE- I ~~MENsT BILL. . A meeting of ratepayers, convened by the Mayor, was I heldinthe Town Hall, King-street,onWednesday, to Con- sider the proposed City Improvement Bill. Under the Borough Funds Act, passed two sessions ago, it is neces. sary that the Corporation, before prosecuting a bill in Parliament, should obtain the sanction of a meeting of ratepayers, and it is ...

... tI l _- , _- _ . . . IThe elaborate preparations made for the reception of their Royal Highnesses the Prinoe and P'incess of Wales were nearly completed on Mondaynight, only the finishing touch having to be given on Tuesday morning, and, as the weather was fortunately bright and warm, nothing was left to be desired. The streets were early thronged with crowds anxious to catch a sight of Eng- ...

... I i tmno U_ _ __ I OnMonday the Lancashire and ?? Rail. way Company began to charge increased third-class fares by all fast trains. The exhibition of local art in Sheffield closed on Saturday, having been a decided success. It will be made an aijnal institution. An old man named Edward Ferguson has been discovered brutally murdered in his house, in the town of Sligo. The object of the murder ...

... i MR. GLADSTONE ON THE VATICAN DECRE ES & CIVIL ALLEGIANCE. Mr. Gladstone's promised pamphlet on The Vatican Decrees in their bearing on Civil Allegi- ance was published on Monda ?? Mr. Glad- stone thus formulates his propositions:- 1. That Rome has substituted for the proud boast of sernper ecdemr, a policy of violence and change in faith. 2. That she has refurbished and paraded anew ...