... The anniversary dinner of the benefactors, subscribers, cc and friends of this usiefiol institution was held at the ol Northernhay Room, Northernbhay-street, on Monday. W About a hundred gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous repast h( provided by Mr. A. Gunn, of South-Btreet. The President si- of the Institution' (Mr. 3. W. Walrouid) occupied The chair, of and amongst those present were the Mayor ...

... ?? an's (Feter &fkxn Bost f ~ ~ ~~SABT; IDEUD 17eS3 X M18 TH1S OL1RS&T AKD MOST2 BZEN8IJNBLY 0 IIWULATBD CONOSERMATIVB KEWSPSABR IN THE WEST OY ENOLAND. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1874. ExzTBR is by no means solitary in her possession Z of an unsolved sewage problem. From the Metropolis downwards every city and town in the country is at a loss to know what to do with its refuse. It is under- ...

... e STra.TECY ic DoGs.-A rather amusing instance of reason in a dog has been narrated to me. The animal was a s Newfoundland, and of a quiet disposition. There was, however, e a much larger and quarrelsome dog of the same kind, who was frequently meeting Lion, and taking every opportunity of emolesting hi. One day the big dog met hn, and evidently bent e upon a fight. Whereupon L;Os, knowing ...

... BRISTOL AND EXETER. DOWN. lure. a~m. a.m. &.M. a~m. a.m. p.m. P.M. p.m. p.m. Wxaa 1. a.m. a.m. a~m. a.m. a~m. amon p.m. P.M. p.m Exeter ?? 6 0 8 00945 108301148 1225 380 4 45S 60London ?? .. 6 45 9 011 45 1030 ?? 1560 50 Stoke ?? 611 889 .. .. 1155 .. .. .. 6 11 Bristol ?? 615 5810 10 8012 30 2 28 815 ?? 6 0 815 Silverton86S2 989 .. .. .. ?? 622 WestonjS. 643 9 14 115617 ..4 1 ?? 6 50 8 41 ...

... The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, left Windsor on Monday morning for London. Her Majeety travelled by special train on the Great Western Railway to Paddington and drove from thence to Buckingbam Palace, escorted by a detachment of the 2nd Life Guards. Her Majesty arrived at the Palace at half-past ten a.m. The Queen was received by the Duke of Edinburgh, and proceeded at once to the ...

... THE FoREST OF DEAN STRIKE. A statement bas been published by the colliery proprie. tors of the Forest of Dean, in reference to the strike of their employes. They state ?? the spring of the present year there was a general reduction of colliery wages tbroughout the country, and, amongst others, the Somersetshire proprietors (some of our keouest competitors) paie notice of a reduction of 25 per ...

... 8 ?? A.--1 i -, .. ?? -- ?? - r-kfk; tnm 1 0U3 W ool Agents, 31 OZI InWps fO1r' Irt8Lf hre11 m hero was only ono agent for every 1151, ; ii) * d The Farl of C ejeindXtoWci, *Y5 #at'3 Uiojuniior naval lord . in the Gladstone minisktry, -at§'one to.Inrdia for the purpose d of makiiig bimsclf ,M a'ired witt,t±lb`, 9ondition and thei instititfion.4'f that ddiitst, 3, FATAL PiNio I NA C iscr. -An ? ...

... On Wednesday, a Conservative banquet, to commemo. rate the return of the HOn. R. E. S. Pluhkett as one of the members for the Western division of Gloucestershire, was held in the Shixe-hall, Gloucester, when over 400' gentle. men dined together. The appearanee of the brilliantly. lighted hall when all the guests had taken their seats was very effective. The principal table was placed acrook ...

... 'tHE VATICAN DEOREES.- Lord Acton his addressed to'the Timies along ietter: in| substantiation of the statements made by ?? in his letter to Mr. Gladatoue, and for which Arobbishop Manning, and others have' demanded his authority. \ Taking .firet. his statement that the Vatican decrees assign to the Papacy no power over temporal concernagreaterthau that which it had claimed and exeroised ...

... LONDON AND PARIS GO8SIP. LoNDON, November 23, 1874. To-day the christening of the Baby is to take place, Her Majesty coming up to Buckingham Palace from Windsor to kiss her grandson, to shake hands with the Russian grandmamma, and to stand as godmother to Albert Alexander. The combination is unique, I should say, the Prince taking the name of his two grand- fathers, and he will have the Queen ...

... I 9h 010 ru HA UBD-A, NOVEMJ3BR 28, 1874. The French municipal elections took place on Sunday, hean and as local bodies varying in number from 10 to 34 had fenc to be appointed for each of 36,000 Communes, making Cou 428,000 Couticillors in all, the proceedings of course mad caused some excitement. With the strange perversity tcun which seems inherent in -the French Conservatives, T they ...

... IT may be remembered that some four or five years ago, before the trade of the country began to take those enormous leaps and bounds which have made the subsequent period mein orAble, Mr. Froud, Mtr. \Cullagh, and others concerned in an Emigration League, insisted that it was the duty of the Government to afford a few million English artisans and their families a free passage to the ...