... EAZVV S'CULCOATES WORKING-MEN'S C'ON'- SERYATIVE ASSOCIATION. The annual dilner of this association wes held Iast eream' g, at the Public Rooms, *larraitt-screet. The I ?? was exccedelgly well represented, ther i bel lg alioalt 120 lpreent. Tito1 thanl Wvas oteipietli'; 91r. 3. Dalton Holes. thle iie'pitell't, wo wvas sipijorted 'DU his right by Dr. A. K. loiit, Mr. J. Saenr junl., Elnjor J. ? ...

... DlZTY)S' ANNIVERSARY AT PRESTON. I Yesterday was a gala day at the village of Preston, Vhere the members of the T. W. Flint Lodge of the United Ancient Order of Druids met to celebrate their thirteenth anniversary. The weather was extremely favourable, and the proceedings were of a very interesting description. About nine o'clock the officers met at the lodge house, the Blacksmiths' Arms, ...

... A ROW AMONGST THE BIRMINGHAM PUBLICANS. There are appearances that a crusade is about to be commenced against the licensed victuallers of Birming- ham. The Mayor, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, threw the first stone by proposing that the Watch Com- mittee should appoint five inspectors or spies at a weekly salary of £3 each, whose acknowledged business it would be to catch respectable publicans. This ...

... V I LOCAL GOSSIP. 'Give me, above all other liberties, tke liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely, according to eonseienes.-MIcnoLr. SIn,-I am inclined to be cross and crochetty, just now, in spite of the joyous season. We are all discontented mortals; and when a man has a long string of Christmas bills looming in the not very far distance-when you know you have ,to dress for ...

... T TONAOUNDHURCH. ?? ,XV.-CoNTINUED. DO Tholih the A1lo-Norman Kings were willing to ai ?? a doubtful or precarious claim to the Crown tz eg and by papal sanction and papal influence, of F,1 none of them content, and the most hey rg nonthem most stoutly refused, to resign I] ie septre to 0the hands that had helped them to obtae' S~t. Thley wvere not satisfied to receive from C btheir sbj ee a ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . . ?? HIOUSE OF LORPS.-FRIDAy. The Supreme ourt of JudicaueAct AmendinextCl The rportof amndmets tothe ndia B~lla t There was a large attendance both outside and, inside t the House, as it was expected that Dr. Kenealy woualdt be esorted by a procession of his admirers, hbut there if was no demonstration, for which !the authorities had quietly made aemple preparation. - ...

... I 0 : SHIPPING DISASTEC. I 'Messrs. Wilson-and Sons have adopted a mraximum load-lime. The line is now being painted on all their steamers. Their example will probably be followed by otier shipowners. The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the steamer Hong-Kong in the Gulf of Aden has resulted in the acquittal of the master of any wrongful default, -and in high commendation of the. ...

... -TJIAJONAAL CHURCH. MA;NA CHARTA DEVELOPED. t rgts of all ranks and classes of the com. |- Ihe are t ured by Magna Charta. It provides A frthe 3re 2.and the speedy, the fixed and the uniform si ior the ato of justice. It forbids alike both li absotramprisonment and arbitrary punishment of a kryiinid. it suffers no one to be judge in his own I. ue2 Yor to take the law in his own hands, but ...

... I A SCHOOL BOARD ti:JI lUTTTON9. - - ~' I ) Iea'~g o e Is ieo (af-a. ?? iO T1 atfeal. '.Ys ?? I :iL Aw~ ~ ?? . tiltTia-S -ueo ;rmna ax - j - a., .ns'd-r the tolowit.,: ira-soatimjn -;1 ?? at: ,e ma-1h to (etle, m'on Lepa-ta of -i of' ?? ~ S(a'ulnz., ?? c' e1 O Il0piiol -0 (%li~C~laitilg ilie 1ps e~Q r11~' Sajlft he ha',d W id so .at k* 'l.lgIilj himl e to Qiu- 0 ii'lzI , t.0 atit'or ?? I s. ...

... There was a rich scene recently in the Court of Special Sessions in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Rev. William Johnson, a coloured clergyman of Rahway, N.J., was put on trial on two indictments, one for stealing two turkeys from Abraham Shortwell, of Linden, on the morning of the 11th December, anI the other appropri- ating eight geese from James Compton, who lives in Middlesex County. The ...

... FRIDAY, 'MARCH 19, 1875. lME Tenant Right Bill, introduced on Friday the House of Lords by the Duke of RiCH- ID, although we fear it will come short of the .ectations entertained with regmrd to it by the nllers, is yet a step in the right (lirection, and, itast, shows the disposition of the Govern- -t to del with a question, the importance of i2h is being more and more felt every year. 1 ...

... S Thes Gnlmeetng ofch iies onsqder onefsfun.cTiWRntM n managemenit, had almost died a natural death, has this ~e year boon resuscitated, and with so much vigoen' and success that its prosperity in the future is unmistak., .sably ensured. The executive has been tlsoroughdy ro- e' organrised ; and by the infusion of new blood, in the a*persons of many lovers of the chase resident in Hull, ...