... --I .11 I i ?? - - ?? 4 / ill--? ?? ?,m - , I m I , , ? I ? , I Qu THE MARRIAGE LAWS. On Monday a deputation, among whom were Mr. Lowe, Lord Houghton, and Mr. Alderman M'Arthur, M.P., waited on Lord Carnarvon at the Colonial Office to ask the support of the Government to Sir T. Caimnbers's Bill, the object of which is to declare the legality of marriage with a deceased wife's sister in ...

... MR.. DIXON'S EDUCATION BILL. [SrECIAL TElIGRATM. iouss, ov Co0srorNs, Ivednesday Night. The Speaker waited half-an-hour this morning before a House was made, and as soon as he took thle chlair members left to attend committees until only about it dozen were left. This was rather discouraging for Mr. Dixon, but the aspect of affairs improved soon after ?? private business wats over, and as thle ...

... - THE UNIVERSITY OflEWS. .The special reportor of ti'e Pull Mall GIetrte cayg the lent fall- length rols that Caclmlbldga ore likely to do over the cours. comeno off on AMondy, m1d lno 1iad tlhe Itletiedloto effect of ysitnitig Itp to the odds of 2 to I in the betting. The favour with wholich the performance liac beln received by the public must ibe foundled ionre ?? t1ec posltivo fact of ...

... The iron-ciad turret sisip fiflexible sas successfully lauinelhed at Portsmouthi Dockyard ycsterday. The Iln- flexible was cosisnenced a little ssocre than two year-s go, anrl when cotisidoteod will repressit a tonnage of upwards 0f 11,000 tons. Several of our war shrips are longer than the new iron-clad, but aio is by far the broadest that has yet been built, her biearn being no less thanr 75 ...

... CkENERAL NEWS. f pnx TXJ~fltO]AR5L] STOINORT ROSSI AS HAMLET. Signor Erncsto 130osi, the Itallan tragedian, ?? his fhsbret at Drury lane last nigliht as 1hanlet. At th oolose of the first aot the IncSiager claimedl the indulgelnce of the aulience for the failure oF the actor's voice, which he attributed to tho chalnge of climnato. Notivithstiedild g this Inwbiseck, Signol Ro:ssi sueteeille his ...

... An adjourned mneeting of the BirMinghIam School Board was held at thle Perish. Offices, Paradise Street, yester- day ; the Meyor (Aldermen Chamberlain) presiding. There were also present the R1ev. Canon Wilkinson, Canon O'Snllivan, the Rev. it. B. Purges, the Rev. E1. F. Mi. MacC~arthy, ITT-. George Dixon, ALP, and Messrs. J. S. y1'ri-igt, it. W1. Dale, 0. Daween, and IV. IL Greeniing. Thle ...

... AND JOURINAL. MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1876. - ~~ ~ - - - - - - - I- - - - -A . . .. . I.'EWS OF THE DAY. The Prinoe of WArLES, aco dp bied by the Grand Duke AT.uxts of IRUSSIA, left IU iro for Alexan'dria at a qumrter to three o'clock on SatUrday after- noon, and arrived there the smlme eveninlg, embark- ing immediately on bourd the Serapis, which leaves for Maltra to-day. The Empress of AUSTRIA anld ...

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... The monthly meeting of this Board was held yesterday, at the Dlon rd oom, Prblio Ha1l, Smetlhvick; Mr. Arthur Keen ?? Medical Officeor reported that the death rato during the past month was 24 prer 3,000, as CoDn- pared wvith 201 per 1,0Y00 for the corresponding month of IInst year. Of those deathis, 22 were utnder 3t years of age, atd V ovcr iO years of nge. Uls births for the smoeeperiod ...

... ICHURCOI SCHIOOLS V. BOARD SCROOLS. An important and interesting return hsas been obtained, at the instance of Mr. John Talbot, showing the number of schools receiving Governmrent grants inspected within the London School Board district in the yeas ending August 31, 1875, stating separately for Church, British, Roman Catholic, and Bolrd schools, the ?? par- ticulars ?? the number of schools; ...

... Mthocllaneous. At the Bristol Assizes on Tuesday, Edward Deacon was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. ' A fire occurred on Monday, at the Alexandra Mills, Oldham, and before it could be extinguished damage to the extent of £5,000 was done. The expedition to North West Africa, under the direction of Mr. Donald Mackenzie, will leave England immediately after the 27th inst. Miss ...

... MR. CAVE'S REPORT ON EGYPTIAN FINANCE, On reading this roport, it is easy to understand why our (lovernment refused to manie it public without obtaining the distinct authority of the Khedive to do so. In some respects the report is not so unfavourable as was expected,, and it distinctly contends that the finances of Egypt are quite capable, under better management, of being rendered suffioient ...