... 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 ...

... --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 ...

... THE ART COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL. Gentlemen,- er aure Mr. Herdman that In the remarks I made at the town couvli upon the purchase of pictures I had no intention to dieparage his opinion as an artist or the pictures he offered to the corporation. I have not the honour of this gentleman's acquaintance. nor havo I seen the' pictures in question. My arga- moent was simply that the transactilon ...

... .- 1. - .I I - -1- I. . . . . .- ?? , - . I , , ?? . ? ? CADMIN UNDEIR (IMMETIllf(s. 'If 1413 ?? I)M Jlip4rJ WIJY)to( Ati V41t MNai- boyJfloliJ'isiroA~ oni all IJ 10idey (Jr Jvriday altor- 1Iof11, ?? d L'o iwjVnv,4 lt bs~lilovo U0,4 ?? Ij~ji4'ii0it W~fi'tf Viny WI1I~kAiftll 0)()1Utw.r fll, woule) ~en -t; r( lii et Ewinbri,:od with o;abM, itnyi 1.4 gwo0 WId vfmS4lrww, 1in,~~itia Sl),Ad ...

... EGYP'TIAN AFFAIRS; (mgOURCV OWX r lisom m ALDfXANDRIA, ?? The Rhadivo hase lotoly given A series of 460atnere, aind once PL week for some tiiie thor. have been State dinners of fromn 00 to 100 coavers, f ollowad by IIMonday P'opular Oonfferto, ot the Paldace of Abirken. The breakfasts were confinrud t~o thle graver sex, arid have Welln attourded by the consrular rrtaft the j udges of tho Now ...

... A Boy Hamlet, a lad aged 14. has recently been amusing the natives at the New York Lyceum. He does not appear to have been very favourably received, and the mildest thing said about him by the critics is, that he may be half a woman in disguise. -Figaro, ...

... LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN COMPANY (ADDITIONAL PQp&iKSi, &c.) BILL. HOUSE O^aoMMONS, MONDAY. The Select Committee appointed to consider and report upon this Bill met again this morning. Sir J. Kenn- away presided, and the other members of the committee present were Mr Noel, Mr Elliott, and Mr Barclay. The promoters were represented by Mr Pope, Q.C., Mr Littler, Q.C., ...

... One effect of the raising of the state of siege in Pari, will be the appearance of no fewer than twenty-eight new newspapers, all of which, with one or two exceptions, will be published daily. Some of these papers, such as Let Droits de l Homme and Le Peuple, the latter of which is edited by M. Floquet, President of the Municipal Council of Paris, have already appeared in the district beyond ...

... A MAN KICKED TO DEATH AT BOLTON. What is believed to be a trade oittrage has been per- petrated at Bolton. For several months a dispute has been pending between Messrs Slater's, bleachers, of that town, and their men. A turn-out took place, and the places of the turn-outs were filled by men from Glasgow and other towns. On Saturday night James Thompson, John Wright, and James McCurley, all ...

... INDIA. From the abstract of Indian Budget, the excess of collections over estimates last year is mainly attribut- able to imjrovement in land and opium receipts, the Customs, and salt duties. Estimates for the current year give revenue at fifty a haif million sterling, which will leave a surplus of There is to be no borrowing in India and no fresh taxation. The opium duty is estimate; at six ...

... CORN. W-RLRXHAN, Thursday.—The following were tne quota tioWi White wheat 3d to 7s M Ked^ ditto (new) 7* od to 7s Sd Baney (grinding) 3 ...

... LIEUT. CAMERON AND THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. A meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, spe- cially convened in St. James's Hall, wasbeld on Tuesday, when Lieut. Cameron read an account of his Afriean exploration. The Duke of Edinburgh presided, and the hall was crowded with a fashionable company, large numbers being unable to gain ad m Stance. The Duke, in introducing Lieut. Cameron, ...