... CHESTE R EZTWQ, YEStBTNDAY. .The Grosvenor Triai Stakes of t0 9o6V cash, 3-ft to the fund, wilth lOO added: for'two (eor'olds ob't1b,' thiee gat U~b, foth ].te 9I:, ?? en nupvwrds 1at 10 b, 13 subs. Six funlong. , .Mr Ohan'piau'eOwwn, a e ?? ?? Mr Jolstons'a f by the AlerIady.yyaes ,. 2, - , , - ,; ,Tvvaw ran. ,, ! . ?? lfandintp of 10 sass;aneol, E ft to the fund; With 25b ade.Oartten ...

... in thea s l ,d0a °vet, it s w b _Wq n t l 5jbil ot a*owdui ngtheneit few months. an iteway to ?? f CtO ~ t and British; oonioislmo* 01 ° lt0 007,006 qm., an domoaped with 1,138,000I Stdat corespnding date of May -1877. . Deliveriesnof e ncg have been rather light of late, butn stilU there icis e ,e ?? gernerl deoline otl8s . per qr. in -wheat - bidais The qrantity of barley now abt;amfor.the - ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL UNITZD METHODIST FkEl ()HURCH, TONG-:ROAD, NXw..WoT .-'The opening services in connection with this newohapel Were concluded on Monday evening, when, after a public tea in the schoolroom there was a meeting in the chapel. The Mayor (Mr. E. E. Carbutt) oceupied the chair, and among the gentlemen on the platform were the Revs. J. Swann Withington, John Myers, Edward Boaden and ...

... WAR PREPARATIONS, The 100-ton experimental gun, the first made by Sir William Armstrong at Elswick for the Italian Govern- ment and proved at S1=ezzia, is said to bave cracked its 4 inner tube. This is a possibility not unlooked for in the case of an experimental gun, and it may be recollected i that a similar mishap occurred both to the first of the 80-ton guns and the experimental 35-ton gun ...

... .A=t Sxoams.-Btusnvma -OBDINsL ?? 48f, North Eritish Ord.I ;f!3 Conso~ii 1354, South-Eastern Deferred K's B33tern te :-Atlantbic ?? Westeira ?? s.1,Y n Mort r~cits~ par cent. 62&. 'ro,esj._Bra~dford Old B n 9 0 ~aiu Co 130 135 inn. Bradford Commercial d 65 Dis.coundf3d 44 pream. Halifax apd I ,ijar,10e 14i 144 Draw. Halifa± Jnint-Stock I , I 1a Hudderafieli Banking Co. 25 ~ja~ e'sand Counity ...

... X I I ?? ?? , dn Last night the Wight Hon. James fitansfeld, M.P., dis.- tributed the certificates won by the students in the I Hakfax district at the Cambridge LocEl Examinatione I held in December. The presentatioris took place in the t Mechanics' Hall, Halifax. The Rev. F. E. Msrsox, B.A., read the following' report :-At the examination held in Deeimber, 2Y can-. didates presented ...

... THa !:STRIKH IN LANCASHIRE. At a zneeting of thecommittee of the Masters' Assofit- tion, held in Mancaiester Yesterday, a communication was read from Messrs. Birtwistle. aud Whalley, seoretaries of the Weavers' Association, offering to submit the question of redaction or short time to arbitration. The committee, however, adhered to their original resolution and deolined the proposal. Some ...

... I THE EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE I I : ~ARDEINIAN. _ ?? ka It appears that the Sardinian was lying off Moville, the or 0- station of the Allan lIjere, waiting the mails and plasseic. la goer from Londonderry. At four o'clock or thereabouts, as the tender was approaching, a great explosion was aobserved on board the Sardinian, boxes- aisd boats rising into the air. On coming alongside, the steamer ...

... IPRLAL PARLIAMENT.. ?? - n (BY FAIxVA~ T=3&rhA.1 FROM OUR OWN~ REEORTZBSa. HOUSEOF LORDS. MO*AY,, b s1fte LonD VCmxo I took his seat on the woolsack at' u dve o'elooL. d The Royal assent was given to a number of bills. e - PETITIONS. Petitions forthe amendment of the Poblic Health Act (1875) were presented from York, Wakefield, Little. ti borougb. Pontefract, Goole, Scarborough, Barton.on-. b ...

... WEATHER CHART, MAX.22, Tbe ehart represents, thiw western ooutr i@S of Baor* from Norway to the coast of Portngal, and embraces Great Britain and the British Isles. It also, includes the Noxth Sea or German Vpeain, the Bay of iBsaay, fth Mediterranean, the Atlantic. with the 'English Channels Bristol Channel. and Irish Seal- .EOLJ ?? ?? OflXssnik, SEA e~ ~ CQSIL IQ 45 4ra ; k96_ -22 ...

... ITHE SANITARY CONDITION OF LEmbs. The following is the repeit of Dr; Goldie, Wmedical offieer, of healtb,*ii the sanitary condition of Leedis fo the' four weeks ended the 27th ult. :-The births regis- Dtered during the period of the report amounted to 970, uida the biith-tUt- is 41-0 p'e 1,900 living. The deaths r numbered 561, addyielded'th'd rateof'23fi per l,000. The death-rate for the ...

... , NEW UNIVERSITY FOR THE NORTH. . A numerous and influential deputation waited yester- ii day afternoon upon the Duke of Richmond and Gordon cl and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Privy tC Council Office, to present and support the following pI imemorial SI 1. Your memorialists have considered the memorial ni recently presented to your Lordships by the Owens rf College, Manchester, ...