... LIVERPOOL SEAMEN'S ORPHAN I IINSTITUTION. The arnnual meeting of the friends of this ?? hi was beld yesterday at thle town ball, uinder the proof- IN deney of Uis worsbip the mayor (Mr. A. B. Forwood). tl There were also presnt Messrs. Meade~ King Robert GP.t Allan. Robert Alexander, Gi. G. -Macrae, John William- ' nona, David Maclver, M.P., Jolhn Torr, M,.D. Ralph t Broeklohank, Win. Innsan, ...

... 1 .2 an , I an ATES'V; ?? ,lnl .a ,aAHII 1(,VNS OF ~lIG ITHUR. e OF PI,-N rpfit'flt JY' .ftso ( BRe n, he Duke ot t-af-'0 his Roya ?? h rie 5jjj be etrof f rick Charles - j ,hter of Prui o _ ci e of~ / ; arie, Vwho .1 o5 f NSa~ur u L ?? a proceed to la5ayn togter, the :_ Sby I the betrothal. > for the O ImoI\- 1!RIXNCEiS o'clock ltst ev - - her Imperial I~(rm PrinC oj c--many arrived tl ...

... I N:EWS FROM PARI, , IBY SUBMAUTNM TELEGRAPU.) (FROMf olin OWN CoRUrpElONDENT.) PARIS, Tbomn.D Vzolmr. t, The weatlber toe-iorrow is the subject of ancious £l speculation,. This morning was cold, raina being b imminent. Before noon heavy showers fell. ii Then the sun carire forth in brilliance, and there i was phenoitienal lteat for the season. Tiater a I heavy thunderstorm passed over Paris, ...

... I 5 -az Ieus. 'Sir Geor ?? .Wau ou Wednesday elected a steward of\t ?? Club, in the room of Sir John Astley, *bo i'dthed by iotatle- ( Lord Norton loa returned to Eaton-place from Sir COhariBs Mordaunt's onarriage with his nelce, Miss Cholmondeloy, In A Gloucestersbire, a1nd sailed In the Trinity House yacht N Galatea from Portsmouth on Friday. Lady Norton is k staying at Tunbridge Wells. el ...

... a I O''I I rv ti *1 01. FOEDDIGION, A ydyw jettleifelet prlodai vu werth ao ya saaadwy, wedi ei ?? ar ol priodi? HEN FAB QWZDDW. ATTFB. NWA ydyw. FONEDDIGION, A fyddwch chwl mor garediz a rhoddi ?? ar a ganlyn:-Y ulaa3 teula yn byw mewn ffermdy, ao Yn GYMson ?? yr an 11]3 o aldol ad. Wrth ?? en Vr en bunein. y nmaqnt yn croesi afon feoban ar hyd pont bren. Y mae ?? yr afon yn r fan y ...

... 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 ...

... VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE n; DEvoN COUNTY VOLUNTEER AsesOcATioN.-The aunual On prize meeting of this Aasociation will be opened at the is. CIve Valley Range on Tueeday next, May 7th, and will be tS continued through the two followine days. Monday was 2iO the last day for entries, and the total receipts show an es. increase of nearly £;60 over the previous year, but it must he be remembered that ...

... Weekly meeting, yesterday afternoon.-Mr. Governor Meortimer presided, and there was a large attendance. Pauper report: Indoor, 231-corresponding week last year, 253; outdoor, 1,187-1,180 out-relief, £122 3e. ld.- £119 12a. Sid. ; vagrante, 41-26. Balance due to the treasurer, £208 7a. Ild.-A question having arisen as to the conrectness of the minutes the DEPUTY GOVERNOR (Mr. Herding) euggeeted ...

... 'he annual meeting of this Society was held on Wedcoaday in the Victoria Hall. Mr. G. Franklin rosided and among those present were: Messrs. W. Ivllard and C. Mortimore, honorary seoralaries; Mr. H W. Sellera, treasurer; Mr. G. W. Lyon, conductor; Mecoro. Radford, Sheppard, WV. Ashtord, Miller, KE_ ayes, J. Hayes, J. Hales, G. Horwill, Jefferya, rDngally, Ford, Gregory, Dr. Ridgway, F. ...

... - it is evident, says tho Constantinople cor- respondent of the Daily that the negotiations for tho withdrawal of the Russian finny and the British fleet were tfcestined to end in a failure from the first. Besider, the fact that the fleet could return in forty-eight hours, the Russian army if it went ;.way could not return at all. The Turks have not yet delivered up Shumla, Varna, and Bar ium. ...

... I CONSEORATION OF ST. JOHNS CHURCHJ I I ' .LE EDON. Yesterday morningi, the church founded by the munificence of Sir A. H. Elton, Bart,, at South Clevedon, and dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was consecrated by Lord Arthur Hervey, Bishop of Bath and WVells, in the presence of a numerous congregation. A good deal of interest was evinced in the event, and long before the time announced for ...