... TERMINATION OF THE COTTON STRIKE A?rD LOCKOUT. theIA'slli- les, BLACK BUR tN. ace The strike at Blackburn may now be considered Lmd at an end. At five o'clock yesterday afternoon the 1igh executive committee of the operatives appointed to in eudeavour to close the contest were intro luced to a .he meeting of the masters' executive committee, held ta at the Old Bull Hotel, and reported the ...

... THE hIAJERPOOL CATIfOLIU INSTITUTE ; The MlitdAurmmer exhibitiou inl connection vit!h tl:n athohic Institute Grammar and Commercial H`ebh School, 26', H1ope-street, took place at the bail, ?? Haidlman-street, last evening, wvhen the pri-tss and certificates obtained by the piipils during. the past year were (distribated. The Right iev. onsigunore liisher- D.D.. V.G., occupied the chair, .an ...

... ITHE CURATE AN) THE LO. The case of Leowis v. W7alffrd Iva- the Excbequer Division on luesi.nr. ?e Miss Marion Agnes Heatn, in : -, examination bh the Solicitor- ae. indecent print which the p ain iw a! his dining room, sbe told Miss MVaZlv': [d or three days after she had seer i;: . to not tell her mother anything at all a ?? ir view she had had With the -pan - It never told her anvthing. ...

... FR3IENDLY SOCIETIES' NEETINGS. THE DRUIDS. .,'The business on ?? 13th was to consider applica- tions from lodges wishing to secede from the distric: which they are already connected with and to forn ser districts of their own. The meeting then proceeded ta the election of the grand officers for the ensoing year. Bro. Gill, of Sheffield, nominated for Grand easter, Bro. Charles Griffin, of ...

... I .1 DISTRIBUTTON OF PRIZES. The annual distribution of prizes at this college took place on Friday. There were present, in addition to the parents of the students, a large number of friends. E The walls of the principal hall were decorated with I flags, mottoes in various languages, and evergreens and X dowers. The chair was occupied by Mr. It. Jameson, I presichnt of the college, and there ...

... THE WEATHER AND.4 TE CXROP& Broken and unsettled weather has prsl X throughout the course of the past week, and ea a day has passed without copious showersd e while the temperature has been loieand theni e especially cold, retarding the advance of: 'sa go and seriously jeopardising the prospects of thsre eicrops on the heavy lands. With the adven of d increased warmth and a cessation of rain ...

... BISHOP OF ALA-N8' iIET7 ON THE SITUATION, Tied, T The Bishop of Mano-t-r, it: ' I' a Manchester contemporary. attsi 0Qsi5- io mense loss of capital that L. ?? t. tOU, Lancashire owing to the dispute. ?? In the interests of labour as vveil: .. ?? the would invite the attention of both o ?? elcr p to phenomena which have come cv'em kn zv *e at knowledge or observation, and wv!i.1 I rpen. typical ...

... WI.ELSH C(LVJNISTS OF N(RT1I W-YAES AN-) LAtNCMISIRE. The mndsimamor a'isoiation of the Welsh Ca- eillists conclnd.,ed its sittilngs yesterdy, at Wrexham, h rng sat shiee Tuesday. Ti'h moderator was the Rev' Emrys Evsans, Denbigh: the Rev. Thomas Owcen, Portmador. being secretary. TMere was an unusually large attendlanrce of delegates, Liverpool being represented by the Revs. Owven Thornss ?? ...

... x i Apo al U ,4 eU PiPtriA SAYUS ?? ?? UPRI'MAl. S tM2 Al A R Y. I PARLIAMENT. !a l}:e !.ouase of Lords, yeterday, ever. l ?? hills wCI'C ?? asevid tinar-. c Publichr Health Act ( 'i,57) Ame~lnditlsn Bill w':s re al a thir . time nild uassed. I . the lJluk, of (Commons, replh ing to ?tr. ?? Taxloh, the Homle Seeretarv s.i:d that hi grantilig : respite to Ellell lieesomi he had folowed the ...

... I FIAT BOROUGHS ELECTION. LIBERAL MEETING AT MOLD. A public meeting to advocat e the claims of m r. .onlm Roberts, the selected Liberal candidate for the representation of the Flintsbire boroughs, was held last evening in the Market Hall, Mold. These was a large attendance, Mr. E. Pryce Jones kcliair- man of the Mold Liberal Associatiou) presiding. A letter was read fronm the Welsh Reforin ...

... I __ _ __ _ __ _ LATEST GfpHapIC NEWS. waXXESNiDAY rEINWOG. . th~er more inquiry for motey t04a0Y, qoias .temots of the Stock Exchange ¢,ec the- remain firm, U per cent. st81i ?? Dc.e for discotttiilg first-cls bills, bare tfco i s quoedforshort loans. -No ' 'e 'f w ere reported at the Bank. The a 0pJm abroad during the week amounts 'in. r *ans at 53 -i td. per ounce. h:;ltrrer~aal e t-.nt- ...

... HEALTH COMMITTEE, Dr. Gill presided at the usual meeting of this committee, held yesterday, at the municipal offices, Dale-street, and the other members present were Messrs. G. Fowler, D. Radcliffe, Rt. Vining, T. Huntington, W. S. Grave,, Wim. Williams, and J. A. Forrest. HEALTH OF THE TOWN. The medical officer of health reported that the number of deaths registered in the borough of ...