... TITE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. V DunBm, Tuzsnxy NIGHsr. The papers were to-day quite as numerous and net less imiporta;nt than those read yesterday. Ie t the depatment ofastronom, Lord Psse ga e a | I (iescription of a new and improved mounting for t .his telescope at Parsonstown; Sir William Thump-l son, in the section of geography, read a paper on :thce influence of the Straits of Dover on the ...

... IOUR LONIN 0ORRESPONDENCE. I LONDON, TiURsSDAY EVEN'ING. 1'alliament has row Iin~shed its laboar's for the year, and has ?eft tha ?? important Of its legislation iinil nexot ye.r Far away the greatest reform rwhich the Conservative (leveramljent has hael the boldnress to initiate is its Criminaill code. That stands over with the ,estioll of local self-gove'ane it, which Mr. 4-ter Booth-,ill ...

... WATER CONMITTEE. The usual meeting of the water committee was o held yesterday, at the Municipal Offices. Mr, J f EL. Wilson presided, and there were also present ini Messrs. Forrest, Bowring, Bower, Garnett, Vioiag, and W. Radcliffe. a THB WATER SUPPLY. ol The following statistics from the engineer' D periodical report for the fortnight ending Aug. 13 f were submitted I TGTo.c Rainfall, 3 01 ...

... i : i -A-lI'l NTEWS- th, GIEOS,_ O oh ~ thc b Duke and~ theC ?? gterg ary t:5 II-sat> earrive,0 ati ±. s a~.. ii9 bv B arone i I)- ~~~e'Duke, ?? ' tS' ?? 5-erton, rn-e b ~ dy 1) - ni h U ' 7'..mudon bnanl ' a E. 0rtaj Thomuson, anl .d t~l foJ\ -iTe Queen aud ,,ieaj md du-ca-s in - Dav hesS of Hesse.- ?? b' LlCD:' {fColiuaug~ht ?? ~ > ' je J :jestv *alked Oiltt 3 0.1~ '1 ?? .anb- ,icr' 4i-. ...

... } GREAT CONZLAGliTIl,[ :,C I LIVEP ROOL - we A FL( ?? &- IICE MILL Ltp6 \7 l- alcecody anncu:o, d in Goe ot ' of te t or a y I . KM .4 a efO U Th'crtv M~tore tro n- 'orv k on Ti-> the thour and, rie, m ill f M ss 0 j field. Pealfort-street ite area pre mni00 is aerv ex-e o 0 h l c Brittonl-troeot to t..o. stozies ci the building wore Lr gr-ain, rice, and tfcur. Woo - PO!iae-con'tahls £'42, w ...

... ELECTION OF GUARDIAN-S AT I I BlRK1311ENTIEAD. TOBYISM TRIUMPHANT. As is well kuow n, the newly incorporated borough of Bihkenhead is a hotbe lof Toryisin. Birkonhead is represented in Parliament by an ultra-Tory; neerly all the mnagistrates of the district are Tory; all the aldermen are Tory; with the exception of two, all the members of the town council are Tory; the officials are Tory ; in ...

... \\ ith the readilln of the Queen's Speech ' t this afternoon will be brought to an end t thie lgtest, the most useless. and the most ! isehievo1s session of recent vears. It beganlprematurcly with a scare: it goe s I to i - rove ithoilt any good mans bless- I inzc. lf there be anv difficulty about t recollecting its legi3lative acts, it arises fro|ll their ?? and their insignificance. I lrs ...

... i re a l The Tites weather forecast rn:c- 2 is changes are so sudden tha: hi ;s l. It'o is give anything like a reliable torerast. i:the e probable conditions are south-easer-r . w= r cvia England, and ?? tbundezs orres. The Marquis of Hamilton, ?? :-fS g for Brussels, to represeut .Le Pth .Li St be celebration of the silver e - ?? eit. and Queen of Eetgiuh ,n ±n.Ti le A St. Petersburg td ...

... VOMMERCIAL. i LIVERPOOL EXCIIANGI, MOF.DAY UVIEM'1?1G. , The ?? amarhet continues to present a very 'quiet a:iearance, but the confidence of holders as a body is apparently no longer affected by the duration of the languid demand. The seeming, apalby and limited operations of buyers would erpear caleulated to wear out theirpatience and to.; :roduce a distinct and general fall in prices, but ...

... THE BRITIS1 ASSOCI TION. \ ~~~DIUBLIN, 1VEDNYSDAY NiGHT.| After an absence of 21 years the British Asic ia- :ion for the Advancement of Science has retrrnrcd to the Irish metropolis in order to hold its annual meeting for 1ff78. The president for the year (Mr. 1 IV Spottiswoede, M.A.) has just spoken in Trinity College. Since Monday the reception room in i Trinity College has been besieged by ...

... IAN E]'UCATIONAL EXPERBIENT , I For some time there has been a movement going on to remove children from the blighting influence of pauperism; and a tentative effort commenced eight years ago at Ipswich by the establishmenlt of St. John's Home, where boys have been trainl up to u'eful trades, away from the associations of the workhouse, has developed to such an extent that on Saturday the ...

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