... TEs: FLOWER GARDER.-The planting of all sorts of hardy bulbs ought to be finished early. When there is no regular flower garden, bat only mixed beds or borders, euch as are composed of hardy herbaceous flowers, roses, and shrubs, let the hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, &ic., be I planted in clamps in the open spaces between the per- tanent plants, so that they may display themselves pro- perly in ...

... THE DETENTION OF A DOG BY A I ?? _ LANDOWNER. I At the Kirkham County Court, on Thursday, W. A. Halton, Esq., judge, delivered judgment in the case of Me.Kearney v. 1: Birley, Esq. He said :-This case was tried before me at the last Court, and I reserved my judg- ment. The action was brought to recover £40, for the detention of a dog, the property of the plaintiff, such detention to date from ...

... Fvc)RD TOWN COUNCIL. ..meoting of tho Salford Town Council K in thoe Council Chamber, SUltord -';iyor tMr. id. Walmeley) in the chair. f,;;:cae-ion took place on a proposition of Cjca uo make an allowanoo of £60 to of hcalt-h (Dr. Tatham), in considera- >inP his reeidenea to within the borough, Jvbth- eadeire) the health committee. -;li tc postponea Iroin the laln meeting tl~vnwtoov moved that ...

... (FRom the Gazette of Friday) PETITIONS FOR LIQUIDATION BY ARRANGEMENT. Biehard Simpson, late of Lorne-terrane, Smith Bank, in the county of York, retailer of beer, wine, and spirits, now in lodgings at Coathlam, out of business. Eiz2abeth W. Hardy, South Shields, dealer in Berlin wools and fancy goods. Jane E, Purnes, South Shields, trading under the name of James Stales, as grooer and ...

... SCENES AT THIE ORAISKIRPI | BOARD OF GUARDIANS. I' .e ay The fortnightly meeting of the board was held ry yesterday; present-Messrs. Welsby (chairman'. ii; Bond, Rigby, Sherrat, Asheroft, Marshall, Clarke. leE. 1Beaton, Love,Mawdsley, Hewitt, Bridge, Taylor, to Ainscough, Watson, Smallshaw, Cammaclc, and ar- Prescott.-Mr. Love said he had some observations C. to make regarding certain ...

... F - CRUELTIES BY NATIVES. DISSENSIONS IN ASHANTEE - The British and African Steam Navigation Com- . pany's steamship Gaboon, which has arrived in the I Mersey, brings news of a horrrible murder at Old 1 Calabar. In spite of the efforts of the missionaries and the consul to abolish the cruelties and barbarous I practices of the natives there, there are still many of the old customs in vogue. ...

... LOCAL NI, ~ry OPANATIN oF 1 .2 X Jonas; RoIanTSON le, HowAr, MA.-Yesterdv4 i etigO iii the Newcastle y of the Presbyterian ?? of Fula d was hold in John Knox's laChurch, Newe' Rev. JohTn tat Rh to ?? Robtrial dis o4wat, MA., Liverpool, preached his IC10 Brialdge-o 0A5 frodntoasminister of North aetreet Church, Stunderland, which having se. bensninsl'admacodaysutained, the PFi P ...

... PESTS, NoV. 20. . The additional credits demanded by the Ministry of War on account of the expenditure arising from the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been submitted to the delegation. The supple- mentary amount required for the present yearis 41,700,000 florims, and for 1879 the total supple- i mentarv estimate amounts to 43,000,000 florins.X The red book, which will shortly be ...

... The almost phenomenal character of the weather during the last 24 hours has brought in its' train a series of disasters and inconveniences which will make the 216th November, 18S, a memorable day in local annals. So dense was the fog at intervals, that traffic. alike on the river and in the town, was almost suspended. The Woodside ferry boats kept open communi- cation with the Cheshire side of ...

... i SPECIAL TELEGRAMS, &c. Mr. Samuel Phelps, the cminent actor, is still in a precoimous condition, aad it is feared that his illness is a general break up of the system. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived in London early yesterday morning from Paris, hasing travelled via Boulogne and Folkestone. A man named villiam Taylor was yesterday at WWIck ted £400 for being in possesion of an ...

... SkIrS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. I DOMESTIC. All thte ministers were plesent at jesterday's Cabiliet Council. CountSchou- .aloff is reported to have had a long con- ierence with Lord Salisbury prior to the assemblv of the council. The Government circulars have been delivered to members of Parliament, de- shing them to be in their places on the .5th proximo *> for the despatch of business.' TIhose ...

... I OUR LOTNON CORRESPONDENCE LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVFa14. There is more confidence about the European situation to-day than has been felt since Par- iiament adjourned. On the Stock Exchange. the barometer of political feeling, there is a general disposition to believe that both the EmpeTOr Alexander and our own imperial master are now inclined to act in cordial and amicable relations: and the ...