... THE BIRMINGHAM GUARDIANS AN' THE BOARDING-OUT SYSTEMJ. D A special meeting of the Visiting and CGeneral pertl5, Committee of the. Birmingham Beoard Of' Guarcdiafl 2 held yesterday ?? Stet;dr. F. ldiessent, vise-chairman, la~eecds 'ct: metig rs called for the pscrisoac of lay, Henley, inspector of the Local riovernrimenet l5 teb-ai matters relating to thle conti ol of the GUardia11 c beatrded ...

... id SPORTING NOTES. ig To lice EDntree OfiScll' r DIXPOST. ?? icappens; frequently that in the lipighlt of or, f.special seasons soue 1 ielverythievng cropse il),nc thus it ywas that this wesltevrthn else Iva d er! n into insignificance by thle Waterloo0 Cup. The dog rce cr had at very narrow escape of going to the wall itespijf 5,the frost has come sail gone in a ruther extrardil fashion this ...

... THE DISTRESS IN TH-1E COUNTRY. AcSTON MANOR. - The continued prevalence Of ?? iitress in Aston is taxing sousewhlit severely the esources I of the public committee in that district. Since the appeal, which ?? nmade a few weeks ago; a sum of about £231. (including £'20. from Mr. W. Mliddlemore) has been received.. Of this amount upwards of .2'00. bas becnI alrheady epipeloild and soiac 1,lG00 ...

... Cardinal Manning is at the Hotel Windsor, en routefor xr Rome. Y The death is announced in Munich of the well-known d historical antl fresco paiter, Milisael E.chter. 0 Plesiro-pneunnonisn exists oln a farm at W iganthorpe, near o J Malton. So far the outbreak has been localised. iW I Prince Robert Lichnowlsyv, Prelate of thle Pope's house- if hold, has bequeathed his inimense fortune to the ...

... CORRESPONDENC1E. NOTICES TO COlRRESPONDENTS. All letters intended for pueblicatulo,7n'7mst be aconpaensnd lip the nae an.. d addres-cls of the loriter ; not neccessaaily fOs7 publication, but far the informationt of the ILditor. 13/hc, ?? to q1testions are nrt ?? in the course of a da,; or t1Vo, the questioners quill pleame to understand that 10e are unabic to supply the informnatoln asted for ...

... NORTH ISTAFFORDSHIRE AIMINIG INSTITUTEl. I The aununl miceting of the members of this instittte I took place at Stoke-oou-Trent, on lilday evening r., John Strick (the presidetit) in tho chair. T'here wsa large 4 atteld-Lice0-Mr. J. Richard HIines, the secretury. read ' thc report of the Council. The number of new Illember' I added last year had beer. 29-an increase of 1i; over the J previous ...

... y~i ft0 siEE EASTERN AFFAIRS. -The Treaty of Peace has been ratified by the Czar, who has issued a peace manifesto, and has now given orders for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Turkish territory. The evacuation therefrom was to begin on Tuesday last by a forward movement on Burgas, where the embarkation would take place. D1deagatsch, in the AEgean, also was to be vacated, and the Turkish ...

... 03flural qefm Another snowstorm has passed over Scotland and seriously impeded traffic upon the railways. The definitive treaty between russia nd Turkey has been ratified by the Sultan. A Constantinople telegram contradicts the rumour that the plague has broken out at Eskidje and Senikhova. Severae cases of spottod typhus have occurred at Dunse' Parish Church was completely destroyed by fire ...

... 41 I . I Co wa :RAIAI? SOS,, ?? * A- g ; _ F; E -. - . . A lh~~t A~~NtTAL1 lfETINO. i ?? annual meeting of this society ws 'held on Tuesday~ afternoon, at the Toawn Hall. IThe Mayor (Alderman R~. 860Wailer) presided, and amongsttoepeen eeM H. Wilson, M.P., the Rev. J. McCorrmick, the iEev.. Ca onon Page~t, the Rev. john Deck, the Rev. J.,Lister' the Rev. H. W7. HQ11and,. Dean. Randerson, the ...

... , , I a IcIU exe. ..I .. . ?? l f l ,~ , ROYAL INSTIToTeOe.'-Oig Saturday,- at 4three o'clock, Tlbomnas Hairison, Esq., ?? of. the.Post Office Telegraphs,, will lecture on Sir Charles Wheatstone as an electrician (with experiments). Mr. Robert Carriok, of Hedoss, who passed-his final examination at the Incorporated Law Society's Hall in November last, was on Saturday last admitted a solicitor ...

... MULL TOWN- COUNCIL. t The meeting of the Council yesterday was not one of the most exciting or interesting on record.L t The business partook of dulness and at no time was anything approavhiug to great importance reached. The memrbers, too, did not appear to have viewed the meeting as being of the greatest consequence, as there were about a dozen vacant ohairs. The various minutes hid all been ...

... I THE BULL STAGE OF THE PAST. (SPECIALLY CON'IRBuTED.) (Continued.) The new' Amphitheatre, Paragon-street. was first opened to the public on the evening of October 12th (Hull Fair night), 1840, by Air. Cooke, who had entered into arrangements with Mr. Kirkwood. A grand military spectacle was presented, entitled The Wars of the Pun jaub ; there were various arenic exploits, and the farce of ...