... occi'a ?? Ooe'ves'reedcefl.] T 11Quee's first Drawing Iloore is over, cdwswl 9ttsenedd, thle quantity of thle favourdidvdasatn isc it inalc-ing amends for the quality, whichl, according to file rule obacrvee of late yearse, would llot in our day,1 i~qy thle dowagers. ?? been considered at ail lirst-r.~at. while tile lboirgsoisio bus been. lressing around 4the tjI.0neo, thle eeebility hias ...

... 'Thie annual rireeting of the memliers of this society ?? yesterday, at t 11 c a ?? I ?? c, Qu cc 'sCollege, IlirmingliaLI Mr. Waticirs Williarirs (president) sresilding. There were also prescnt ilicesrs. Agar, Sawyer, Rti'sords, Savage, Thomipson (Learuington), Riker (Lermringtors), Foster, WIads, Fitch (Chad- de.sley), ths. MiMlirm, Dleuire, Bhassett, Johnston, and Jolly Messrs. T. Jl. ...

... THE DURH ?? MINERS' STRIKE. RENEWED DIFFICULTIES. ALLEGED THREATS BY A COLLIERY MANAGER. DIceITAM c, Sunday Night. .AV mass meeting of cslciecrs, representing most of ?? collieries In Vise western part of thel eounty, eas held at Lsnnleoster ?? Satiurdy afternoon. Mr. James Clark, of Weotwood, ras chaIr. man. Thle resullt of Lic nceeding, as will be seen, is likely to lead to further ...

... PARLIAMENITARY NOTES. rse'ECIAL st,lclll5I~AMI.J hIOUSIE OF CO(rsTIoNm, Tuesday Niafht, A very chariiiug unanimity of opinion and feeling was shown to-night by the combined forecs on the two frost benchil. Lord Hartington and tho Chancellor of thle E xchiequer exchanged ?? doax across the table; and jusl as Mr. Courtney's 'ponderous oration showed ?? signs of renching its termination, Mr. ...

... ATLCEST EMl. ?? StrEetr SrF..RitN.- The annual shceppshicaring prize competition, inl collnectioll tvith tho .Ictcr and all dloil ing, warishes As ooiation tor the I ?? laboilrers, %v is held in tho Aleester Stock Saile Gromird on WVediie.- dIly, in tho presence of al large number of spectators. 'There were only tour competitors for the three priveo offered, and the following weree the ...

... ILATEST_ NEWS. (Riel taters potsel egram,fO per Pess, Assot ts ?? I Brtan ItO lls n o h otnltt0 CARDINAL NEWMAN. ROME, MAV 1C | Cardinal Newman today received a deputation of priests and laymen connected with the Church of San Giorgio in Velattro, who cane to testify their respect for their titular, and to request his Eminence to ls the day for tha ceremony of assumning the title of his ...

... SOLITULL PLURAL SANI'TAR&YAUTHORITY. f The TortniglitlY mcoting of this Authoritv was beld r yesterday; tlo seRv.Jl. ?? ?? Cl(rk (Mr. 1. e0 . Smith) reported that the praniotes's of tbhe Birmingham Y Gas Bill lied consented to the insertion of clauses charging Y the cost oi the Sause UpOn tbe consumers of gas only. Hi liad, therefore, prepared clauses accordingly. uid would 1 submit the drift ...

... G ENERAL NEWS. A nemorial in favouir of T1hoimas Jolnson, who was | sentenced to death at Liverpool Assizes for murdering a prostitute, lias besin forwarded to the Hom0e Secretary. Thomas Dloran, sentenced oni April 23 to a monith's t imnrisonmient, in Chester Castle, for neglecting to sulilport I hiis'wifo and children, was yesterday released. The Horne Secretary remitted one week's ...

... I ?? . .- - .. . ?? ?? ?? THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR, by the late Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand (Iongmans and Co. ).-Thisfragmentof a history by one who, though but a junior officer at the time, bore no undistinguished part in many of the affairs described, and whose ability and independent character made for him subse- quently a place apart, if not invariably a place of favour, among high ...

... C ?? 0 C e ?? I I THE Queen's sixtieth birthday was celebrated on Saturday with the usual rejoicings. In London and the provinces there were parades of the troops and volunteers, banquets, and illumi- nations, while dinners in Her Majesty's honour were given in Paris and Berlin. The Queen herself kept the anniversary at Balmoral, where the Crathie Choir came early in the morning and serenaded ...

... . a' u A MAY nit' 718r9tt. FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1879. Tn1 Canterbury election resulted yesterday in the return of Colonel LAURIE, the Conservative candidate by a majority of 56 votes over Mr. CIIARLES EDWARDS, Liberal. The number of the constituency is just over 3,000, so that it would seem that 800 abstained from voting. The Con- servative victory makes no difference in the state of parties. ...

... DESTRUCTION OF IMMORAL BILLS AND PAMPIHLETS. An~~ -=B 7 .. s :~ . . . ?? xnuay tee 1iders~eed magistrates ordered to be ,destroyed one hudred and fifty thousand hand bills bite, and twenty thousad pamphlets of an indecent and im. ray at mora nature, whtch had been seized by the police on North- the prees of Professor Martis, a medical botanist, da said e, and A CHURCH STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. The ...