... The Statist sees all round us evidences of au im- proving tendency of trade. The hope of better times is at last supported by the beginning of those better times the incipient stage of trade revival is reached. The Statist reaches this conclusion from a survey of the trade reports. It is true that the feeling of hope- fulness rests chiefly upon the fact of American revival. That one thing ...

... Influential committees are being formed in Brighton and Hastings in furtherance of the proposed Arctic expedition under Commander Cheyne. The Duke of Cambridge has arrived at Kissingen. His Royal Highness will stay about three weeka to take the waters. The Scotch steamboat City of London, wrecked in Barking Reach the other night by a collision with the »Tamburg steamer Vesta, has been floated ...

... The monthly meeting of the above Board was held on Tuesday morning, when the members present were— Messrs T. Williams (in the chair), W. Smyth, W. Sharp, W. H. Koach, D. Davies, and E. P. Birldle. THE VESTRY MEETING AND THE PROPOSRD INCREASE OF FEES. The minutes of the former meeting having been con- firmed, the Clerk informed the Board that the recent vestry meeting which had been held had ...

... Sfr. Irving concluded his double benefit at the Lyceum on Saturday night. The house was again crowded to excess. Mr. Irving repeated his speech of tflb previous night, and the story of his financial success in the first six months of his experience as a theatrical manager and his promise of new dramas of interest for the future was greeted by rounds of applause. There is no doubt about Mr. ...

... A singular episode occurred in the neighbourhood of Holborn a few days since. A fine young fox escaped from the Metropolitan Meat Market, and headed at full speed westward, pursued by a large and momentarily increasing crowd. Reynard dashed up Charterhouse Street, and then up Farringdon Road, and Theobalds Road. Arriving at the back entrance of Gray's Inn, he made a sharp turn to the left, and ...

... The eighty-seventh half-yearly general meeting of It his Company took place at the Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr Henry Britton, chairman of the board of directors, presided over a large attendance of the proprietors. The Secretary (Mr George Robertson) read the notice convening the meeting, and the seal of the Company having been attached to the register of the ...

... EXTRAORDINARY CONSIGNMENT OF A BABY. At the Shrewsbury County Police Office, a widow named Elizabeth Howlett, alias Hague, who has for t-ome time been assisting in carrying on a business un«:er the title of the Shropshire Dairy Company at Shrewsbury, has been charged with abandoning her infant male child, whereby its life was endangered. The defendant arrived at Wellington with a hamper and a ...

... It is the fashion for those who have any connection with letters, in the presence of thoughtful men and women, eager for knowledge, and anxious for all that ;an be gotten from books, to expatiate on the infinite blessings of literature, and the miraculous achieve- ments of the press to extol, as a gift above price, the gift for study and the love for good reading. Far be it from me to gainsay ...

... ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR. REPRESENTATION OF MERTHYR. DRAR SIR,—I wish through your columns to address my worthy disciples and followers, I he Nonconformists of Merthyr and Aberdare, on the grave question that is now convulsing your constifcuoncy from centre to cir- cumference, viz. The indissoluble connection of religion with politics. In the hope my appeal may rescue them from political ...

... THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGB.. The Press Association has been favoured by the Admiralty with the following memorandum:—In future the lieutenants and navigating lieutenants who are selected for appointments te the Boyal Naval College for study will be placed on ships' books, and will wear uniform and receive the full pay of their rank while at college. The number so selected will not exceed 35, ...

... AtMarylebone Police Court, London, James Colmer, •ecrstary of the Blind Poor Relief Society, has been ebar,ed with publishing a libel concerning another *ggntable institution for the blind. ...

... EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ABDUCTION. At the Halstead County Police Court, Henry Telkington, a respectably-attired man, has been charged with unlawfully taking away from her parents one Susannah Smith, then under the age of sixteen.—Mr. Charles Smith, an implement maker, eaid that he had known the prisoner for the last three years, by his living as a furnished lodger with him. He hud of late ...