... l T.MTPE ?? PARLirAMENT.| HOUSE OF LORDS.~-MONDAT. at EDUSCATION.- Lord NORTON called attention to this p resent introduc- N Iton. of secondary instruction in the ?? elemen- to 6tory schools and to the Code of Regulations of the ICommittee of Council en Erlucatien. He did not make t any complaint of the actio'n at the SehooP Beards throughlP 'I out the ceountry. On the contrary, he thought we ...

... a ?? ?? ?? -- - - . . satis- [FRO1M 0UA SPECIAL coOnitEsPONDENT.J Meon, PALL MALL, May 17. co- The sub- marine mixing experiments which are to take ?? place at Bantry Bay, in addition to the trials of torpedo defence, as proposed by Commander Noel, are thought to be 11has of such importance that a Colonti of the Royal Engineers sgow has, I understand, been direoted to proceed to Bantry Bay ...

... d I SOUTBSEA ROWING CLUJB REG TA. This year the regatta inad gurated by the above populjr Club was arranged to extend over two days, the sportl being divided between the residents at East Sonthsea and. Southsea proper. The firstday's proceedings-OD MondaY -were off Southsea beach, butthe sport was marred by a steady downfall of rain, which began about three o'clock 3 in the afternoon, and ...

... JEAS LUIO AND TH[ CLAIMANT. Jean Lule is said to have written the ?? letter: I was released from Millbank Prison yesterday (Agnust 18) at 9.30 a.m,, after a suffering of six years and eight months' severe punishment, which punishment I consider myself not to have deserved. My stawement on oath re- specting the barque Osprey, in which I was steward at the time the Bella men were picked up, is ...

... CHI{ICHESTER,. NTEBUS.-As the result of acomn TIE VOLUNTEiUS.-As the result of acompetition on Friday at Kingley Vale, Qaartor-Alastir-Sergeant Pearse and Private Fowler will be the representatives of the local Volunteer Corps at Wimbledon. Mr. Pearse scored 94 out of a possible 120, and Mr. Fowler 86; then follow Private Evans 85, Sergeant Darloy 84, and Colour- Sergeant Purchase 83. SHOCKING ...

... . - A-7.4--7 n VA t STEALING TOOLS.-Askford Young was charged with i stealing a quantity of joiners' tools, the property of' i George Wales of Brading, Jame8 Eggiington, and Charlesr e Jacobs, of Sandown. The total value of the toole was 3l. 1 e The prosecutors are in the employ of Mr. Alfred Young, t s builder, of Sandown, and left the tools in a workshop ( e which had been left unlocked on ...

... 'Yesterday afternoon an adjourned meeting of the Council ,t was, held at the (Guldhall, when there were prebenefll Aldermen BJ. Mt. Wells (who presid d in Ihit ahsenc Oof the Mayor), IlAtebholor, Ridoutt, Whitcomble, W. Kent,r 'Pink, Emanuel, Wells, (I. B. Kent, and Chambers; Councillors Ji'iikins, Kempster, M-~kiG ?? GunlBeale, (lieve, Kennedy, H. P. Fester, Power, Wilkins, Wc.-5t, Miller, ...

... THE STEAM. TRIALS OF THE IRtS. Il In consequence of the unsatisfactory results of the im measured mile trial of the Iris8, 10, double-sorew stoel at despatch vessel, Captain E. H. Seymour, which took place er in Stokes Bay on Tuesday, as reported in our impression . of the following day, the Admiralty directed a further P9 trial, which was to have taken place yesterday. The ~eB ed trials on ...

... ,- ur on rrp.nnn . l- . . o - . .-,aL I I I I ed r correspondent, writing under date Shanghai, Mlay rd 25th, says: Matters are extremely quiet here, even the war al rumours having to a great extent subsided. W. Itis stated, however, that instructions have been received Ir. from Li Hung-chang that eight 40-pounder guns manufac- .nt tured at the Kiangnan Arsenal are to be sent during the is ...

... IL1.U fl.ttJALJ4&U - fA' - .J ?? -_ I I. . The Bishop of Rochester preachedl at St. Paul's, Lorri- l more-square, Walworth, on Sunday night, and annoncedf to the congregation that he had appointed a new vicar. Elis 1 lordship, in the ooarec of bis sermon, said that h wasJ hound by his consecration vows to use such authority as h he had by God's Word,and as was submitted to him by the ...

... tht W. H. F. Go- Seasonable, no doabt, hutpehs 3001 superfluous the R~c savtiU. --iNo Lawbreaker, ' G jot Cheeur, 'ing ?? R. W., and Guspiirt. t. per- ,ard ST. J 0i' IES, Putt ?? LIA. Ave Sen-Will )our correspoudenis who to strenuously f i~ Ir, obj ct to th, i'CL that thb' Re-v. J3. Knapp should exerciseo this hi's du ties as- ?? u istee of Sit. John's. es rL-L the loll' i~fg r.ed, ...

... LOCAL BOAnD.-Anordiuary mcting of this Board was held at Nettlletone on Munday, %Ir. Stona presiding. The principal business was to cousider the lesters received since the last meeting. there being nothing on the agenda paper. A letter was read from .1r. Charles Warner, the auditor, stating that he had examined the accounts of the Board, and found them correct. A letter from (General Abbott ...