... The following is the text of the letter which Was read at the monthly meetingr of the Oldiuisy Local Board of Health, and briefly referred to in our impression yester- day :- Corporation of Birmingham (Gas Department), Jantuary 17, 18S0. DBar ?? a mepting of the Gas Comimitteolheld en Monday last, the attention of tie cosnissittee was directei to statemeents reported to have bee n imalo at the ...

... [rilESS ASSOCIATION TEL5GRXeIQS.] 110U8.0 0Q7r LORDS. ThoLortOrdSlihips met at live o'clock. Tue Blarl of llanevilllarm took the onth and his Ecat. LAND LAW REFORM. ' The LoI11) CHANCIM.LOR, in presenting bills to enlarge the powvers of the owners of settlod 'land, to simplify thle practice of conveyancing, to shorten in certatin csecs the periods of limitationss of actions, and a fourth ...

... . - ?? f meeingof he atI Committee was TesC)tordbty met ngo the ConllIo te. 'ihre were ppmi-sit g bdel5ao Deser~,kin (cila5irmna). Aldermann INan ton, Mtessrs, ]io~aU~htLev htierUNld'AatR W lliams, .-h 1.TuHcart lttF Ct'N9'rEFLIX'1-Tle1d'i~ ~lb~sniiiteereprtd that theY beld Conei8forod thle caqe polcecentaliaLeis. who w~as recelitly finend by the atc~for esitllt The rerettdItat- an e~ve-wit. ...

... THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. ALBAN THE I IA TA iI, tiso foutndation clone of thle new church of St. Alban thle l1istyr, which is now being, erectedl in Conybere Streut, was lm'l on S.~atotrday afternoon, by E arl Beaichiamp). 'The building wvill be constructed principally of red hricks, with lieth stoen dresings, and the style Witl be Early English, thle plan beina crnciform. Tlse length will ho ...

... NARROW -ESCAPE OF THLE IMPERIAL FAMILY. li ?? ?? tea EIGHT PERSONS KILLE D AND FORTY ' INJURED. [nicuJTF~'S TELEGRtAMS-il tlii till ST. PlVTERSIBURGY FaBUnAccY 17 das Ani explosion took place to-day in, the W~inter Palace, but no momber of the Imperial Family has ext been injured. M The m-inle by which tho explosion bay boon Its effectedI was laid uinder thoe guard roomn, which is situated on ...

... THlE k \PLOSION ON A CARDIFF STEAME3. Tho irqueet on the body of George Finning, o ecam!4,n, vho vae killed in the exptotion whicn d ?? place on board the stenmihip Colato'bine, in tV Iecarth Roads on Monday, was roeumed before Hi Mr. I. B. Reecs, coroner. in the Toen-haII, h Ceardiff, on Friday. Franz Krift, sailor (n board a tie Eteermshxp Columbine, said he wa8 )n boarfd r( tho ?? when ahe ...

... . i I . I-, ? . ? 1 1 ! I p A jjy I i , ?? ? El I i) i , 1:1 i ? I i j I ilk.i 1. IDL - k, . I I 1. 1-1 I I , ()t~I Ol, (Ix AlwCt O 0,'O l ) ii eldde wt~~sr-.i I flA~, lizluAT Nvioii' threal T;licut rj,~vrcl tu be far m'roxct~rnv tijan it I wi~y be teemcd at ficld nligitt in ?? Lcoras there li f wall, r very c0110.1 at' cldazloo of peers. Tlbs Dakaog C -. of A rg3 1l himself wa.4 early in ...

... II bisfitic-T i, 1 9 La 6 :;t1, I'L(,Y[VI -AN ADVI. P 0? Wk Crate] tlc,14' at the A-mro~ Mea~t ani~ tI a rircentorlamed by Mr~. Hopkiu t')dl a, thre j e 1'tllharmonioReetanrant on Tues4dayevcning. at A capital repast waprprdb r.eog lwc~n~tbe manager of the re uzamadt, atu± Was C0l1r fiorve~d in eJ Napirua coffoe r~om. T'hrue, wp5 Go a about fifty members of the Staff vrapss Gea and the ...

... THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE i CREWS. | | CREWS. On Wodrnesdey afternoon the Cxford creewwhih was composed as ?? (bow), Brown, Bargreaves. Southwell, Kinderaley, Rowe, I Wharton, West (setrod;), and Hunt (cox),rowsd twice over the oppr river course-that is, from Medley to Godeqtow-whioh, when the river is se full as3 it ia now, is even better than the hcme ccursEe. BeEidas the row in the eight, ...

... .{ a i ?? YlE11 i5t ?? r TUtE5 A j IAT\ RAr .- . -.-he tril o:raneis I ft.ro tlonalos tor liaviug4 n1adel qu attempt ic tehloot til 1K tgjr .Ud QueOenl on tho 3tth of De cemnber Iast wad helil to-day. About 200J ? persons wore present at the trial, inoludillg niany mcnubelo of the legal profession and a numutioroof rlome1n. Theo Urown prosecutor. in addrcssing tlw court, dwoit upon the grave ...

... TIHE fifty-fourth Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Architecture, and Sculpture was opened at Edinburgh on the 31st ult. For two generations it has been the means of diffusing a taste for Art among the Scottish public; and it has been the outward sign of a School of Art, the fame of which has extended far beyond the borders of Scotland. The present Exhibition contains 1, ...

... or,, PV fE); 1IUAfA T S|Nm I 101' FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.-In the prodtuction of these two articles of consumption is thought by not a few persons to lie the farmer's hope of profit for the future. Now, without going into the question of mean profit, we would point out the riskiness of the procedure. How many Kentish farmers can afford to rely on hops alone? One year may give him a thousand ...