... FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. J. S. IWRIGHT, M.P. IBirmingham has often been the scene of remarkable y popular assemblies, but seldom hias there been witnessed v a more impressive spectacle than that wlikh yesterday ii .attended the interment of the late Mr.- J. S. Wright, at'i theo General(Cemnetery, Key Hill. MIUsh as the immediate r relatives of the deceasedl might have shrunk from any- f thing ...

... THIE NEW ADMINISTRATION. At the present moment, when the flew Governmenst will be formied within the course of a few djays, it may be interesting to enumerate thle ofilesa which wilt have to be ?? by the nsow Prinie Minister, land the salaries attached Li to. the sarme. For the sake, of convenience the namnes of ,t the noblemen and gentlemen flow occupying the respective positions are given, ...

... TiHE ORDER TO OLOSE PUBLIC W HOUSES. X On Monday the following publicae were called 01 before the Mayor of Newport, Mr. Stevens, and B] Mr. Wanabrougb, they baving disobeyed the order of the magistrates1 isened on thareoent election day, to close their respective heuses at two p.m. They ?? Lewis. Bunch of A Grapes; Georue Henry Evans, Bush Inn; James Leonard, Olive Brsach; James Smith. Dolphin ...

... liETTERS TO THE EDITOB. 00 A1 orrespondents must wate on on sos of D the paper @ ,ou or their leters wiU bo rdejet-d. Tbt6 Xx. rcpot qdertake to return rejects -unet~euder now *Mlrmnst0ne We anot publish ny ltter unles the wrte? sends hie urX :nox AND ADX)s;r , rnot ?? for pubkll D cation, but as a Guarantee ot goon Mfit. D RICIACRD TEONs8 (Rhoudda VaUloy).-YOi commriuDi' cation is fbeSIous. B ...

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... . __ 1' 1. ?? It - .- ?? - . ?? ?? : I . *i'romn the annual reportof the Nati6nal bifehoat Thsti- tution we learn that during the Past year twelve new life. boats were placed on the following stations -Northum- berland, Blyth; Yorkshire, Unswick, 'Upgang, and I Whitby - Essex, Southend; Sussex, Eastbourne ; Isle of Wight, Brighatone Grange, Dorsetshire; Pools:; Cairmar- thenshire, Ferryside'; ...

... ebt R tt ID I b ?; , k 1 -1, u 'O act -, ipavotl MARRIAGE with a deceased wife's sister has been' legalised in Canada. SIGsor FOLI has -obtained a verdict in the action which was brought against him by a music pub- lisher. The Servian papers. commenting upon the suc- cs of the Liberal party in England, expect a more rapid development of the Eastern question, and a solution in favour of Servia ...

... THE -ODDFELLOWS' SOOITY - AND ITS POSITIO. Thia society numbers asobg is uesbera not only man.y of the middle and workng classes of this oouutryibit also tho.s resident n Amnerica and tte colonies. In order to jadge o' the pssitioa of the society abroad-as to .its members, workiog, and financial state-the chief officer, its grand master, Mr. H. Outrain, of Sheffiild, lately visited the United ...

... A MOST ATR':AOCIOUS CRIMINAL. Thle anti-Chineso feeling is forcibly expressed in a speech made two years since by Mrr Sargent in the Senate of the hnited States. The Chinese, re marked the orator, work for wages that will not support the family of a white labourer, while the Chinese themselves are more than well fed on a hand. ful of ric , a little refuse pork and dessicated fish, costing ...

... THE GENE1RAl; ELECTION. -e --------S THE 'UNIVERSITY' CONTESTS. GLASGOW AND ABERDE EN. , , ~GLASGOWv..' Thevoting at Glasgow continues by the twenty- five votes arrangement of mandates; Both parties have still a pile of these, but signs of exhaustion, it is expected, will begin to show themselves to-day. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon the figures were- Dr Campbell (C) 848 Mr Asher (L). ...

... THE MfORALITY OF blD-LOTHIAN. Morality1 was a ood deal invokced in the course of the late elections, and nowhere so frequently or vehe. mnently as in Ilid-Lothian which was urged to set an example to the world of righteousness, ti uth, honour, an d al the virtues. It is true that the force of this' advice in the abstract was a good deal blunted by L various concrete qualifications to the ...

... AhIS&POORATIG WEDDING. - 11r.E..- -, 'P~;n~pq On Saturdy nafternoon, the :ince and Princees Of Wides and the i D uka and )ucheseie of- T ea,. together with a distingulished oD1pany, assembled atthe ChplPal Royal, Whitehal t to witness the marrige'of George Manners Astisy, twentyrfourth Lord Hastings, with the Hon. Elizabeth EvyiJn Rarbord, thirddaughter of Lord and Lady Suffield. The-chapel ...