... PROSPECTS OF THE CRICET 1 SEASON. INow tlhat it mav reasonably be hoped that we have seen ithe last of one of the severest sinteds on record, and that , we are bordering-on genuine summer weather, we may take our annual forecast of the fixtures and of the various mi ntics! chauces of success during the eaming season.. 3 We are promised .a season devoid of anything like the .xcite'mnt of that ...

... I ILLNESS OF LORD BEACONSFIELo | ?? I The 'unsatisfactory 'reports circulated on Mouday eveningin referen nce to the conditi on of L ord Beacons field revived the alarm consequent upon the relapse which he had undergone on the previous day, and inquiries yeyterday morning were more m numerous and more anxious than ever. Feverish sym ptoms setting in after a favourable turn had been experienced ...

... PA;ILIAMtNT:&RY NOTESDL (PaoN OUR owvr Corsro2xD=W.) HOUSE Or COLNONS, Thursday Night. The House of Commons was to-night crowded to its utmost capacity. The Chamber is ordinarily well ventilated, but this evening while the Prime Minister was speaking the ;pressure was so. great that in the Preis Gallery at least 'the atmosphere ]atteriiy became almost suffocating. Before the, great event came ...

... - I- - (R11TsR'S TnEonA,) RUSSIA. ST. PErsTsssnci, Friday.-It is officially announced to- sy that the customary State attendance of the Emperor ad Empress at divine Seovice on Easter Day (O. S.) and the reception of Easter congratulations will not take place this year. Theatres conducted by private enterprise will be per. mitted to reopen on the 2nd of May next. The Turkestanl (;a:ette ...

... n .I ICEN TJB.1, ' Is dir.- The rougli- raetut G INsmoBuda ?? s'ougli retetusis, as taken from the enumerators' books; show an increase of no less than 3.820i The nu'p~es in 48718 Iere 7,004,,4nd the .Populahion now numbers 10,884.1 RmAesis. Marshall, Sons, and Co., Britannia Ironworks, give employpneirt to Over 2,000 hands, IOicLEY.-The return shows the popdlatiou as 15,041; 1871, 0,600; ...

... . DISASTROUS DYNAMITB IMPLOSION. I LOSS OF FOU LAMtS.- ?? . A _. _ I _. a ' _I __ On' Saturdaya fearful explosion occurred on the river Clyde at Garvel Point, Grienock, by which three lives were lost and six men seriously injured. It appears that in connection with the new dock works for Greenock blasting operations are being conducted in the river Pt Garvel Point, where some large boulders ...

... I - co e rlaws _ S r DRILLERS' STRIKE ON TEE TYNE.-We Iare authorised to state that the drillers' strike at Palmer's shipbuilding yard, Jarrow, is at an end, the whole of the men having been replaced. The old hands, we under- stand, have applied to have their notices withdrawn from the other yards. THREATENED STRIKE IN THE NAIL TRADE.-On Saturday morning the horse-nail makers throughout the ...

... T. ?? :_ _- ---a ?? _:11- At a meeting at the Birmingham Town Hall last night, uder the chairmanship of MIr. HltRUSt, President of the Birmingham Liberal Association. resolutions were-on the motion of Mr. JEssU CoLL321as, President of the National Liberal Federation-adopted expressing gratitude to Her Maj esty's Government for introducing the Land Bill into the House of Commons, believing it ...

... 11 I ?-Ii. 1?11 I - E,?,EFIAL FOREIGN INEWS. I G I I rVACUATION OF KANDIAIIAHR be o received the following from the India 06t:elowini telegram has been received from the t da tedSimsla, 16th April, 18E1:- esl dear liashins Khan Arnir's Governor entered r this morning (16th)t ?? CavalrY will o ccupy Ko Kleran to-morrow in ,: f° (XOZIT EI#S' Tzaneasjrs. Sunday,-Sirdar Mahomed Hashim aKhan, the ...

... 1THE NEW BANKERT''' roY BILL. (from thse l'cO,,Qdtiit.) It was wise of Mr. Chamberlain, when introducing the new Bankruptcy Bill,, to seek to moderate the expeota- tions regarding it. A review of past bankruptcy legisla- tion is not calculated to inspire sanguine hopes of the 3 comlete Success of any attempt to grapple with the diffi- I culies. of the subject. One system after another has ...

... . I =~A VY.& J3. n niJ.l:, AVJK11 4V. The chart roprtents the western countries cf EurMoo from Norway to the coast of Portugal, and embrazes Great Britain and the British Isle,. It also includes the North ea or German Ocean, the Bay, of Biscay, the Mediter- ranean, ithe Atlantic. With the English Chanlel, British Channel and Irish Seam I ss .z -s5 a_ L to 5 g_ Ai a t 3Qt0JJ/¢ t 24t ?? G h T- ...

... r And w ax ?? (FRoX OUB OWN CORaESP)NDcNT.) PA:Bs, Tuespay. The fiery note of the.EcownVsts has scarcily been maintained bythe other organsv of the Press and by the Government. It is felt to be,-rather out of place, after the lapse of twenty centuries,'to revive the cry, DolecndO st Carthago; and as regards the Ministry in par- ticular, the governing powers shrink from the imme- diate ...