... BaINHEAD TOWN COUNcILI ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN. e A special meeting of this Council pas held yester- i wb day afternoon, at the Municipal-offices, Hamilton. thc square,.for the purpose of filling the extraordinary; do vac'ancy caused by th3e death of Mr. Alderman John ex hludie-tle 'newly-elected alderman to remain in thb office so long as Mt. Mudie would have continued in j f offee, namely, ...

... I, Bowmes SAD'rtn.-Tho Queenssland Lsine royal mail !p8, steamer M~alora, from Lonxdon for Erisbanearrived r By OEAD, SSt - The White ar steamer W rltanni passed east at four p.m. Lan; SATIJhDAv-The Star line steamer Vesta, ra from Liverpoo, arrived her this morning. aul SUa, Savuansx.-The Peninsular and Oriental a teamer Verona, with the outward India maril of the Rat ?? iwant, left here at 7 ...

... I to _ WEDNTESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. Bi ZAL The weather over the United Kingdom to-day, P ion though fair in most places, bas been very cloudy a ty), along our north-east coasts, and somewhat showery 0 fle in the west. The observations of this morning ri of Ehowed that tho depression which lay over the SI in Netherlands on Tuesday wastravelling very slowly N ost in a northerly direction over the ...

... MAiL NEWS. AnEn. Jarp. 2.-The British India Steam NaEr,'.. Company's steam-sluiP Merkara. from Loraon,.en L ., on ThC 3i92ll ult. for Colomb,rts 3iadras, anld Ciu CALCUTTTA. JAN. 2.-The Britisii India ?? tion Compar-y s steamnship Man-ra, iv ri Lc- arrived this evenin,. CAPETOWY,JAY. 1.-The Castle Company' ?? ship Dunrobin Castle, from Dartrnuuu2, &ri.o at two anr.. to-day. 4GIBRALTAR. JaY. 2. ...

... PJSEN FROM .THE RANKS. During the year just closed fifteen commissions froam the ranks have been given to young non-com- missioned ofiucers of the Household Cavalry and Line, two of their number gaining their promotion through field service. The commraissions conferred were Sergeant John Charles Ker Fox, from 1st Life Guards, to lieutenant and adjutant 19th Hussars (age 30 years, service in ...

... - - - I I T'rimpool kRfMtvr* 3 ?? . 4 SAELS POPE TV SUP A. --a The Archbishop of Canterburywas re- ported last night to be still very weak, and it is to counteract this prostration the physicians are devoting themselves. Some highly interesting papers were ead at yesterday's sitting of the British Association, one of the essayists being a Russian savant, and another M3r. E. OUIDonovan, late of ...

... NATURAL SCENERY. d Nature and art have in the open country been P ,a a good deal mnore mixed up. than Perhaps the U1 majority of- those who are Jiust now hieing away ~,to the scenes of A natural1 beauty are commonly ~ Le aware. ,Beyond certain limits it is not alway's h ~e easyto say how much of the beauty of ascene is x- due to art' end how much to nature. There are, to no doubt, places ...

... I Tlrm ITT.NxESS Or va CATnOLiC BISnoP ?? LrVR- pooL-Dr. O'Re~ily, the Roman Catholic Bishop of l.iverpool, was yesterday progressing so favourably aat his physicians did not find it necessary to issue a bulletin. Upon calling at his residence, 31, Rodney-street, at a late hour last night, it was stated that the improvement in his lordship's con- dition was satisfactory. NSPECTION OF THE ...

... W~rv r i v ov r1j Do l SALrs 20= 12x .~t A Cabinet Co('con 1vas held at three ocklloe yesterday, summonses for which -Wero9 issued that morning. All the Ministers were present except the Chief Secretary for Ireland. In the House of I ords, yesterday, a bill presented by theh lharl of Daihousis to amend the law Ie'ating to marriage with a deeea ed wife' szser was read a first time. (Jn the ...

... THE RE-ARRAKGEMEIT OF THE LIVERPOOL WARDS. ?? TO ?? mn'oaRS OF Ma Iar ?? =oViUxr. a a- Gentlemen,-Now that the battle for supremacy I nd in the Town Council has been fought and lost, it is c .de advisable that the members of the Liberal party d 55 should reconsider their position. The straggle for I es. power extended over several years, and was nearly a m attended with success. We entered ...

... iIETHODIST NEW CONNEXION I CONFERENCE. The conference was opened at Batley yesterday in the usual way. The session was held for some time with closed doors, during which cases of I character were considered The following minis- terial probationers, having' completed their term of I trial, were received into full connexion, and it was subsequently determined that they be ordained at this ?? ...

... LOCAl NEWS.$ I The following local neabers voted with the R Covernment in tho division which tooklplace early C yesterdqy morning on Mr. Gladstone's resolution c respecting the committee appointed by the House A of Lords to inquire into the operation of the Lend E Act:-Messrs. Agnew, Armitage, Arnold, Briggs, 2. Jacob Bright, A. H. Brown, W. S. Caine, J. K. S Cross, Sir R A. Cunrliffe. R- ...