... ALLEGED EXTENSIVE LONG FIRM .SWINDLING IN HULL. On Friday, at the Hall Police Court, before Mr E. 0. Twiss, stipendiary magistrate, George H. Tarelli, de- scribed as a commercial traveller and commission agent, was charged on remand with conspiring with a young woman named Mary Farrell to defraud Messrs Robin- son and Co., and Messrs Rae, Donaldson, and Boyd, wholesale warehousemen, ...

... - ti (From the Live Stock Journeal.)s3 THE COTSWOLD SHEEP.-Since the time when Edward S the First made' a present of (Jotswolds to Alphonso, a, King of Spain, these long-woolled sheep have held their si pre-eminence. On the bleak hills, with an eight ir months' winter, and four too cold for summer, the Hill flockmasters claim for their favourites the first position it for hardihood and ...

... LbCAL NEW& * The minority of 14 who voted early on Saturday morning against the address in reply to the speech from the throne was composed wholly of the ex- treme Irish party, the moderate Home Rulers being conspicuous by their absence. The majority of 129 included Colonel Blackburne, Sir Richard Cross, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Mr. W. E. Glad- stone, Lord E. Grosvenor (teller), Lord Hartington, ...

... iTHE COiNLG CONSERVATIVE l VISIT. I TO TEE EDITORS OF THE LVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-Will you kindly find space for the following ?? men, at an early date you are promised a great Conservative treat, and some of the major lights of the Tory firma- ment will shine upon you to ope your eyes. Take care you are not found, like the little boy, 'with your eyes shut and your mouth open, to ...

... LETTE-RS TO! MfE T TOR, iS -, TOP-LA$HIN(G YUI~,A\CX Iputting dow's this utmxa.it ute'e ,e recive One )Cic u-ic:cn a 1.A ti. ?? thlese viee-ctt~ils and :a' s-vc-rcl I ncr. re-!: .1 oe inlcorieseflxete- ~aure!l !, jce cit- e ?? s~ tc cornopelleci to sep,.n ti ll':zn -cl is tirier the Policte :1U: uc'le 51 tilO - z - - a _col :332. iD. ST. JUDE76 CEUKUJI. Geotlemerr,--Ksndlyfall'ct e'ssarce ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITORS'-.I TE, EQUALISAkION OF RATES. Gentlemen,-Shall we accept in undue haste or not the proposition made on Wednesday in the City Council by the chairman of the Realth Committee, that there shall be one uniform local rating throughout the whole citv? The question is deserving oi the fullest con- sideration. dince this recormendation has been carried in the Council Chamber by ...

... ! The mootildy meeting 6f the Liverpool School I m Board was held yesterday, in the hllunicipai Offices, or ' Dale-street, Mr. S. G. Rathbone in the chair, a There wvere also present Bliss Davies, the Revs. th D. Iycroft and J. H. Honeyburne; Drs. John ba Bligh and 1. Canavan; and bessrs. H. B. Gilmour, h B. Blaulliner, E,. Yates, J. Walton, J. B. Gaskell, S. Booth, J. iakes, and IV. Oulton. ...

... - k ?? JIWNUSs FEBJ UARY5. - D.T S CTS or NS coaoos Wn 'TAINOOX.~ V OF C o r ing bee devoted 5beO eO to 3 sh affairs3 it was naturally Clusite s t t o ?? afforded by tbheI h re of tl addres would be ng uP oi t bg ionourable members in refer-cO to ql : ona 4¢, sr ibeit Clnqnsn ed and crowded out by , X sithaaee 9sbichabd been in all men's which gre q5eS63 whas' o dingly, 'when Mr. ,inds for ...

... jTHE CHURN PASTORAM SOoD The nnual'meeting of the, Eirmingin- 'Aluxi lai'of the AAid Society aa held lapsi'g in tho, Birmingham Town Barxll. ' Sir Ioh'sit d';mplo bre sded There 'wa ?? gr odatteadaipee, and bmon '.,thqfi pr~eaent,. wer'e th' Rev' -Cabnon Wikdns~or, theiBevds, Dr. {Oardiner . lavol- Cook, P. Browne, J. G. Dixon, T. J.- Hawortb, C. .H. Coleman, G. W.. Lawson, J. 85 Owen, HL ...

... THE ALLEGED ROBBERIES BY RAILWAY I SERVANTS AT WEDNESBUEY. At the Wednesbury Police Court, yesterday, Thomas Witlets and William Young were brought up on remand before Messrs. S9 Stokes and W. Lloyd, charged with having, on the 4th instant, at Wednesbury Station, stolen six bottles of champagne, value 2£1. Is,, which had been consigned by the Trent Valley Brewery Cbmpany, Lich- field, to Mr. D ...

... THESBIALUGH DIFFICULTY. . . ' . .I. MBETING IN THE TOWN C L. A mublic meeting in defence of Constitutional rights l as ild last evening in the Town Hall, under the prdsi- dency of Dr. Langford. The hall wes densely packed, doubtless from 'the expectation oin the part of ,those , attending of hearinl ieradlaugh who had beeer an- nounced to speak, but who was detained in .Northamnpton. ...

... M't~I 48ix. ?? . ; . , _ AND JOURNAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1082. NEWS OF THE DAY. Mr. GLADSTONE yesterday conferred on Mr. A. M. SULLIVAN, . P. for Meath, the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, Owing to continued ill-health, it is understood that Sir CHARLES RUSSELL, ll. P., will apply for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, thus creating a vacancy in the representation of West- ...