... BROMSGROVE. Tirs TRmATMENT OF CASUAL POOR.-At the meeting of ?? of Guardians, yesterday-Mr. Wright in the chair-Air. Willets proposed, and 3r. J. Harris seconded, 'that the master of the workhouse be authorieed to dis- charge any casual poor of the classes contemplated in instructions 2 and 3, issued by the Worcestershire Vagrants' Relief Society, before the expiration of the time or the ...

... ITRE PARKES MUSEUM OF HYGIENE, ?? ?? . . it THE D)UiE OF ALIAN;Yi ON P'IJBLIC HEALUH, D On SatUrday his itoynl ligbhn'es tile Duke of Albany re- n oieied the P'arkes ?? seumn of Hygiene ii the new building t! r sepecisdly adapted for it iI Margaret ,Street, legent Street, a ou LIondlon. Thle proceediings begun by 0aptain Douglas r n-. Galtoni, as ctaidrinan of the council reading the report, ...

... RUGBY, ILLEGALLY ?? C(AnTTJL-At the Petty Scssions, on Monday, Itichard Timmi9, a well-known cattle deier, of Brauns. ton, Northarnptonshire, wan charged with causing twenty-four cows to be movel out of Leiceaterebire into Wsrwiolkzhire with. out having a license.-Defandont, who pleaded guilty, said he wan moving the cattle from Leicentersbire into Northampton. shire, and as no licenne was ...

... TIHE CO-OPERATIVE CONGRESS AT EDINBURGHE. The Co-operativec Congress met in Edinburgh yesterday, whenl Mr. Baxter, Mr., delivered his inanuleers address. Hlo said that, leaving out of account the Civil Service stores of London, the total sales of the 782 retail societies ?? during 1882 amounted to £13,863,498., and in Scotland to :£3,280,644. 3During the last twenty years the profit of the ...

... MIDLAND, BPIR:MTWGHAA, WOLTERHAMp. .TON, & iMIIL1'ORI) JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. A1 ._ I The House of Comnmons Coimittee (Mr. Portman chalirnan) met again yesterdaly and resuoled conesidmartion of this bill. The Chairman intimnated that after adjourniment yesterday lie hadl consulted the Speaker's counsel wyith reference to the clausc tle ptromioters proposed to bring slo as to through booking. ...

... 3 One of the chief clerks at St. Martin's has, it is said, in hand an elaborate history of the Post Office. Massachusetts has 1,300 bicycle riders. There are about 16,000 in the United States, and there are 250,000 in England. The Emperor of Morocco is expected to visit Aix In ChapOlle this summer in order to have the benefit of its Iminerar waters, Prince Christian returned on Saturday ...

... or eig CONFERENCE ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORMT. is- A meeting of the General Commnittee of the National ,i Liberal Federation was held yesterday, at the West- minster Palace Hotel, London, for the lpurpose of con- ~psidering the iliestion of Parliamentary reform, Alderman as Keriricic (President of thle Committee) was in tire chair,' ,dand there was a large and representattive attendance. ...

... (Contribulted by Mr. Georyc Shale.) r The following Patents, among Others, were saeled during the b week ending Bay 24, 1883:- William James, Birhingharrm-manufacture of twisted ribs for gun barrels. November 28, 1882. John Whitehouse alnd( Selptilleus Ieacock, Birmingham-sash a fastenings. Diecemiber 8, 1882, Balph if. Tweddell, Westminster, and James Platt and John t Fielding, Gloucester ...

... THE REPPRESENTATION OF ST. MARY'S WARI). In anticipation of a vacancy in the representation of St Mary's Ward in the Town Counoil through the probable election of the Mayor (Councillor White) as an alderman of the borough, considerable activity is being shown in the ward, particularly by the Conservatives, who have issued placards asking the burgesses to sign a requisition to Mr. J. J. ...

... ELEAMINC'I'ON1PI. SUfDDSh DEATII.-Or Thursday evening William Harrison pinetssan in the cmploymenet of the London and North- Western tailway Company, while on his way to work, was taken ill, and on reaching the statiee hoe was conducted into the porters' roonm, where lie lesel a fit, and died before niedical assistance could be obtained, lie weas 55 years of 'age, and had been in the ...

... TEIE LINGLISH EIGHT CLUB. A prize meeting in connection with the English Eight ad Club was commenced, at the Saudwell Park Rifle Range, be on Wednesday. The weather was fine, and the light bei good ; hut a shifty rear wind 'Was blowing, which in-. terfered with the shooting at the long rangej. Scores :- No. 1 competition (ianges, 200, 500, and 600 yards ; Seven tlj, ehots at each istance) ...

... GENERALNEWS. THE DEVONSRIHE CLUB.-A House dinner will be held i at the Devonshire Club, on Wednesday, 30th inst., under £ the presidency of DMr. Chamberlain, X.Pr FATAl, ElXPLOSION OF DYNAr5I1TE.-Yesterday morn- ing, at Devon United Mine, near Tavistock, two miners were killed by an explosion of dynamite, used in blasting. THE DUIKE OF ALSiANY.-A Paris telegram states'that the Duke of Albany ...