... 1ssOESS SPEEO M- tIGGE AND MR --latflM AT BIRMINGHAM' i. An interesting gathering was held in the Towva Hall, Birmingham, yesterday evening tnder the n auspices of- the Forward Club, the members of which are chiefly working men. It was established a few years ago, and-was opened by Lord North- brook, who has since occupied -the position of president. There was a large attendance, and i after a ...

... I- 'SATURDAY MOR??II?G, MAY 17. In the House of Lords y.esterday, the Bishop d sf£ Carlisle moved for a return of the storms in he teat Britain between January 1, 1374, and at ecember 31, 1883, of which no warning had at: b een issued from the M~eteorological Offi~ce. He re ulrged the necessity for more reporting stations da and a better system of telegraphic comnmunica- at tion. On the ...

... HEALTH OF TU PREMIER. Mr Gladstone has now been twelve days sut- feriug fron- what seemed at first to be a catarrhal fever, but which after some days developed into a more serious affection of the larynx. The illness, says the Press Association, dates from Saturday week last, when Mr and Mrs Glad- stone dined with Sir Arthur Hayter, M.P , in Grosvenor Square. After dinner, Lady Hayter had a ...

... TI' LAT.% D-UJr.,I or AmpNY, ct1 zs hisiu of Sheswig-Hoisteiri sad rrinoes Tha&.and attendeld lmy the Dov'ager l~s titOOS tEy; darove t ?? tine moin I o giit I'Her Royatl T-hsheg the Duches of j Aiba'y Ito Boylfligihors is weld i I-I~t lan i wori~evfu oily spportedlna her epaitl. this WasF the anivrar f the locth of ~the_ %v&egrm from~ Melbounre States twot Suda wvtoas bss!VC£ as a 'lay bf ...

... SO-HOOL BOADIS. GitESNOCK.-The monthly meeting of the Greenock School Board wvas held ?? Wilson in the chair. it was stated that a letter had been transmitted to the commissioners of the Ferguson Bequest Fund, urging the claims of Greenock to a share in the endowments left for educational purposes, and further urging that the commissionerS shioold not sanction the con- tinued diversito of the ...

... I E HOUSE OF LORDS-TuEsDAs . - I Mhe LORD-CHANCELLor took his seat on the Woolsack at a quarter-past four o'clock. THE AtMIY BILL. The Earl of MORLEY moved the second read- ing of the Army (Annual) Bill. 'The Earl of LONGFORD complained of the mtanner in which prizes of war were distri- buted, and particularly of the delay which occurred in making the distributions. He sug- gested that army ...

... THE MISSIONS OF THE BAPTIST .CHURCH. The friends of the Zenana 1Mission of ihe Baptist church, to the number of about 1N, breakfasted t together yesterday morning in M'Gregor's lotel, ! St Vincent Street. Mr Howard Bowser occupied the chair, and was supported by Mrs Sale, Mrs Smith, retired Zenana missionaries ; Rev. Messrs J. Smith, Delhi; A. G. Jones, North Chink, mis2 sionaries; P. J, Rollo ...

... THE LOSS OF THE STATE OF. FLORI DA. X A RRA TI YES BY SUR VIVOLR- , The Glasgow steamer Titania arrived at Mon-w treal yesterday, and landed the twenty-fourI survivors from the State of Florida. 'wh Were of transferred to her on the 5th inist. fromi the barque Louisa, boand for Quebec. Of those! shipped by the Titania six were passengers and II eighteen belonged to the crew of this State Liner ...

... I THE INVINCIBLES IN PARI. S The Paris correspondent of the Times, under date April 11, says :-The recent murderous attack on an Irishman in Paris, as a suspected informer, has directed attention to the doings of the Fenian party here; and I have received I the following particulars from one well ac. quainted with the subject on which he writes:- Paris has been for some time the connecting ...

... CONVENTION OF ROYAL I BURGHS. I MEETING AT DUNDEE. a The annual meeting of the Convention of Royal II and Parliamentary Burghs was opened yesterday in 'i the Sheriff Court-House, Dundee. The last occasion e on which the meeting was held in Dundee wai in i ii 1692, so that nearly two centuries have elapsed I t since the Convention visited the ancient and his- i torical town on the banks of the ...

... TEE EDINBURGH DUMFRIESSHIRE SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of the Edinburgh Danfriesshire Society was held in the Windsor Hotel, Edinburgh, yesterday ?? Lennox, Dainfries, in the chair. Mr Thomas M'Kie, advocate, the honorary secretary, sub- mitted the annual report. It stated that during 1882 no Dumfriesshire student having taken the Edinburgh University M. A. decree with honours, the ...

... 1ENEEIDAL FOI'TE1GN ANE .l,-A (aETEmRS T.LaGRAM.) i THE W1iORTLIS FAUI!1 A' NL\xf OF BEANS. I .N ?? Orle ?? ';rci S. ---te work in thle constrcltion of the mn biid- ing of thle World s icnclijition is maklng rap pro- I gres.s it is estima.te1 tch:t tho edifice Wrise hi c .completed in four monuths' ;ime, and exhibits will be received on the let Au-iist. Applicatsoos for I space have come from ...