... At the Sheffield Town Hall, on Wednesday, before Mr. Welby, stipendiary magistrate, John Lindsay, with the aliases of Thompson, Proctor, Cookson, and Sedgwick, was brought up on a warrant charging him with illegally solemnising several marriages at St. Jude's Church, Sheffield. The prisoner, a young man of good address and highly-respectable appearance, has been in Kirkdale Gaol for two months ...

... ROC-HATJE AND BURY TRAMWKYS BILL. The bill promoted by the Manchester, Bury, Roch- dale, and Oldham Steam Tramways Company Limited was further considered on Monday by a Select Committee of the Eouse of Commons, presided over by ir. Hardcastle. Further evidence in support of the bill was given by DIr. Vawser, C.E., who ex- plained that at Tottington the terminus of the system was in a narrow ...

... ItORD R. CHURCHEIL AND THE NATIONAL I - - CONSERVATIVE UNION. Lord Randolph Churchill was-yesterday unanimously elected chairman of the Council of the National Union of Conservative Associations. No other candidate was proposed. It is said that the country associaetions have bestirred themselves, and a memorial from the most important country associations has been circulated among the members ...

... The weekly meeting of the Salford Board of Guar- s dians was held yesterday, at the Workhouse, Eccles tl New Road. Mr. J. Heelis ?? Rev. JAMES C CLARK1 said he had taken the trouble to make a corm- ti parison between the expenditure on in-maintenance of a the Salford and the Manchester unions, and this showed r, so much to the disadvantage of Salford that he thought a the matter was worth ...

... I MPERUL PAMUA-xI- T HLOUSE OF LoemS. The business befor thea im-e w-i ?? little ?? ?? ! 310-N-AY- The Royul x3seut rsas giv- bw MOmiesL o biLr. A repl sr by e ok ci the Duchess of Albh..r to t- adireds ac e A which had been sent by the Eo TVESIDAY.. Lord SAL,;.sBr; meed thee Waried Wo,=nms Ptozerty Aotk (. > Bi11, the obet oE wi AS to = Wefect in the Ant,_ The bM a Lord CAsrrxrow-,; ?? a~rga ...

... IPfMPiOVED STATE OF THE COUN1TRY. A Dubiin.correspondent writes The total suspension of agitati n, which contrasts so remarkably with the excitement and turmoil of past years, is one of the most hoppefn4qfgns of improvementt in the condition of the country. DThere is scarcely a ripple on the surface of Irish polit~bs at pr esent, and even if the relief should prove to Je only 'temporary it is ...

... [FROxOURLON1)O,- CORRSpojinm The redactio oE t i& diviasio On the Vte OE ; l im 12a i S undobeY an evn tma£xL | al the muho7 CE Mr Ga*Cw Sam thbec lqyalty -au P-y Cannot s w W b. m;L smore, esubkilal o of& u,. ' of whic must inevitaly have A3iI h.d _ it is useloo ta diti.se the ?? ttah s tk : ia the SO UMrewam aas , Mllia4|A eua p~ae~ zu PO~itio 0* heqath liuble t* tie pbwesl inoib ?? ?? nwtt ...

... THE. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE QUESTION. The Conservative supporters of the proposal to extend the franchise to women on Monday received a distinct assurance that in the event of the clause with that view coming before the Upper House the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Cairns, and a number of leading peers will support it by their votes. In the House of Commons a memorial in its favour was prepared and ...

... I EN:GLAND, EGYPT, AND THE SOUDAN. TaE CONFERENCE. Intelligence received in Paris from London reports that negotiations in regard to the proposed Conference continue between Earl Granville sad M. Waddington, but that no understanding hea yet been arrived at be- tween them on any point. It is stated that it has now been practically settled that the proposed Conference of the great Powers on ...

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... | - M :. MAY-DAY CELEBRATION1. - I l I. ~ * MANCHESTER AND SALFY-J?'., More miserable weather than that oftiph.,; ?? for the annual Mtay-day show could iec. -Py he in.. gined. The early morning was unpromi ?? ll ?? t6 procession had fairly got intof 'rio np r begandtb fall heavily, and it continwi. w; lon;g after the parade had come to an ends it i- ?? 'nrwever, remark- able, as showing howjo: ...

... MUMAY- ? IkepneBre had tima ther afiom feam a S the safety of iordoi.a .d dr. G Aseca s the A orepent tinfothrmation, xm reeopd ?? ~ i ?? QE S. ?? r ' SirH D. WOLFi mosed bt omi f c.4ua2 Wor&S Which -ad tha uifiirm fraacrne t&-eiA Adafter the passingtof this Amt. Ee xr. GD oem atad tos thses e Pwomu allow the H uase n ta taam to, ?? ~XLat hflL hebill womlta coweinto, effae+ ,;After w rema ...