... ffi s r TOWN' Couyere.-Alderinan, Job Garrett, deputy- mayor, presided on Tuesday at an ordinary monthly meeting of thle TowNn Council.-The ?? reada4 letter from thea Mayor (Alderman Howat), who is at Brighton for the benefitof his health. His worship reported himself better, but stated that hoe had inst with an accident aiid bad, injrdhsarm and leg. Rils %worship also reported that Alderman ...

... WHAT THEE WOBLD SAYS. There is no truth in the published report that Mri. Abbey has taken the Haymarket Theatre for Aliss Anderson. Tlbe Empress Eeg6nie is expetetd to leave Farnborough shortly, to pass a fortnight or three weeks in the.Isle of Wight. The Queen has again placed Osborne Cottage at. the Emjsress's disposal, Lord 1-foughton, who has been staying at Frystone with his family, ...

... t The St. Petersburg correseondent of the Times, referring 3 to the Afghan Frontier Commission, says :-I may mention f 3 that a short time ago a thoroughly competent person in. t formed me of another unfortunate incident connected with I this ?? Frontier Commission, an incident that did not make a very pleasant impression on the Russians at t t the time; It was stated that Sir Peter Lumeden on ...

... * DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS. u The third meeting in Birmingham of the unemployed, ' or those claiming that tlesignation, took Pslace. yeater- Co0l dspy. The meeting of Friday last was adjourned till noonla yesterday, but somte tune before that hour mern anid boys rola began to gathear onl thle waste ground near the Aston iRoad, 'j and to amuse themselves wvith rough and noisy horseplay, ant6 ...

... BIRMINGHAM ClIURCH OF ENGLAND YOUJNG BtEN'S ASSOCIATION. Thle annual meeting of this society was held last even- ing, in the Lecture Room, Paradise Street, and was largelyatteinded. Ur. IV. Iarwell presided, and amongst those present wvero the Revds. Canon Bowiby, E. i. Mason, W. 1;. Wilkinson, J. S. Owen. Mr, Mipling Cox, W. (J. Tucker, S. .Il. Young, and R. H. Jackson; Messrs. I. C. ]eusrie ...

... AND JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1886 5. N.EWS OF THE DAY. In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Bishop of NEWCAsrLE took the oath and subscribed the roll. Earl Cowrnit called attention to the mismanage- anent attending the attempt to carry out a sentence uf capital punishment at Exeter Ciaol, and asked if the Government were riot of opinion that there should be a public executioner for ...

... TIHE EGYPTIAN SETTLEMENT. A STARTLING STATEM'ENT v The l'all Alfoll (uazette last evening published tle hi followin:- Reported Anglo - Turlish Agreement- ri We hare received the followring startling statement, t on ''hat professes to he a very krustw'orthy, a and v which certainly is a very exalted authiority. d We need not say that we publishi it With all c reserve. It probably represents ...

... COflN VALTL WVORKS LIBERALr UNION. il dirt Was delivered ist night, in the (lining hall at broswll Ma ks, unler the auspices of tile above assooia- I D, l5 tire Per. Dr. Cross-ry oe r ' -National Education. z1r ' Tr m' ivire-prepsilent) occupaied tire chair, rnd to 5r ulse spon the pllatform Mess. 1). T. Young Ire:ar 1 Wrighit, Ji DuInsbee, and 1. Bachelor. ?? ITr~ remiarke(l that the ...

... - t_ L ?? lo. r 1. -1- _4 A correspondent writes to the Globe as follows :-It :s strange hoei very few people recognise the distinldio!i between a sentence of penal servitude for life aziti that ef penal servitude for natural life, Yet there is almrc'i as wvide a lilference as between a sentenes of impriseii ment and oan of penal servitude. The ?? nt word natural entirely alters the ...

... ,OrrCEo5 ?? letters intended for, 13e3t *: ibe ?? by tles inriant ai endiresS of'tre cliceres Icily for esbtelietaois, lr 11ir the ierforrnietter I titer. WIP/iiets-sIrsrrd to qiecstio)is (tre Ito; given in Its , c'W t! 0 O t lest te qisestioclera tsilt pletss to eenderstieii , cc)reY lnel~e tO sapply t'tc inforsutiona aske(l for. itle ;; i t'l rl r~t teieetentcii ceucnicatiizs. ,G ...

... WEATHRER FORSC4A:ST6.-TaIs DAY. 0, SOctland, N ?? I Southerly or south-westerly winds, fresh I Scotland. R to a gale; fair to aqually and showery. 2. England: . N:Th. E.South-westerly breezes, Liglit, fine ; than 3. England, E. increasing, with some ramin. C rTJ' JSouth-westerly winds, freshening fair to 4, ICD. Ct'r* showery. 6, EngIland, S. (Lon- 1SalnC aS No.3. duan & Channel.) .6. Scotland ...

... 7 NoT~ol~S 10 r~d1li$1'0.VDENT&~ le tters inteladlfore i~n so~sts 'roewaie'tby the crinse aced etdelress; of'tid t int iieeeii~~tnit'~ ;e~ pcbtie'stii'ii, bat for the infsrctieci e MInl Wtr hien, Wii5tvwrs to ?? are sue given ilu the, ofcttes it iso, Its quest toilers tout ploeosoto undetrstoa-l p10f ccc ae risethleIsspply, i14 iaccrtbrdiisino askcoc for. Wte rirarejected 00aancalls - - ?? O ...