... I ** I == ?? I I ?? c £, t c t y n i 4a i no I ?? I SATUR2DA }; .41-^ ' ,i9, ISSG. I - The political situation has Phanged, as the TheutaMt m(et iiig at tbe I. *: ._ I Wof, 'a ?? \1-1; 1Iooon 1strrfE 7 I urleign I) biic. A] is ?? are nun' con- t lident of carrying, the second reading of the tiovernment of Irelai d Bill 'I his opinion is - expressed in Iiew of the ahiiioet cerai ii con- ...

... H IOSPIT'AL SUNDANY AT CARDIsFl'.! If On Sunday collections wlere mads at sevenal of t. the churches anud chapels in the town in aid oi Ha? ?? end Mtonmeoutlishire Infirmary soyF Ieand Dispensary. Ihe practice that tbad been ittw , force for many years of settitng apart tole same day for colleteuiln at o1ll thoe churches anld chapels ors in the townD Into. ?? tUnatelY for the institution, ...

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... (w'2 unagl'awl.T 5fIB41'~ 'Wtpz AND JOURNAL. FRIDAY, MAY 2B, 1886. In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Earl of CISICiIESTElt took the oath on succeeding to the title. The LoneD CHxANCrELo proposed a Standing Order allowing the payment, nndcr certain restric- tions, of interest, not exceeding 4 per cent., during the construction of railway works, upon the capital subscribed. His lordship ...

... OROEID SHOW AT THE BOTANICAL GARDNS, . Except as regards the weather-which in its combination of cold and wet was about as unfavourable as May weather possibly could be-the Birmingham Botanical and Hortl- cultural Society have every reason to take encouragement from the first competitive show of orchids held under their auspices. The circle of local amateur cultivators of these charming ...

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... THE NEW SKIN AND LOOK HOSPITAL. We have pleasure in directing attention to the appeal whioh is now being made by the committee of theBirming- hamu and Midland Counties Skin and Lodk Hospital for funds to erect a building more adequate to thework carried on by the institution. The hospital was opened at Itemporary premises in Newball Street in January, 188, so that it has just completed five ...

... The Yen. Sir L. T. Stamer, Dart., Archdeacon of Stoke- on-'l'rent1 coleruspeel his annual visitation at Stoke yesterday. After a short service at the parish church, the Archdeacon proceeded to deliver his charge to the clergy and churchwyardens, of whom there was a large attend- ance. Referring to the 'payment of preoarations and syneials, he said they were doubtless aware that the Arch- ...

... WEATHER FORECASTS.-TMS D 0, Scotland, ?? North-westerly winds, fresh to c 1, Scotland, E. f cold; soiue showers. t Is 2. England, ?? rte to light, fatr as a whob, ,3. 1stgIand, . *. .~ dfrst, then ?? b Chladf l58i.)f fairend col, thei Wrmv. ;, Scotland, ?? W -Same asos. Sand 1 and N. W~ales) 8. Bngland, S.W.,I and S. Wales.. Same as Nos. 4 and 5. 9. 'Ireland, N.. .0, ireland. ?? ?? RAbrPlr;S ...

... WaigVat *i W AND JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, BMAY 19, 1886. BIRMITIYGIIAM WEEKLY POST, A NEW STORY BY BR-ET HARTE. On SATURDAY LAST was Commenced, in the )irrmninghsam VWeekly Post, a Nerw Story, by BRET HARTE, entitled STRUCK AT DEVIL'S FORD. The vividness and graphic force of Bret I-arto's writings are known to ill readers of fiction: the crispness and compression of his style, admirably adapted ...

... MORS ET VITA. We briefly mentioned in yesterday's Post that this oratorio was given in 1Paris for tfie first time on Sunday. The Paris correspondent of the Daily !1'egrap/s thus describes the performance:- I. Gounod's ' Mors et Vita' was yesterday par- formed, for the first timne in France, for the benefit of the admirable society organised by Ill. Lavanchy Clurko for the purpose of ...

... ,i_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ - '-Z0 525t . . ':h'e g¶e oo h ' 'hu~ at -half .paist twelve .o'elock. , , ;2n ,- ::-t 4,,, SQ i 1Mr JOSEPHt BOLTON gave notice-:that on the| in second; reaiding' ofo the Ra~ilway :Rates and: Canal ,Traffic 'Bill, he wou~ld move 2that while the House pr , desire's leg slatoio'wnit' the obiject'of securing u~nifor- Eli : mity, of. classilicatiion for merchandise conveyed by ...