... PARJLIAMENT, LAST NIGHT. 110USE OF LORD,& The Lord Chancellor toolt his seat on the Woolsack at I a quarter-past four o'clock. IIUSH RETURNS. In answer to Earl Spencer, Lord CADe(nAN said that the Government would h: ] prepared to lay on the table the returns with respect to Ireland whir l were asked for en Uonday last with some exceptions, tO wlbich the most impTrtant was a return Oi the ...

... Lo nDo-v Thursday Night. THt rumours of impending changes in the Ministry are persistent, but it is difficult to tee uhy they should be. The latest is to the effect that Sir Henry Holland is to have a peerage, which c u'i only mean that lhe is to vacate the accretaryship for the Colonies, seeing that he has not duone enough for his party to deserve both, but it may be that a place is wanted ...

... . ALRTIAMENT, LAST NIGHT. HO USE OF LORDSL The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack at a quarter-past four o'clock. Earl CAIMNS took the oath and subscribed the roll. THE PHARMYAC ACTS. The Earl of IAtLLTOWY presented a bill for the amend- ment of the Pharmacy Acts, and it was read a first time. BULGARIA. Lord STRATIEEDEN cave notice that on Thursday, the 23rd inst., he should call ...

... ELECTION NLEWS. | Vi7EST DINEERGHi.I The ollingu AET I for the election of a representative for I I West Edinburgh in The room of Mr. T. R. Buchanan, I - who retired in consequence of his views on the Irish question,commenced at eight oclocklsjon Saturday morn- ing. the candidr.tes being Mr. Buchanan, who now I represents Home Rule, and Mr. Thomas Rayleigh. barrister, or London, who ...

... LOVDON SCHOOL ]MAFRD TE-CHTERS AN-D P -TN NI-ATiON. The Press Association says :-5 ome dissatisract:on eNtest atrong the teachers of tho Lonrlon School } oard af scheme of superaennuaicn allowances whiclh has tcr.e framed by the Board for all its serVauts, incliding rho oitIes staf, iosnectors. correspondeints, sitpcrntcnde-ts. visitors, sctooieepelrs, and teachers. The BEoard dec-iei on July ...

... EARLY -EDITION, Dai;ly Post Obese, 1.80 ann. = ~ ~~ =- I [rezfer't s Teleqranse.i TEE EUROPEAN SITUATION. BERLIaN, February 15,-.xt yesterday s dinner, given by Prince Bismarok to members of the lReichstag, the Chan. i cellar alluded in the course of the conversation to the recent pacific utterances of some of the Russian news- papers, and their expression of a hope that neace would cbe ...

... At Dudley there was a heavy fall of snow yesterday morning, and this was accompanied by a high wind, causing much of the snow to drift. A man named thomas Harris, of Vine Street, Quarry Bank, left home early to work in the Saltwells Colliery, and later on be was found dead in a bye lane leading to the place. He vas 54 years of age, and suffered from heart disease, and it is thought the cold ...

... KIDDERMINSTER. Tows CoNCtIo-The monthly meeting of the Council was held yesterday; the Mayor (Mr. Tomkinson) caresiding. , -The medical officer (Mr. D. Corbet) presented his report L for the year 1F,7- There had been S23 births acd 457 deaths, giving a hirth-rate of 301-4 anri a death-rate of 16-92, the latter comparing with 1760 in 1385, 19 -8 in 1885, and 19076 in 1884. There had been 61 ...

... FARLIAMENT, LAST NIGHT. HOUSE .OF LORDS. The Lord Chagcelior took his seat on the Woolsack at a quarter-past four o'clock. Eighteeu private bills were read a second time. LOCAL DILLS. The North Staffordshire Water Bill, the Lonuton Cor- poration Water, and the Hinckley Local Board Water Bills were read a second time and referred to Select Com- mittees. lord TEE OFFICE OF WORKS. Lord LAioNGooN ...

... CORRE SPONDEN C BE. NOTMtS- ro OR.'gSogns.vr-a-eA lefters inae-&ef 'roi sifcgtJosI M sib accosnpanieeZ by fe naeB anazd asiafarees of tlas seerifr; no', )scosrybr puJoe ptt ieboo or laSibr-steiwaa Dr tohe £fser 1,tren aasse'rs to qucstiOns are net sireen ti th# CoIrscofa daXy or two, tis qicstitoners nilL pleasc ? to ianfcrstaand ttot sos saie lsnaoet sapig Ute infrbr.'at.a.o cay I a ...

... RELEASE OF MR. GRAA&M, M.P., AND SMR. BURNS. Mr. Cunincgarne Graham, MP.. and Mr. John Burns were liberated at seven o'clock on Saturday morning from Pentonville Prison. Among those in waiting outside the prison gates to receive the priso -rs-and some had been there since six o'clock--were representatives of several Radical associations. The first to leave 'he prison was Mr. Cuningtasme Graham ...

... THE LOCAL GO \RN-MENT BILL mlE ,LAX. 7 'e The secret of the Local Governmen.t Bill he introduced on the 27th iilsL, bX 'b gge President of the Local Covernaxeat BorIL to OIereinra Bwed in dbeing well kept il the main; but (Or 00 Cj ot probably not ill inforrmed, is busy as re~ar 2 rs of the leading provisions of tlhe nm2Slmt. r'e oe not pretond to be able to forecast the Bill alj pletely, or ...