... CHURCE1 SCHOOL MANAGERS AND TEACHERS. ofIANTNUAL CONGRESS IN BIRMThGIIA1V. ~V The sixteenth annual congress in connection vrith the itp General Association. of Church School Managers andI stj Teachers was commenced yesterday, at the Exchange niJ Rooms, New Street, Birmingham, and wrill be continued 3 to-day. The Dean of Worcester psesided, and there was 5. a large attendance, among those ...

... LONDON, Ionday Nigght. DonRnm the early hours of this evening's sitting, while members within the Chamber were dis- oussing the thrice-told tale of the proposed salary to Colonel King-Harinan, members in the lobby were talking of the Pope's relations to the National League, which continue to have the greatest interest for all politicians. The opinion originally stated by those Nationalist ...

... GARREISON DUTY FOR VOLUNTEERS. It is a little difficult to predicate the exact eifect upon the volunteer movement oftheGoovernmentpro- posals to multiply the occasions on which volunteers may, in the words of their oath, be' called upon to defend the United King do m against all the eu ccn's enemies and opposers whatsoever. The officers of the Birmingham battalion seen generally to be of ...

... LIVLY SameN AT A SCROL BOARD IMiEET1?z. L Iast nlcht a meeting of the maembers of the K~ingsbury School Board w~as hold at the Board Shoals. Mr. W iffiawm ;presided, and there w4ere pzresent M~r. I. :,F. Cheatle, jMr. Spare, Mr. Smnith, WV. Owven (clerk), and the head mnasters of the several nchools asso- ciated wtith the B~oard. - On the conclnsion of the reading of the minutes the Chairan, ...

... THE NEW CHUERCH FOPR SPA!uRHILL. The foundation-tone of the new church of St. John's, Sparkh1ill, was laid vesterday, by the Viscountess Neew- port. The site of this church adjoins that of the present iron chlurch. The new building, -when comTnpleted, will seac about 1,000, bitt for the present it is- intended to build only thle choir, the two transepte, and part of the nave, providin, ...

... GLEAIW?GS. The Theatre R~oya^l, Nottingham, will be sold on the 29th, Inlst. Madamne Minnie Hank, will arrive in London on Saitur- day fortnight. A reforme movement is in proeress in society. Dancing nowe sometimes begins at 10.650. The memorial against the crucifixs at St. Paul's Cathedral has been signed by 9,000 persons. M~ademoiselle Jeanne HL go, the grand-daughter of Victor Hugo, is ...

... THlE SOCIALISTS AND SIR C. WPPREN A - I I -Y On Saturday afternooivfr. Cunningham Graham, 3I.P., i r. Convbeare, hI.t., Mir. Wiiam Saunders, and others, t went to Tirafalgar Square, with the apparent intention of I holding a meeting there. A strong body of police was, however, soon in attendance, and kept the crowd which had assembled in eirculation. Some resistance was offered to the action ...

... 3 IPtrom the Timres.] When so much carping sophistry about the failure of the Government policy of Ireland is palmed off as the deliberate and necdssary verdict of genuine Liberalism, it is satisfactory to find that Mr. Chamberlain does not hesi- tate to give utterance to the conclusion of common sense, that the administration of the Crimes Act has been a great success. He recognises the fact, ...

... PAIiLTA ENTARY NOTES. HoTusa OF COM-ONS. Fridav Niaiit. THARNEKs to Mr. Conybeare, the House ofComo and, all those whom necessity compels to attend, ere deprived of one of the best days of the W~hit- suntiae recess. Certain members of the Ministerial party were obhged to be in attendance, for the whips always must have a quorum at their disposal wvhen a measure has to be passed. Then, on the ...

... I GLBAGNINGS. Boston possesses 1,499 licenised drinking-houses. The Rev. Newman Hall, LL.B., -was burn at Maidstone r on May 22, 1S16, and was, therefore, 72 years of age I yesterday. 3 1A A gold piece, of the intrinsic ralue of 2Sf., with the Iheads of Antony and Fulvia on the obverse and reverse, I has just fetched ,700f. in Paris. I rantiska Etovalda. of Kosteletz, in M~oravia, is accused ...

... GLEATNINGS. The ereenses of the Miargets of -ranby in the recent election for the East Leicestershsre Division .arounted to 223. The important appointment of inspector-General of Recruiting has been bestowed on Major-General J. IL Rockc, who has seen much active service. Amongst t-he latest exiles in the persecution of Protes- trants in the Russian Baltic provinces are three Lutheran clergymen ...

... xh oaCaclor's tokri sa zo~nateW ka a quarter past four o'clock. BILLS ADVANCED. *The Land Law (Ireland) Act (1887) Amendment Bill a was read a first 'time. Ie The Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders I (Coleraine, &e.) Dill was read a second time. MUSICAL COPYRIGHTS. b The House went into Committee on the Copyright (Musical Compositions) Bill.C Lord BRAmwELL moved the rejection of the ...