... TEE STATE OF iRELAND. LORD ASEBOURLNE'S LAND PURCHASE ACT. The se. JJalsi7'se Gu;4stie understands that the question of extending the operation of Lord Ashbourine's Land Pur- chase Act by the grant of a further sum of £5,000.000. is now before the Gabinet. The followin figures, obtained frais official sources, show the situation with regard to the £5.000.000. already granted, as it appeared ...

... FOREIGN NEWs. [Bfevs _Teg2=am.] I LORD LANSDOWE To}nocero, May 7-The Marquis and Marchioness of Iansdowne arrived here to-day and received a most enthusastic reception. The Governor-General proceeded to a pavilion specially erected for the occamon, where, in the presence of a large concourse of people, the Mayor and Corporation presented a arewelI address, expressing their regret at the loss ...

... 'SWEATING IN BIR2TINGHAEm If Tr tbt Br rnrfoi the DtILY 1OST. .. Sir,-The information for your article of the 7th inst. s has bern avowedly drawn frorm one sidc only, on I which you have unfortunately relied implicitiy, and it is mainly directed against the practice of certain sma-il Jewish employers. 1 therefoze trust to your sense of i-, - F ness and justice, baving permitted the attack, ...

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... MAETNGS OF bFREENDLY SOCIETIES. TfE ODOFLhZOlVS A.M.C. F The proceedings ot she A.M.C. at the Shire Rall, Gloacesrer,iwere oper.edyesterday morning, at nine oclock' by the singing of the Nat-onal Anthem by a local choir, Ji I with organ accompaniment by Mr. F. Rig~gs, the deputies I present heartily joirning- in the chorus. About 500 depu- 1 ties attended the meeting. The Grand Master (dir. ...

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... MIDLAND UNION OF CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. Yesterday a meeting of Conservative registration and I other Conservative agents was held at the Conservative Club, Temple Row, in accordance with a resolution passed at Hereford in February last, at a meeting of the Council of the Midland Union of Conservative Associations-Mr. W. E. Middleton, principal agent of the party, pre- sided over a large ...

... PARbLIAMENTARY NOTES. Hoirsn or Comrmroxs, Thursday Night. The House of Lords, which usually drones out a dull sitting, with the Prime Minister snatehina a succession of forty wvinks, and the thgr Ministers making heroic at'temprts tp keep awake, had to-nirght an interesting incident to banish slumuber. The Earl of Carnarvon, freshly back from globe-trotting, lost no tine in replying to the ...

... SCEOOL BOARD SUPERA'NNUATION _SCHEIME.., The Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Board Teachers' Association, representing 5,800 teachers, have decided unanimously to recommend the teachers to accept the School Board Pension Bill in its altered form on the following conditions :-That the large majority of teachers agree to a deduction of 2 per cent. for the purpose of forming a repayment ...

... ?AR33ORNE LOCAL BOARD. | n:tiEmOvAL OF A :flN7fl PASIS9T. Th1'e mnonthly meetinlg of the Harborne Local Board ws helzed last evening, under thee presidency of Mbr. .1. 0. ,.Dixou.L-A commuicaion xwas read from the Solihulll Sanitary Authority calling attention to the action of their IoFficers in connectionl with she removal from Km-borne to Greet of aprirlnamed Oakleyr, suferingfrom scarlet ...

... AND JOURNAL. . I FRIDAY. MAY 25, 13 g - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -_ - -_ _ - -_ - -_ _ _ _ - NWS OF THE DAY. The QUEEzN cornpletad yesterday her 69th year, her Majesty having been born at Kensington Palace on the 24th of May 1319. A communication has been sent to the London morning papers, signed by a dozen of the leading m1embers of the Society of Friends in different parts of the country, ...

... I I oanSE OF COmmoNs, Friday Night. e The House of Lords had a fairlv long sitting to- c. night, and, among other things, passed through e Cornmittuce the bill altering the copyright in musical t compositions. A lengthy discussion between the K legal members of the House took place e upon an objection by Lord Bramwell to the I first. clause, which takes away the right of a composer to recover ...