... SW4§ATIlNG IN BIRTMINGHAI- di ' e In a former article we indicated the extent to which -what is called oeating is practised in the a tailoring trade of Birmiingham. It remains to say a that the system in question has appeared in a great &Lmany other industries throughout the Midlands, 8 though not often on so extensive a scale as among 1 worlpeople who make clothino. There Is, e indeed, ...

... lCORRESPoNDENcE. 1-1?CS1V02Tr O -' ORSP9-oDgw'.AZ llett5r i7t-dad fo V,&licatkn mse beecompaeSiet by tie nam and ad4ress of thi a ; not wwOO~nfJ for pulicatiors, b-si f;r tieO itobrmation ,f ths ff tor. Te h-e a=swers to nestiors Zies wel gire n a tse w srue of a zy 0ar two am qtie seonwrs wP pksoe to Us772srsand aQat we are i550M to s itzeOp s theirsration os`fz j-f. WFe r ca=nOt Settes cts ...

... CORRESiPONDENCE. |W . kLY-Yes. C vtW 0., Sparkbrook.-lWe do not know. NVf. C. B.'-The goods are safe from seizure. One in Trouble.-Yoa must go to a solicitor. Norfol`, Handsworth.-We are afraid we cannot help 'von . Wi. 52J-A bill of sale must he re-registered evesy seven years. ±'. J. .:' Leamington.-There are no statistics upon the sub iect. W A.`-The frst wife is the proper person to ...

... OCR 1;ATiONAL DEFENCES. STATEMfENT BY M1R. STANHOPE. A deputation of members of Parliament waited upon the Secretary of State for War, yesterday afternoon, with the object of urgong upon him the necessity of taking all possible steps to place the country in a proper state of defence. Major-General Goldsworthy introduced the depusation, which included Sir Henry Havelock Ailan, A dmiral Close, ...

... BIRYMNGIA-Al LADIES' ASSOCIATION rOr UsEFUL WORM I~~~~~ a The annual meeting in connection wvith the Birmingham t Ladies Association for Usefal Work was held on Friday . afternoon, at the Council Honse. Mrs. A. C. Osler pre- . sided; and among those present were Dr. Lawson Tait, Aldermen Cook and Downing;, Messrs. T. Sargent, Mrs. l A. Sonthall, Miss Soutbali, Miss Kenrick, Mrs. IcEwan, Mrs. ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... LOC.LL _WLLS, Letters Of administation have now been granted of the personal estate of the late Mirs. Maria Christian Wright, of the Leasowes, Peinn, StafEordshire, who died on March 19, 1887, and by her wlvl, dated August 18, 1883, ap- poi ted aa sole eTecutor her friend, the Rev. Francis H. Paley, uoon wbhose renunciation of probate leave to administer the estate was obtained by Miss Frances ...

... IMPORTANT ORDN ANCE CON- TRACTS FOR BIRINGRAM. Two B- ih rt ng~ham Small- arrns and Metal Company and Messrs- Kynoch and Company-are now fairly at work on the supply to the Government of a new kind of ammunition- namely, shels and cartridges for the Nordenfeldt and Hod quicl-finrgums. Tbese weapons, by reaso of the improvements in thebreechmechanism, are loaded and fired with remarkable ...

... THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF I IRELANm. Un Snder this title Mr. J. Schoenhof, the United States Consul for the Potteries district, is presenting a series of reports to his Government, the first of e which has lately been published at Washin-ton. a2 Mr. Schoenhof, acting under the instructions of the .g American Minister of State, has paid a visit to Ire- y land, and has made a careful and ...

... A meeting of the supporters of Mr. Shoebotham was held lest evening, at the Steward Street Board Schools. r Councillor Clayton presided, and there -were also present, !, in addition to the candidate, Mr. Richard Tanzye, i Councillor Osler. Councillor Manton, Rev. N. 1. Hen- tneesy, Messrs. E. Dlt IKempson, WV. Dever, J. Palmer, Ji. Williams, E. Spencer, W. Berrill, 0. Levton, G. Hab- E ton, IV ...

... WEST MThAND POOR,-LAW COIFEENCOE. 51d re- THE LOCAL GOVERNWMENT BILL, erc The nineteenth annual Poor-Law Conference for the Ir. Weet Midland distric t, comprising the counties of Gian- A.cester, Hereford, Salap, 'Warwick, and Worcester. 'was ad held at the Imperial Hotel, Mlalvern, yesterday.-llr. IL ter Woodward (Kiddernmnster) presided, and mast of the Jr unions in the counties named were ...