... MONSIGNOR PERPSICO'S REPORT. The limes correspondent at Rome says the news-agency r telegram on the report of Monsignor Persico recently s sent from Rome is purely imaginary, and, so far as it is fnot matter of common knowledge, as in the first three paragraphs, has no relation to the facts. In no part has - it any relation to the report, which, so far from not being yet completed, was sent in ...

... ,--E R~IGHT'S ILLNESS. -aile correspondent telegraphs that Nar B uCI4 1visiting Mr. Bright yesterday o > ~d that the venerable represen- aeirruig had passed a favourable 0rge _^fter the uiaal examination he found that if ,s slightly improved, but that his i 2_ had undergone no material change. our correspondent says ted Mr. Bright Ist. night, D ieavif> wrote out this bulletin at half- Sier ...

... SKIco's :MIDDLE WARWICT& ayr (Alderman Cooke) i strbu The Mayetr ofh yesterday afternoon . 'b e piesat n _ the Shire c(, School were gained by Oldham tion o a th , £15. a year for three y'arv. The B ead Master ye, a2 G. Willacy, M.A.) read hsrpr n nose & centre for the Cambridge Local taamonaf t a formed at the school. T he exa rsiiler . r a satisfetory..-Addreeses were delivered byic4 tes ...

... THE NEW CENTRALRESTA Birmingham has to thank the great fire which Marris and Norton's block of building es cli mtrores tion, in lieu of the unsoccessful ji entra f° tre m Zlbati but partly successful underground buie- W e and , of a public restaurant worthy of the t0 a basement. and three tipper loors a- t0' from the designs of Meears. :ssex ana in. E. Gsles, of Birmioghan and decorated and ...

... MR BRIGHT'S ILLNESS. Our Rochdale correspondent says that yesterday evening Dr. Elayle gave some important particulars respecting Mr. Bright. Considering the long illness he had gone through the doctor was of opinion that he had borne up wonderfully well, and now his general condition was good. The severe attack on Sunday seemed to have relieved the system. It was a serious attack, but it had ...

... AND JOUUNAL TESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1888. BIR2INGITAM AND DISTRICT AL &NAC |K. WITH THE BIrMINrGHA1M D-AILY PrSo . AND JO UBRNAL OF SATURDAY NEXT, DECEMBER 8, WHML BE PUBLISHED THE OFFICE SHEET ALMANACK FOR 1889. THE AIMASACE contains, in addition to the VaMsl in- formation given in publications of this kind, a List of the Monicitnipaand other lublic Officers of Biraingham and of the Towns of the ...

... At the Middlesex Sessions, yesterday-befoie Mr.Warry, Q.C.-John Blum, 40, described as an engineer, was indicted for stealing from John iiillingworth Puncheon the sum of £10. by means of a trick Mr. Slade Butler, with whom was Mr. Woodgate, prosecuted; Mr. Ratton I appeared for the prisoner.-The prosecutor, a gentleman formerly employed in the Civil Service and now living at Hayes, advertised ...

... AND JOUNAL TMAYDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1iS& The Houe of Commons met shortly after twelve in o'clock yesterday, and, as there were no questions upon the notice-paper, immediately went into Com- pi mittee on the Scotch Estimates. Mr. EsSi-sssce r m resumed the debate on the vote for the Fishery Board. Colonel TAI. ...

... GLEANIGS. it is proposed to giveMr Gdes. mlp. pension of £700. a year. r Sra I The Americans claim the credit of having intro the electric-light on heard men-of -war. A negro in North Carolia recently took his ride. ItVras also his last. Hediedfromi frigaht, t A Montana jury was fined £1L each for verdict that this jury do hereby agrewe tc disaZe+, & There is now a sort of Rnssian coloeny, ...

... THE PROPOSED INCORPORATION OF ASTON A. meeting of the Aston Loa Board was held last evenIng, at the Public Buildings, Albert Road, under the presidency of Mr. W. Unite.-The Highway Committee recommended that the salary of the assistant surveyor be ineased to £65. per annum, to take effect as from January next; but on the proposition of Mr. PL&Tr the matter was referred back for further ...

... TFIE S}MITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Twe nioetv-flrst annual cattle show of the Smithfield ^ei. suil be inauourated to-day at the Agricultural Hall, i->or.. It is likely to prove one of the finest exhibitions e .i Lon'adon. As regards the cattle, the Devons are *:eer a very numerous class, but this year there is a slih-oqumentation of numbers. The aggregate of Here- ford, shorthorn. and Sussex ...

... coIEspO3.ENCE. ,g *pa q dNX'S.-A lltttl iscineWg for t'- *re esasc end odrresu at lit. psscsiJ'q1J,%rtiCov pefeo ,.bt for 0he i~sfermetiOr soZ~seei to quesion are Wct $iees in thIce 'W5o, ', %ie qa ttto?5fl ornl plaske . U2Vkr- .No: he must give a month's notice. *- l fraDe .chfield.-T r. Parne I was born in 1146. You bad better send a copy of the cons&. 1f 1!311.-WNe decline to aniswer each ...