... LAN'CASEEIRE.- A nceiting of the Jticanrahire Coirnty Council n, was held yc-,cerday in) the County iall, Preston, ~.the Right lien. J. T. Jfihbcxrr 'iehai-rmaxl lire- ~ idng Aocoi those prsnt wee r.C.It ?? ?? 1. (e'icl and he W. Maicif', Mmr. -. Birh 'ro- -I. W. I nt P-rha (ftieai, ?? 0. Clhanhn ni ai-~i ist S. ?? Fair (AspllT. ITF. U1.y-1 (s-g~vV 'in 3. Mxinrea (Prascot), II- M'u- io va1l~ I ...

... ]OJIR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE Loi-Drnoi, Wzrs3DrarY EVrnoG. I on We spent a peaceful and leans afternoon se in the Commons over the Weh Secondary nt Education Bill The measur is virtually fatl dwhich was submitted by Mr. Mundella during Mr. Gladstone'a last Administration, and is yn founded to a gt extent on the recommenda- of -tions of the departmental committee presided over by Lord Aberdeen ...

... THE PAINELL COMMISSION. C. EIGHTY-FIRST DAY. y There was a somewhat increased attendance in e the Special Commission yesterday. it Mr. John Roche was further cross-examined as s'to Lord Clanricarde's Woodford estate. In answer to the Attorney-General, witness said he a- could not say whether in 1886 the tenants hold- nt ings were rented at £1911, whereas the Govern- ment valuation was £2464, ...

... ' THE MANCHESTER SHIP (BA IL I -- - Stenry progdress is beinz made on all tre s, tions3 of the canal, and tnere are nowv Mre ,.e r emnployed on the underzaking than at arzv *. he vious time. A good deal of work io C ftc. nt at night, principally on the banks. Raras id sluices, which were coimpleted last w'e d~e ^ d fit to be the iarget sluice gates in the wr rld. 7; d slluices are two in r ...

... n t THE NORTH WALES TITHE RENT 1. DISPUTE. le In the Queen's Bench Division of the High n Court of Justice, London, yesterday, the case of in re Commutation of Tithes Act ex par Rev. J. Jones came before Mr. Jstice tbew and Mr. Justice Grantham, sitting as a Divisional Court, in the form of an appeal by the tenant of certain -land at ihydyanwyn, Flintsire, from an -a order of Mr. Justice ...

... |)UR LADIES' .C,.C XTTMN.I BY ONE OF TKEMSE6LVE;n. & TRIBLE FOG.-MAY WEDDINGS.-A REAL HELPMATE.-A SCROOLMASTER S BRIDI.-TRUE PHILANTHROPY.-MEDTCAL CIRCLES.-AFTEr- NOON WEDDINGS.-A NEW COOKING STOVE.- OLD FASHIONED PREJUDICE.-PICTURI SHOWS. -PERMANENT PHOTOGRAPHS.-MRIS. CAMERON. -PICTURES BY G. F. WATTS.-LATEST FAS1-I IONs.-NEW GOWNS.-LAcEYARR.SN(IIMwNTS.- PRETTY WHITE NxcK TIES.-EVILS OF ...

... - ters w~ith. 1Agree with Ubne adversary quiekly.1 Very :a Tory old but most salutary advice is this-; and we if we had suppose the Corporation of Preston will now-in o to the conneotion with itibble matters-have a pretty bd of definite consciousness of its significance. In bd their efforts to get a new money-borrowing Bill, ations8, fit they have been again defeated, and the per. Vill take ...

... DI-CENTENARY OF AN OLD LANCAM I I . SHIRE REGIMENT. THE FEGLIL' AT PRh;STON IN 1715, ?? On Wedneaday, at Morecambe, a famoun Lancashire regiment, whose depot is at the neighbouring and county town of Lancattor, celebrates an exietence of two huiardred voars. Merged in a regiment of the line as the thirl an, foarth battalions of JIbcT XuiogB Own (Royal Liniaster Regiment), the cid county ...

... LONDON JNIVERS1TY JUBILEE MEMORBIAE., The, Prince of Wales, the other ait rnoon, un- 'reied & stiatue of the Queenx at the University of London, Barlington Gardens. The statue is in- tended to commemorate. the Jubilee oa the Queen, as well as of the University, whioh received its eharter in the year that ber Majesty succeeded to the throne. The memorial is the work of Mr. J. E. Boehm. The ...

... EVIDENCE OF MR. PARNELL. Le )f CROSS-EXAMINATION BY THE d ATTORNEY-GENERAL. '6 d TUESDAY.-Sv.avsnqlrw-FI1ST DAY. i The Bpeeial Commission resumed its sittings on wT aegd maorning after the Easter recess. - iMr. Parnell was called, and examined by Mr. c- Asquith. He said: I am the son of the late Mr. John Parnell. He was a landowner in Wicklgw..Carlow, K Kildare, and Armagh. He was also a very ...

... iIEUSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD I -. . ---BIL i This bilM under which various new powers are sough lit for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, has been before a Select Committee of the House of Conmmons this week. Amongst the petitioners are the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the Blackburn Corporation, and other Lancashire public bodies, who are seeking, amongst other things to effect changes ...

... SCIENCE NOT. Crmn afilnn cnn~mfoinn- eu-rmn~i- w Tn-ne. Cremation, combustion, coercion, and muni- cipal rates have all got strangely jumbled togeener in the North Riding. To most people r fthe question of cremation or interment is one for settlement on its merits Some look at it F from the purely social and scientific point of r view, while others regard it from the side of custom and ...