... I Tf IE CHILDI ?? H4EOUR. I I ! 1, I v , *, i , _-A .: . . ?? : . - , . .-i ' -. CONDU(7JED By * A little boy.was takon one day to a park, and to the side of a lake in. which w-ere some beautiful swan; T 'he' ehild watched, the birda in great delight.' He.hia brought some biieuits with which to feed them, and as he sas them 'stretch. out their grsceful necks each time. he threw a piece of' ...

... I i 4. I. IOT X-J | t ~ ~ ' I ?? sW ;, '' z , - : * .~ ~ ~ i~ - ?? W rfO M~.dNGSIGlTi' si'K : A 4deputatiou of Longsight ratepayers attended thl £oitnightly;,meeling of the sac iesthr -6f&tion TParks and Cemeteries .ommittee 'on Fridajyto 'pr6tsat against the propo3ed'purchase by the City (%'ncil of the Croworoft estate ofA7IA acres at.Lcn'gsight.fcr the purposes of a tublib park. The ...

... - 1 OPENING OF THE GREAT CENTRAL EXTENSION. The Great Central Railway Company's extension to London, giving the Company direct and independent access to the metropolis, was opened yesterday by the Bight Honourable C. T. Ritchie, M.P., the President of the Board of Trade. There was a large and influential gathering at the Alarylebone terminus. The guests from the provinces had been conveyed to ...

... t[ALL IIGHTS lliRUVED.] : I I . &G{GRICULTURAL NOTES. (BY OUR SBpZCIAL. COZESPOZ4DMyN.] A MARCH BLIZZARD. According to the calendar the spring quarter comnmenced on Sunday, and we have since had a rather unique experience of the fickleness of our climate, and of the fact that as regards weather changes it is most frequently the linexpected that happens. Having passed through an unusually dry ...

... SUMMARY OF PARLIAMENTO: rA a; 1, It ; I l' L f e JUOUSM, OF COMMONS. , ?? bl FRIDAY. - ?? SIMtTAL DOCTORS.' Mr. MfifeNdt called attention to the case of Johq LMnegan, a private in the 17th Lan- cers, who xwascasentenced to imprisonment for shamming illnebs, and who, in' barracks near Cork, died'.6f the cruel treatment hie received. mr. Wyndiaam' replied that if there was any fault it was with ...

... THE RITUAL CON-TWITF.1IY. PROTESrANT MAN3 E~tVl5s; The National Protestant Church Union has issued a reply to the manifesto put forth by the English Church Union on February 28th last, from which we take the following passages:- However painful may be the immriediate consequences, we cannot but regard it as fortunate for the ultimate well-being of the- Church that the so-called I Catholic ...

... THE W00iCMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT. In the Court of Appeal on Saturday, hefuorit, Lord, Justices A. L. Smith, Collins, and lkoner, all ir portalnt decision was given under the NVorkiOnUe Compensation Act. Low (appellant) and If. and W. Ibbotson (revP°!l ents) was the appeal of the workman from a ?? of the county court judge at Sheffield, deeidill ilist the accident happened under circumstances ...

... ISTATIONS OF THE BRITISH I I ARMIY. - ~ I The 'Army LW for Ngrcv, just issued, gives the following as tp statiow occupied by the Cavalry, Foot Guards, andg 4, e Territorial Regiments (regular troosa): ?? CAVALRY. lab Life Guardo,-.-Rt,'a Park. 2nd Life Guards.-1WI'Vor. Royal Horse Guardt, tlle Blue8).-Hyde lark. lab (King's) Dngoes. ktuards.-Dublin. 2nd Dragoon GnareA 'Queen's Bays)._Leeds. ...

... Aii- xxnra RES2IVED.] * . AXRM A N;i FTIELD-.T). . 0QGRICNTLURAL NOTESO [Bi Oun snOiAL ooRUESPONDENT.] -r- ' - ARMnS AS F~1VIT-GRONVERS.:, Mr. Pickering, in the paper.which he read to the Farmers' Club on Monday afternoon, dwelt uppn the inferiority and neglect of our farin ofclvrd9, and urged that it would pay farniersB' w61lto devote caieful attention to the fruit-trees -whicl they plant. ...

... [COPYRIGxU,] BY DALRYMPLE J. BELGRAVE, Author of Jack Warleigh. Turf and Veldt, At 31y Tether's End, Dick Davenantif Danger, The Doctor's Dinner, &c. tf.-THE END OF AN INFORM ER: A RIMAIRIUBE TRIAL. ? N the early part of thle year 1870 n familiar m figure about Dublin war Thoinas Talbot, an ox-constable in lhe Royal Irish Con- ii stabulary, who, by a large portion of the t ...

... HOOUSEBREAKERS AT WORK IN . SALFORD. | SMXART CAPTURE BY THE POLICE, At Salford Polioe-court, on Tuesday, before Mr. J. Makinson, a rather singular case was heard. Four men, who all appeared in the drek with their heads bandaged, named John Smith (28), John West (48), William Gerrard or Robinson (24), and John Wilson (40) were charged with being in company together, and breaking and entering a ...

... .. . I S lime to climb on the stagO Of tne ?? a iand 81114le your eyes with feat§' X eP g~l~f't lit eraI% tumblinlg 7 HX o the ~~ ,a an cot m said. No sooner of ie9e'swa s t~ltl'e Scote signture of Busy B. a 5pp~fl se, t n ° it is time to commence the dj'iisTS (10 tI retire into my Temple of iI cgol soofl ' thle blinds, and comfortably 5 tV ~~ll ~ than the knocker-uP, eorn 1dd a atte ad tum ...