26 APRIL 1856, page 6

Gt 3rtrufnlio.

At a meeting of the Court of Common Council, on Tuesday, a long address prepared by a Committee of Aldermen, on Sir George Grey's Corporation Reform Bill, was read, and ordered......

Scotland.

The aspect of the colliers' strike becomes serious. It is computed that in the Western coal-fields there are no fewer than 30,000 men idle, while iron-furnaces are " blown out "......

Ireland.

The Maynooth question is eagerly canvassed by both sides. A meeting of the Dublin Protestant Association was held on Monday, to vote thanks to Mr. Spooner, and to stigmatize-the......

Lorrign Nit Canuillt.

iraurr.—The Plenipotentiaries have now left Paris. The Emperor Napoleon desired to bestow the grand cordon of -the Legion of Honour on Lord Clarendon ; a distinction which......

Vraniurial.

- Two strikes are reported. The ship-painters of Liverpool turned out for 58. a day instead of 4s. 4d. ; some of the masters have granted the increase. The stone-masons of York......