on Wri.WSDAYS and Fridays. . THIS DAY. TTXTIT-rn .TTEFFIELD AUXILIARY of tbe UNITED S KINGDOM ALLIANCE, G erizi* J . PUBLIC MEETING will be ?? To k.riL Duke street, P»rk, This (Monday) _ by Mr. GEORGE WARD, of the '~£ sato T . , tair to be taken at Eight o'clock. Dy * SSffS-* at

The CITY OFFICE of the Independent v 16, Moorgate street, E.C. ADVERTISE- MENTS delivered there up to 4.15 p.m. are transmitted in time for neat dare paper. Advertisement* are alto received by Mr. Alfred Davis, 74, Fleet street, E.G., of whom aU particulars as to terms mag he ob

MR. BIGGAR'S EJECTION OF RE- PORTERS FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tbe Home Bule members have decided to leave all action in reference to Mr. Biggar's conduce in excluding strangen from the House of Commons, last night, to the Home Bule Council, who will meet on Thursday next, to di

CITY BETTING. -Tubbdat. Two Thousand Guineas. Run Wednesday, April 2B 1 mils 17 yards. Horses ©notations Trainor< Gam ballo 7to 2. taken M. ?? £arl of _— rtrey— .. 6to 1, ™en Gilbert Pic-nic ?? 6to 1, taken Jennings Balfe M ?? 7to 1, taken. Blaa ton Cr-it* Millar 8 to a 1, taken

Th* proceedings on the Heath to-day have not made the big event to-morrow any plainer sailing, and the race pra- aents the 'tame open character vow aa it did a week ago. There will not be aajarge a field aa was at first anticipated, and the following revised list may be accepted

(From our Parliamentary Correspondent.) London, Tuesday night. Army reform is a very important subject, but tbe House of Commons does not care for it. Lord Elcho brought it up this evening, and made a sen- sation speech advocating conscription and many other immense changes ; bu

1 unsnAT.— The Speaker took tbe chair at four o'clock. NoTicns ov Motion. Mr. P. A. Taylor gave notice that on Friday next be ahonld ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he waa prepared to present fee 1874, and yearly for the future, reports of crime punishment in the nav

Bveleen, 4y, 9st 81b , - Brncksbaw 1 Mr Morris* Idle Boy, 4y, tot 111b «_ J Osborne 2 Mr Jonnsen'a Bohemian, 5y, ?? ?? Cunningham 3 Mr Wilkinson's Queen Lily f. 4y, ?? ?? J Snowden 0 Betting? 6 to 4 on Bveleen. aad 3 to 1 agst Idle Boy.— Won by a length; had third. The winner wa

-.o-jtball and thi Coming ?? 3 ea_o .*•*.-•— At tns usual monthly meeting c_ the Sheffield .'■ ?? Association, itiwaa unanimously decided t,> play a *-oit'_i match on Shrove T-.esday, Feb.uary ?? to enable the committee (if any parti ..iarly -.rood olay : . shown ?? choose one o

At.a soiree given, on Thursday ni_"ht, by the " Four Hundred," the name by wb_oh the Central Liberal Committee in B : rm*ri_;ha-ai3 V-aown, at the Town Hall, in honour of Mr. Bright, at which _*_iout 1000 ladiea and Kentlemen were present, Mr. Bp.roHT, referring! to the Liberal