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... I'ONTEFRACT ELECT1ION. THlE NOMINATION. Yesterday the nomination of a candilate to fill the vacancy in the repre8cstation of Pontefract comie- fluent upon tbo Itight Hon. 1H. C. E. Childers, M.P., baving accepted the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, took place under the provisions of the Dew Ballot Act. The proceedings exhi- bited a mwaked contrast to tho nomrnation under the old ...
... I (Continudd ARm tha Foureh Evase.) AGRICULTURE AND COMMEROE. The weather has still been too wet, and this circum' taunce has interfered to some extent with wheat sowing, -and has also impeded outdoor sleam thrashing operations. 'n the other hand the imports of foreign wheat have been Very heavy, and have effectually checked an upward tendency which might otherwise have appeared in prices; ...
... , AND GENERAL7 The &aor of Leeds (Mr. Alderman Oxley) ha1s bsnded over the ten tons of coals presented to *him by the Messrs. Briggs and Co., throngh their agents, Messrg* John Atkinson and Son, to the Leeds Social IMuprovemenr Society, 19, East-parade, for distribution to deservingf css e oi the poor; and the socioty would gladly uandertake the Dittribution of other gifts of a like character. ...
... LOCY) AL& ANA) GENERAL Re understena that the Inland Revenue Office, Lleeds, ivill this day be removed to Rno. 12, PaktW LREMrS YoruoG MEN'S CHRISIA ASoItioR 'The onnal ?? and dietributions of prizes in connectn wih ist VrIBsewotthy aseociatioti is Eannounced to be predt ?? Pigott. His LordshiP, visits ees. 1in his judicial capacity cnetdwt h.Ws Ildig gave delivery, wisich is to be hield in ...
... The roan who wrote that most delightful old Jj 'Home Sweet Home, never had a home of his own f» ,U--rtied and was buried, when he found the last heritage of ite i His name was Howard Payne, and his countr/men in the v ...
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... MEft KEMRLKG Dealer balls}' Ota-»vi.«n'* Wardrobt* . £. Wood lir.Sa-ftfiftmi for A MED A -urv • »ftK ■.f Par-_-j tiurtcj KUHNITL’RE. Ac . to WALKING- T* Tii »KP Part Caarrrt OraraJita, JKWKLEEHV. IvEM purchased from • * »• • * . a ( 1, • • »■-•. -•t pool i*' La: .•- ...
... A P . MALL(J I WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. It, 10, 11, 12. and 13. SWAN STREET, LEEDS. TAN DARI) MARK SHERRIES •o . ( Bl’ADfe BIiERKY f2ls. per«^oz. c-S * Diamond .ti- v. J2dB. k®* «r awi W ;; K Heart „ ) 1425. The Brand registered at Stationers' Hal! Quarter Casks, Octaves, and Half Octaves, proportioua'.c prices. Pure Vikois Marsala, 21b. per doz. Bottlbp Ports, from 3t's. oer do/. CI.AREis, ...
... Race Horses. —As uiJiiiy 22G5 horses Were licensed in the year ended the 3lat March, the duty being £3 17s. in Great Britain, and amounted to £6720 ss. Sale of Estate.—The estate of Freeland, the parit-hes of Fcrgandenny and Forteviot. Perthshire, has been sold privately to Mr Collingwood Wood an English gentleman, for the sum of £155,000. The estate extends acres, and the present rental is ...
... iE LEE-DS MERCURY. TIm health of the EmrPr oi oilO GERIMNS con- tinues to improve, am( His faje Sty's condition is now I I said to be satisfanton I said to be satisfactory. ?? - - is now TEE official telegram from the ViCEROY OF INnLA reports little change as to the threatened scarcity. Rain had fallen irregularly, with the result that in sorme districts the prospects were better, in others ...
... The New York Iron Age says that the United States' iron trade is more depressed than for twenty years, 600,000 men being out of work. In one of the South Durham cdliery towns the bride lately astonished a wedding party by saying 111 rue now, instead of 1 will, and declining to proceed. At the Southwark Police Court, Lonaon, on Saturday, Richard Morris, a ship carpenter, excused an attempt ...
... YORRSHIRE RAMBLES. GRASSUNGTON AND THE NEIGHBOURII0OD|i In his previousi article the Rambler took his readers to Csrassington, and endeavoured to describu the attractive i features of a walk alsng the banks of the silvery Wharfe i and through Grass Wood. All efforts, however, must tteesssarily be feeblo toportray the magnificent prospects, the sylvan views, the pastoral landscapes, the grand ...