... CAMIBRrDGE AND LINCOLN EXTENSION, AND LINCOLN, YORK, AND LEEDS JUNC- TION RAILWAY. 10 TNJE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. 01 Leeds, 2Gth Marcb, 1847 *S G£;NTLEsrES,-The proprietors of the above railway nsst be avery quidt and conf~iding class of beings iudeed, or tile 01 sleepy plrooeedi~ss of the dircotbre o£ their athlirm would cutely lin'we uslie for commxlent or remnonstrance ere tbis. As m ...

... IRELAND. r I REdMETIAL MEASURES OF GOVERNMENT. ?? ' lrei state of Ireland) 0ie;ii-ng`-0 orce' the : famine thst rages there and the 61;fjolnie malatdies that afflict it, is certainly one of tle insst formidable diffi- culties with which ever statbsman thad to cope. In s. one view, indeed, the extrormity of the dangler tcili- tatos the work of the GovCrnmUent, inasmuch as s. romedies inay be ...

... SINGULARt Ma FATAL ACCIDENTX: ON THE G.R!T WESTIERN iAIUW4Y. __ ~ ?? 4h .An accident,. attended Vwit4 fatal colrseqoejaces, oc- has curred on Monday Afternoon, at, Sousthrall ctioa, to the four ties o'clock.downrtraln and the expiesa lrain die ft ,r4drbpgten at half- out past our'eclock. It appearzs that Ucs thie e, orbnd oefirou atnd stsol e or whinh urorreands the ring of the right driving ...

... CORRESPONDE NCE. New THE WILDERSPIN- TESTIMONIAL. ves 47, nid W. TO THlE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. 'estorn C GENTfXEMEN,-The friends and promoters of the Wilder-. Prsspin National Tribute Fand are grateful for the valuable hint from e and .oA Lover of Children in last Mercurryo', viz., that every child who1 hase enjoyed or is enjoying the advartages of an infnit school, should be ...

... 1 ' A . 1 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE LEEDS J AND SELBY RAILWAY TO THE SHARE. e HOLDERS AT THiEIR ANNUAL MEETING. b fi firi July 31st, 1840. spl The Directors have again the pleasure to meet the Share. the holders to present the account of Income and expenditure of this Com. cat pany for the half-year ending 30th June last,-to report that the prospects of the Company continue good, and that ...

... CHINESE XWAR. leTO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC OF GREAT BRITAIN. K I may be accused of presumption in thus addressing you, but when the natiioa is about to be pilluged Into a disgraceful and ot expensive war, which must cast a reproach on the name of Christianity Id throughout the world, It becomes the ditty of every individual, how. 10 erer humble, to raise his voice against it. e r Id It s now too ...

... a MAY B.-There is a fair arrival of Grain for this day' ?? market. The Wheat trade is steady without alteration in price from last week, and no disposition to urge sales. File Barley goes off' slowly, and malting qualities continue to Fends single recede : there are now very few buyers. Oats and Shelling irons are again dearer. Beans realise tuily Is. per qr. more. mou Other articles as before ...

... Prince George of Cambridge has been appointed to a supernumerary Lleut..Coloneley In the 12h, or Prince of Wales'is Royal Lancers, and is to take rank between L'eut.-Cot. Stamell and Miajor Barton. The Duke of Buckinghami has been entertaining a large and distinguisited party at Smowe: arnsgst the company were the Dfike aad Prince George of Cambridge and the two ?? Chancel. lors, B:ougham and ...

... LONDON IMEETING ON THE CORN LAW. ed NUNItROUS Public Meetings continue to be held in Cii many parts of the kingdom, and petitions to be signed, j 3tS in favour of a repeal of the unjust and oppressive Broad It !Tax. Within the last week or two the following townsl have lifted up their voices against this iniquity, cither by public mcetings, petitions, or tile formation of Anti-Corn Lao ...

... 1|THE LE.EDS -ME.RCUiR Y RETURNS OF THE MEANS OF EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. THE cordial zeal with which several hundred Ministers and Gentlemen, throughout the Manufac- turing Districts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire, have co-operated to furnish the Returns for which Ma. EDWD. BAINES, JuN. ventured to appeal to them, gives a sanction which he ...

... THE VICAR OF BRADFORD & HIS DESTI- TUTE PARISHI. IN another column will be found a curious advertisement from the Rey. Dr. Scomss~s , Vicar of Bradford, published in the Record, and read at. the meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, Bradford, on Monday last, by the Rev. G. B. MACDONALD, with some just and instructive comments. The advertise- ment bears' this distressing and alarming ...

... INSURRECTION IN WATERFORD I (From the Daolin Post of TZ#1Ytti.) 1i DESPATCH OF TROOPS BY STEARI.-THE DE GltEY HOAX. A flourish, trumpets! strike alarums, drums! The war, that for a space dld~fail Now, trebly thundering, swells the gale. It was not for the North, as we had been led to believe on Saturday, that the Mlet Regiment were ordered from their comfortable quarters in the Royal ...