... THE VICAR OF BATLEY AND HIS EASTER _ _DUES. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GalrLE!DEN,-As myself and several otlera have been served with aummonaso to appear before the msagistrates at Dews- bury on Monday, the 14th inst,, to answer the complaint of one William Newsome, and to show cause why we refuse to pay a sum of money, which has been cruelly demanded by him, as collector of ...

... This splendid entertainment took place in the large ball-room of the Globe Hotel, where about 250 highly respectable people, men and women, sat down to a very excellent, and well arranged tea party; how- ever, so great was the enthusiasm, that the stewards were compelled to divide the company into two par- ties. The orchestra was occupied by the splendid tee-total band, and nothing could ...

... RECEIPTS OF Th19 CHARTIST CO.OPERATIVB LAND SOCIETY. PER MR. O'CONNOR. SECTION No. 1. OCHAUES. Sutton.in-Ashfield, perC. Meakin Artichoke Iin Locality, Brighton, per W. Flower . ,, City of London, per J. Dunn Halifax, per C.. W. Smith Stockport, per T. Woodhouse , Carlisle, per J. Gilbertson Dalaton, per T. Homby Nottingham, per J. Sweet Norwich, per J. Hurry Winchester, per M. Griffiths ...

... THE R.EPEAL ASSOCIATION. DcDi1ati, Sept. 7. of Mr. O'CoNNELL made his entree at ConcUlltloit Hall to. Cl day at one o'clock precisely, and having experienced the ve customary cheering, requested Mr. Charles O'Connell, of the county Clare, to take the president's seat. i Mr. N. MAurn, Mi.P,, having seconded the motion, T Mr. CnIARx.S O'CONNELL ascended to the chair, and TV having returned ...

... PROSPECT OF AN EUROPEAN FAMINE- C RITICAL STATE OF FRANCE-SCAK- ~.CITY AND IN'CEN~DIARI1SM. The Presse states, on the authority of a private correspondent, that- We are about to enter on one of those calamitous yeats in which the ordinary resourres ire not suffivient fur the food of the people. The crop of 184i1 (adds the Presse) is entirely exhausted, and that of 184t has pro- duced less than ...

... THF FRENC1I IN ALGERIA. lr Amongt the most determined enemies of the D. Fiench in Africa, are to be enumerated the .Kbyles,,. ,, tribem dwelling in the ranges of the Lesser Atlas, le from Tunis to Morocco Of different race from the Le Arabs, they are believed to be the aboriginal inhabi. tants or Northers Africa. Secure in their wild ie valleys, they have ever preserved their independence i- ...

... I PROCESS OF UNDERWRITING. I To render the process of underwriting as intelligible as possi- ble, we may suppose a case, for the purpose of illustration - Suppose a vessel of the class A 1, registered for seven or ten years, be valued at £20,000 or £30,000, a policy Is effected upon her, and the owners or their brokers go among their friends at Lloyd's, and see at what rate she can be Insured. ...

... CHRISTIAN TRIUMPHS IN INDI.!. Of course every one must acknowledge the ltuma. ] nising influences of Clristianity. tbepeaceful hytory do of the human race for the last eighteen centuries of attest the reign of peace on earth and good-will to vat men ! If amongst our readers there are any hete ral rodox doubters, they have only to read the following all letter (extracted from the Brnighton ...

... The Metropolitan District Council, convened by the Executive Committee to aid and assist in gotting up the National Petition for the People's Charter, held its first meeting at the Chartist Assembly Rooms (over the Land office), 83, Dean-street, Soho, on Wednesday evening, September 9th. Present- Messrs. Horaby and Lucas, Somers Town; J. Simp- son and E. Murhall, Camberwall; Luke Kingand J. ...

... arortbromng uertinuo.! lem. Field CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE'LAND con, SOCIETY. 'na- SHARES, £2 10s. .d to The first section of the above flourishing Institu- tion, consisting (if 8,000 members, is now cornplete to of the members in it hold, among them, nearly ten ,but thousand shares, upon which they. have paid con- £13,000. iken The second section advanees rapidly towards corn- I on pletion, it ...

... DuEtite, Sept. 7. v. 'Mr. O'CONNELL maole his cntree at Coneiliation Hail to- Cl day at one o'clock precisely, and having experienced the WI ,uotomary chiering, requested Mr. Charles O'Connell, of the county Clare, to take the president's seat. If Mr. N. MAHER, M.P., having seconded the motion, tr Mr. CHARLEs O'CONNELL ascended to the chair, and r navsng returned thanks for the high honour ...

... At the Liverpool Police Office, on Monday, a re- spectably-attired young man, named Victor Lecour, was charged before Mr. Rushton with having re- ceived a great amount of money from various parties on account of his employer, an extensive merchant in Liverpool, and not duly accounting for the same. It appeared that of £195 lOs. 1Od. paid to the prisoner by Mr. Warren, between May and August ...