... COUNTY .EXPENDITURE. I TO THE EDITORS OF THE-LEEDS MERCURY. d GENTLEaeENI-It is 'probable, from the mantifeetation- of II opinion asopublicly ?? the neighbouring county of Lancaster, e aided, too, as that manifestationnhas been; by the presence of tihe county aod other Influential Mesubers of Parliament, that the sutb- i ject of county expenditure wili be brought under the consideration w of ...

... DEFEAT OF PROTECTIONISTS , YORKSHIRE. MEETING AT KNARESBOROUGH. On Wednesday last, being the market-day, a Protectionist meeting Was held at Knareaborough, in tire I Townr-hall, at' half-past one o'clock in the afternoon. FShortly after that hour, the large room was crowded to Iexcess, and many parties wvere unable to obtain admission. J~oseph Dent, Eoq., of Ribston-liali, late high-sheriff, ...

... - Aldbro', Boroughbridge, 3rd Jan., 1850. GENTLEmaIN,-'Though I should not have notlltd an anonymous correspondent, under the signature of a Tenant Farmer, unless you had identified yourselves with him, by adopting him in one of your leading tarticles, I must, in justice to myself and the numerous and influential meeting over which I had the honour of presiding, briefly rder to the letter ...

... THE LATE REV. DR. BAMILTON. The Rev. Dr. Stowell's Memoir of thie Rev. Dr. Hamilton has just reached us. We perceive that the author bils abstained, to aus unusual degree, from introduoing origiw rtal mutier of his own, and has, by hils arrarigiliten of Dr. Hamilton's unpublished writings, with LextractB from his publisbed writinigs, ruade himu in the main his own bin- grapisor. The volume is ...

... COUNTY EXPENDITURE, TERE is a strange propensity in many people when in distress to overlook small but certain meauB of rendering their condition less irksome, and to struggle to reverse it altogether by a single bold, or rather, in most cases, rash experiment. Others cry out for help from JUPITER as soon as their cart has stuck in the mud, instead of vigorously putting their shoulders to the ...

... - - I _ __ y . flLJAJ L *t AFTEn a correspondence of twelve or eighteen 1 months' continuance between the Committee of the 1 Privy Council on Education and the National Society, it has been found impossible to reconcile differences, and the National Society has terminated the corres- r pondence by declaring that it cannot sanction the e receiving of school grants from Governmont, unless 0 ...

... The Jupiter steam-packet, which brought home the last Peninsular mail, met, on her outward voyage, on D the 11th December, a timber laden ship, and which she attempted to tow into Vigo, but failed to do so on account e of bad weather. The ship was about three hundred tons burden, and it was supposed. from a few letters remaining at her stern, that Riclmond, Virginia, was the name of her port ...

... I R E L AND. it e RAPRESiNTATiON Ov LMERICK.-Mr. J. O'Con- g nell has rather unexpectedly resigned the representation .s of the city of Limerick, and already several candidates are in mentioned for the seat thus vacated; amongst others,, i Colonel Vereker, son of the late Lord Gort, and Captain LG ough, son of the gallant Lord Gough, both on Protectionist J ;, principles. On the Liberal aide, ...

... FRANCE, - - - - - _ 1 Tan National Assembly has been discussing - with great earnestness, and during successive days, the ir report of a Committee on the affairs of La Plata, or lo the relations between the Baenos Ayrean Government Y and that of France. It is well known to our readers lethat the diplomacy and even hostile demonstrations of both the latter Power and of this country were for ...

... LATEST LONDON & FOREIGN NEWS, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIT.) HATMBURGHf. 11AM50UR0n1, Dec. 29. The Elbe is one sheet of ice as far as the eyo cal see. Stcaiu-boat lavigation is out of the question. There is a heavy fall of snow, and the temperature is at I deg.- llc1t1(7'yll Borsenhaelle. HUNGARY. PEsTii, Dec. 26. The new Anstrian constitution was solemnly proclaimed in the Senate House this ...

... P 0 3 TS C it1 P 1T. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDoN, Thursday E venin9. TRADE AND NAVIGATION. The official returns upon the trade and navigation of the Uaited Kingdom for the month, and the eleven montho ending 5 the G:h ultimo, are now before us, and they are of a highly eatiefac. tory character. Taking tbe exports of British and Iriel produce, I there is an increase upon the month compared with the ...

... L E E D S: gilt ?? av SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1 0 eeol The Right Bon. Lady Hlowden, with her usual a lice benevolence, has caused clothing, blankets, money, anidt ate fuel to be distributed Amongst the poor of the to wnships of C IL is Grimbtone, Kirkity Wharfe, and Miilford, and lias likeewiase tile clothed tile children of her school, i a a LEED3 IVECHANICS' INST1TIUTION ANiD LITERARYT the ...