... Parliament, of collecting their constituents together in some Town Hall, or other convenient building, and giving what is called an account of their stewardship.” The practice is a good one in every respect. It affords the constituency of any hon. member a capital opportunity for taking him to task on the subject cf any unpopular vote; and it enables the bon. member himself, ingeniously to get ...

... Suggesting without outlay, the erection of a Bridge over the Grove. BY MINOR HAG-S. IT has often occurred to others as well as to the writer, that a very great advantage to thousands who visit this Town—as weU as to large portion of its residents, would be a Bridge across the grove to the Railway, to enable the public to pass from the Filey road to the station without going by the present most ...

... CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR! WHEN the mistletoe graces the lordly halls, and the holly adorns the cottage walls; when trees are leafless and hedges bare; when tf,e north winds blow with biting aur; when the dav is short and the night is long, with the evening spent in mirth and song; when the swallows hlfve fed to a milder land, and the woodcocks fall every hand, before the sportsman murderous gun; ...

... GUILDHALL, MONDAY, Jan. 23. Before the Lord Mayor and J. R. Mills, Esq. ed Garotte Robbery York. Three Privates in the 16th Lancers, named Henry Ahey, Wm. «, and Thomas Doyle, (the two former officers' n' were charged with robbing Henry Jones of . and two army medals, on the previous Friday even- Water Lane. Mr. G. H. Smith appeared for the P'isooer Brace. The prosecutor is gardener, and has w ...

... meeting in opposition to the wine and beer licensing scheme. Thursday rooming last, a numerous and influential Meeting of the citizens of York was held at the Guildhall, tor the purpose of considering that portion of the budget hich proposes to graut a licence for the sale wine and beer to eating-houses, and to adopt such measures thereon might be deemed expedient. There were present the jjon. ...

... REFORM !—TAXATION AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS !! placard, bearing this somewhat attractive heading for the advanced Radical school, was circulated in the city on Thursday morning, announcing that in the evening of that day, Mr. John Smith, barrister-at-law, would deliver an' address upon these important questions at the Lecture Hall in Goodraingate. There was pretty numerous, but not a crowded ...

... SUNDAY SCHOOLS. To the Editor of the Yorkshire Gazette. Sir, —A statistical report of the Educational Committee has just been published, which proves (I regret to say) the fact that all the religious denominations show greater activity and interest in Sunday schools than is evinced the members of the Established Church. You will be sorry to learn that this general statement is borne out by the ...

... TESTIMONIAL TO W.D. LITTLEDALE, ESQUIRE. On Wednesday afternoon last, a beautiful gold timepiece in glass shade, was presented by J. Munby, Esq., the secretary to the Yorkshire Wilberforce School for the Blind, on behalf of the pupils of that institution, to the above-named gentleman. Most of the pupils were present at the ceremony, which took place in the Concert Room of the school. The ...

... the 24th ult., signed by a Yorkshire Catholic nobleman, Lord Herries, and also one from a minister of the Es*ab lished Church, who signs himself Rector of the Deanery of Harthill, in both of which are used language of strong condemnation against the rector of Market Weighton, for refusing to allow the church bells to ring on the occasion of the marriage of Mr. W. Langdale, who himself ...

... LATEST NEWS. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. The truth cannot be blinked—nay, for that matter, there is no disposition whatever amongst to blink it —that preparations for war are making as appreciably this side the Channel as upon the frontiers of Denmark. The Austrian and Prussian troops have received the order to advance. The Danish army of defence is being martialled in battle array, in readiness for ...

... •Latest news. The Emperor left Plombieres on Tuesday morning, and went direct to the camp Chalons. Official intelligence reached here from Vera Cruz states that, on tbe 14th July, the French retook Urnpau. On the 23rd July, the chief of guerillas, Publita, was attacked by French cavalry, and killed, together with large number of his band. Arteaga has been routed. It is stated that the ...

... RIDING QUARTER 8E3310N3. General Session* f«- |K« West Yorkshire were apeaed Bradford yestsrdeg H«wry Sap, M.P., the ilummbm erf the Riding. l*ewd«d. Amitgittk* \rant were Mem T. H. Tynan, Timothy Horafall, W. worth. J.«t (Vivm, Alfred Hma, L. W. HcadvMß, W. W. Wickham. 0. H. Dawson, ...