... LEEDS WATER\WORKS PROJECT, AND U - SEA'El'S.-ENGINEER'S ESTIMATES- TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MEPc.py, GENTLEbSEN,-It is not isy intention to of'ies alli- 0e,,e upon tie project for :increasing the supply of water to Cia ss cusseti by the Council at their late meeting, but I trister me a space in your paper of to-msorrow to correct a sttina one of the speakcio, which s l calculated to produe ...

... a if ~~11THl WEEK THIS HALF-YEAR. d Week This Same 'l'otal Same rIlLAor. i- RAILWAYS. 18i63Wek j~ ?? 185 L81I Aberdeen 189Sept.. I£72 £ B'IioadLn.&2112 2237 ?? .. 33 33 Le lristol and Exeter 585- 0 .70.20.0.. 10D5 00 Blackburn . -810 1.28 0.2. . 27 27 LeCaledonias WEE&Gs 1 11 11100 .. ?? 307 302 it Cheacterandllolyhead 1 6097 40 60077 70114 02 H5 ?? ?? 178 . 22 20 ~n CorkB~kr'1,&P ?? 2232 . ...

... THiE LEEDS MERCURY.| ?? TI-Il EASTERN QUESTION. IT is impossible for a state of great public excitemenlt to conthunic long(, hunuinal nature is not fitted toeC it to sustain it, anid, therefore, finds compensation for ox- traordlinary a~gitationii i Occasional fits of something tntc -like apathy. i'rtii'iiately', the ?? relating to thletee 't Eastern question this -weelk has alowdtneofthse151 ...

... To THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURzY. GENTLEMENX,-I leave for many years felt al lively interest ill the water question, and I read with considerable plensure yonr tinforination ill last week's Alerc rp tbat the W1Qaterwvorks Couiniittee had deteriined to recoinmiend to the whole Council tile laying down, of a powerful engine upoll the bans of the Wha'rfe, at or near to Artlhigtou. No donbt ...

... ?? I pARLIAiMIENTAR Y[ LAST NIGHT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAtPH.) H-1 OUSE OF LORDS. ?? Hou0se niet at five o'clock. OXFORD UNIVERISITY BILL. Afitr sihe Prescltation of soille petitions &gailist the (t;iord University lill, 'rile Earvll of WyNCHILSEA spoke strongly against the i ill, qi the grouind that it separated the University from the stltarclT of England. 'fle House having gnlle into ...

... rjfj:0:0:E nL~i~j.'IYS i~i{C.R0: Y, . I |. ?? II F. lV7 A R,, Gee I u Cannot rirport the PrOgre.ss of t1tat which fooI I klces ro IrogrolS. Il tho Crimea achsde IS cob is a lectitg stireutilt, 1iA mlt skirii no ?? ?? pies 'i LOS s rr at tittrb along the li11 O.T^ Saline- i I, ; i I rllil theob eective work goes on wth tiret ?? 'iso e th. irowel, andt thei gabion. Thor armieS are j | g0 tig, ...

... T1iHE VIENTNA CONFERENCES. am 1-1--44sir~ -.rozXnsa 4liul o Anr . TIHE diplomatic conferences which are to deter- es mine whether Peace shaill be restored to Europe, were olpened on Thursday last, at Vienna. At that central fr point, the negociators of the West and the East had s( Inet, with those also of Central Europe, in order to a. ! settle the question, where, and howL strongly, the line ...

... MomICIALss RATIN4G..c-The ovefaeers of Bradford bI ire abduttfoippesal th -thebQcarterhes69ions, as -theydid-in` Il e 1853, agaisist the amount assessed upon them as a borough it ca rate. by the Town Council, on the ground that the other 2B Lb townships in. the borough are not assessed, according to their g is fair and just value. It is alleged hy the overseers that thcs ol d valuation. of the ...

... SIR WMI. CLAY'S CHUIRCH-RATE ABOLITION BILL. THE second reading of this bill has passed the al House of Commons, in a full House, by a majority of is 28, the Ayes being 217, and the Noes 189. As, in addition to those who voted, there were 29 pairs, and in three members were accidentally shut out on the m division, who would have voted for the Bill, it follows P that 249 members have declared ...

... AT C iWIN'Nl'ATION O' '1f3.E I, .\1i, Tv fiaeamt'oe propsoced by Mntesfraig o 1,brefold l~A Pt1J). to 031tlte. ia'l'. ?? I. ll)i t l te ceprvilcs of thle, Mkilitio 0 tyi eJ 11,13 oj e K;; m:for the,~ cigolksa pros~c utiati. of the %Val or, h' ol a-easen o 6hl th e ar arrayi, by adt lingfei co~lllit'io to cAliI. rclialf5131 , that is, i'lilic-oasillg tbli re ifiubiei of Couie klie ia ca'ct 0 ...

... 2lsT' WEEK THIS HALF7-YEAR. Week 'Ibis Same Total Same MILeAUE. flAILMWAYS. !eedino Wyeek. 1854 1-year 1853 1855 1851 Abtrdeen ?? N5ty~ 18 2360 1i3 .. S- 72 72 Blelfaset & Ballymnsea' 26 610 605 ?? . 38 38 13'hcad,'Lan. & ?? 2237 2192 ?? .. 333 1risbol and Exeter . - 20 5839 5996 ?? 11 108 Blackburn . ?? ?? .. 2 27 Calecan ian & E & G I 2.. 3 3381 11776 2164807 205112 180 180 Chosterand ...

... TO THE EDITORS OF TEE LEEDS MERCURY. Leeds, Nov. 30th, 1854. GENTLEMEN,-I observed with regret ill the Lon- don Times, of Monday last, a very gloomy article on the state of trade, and the employment of the operatives iu Bradford. The wide circulation of the leading journal, and the stamp of authority given to the statement in ques- tion (and which wvas quoted from the Leeds Intelligencer), has ...