... I A meeting was held on Monday, the Mayor (Ald Thompson) in the chair. NIGHT-SOIL COLLECTION. Several letters were read, the first from a man named Whitfield, who had been accused, in written evidence, )aid before the last meeting of the local board, of having, upon North-bridge, endeavoured to persuade the sub-colleotors of night.soil, in thle service of Mr Stephen Fountain, the contractor, ...

... £L BOARD OF HEALTH. ay the MAYOR (Aid. Thompson) presided. .f a full attendance of aldermen and coun- THE SUIRVEYOtSTIlp. .ene CrEnmm having read a letter from Mr C. S. Now- -mran, the surveyor to the board, dated Novembe 2, *giving notice that on the 1st February next Ie welii } -xsign the appointment that he held under thle t'o*rd. k discussiou ensued as to the propriety of unin:g I 'this ...

... TEE LEEDS MERCURY 7, Y. PAY YOUR ACCOUNTS! at PER FAPS we could scarcely publish a more sea- re sonable hint at the present season than that conveyed r.:in the title of this article. It might seem a comical at ! thing to append the admonition to the usual compliment I.11 of the season, thus- A happy New Year to you, dear Sir ! Pay your Accounts ! But if our readers er wish to inake the new ...

... 26Tr WEEK THIS IHALF-YEAR. RAILWAYS 1056 1855 Total Saine Iure, or Miles _ AILWAYS_ | 1856. 185 t-year 1855 'Decree. '86. '52 Aberdeen and S.IAid. *t*~ ** llelfast & B3allymena 107 8 276 216-iS 4519 65 38 BVhead,Lan.&Uhestr, 2673 201k 66455 57880 8375 33 33 Bristol and Exeter - 6111 7653 6168394 £138 3760 117 117 Caledonian ?? 12S41 10832 8275298 t2-'691 i 20719 192 ChesterandHolyhead 4395 ...

... MI SCELLA NE O US.i The Cry-stal Palhce is to be ngain open to the public on Good Friday, after one o'clock. .Mr. John Ennis, Member for Athlone, was, on Monday, re-elected Governor of the flank of Ireland for; the current year.I IThe fund for the family of the late Mr. Little amounts to tire gross Rum of £1,343 14s. 6d., which, Rub-I ject to somne small inicidental expenses, is to be lodged ...

... ' M IS CELL ANEOUS. I- IA handsomely chased silver cup, with an address epesv ofesteem anud affection, has beenp resented to r Brevet-Iajor W. P. Golliugwood, 21 Ft Esileers, by lbe di ollicers of the ?? battalion Land Transport Corps. st The shipments of specie to India on Jan. 4th willw again be large-C300,000, principally in silver, being a'ready ar engaged. The news from Olsina may limit ...

... V I i i THE PEtRSI&N WAR. Tico 2rheran. Gazette (if DcC. 2 Ith, publishita log m -A befota, assortiing that the treaty which the Perian81rs are now it charged with violating, had becotme null through its re- ,,peated infractions by English agents ; and that the latter twere constantly intriguaing at Ilerat, in a wvay dangerous to Pereia, and had recently encouraged Doet Mlahomed to seize ...

... A LA-DY COAJWGED WITH HAVING POLSONED HER LOVER. Y For the last Elrw days the public Of Glasg.ow have Cbeen deeply uloved by the report tha t a gfentileman hadl beenk poisoned by life Sweetheart, thle daughter elf a highly respec. 6 table family which moves in the Lretter classes of society. r These ruenioursobtainerl smicodirnient, arid confirrmrision a~lien, I it becanie knowan that tire ...

... THE LEEDSJ G.UARDlANS ELECTION. FURTHER F(iRGERtIES BY THE TOPIES. Ini the. Merctty of Saturday, we enumerated a number of f*auds-and forgeries committed by the Tories at the recent election of Pcor-law Guardianrs of Leeds, s hronght to light before the returning-officer, Mr. Lampen, in the course of his scrutiny of the voting papers. Our re- port of the scrutiny of the North-W~est Ward votes ...

... LATEST _NEWS. dan (3BY BRITISH & IRISH MIAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, to 90icc, 6, Boad-esreet, Leeds.) sod FRANCE. the Further arrests have been made in Paris of persons charged h with plotting against the life of the Emperor. A SPAIN. Si The illegal intimidation of thi authorities during the n ion elections have been so great, that the new Cortes will no C lay more represent the Spanish nation than if ...

... X. -_ Ir I_ ..a Tnx rupture of diplomatic relations between the Courts of Vienna and Turin is an event at which tb re no one who has even cursorily observed the progress of re Austro-Italian affairs during the last year, can be at surprised. The immediate and alleged cause of that al au rupture, is the conduct of the Sardinian press, and ar the refusal of COUNT CAVOUR to adopt any extra- til ...

... I UPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ,Ind- HOIUSE OF LORDS. chief THUISDAY, MAY 28. pro- iir G. THE SERMONS IN EXETER HALL. lt of Viscount DUNGANNON{, in rising to put a question to the Bishop of London, said he perceived from the news- ntro. papers that religious discourses had been delivered in Exeter. a.p., hall, and that sermons would be preached there on Sunday. arlia- evenings during the summer by a, ...