... (By BridisA and Irish Magnetic Tclegraph.) FRtANCE. Two of the Paris journals publish some severe remarks on the present attitude of the priesthood in France. The Jorrrnal des Ddbast remarks that the present Government has exhausted the whole list of concessions, whereas the clergy is only beginning to feel its appetite getting into proper order. Ons has finished its campaign, but the other is ...

... TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GeNTLEtlN,-Permit me, through the medium I of your columns, to correct an error in the public mind t respecting the quantity of the poisoned lozenges made in this case. a From the quantity of arsenic found by analysis in each lozenge, and other circumstances given in evidence, not smore than about forty-one pounds were made. It will be satisfactory to the ...

... THE INEW PIUSSISAN MINISTRY. T .; change in the 'ru.~,ianj Ministry which bas followed bo close upon the ?? of the PuiNuE or; PRiUSsi as Regent, can hairdly fail to excife ?? dargee of interest in this country. For at least P tee years pas- B]AL:ON MAI;THUFSKL has been the h infijuling spirit of the Prussialn Govornient, shich1 b has :Uainly derived its insp iration from him. His po'iey 5 maJ ...

... LEEDS. and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. t o THE IMAYOR OF Lgnis.-The inlisbitants of Leeds n and their fellow-countrymen generally will feel that in re- d electing Sir Peter Fairbairn to the Mayoralty, the Town Council have paid that gentleman a complimsent not only 11honour due to his predecessors, we may remark that the II services of Sir Peter to the borough during the past year .1were of a kind ...

... . * The Sunderland shipwrights' strike has terml- nated. The men have resolved to forego their ?? gills and I' allowances. r I A new wing is in progress of erection to the Pub- lie Library at Sydney. A susm of £20,000 has been voted for the purpose. Prince Alfred has visited the field of Corunna and the tomb of Sir John Moore. The Prince was received on laudinz with the salutes and honours ...

... I . .. . I . I . I. . . A Parliamentary return just issued gives the h amount ot property ?? to the income tax for the year Et eijded the Oth April, 1857, under Schtdule8 B and D in each DI county in the United Kingdom, exclusive of and dietin. S guished from that charged in the Parliamentary cities and a borungh ; and a similar return for each Parliamontary city co or borough. lo The groes ...

... n n a.D-n l ( IlUDDEESFIIILU CUAMBSIP OF CommuEr.S-A T meeting was held yesterday (Wednesday), at which John Of ti Haigh, Esq., the chsairinan, presided. A letter was read invil from the National Association for the Advanceenteit of four Social Science, recommenediiog, from the Jurisprudence Do- fortl partment, the appointment of a general committee to con- the i Bider the important questions ...

... HALIFAX TOWN COUNCIL.-ELECTION OF MAYOR. is A meeting of the Halifax Town Council was held by or, Tuesday last. The Town Clerk having read the 49th b !Beetion of the Municipal Corporation Act, directinsg that td ftheetirat business of the meeting of Council on the 9th Nov. e| for each year should be the election of Mayor, r' Mr. COCIKERHAm rose and said, that at that hour of the day in every ...

... The following are the namles. of the gentlemen elected Chief Magistrates for tire ensuing year for the towns h and cities included in tihe lint:- d' AsIITONUNDEP.- Hilgh Mason-resnlected. LYNE .Ii BEVERLEY..JAMes Mould Robinson. t o-o . . Williamn Makant~-re-eiected. da BnncnsNGIHAx .. SirjolhnRatCliff-re.elected-3rd(iIr b e- BRADFORD ..Henry Biroyrn-re-elected-3rd time, 0 s'u ...

... & THEt MAYOR EZasor's DsN-Y,-R.--All the members I ,n of the Council, and several friends of the Mayor-elect, were kei ?? to dine with his Worship at tile George Hotel, atke of four o'clock, on Tnesday afternoon. At that hour between a- forty and fifty gentleiens gat down to a sumptuous repast, F] n- the serving of which reflected the highest credit upon those H. who were entrusted with its ...

... LEEDS 'TOWN COUNCIL. The first meeting of the new Council was held in ,bte COulncil Charnber, at the Town Hall, on Tuesday. Since tilset meeting the floor has been covered with the carpet ed fer the doefs On ilte occaisionl Of the Royal visit, and we O&Y stats that the room had been haudsoumely furnished in 0,by lr. Danbly, each member of the Couticil being pro- vided 3litli a chair. ...

... '1'REATY WITH. JAPAN. TIulr outlines of our treaty with Japan arc I IIOW placled bclforc the pn')lic, aid by Iost personsl thi(re : m n1 be little doub. t that they will be regarded as et emillently Latidsactory. The delay which will take bt visc ins tho ?? of some of the ports is of a very a, d-llhrenil; kind from the delay we are to suffer before T-M!pi g the full advantages of come of the ...