... IMPRIOVENENT OF DWELLING HOUSES. tiu LIFE IN THE CELLALr KITCHEN. bi sea- TO TII£ EDITWIS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY tO anid Leeods, Dzesiuber 31lot, 1858. rei ,Ire. Gsc'eTmL1I ?? I wrote my last letter on p 7o the above subject, I have been expecting, that some gentle. ar ,0)! main more able than myself would havo Corresponded with, P0' yon conoccinin~g it, but since euch is not thle caee, I beg ...

... 'i?v r, , TIMSFiAlErr GENCE. I (BY .;tiGho11E AOD ELECTRIC T9L.80EAPIL) THE MONEY UARKET. London, Friday Night. The Funds to-day have beeu firmer, and a recovery of k per cent. has taken place. Little business is going forward in this department; attention being chiefly directed to English Rail- way Stocks, which generally exhibit a fresh ad- vance. .London ?? Westeru Shares have risenl per ...

... WITITEY. DiFD,-Dec. 11, aled 71, at his residence, at Northileigi, Mr. Charles Urown.-Dec. 16, at WitneY, Mir. J. i3arriott, fairmer, aged 118 years. A report of the railway meeting, held here last week, will be found its pgeg 6. We were pleasedI to notice the great unanimity that pre- vailed amongst our tradesmen on Monday last, with regard to the closing of their houses of business; a more ...

... SERVIA. The following is the latest telegram from Servia Belgrade, Dec. SO.-Prince Alexander's departure from the Turkish fortress has been demanded, on account of his being charged with implication in the military movement of Friday. The military have to-day sworn fidelity to the new Government. The petition in favour of Milosch has been dispatched to the Porte. The Skuptchina has received ...

... :FROZM OU LONDON CORRESPONDENT. i.i LORDON, F.IDAY. London is no exception to the general rule. We are in Df the groat Christmas week, and let us hope and believe that we are.fulfilling' the ideal of the season by devoting our- t selves to something better than the ordinary routine of dlife-thabt we are cultivating the genial temper, and are rot unnsindinl of, the great Christian virtues, of ...

... PI . OF£ARY NEWELL ! ;tt. M . ' TAv TS - lflU# LYNOBLA AT. READING. i- ...

... PARIS, WEDNESDAY. — 1 he Moniteur contains decrees appointing M. Troptong to be President, and Marshal Couot Baraguay d' Hi liers, General Count Regnault de Saint-Jean-d'An gely, and Marsh id PelUsier Duke de Mulakhoffto be Vice-Piesidents of the Senate lor the year 1859. General Mscmahon leaves Paris to-night to resume the cornniaiiii of the army in Algeria in consequence of the agitaiion ...

... EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT IN IRELAND.— The Northern Whig says that a number of noblemen and gentlemen met recently in the Town Hall, Belfast, to con- sider the deficiency of educational institutions in the north of Ireland, and, especially, the want, generally felt, of a high class of public schools for classical and scientific instruction. A committee was appointed to arrange for a public meeting ...

... THE IISHE SECGRT SOCIBTIES. (ai BtITISH AhND IRISH MAGNETIC TZLVQLA2H.) BELFAST, FRTDAY EvcNIrG. The Northern Whig of this evening has the fol. lowing:- The inquiry into the cease of the sixteen prisoners arrested in Belfast on the 5th December, charged with being members of an illegal society, commenced thisday, at i1 o'clock, in the county gaol. It was believed that the authori- ties had ...

... Advices from Athens of the 16th ult., ?? that Mr. Gladstone was expected 1here. Mr. Gladstone landed at Zante on the 15th ult. There was much excitement preparing for the coming man. Gladstone and union with GreecceI was placarded all over the town; illuminations were got up, and the Grande Place decorated with flags, &c. At 10 a.m. on Wednesday the Terrible steamed gallantly into the ...

... MIR RARVEY LEWIS AT BUJLL. to At the reform meeting at Hull,. on Monday last, some of a, the proceedings at which we have already given. Mr. Har. cs vey Lewis followed Mr. Clay, M.P., and spoke as follows :t Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, this is the third time that i I have had the honolur of appearing before a meeting of the town of Hull, and I hope it rosy he the charm (cheers and tl laughter]. ...

... On Chsristmans day, the members of the 1 Brodorion Geirionydd Frierldly Society assembled in the School. room, at about 10 o'clock, and proceeded in order to the Rectory, to invite the Rector to accompany them to church, preceded by the (excellent little baud of the village. The incumbent of Llanbedr read the Morn- ing Service, aftei' which he preached an appropriate sermon from Psalms ...