... SIR -A, DUNBAR, ?? AND MR. ELLICE, M.P., ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Oin Wedesday evening, Mr. E. Ellice, jun., M.P. for theiSt. Andrew's District of Burglis, was enter- tained at a public dinner. Sir William Dunbar, M.P., Mr. Adam, M.P., and other members of Parlianent were present. Sir WAi. 1)UNSBAR, M.P., inl replying to the toast of ''Her Majesty's Ministers,said, that this country owedits preseut ...

... 11th instant, arrived here this morning. The politi- 7 cal news by this arrival is unimportant; but the movement of our troops in Canada is not without interest. The Quebec M37orning Chronicle of the l1th says :- A telegraphic despatcls was received yesterday, announcing that the Melbourne had reached Halifax on Sunday last, thus setting at rest the anxiety which was beginning to be felt for ...

... LOCAL AND G-7IERAL LE ElDS, JAI' GARY 20, 186%. Tl's (Jonxe'r-Tbgl~ir Serene HiglnsseCsS thle Prin- t i-es 'oHohenlohle Laugen'-ourg cisld Prince Louis of H-essoc are taying withl Her MYajesty thle Qeeen.--His Royal High- nress the Prince if Wales remains a-i Osborne inl expaectalsos of the arrival of his brother, Prin-ce Alfred, who is shortly expected to reach EnglIand. The Prince of ...

... RACHEL'S LovE.-A story-at any r.ate bsen tsovaf.a -is now going the rounds of the French press, relating to the last days of the great Rachel, and pretending to explain the cause of her death-which is ascribed to love. It was after MIdile. Rachel returned from the ice-brook tempers of the New World, writes the story-teller-a new hand on the Parisian press, who has become a bit celebrated-- ...

... THERHARTLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT. .LI- IJ Sk-/.X L! _UJ i'4 X (Fr~onz the Northscrn Daily: Expres's.) HARTLEY, Monday. d Th apect of affairs' in the ueighbourihood. of' the colliery - lial; undergone a sigsial change !since 'yestelday. Theipit b heaps arc entirely deserted, and in the village,' beyond an ?? airo unwonted quiet;' there is little or nothing- obeer vable out'of dodrs -to ?? the ...

... THE arrival of the mail steamer Nova Scotian at Londonderry places us in possession of New York advices to the 4th inst., three days' later than the news brought by the America. MEssns. MASON and SLIDELL, with their secretaries, had embarked on the 1st instant at Providence Town on board the British steamer Rinaldo. It is supposed that they would go to Halifax and proceed to England by the ...

... TO THIE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MEROURY. GrNTLEMBN,-Doubtless you have seen by the ManeheBterpapers, that a very numerously signed, and most influential memorial, has been presented to the Mayor of Manchester, requesting him to convene a public meeting in the Town Hall, of merchants, cotton spinners, manufac- turers, retail traders, and others, who are deeply interested in the Cotton Trade of ...

... AIsRIVAL OF THlE EUlUROVA. TnE long expected and ?? cxpoeted Europa lais at length arrived at Qticeistown. antl bitter will be the disappointmcnt of the ?? of England, fed with favouralole hopes for tlle last few days, to find that she brings no tidings which will turn these hopes into certainties. Her detcntiou for more than twenty-four hours beyond the usuual timc had raised hope to soiethin ...

... YORK FAT CATTLE SHOW AND TIlE tEEDS SMITHFIELD CLUB. TO TlIl EDITORS OF T'lE LEEDS EIERCUtify. ( E-NTL.ElE.N,-Permit mte throllulg the m1edillum of your cohluils to call the attention of your readers and -the public to the spirit and temper shown by some of the spleakers at the dinner of the York society, as reportcd in a recenlt number of the YorlknHm',l. T was one of those arho were in ...

... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH. NO TJRSS WITH SLIDELL AND SMASON. To the People of Southampton. MY DEAR PEOPLE,- - Hurrah ! Slidell and Mason are surrendered-and Qacen Anne is no more. Hip, hip, hip, hurrah I We shall soon have the Southern Commissioners over here. They will very likely land at your port: and that is why I now ad- dress you. You are a most hospitable people, a highly enthusiastic ...

... THIE CONDJTION OF THE GUN-BOATS AT | HASLAR. I From the notices published of late resxecting the extraordinaiy activity displayed in thle ouitfit, conmijeisioll, and dispatch of tie ins -class reserv gunboatsijto ?? cuid elsewheic, it aight naturally be piicsiiuiid that ain eqlual degree of activity existed at-the head-quarter deli~t of the gnotataslsi. Tbis is not the ease, however,. IVith ...

... I I AMERICA. LIVIE'RPOOL, '/itirsdasy. The Inman Company's screw steam ship Etna, from New York, on the 10th, arrived here to-day. THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI EXPEDITION. The Tribune has the following telegraphic despatches relating to the above expedition:- CAIRO, Jan. 10. The greater portion of the troops have already embarked. The expedition is not expected to leave before to-morrow. It is ...