... TO THE EDGTORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GENTLEMEN;-As the Cotton qutestiol'? is likely to become an all-absorbing one, it lwas with great pleasure I readyeuradmiirdblev ?? Mlet~csry; - giving, as I think, a right direction to public opinion respecting it. You say truly, it is a question of life and death to thousands-almost millions of our countrymen. I consider it almost impossible to ...

... E LEED S R EFORMATORY SOCIETY. I A ~~~r1~TrA V ~TUV'PTXTl ANNUAL IMEETING. Yesterday, the annuial meeting of lihe subscribers of tihe Leeds' Society for the Reformation of Juvenile a Ofendes, was held in the Grand Jury rom Twnt Hall 1 elt presidency ofteMAYOiz. There iver0 also pre- in ?? Vicar, Mr.. Baines, M. It, Rev. F. Jackson, Rev. a U W. Conder, Rev. ?? Hincks, Rev1. H. Tnckwvel, Rev. H1 ...

... Ecclesiasticat, Collegiate, and Scholastio Preferments and Appointments. Beatson, Rev P., B.A., to St Nicholas w St, John Newport V, Lincoln : val. £980. Price, Rev J., B.A., to Digby C., Lincolnshire. Warner, 11Wv It., to Snitterby P.C., Lincolnshire : val. £392, with residence. Benefices and Appointments Vacant. PlIEONiNTORSHIP. In the Cathedral Church of Manchester: stipend £,120 : pats, D. ...

... PARIS, Jan. 9th.-The Mloniteur of to-day contains a decree convening the Senate and the Corps Legislatif for the 27th inst, and stating that the report on the state of the empire will, as in 1861, be submitted to the ay chambers on the day after the opening of the session. ROME, Jan. 9.-With the object of reuniting the ed Greek and Latin Churches the Pope bas established a adspecial permanent ...

... I P.RTVATE DRAINAC E IN LEEDS. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEE DS IMERCURY. CGENTLE-iIEN,-Finrhng that the conidensed ?? of mny remarks, as given in your paper of Thursday lso the qjuestion of house drainage, are not well understood, c rather msisunderstood,) both inl Leedls andI lHeadtingley. wciii you please allow use0 to state what our pos-itionl really is ia S-treets Commiittee. We canl take a ...

... ,n FRIENDLY ADVICE TO THE POPE.- Stand not 'upon the order of yosu going, but go at once.'?t 76 THE- READING-RooM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. -Facetiously known as T'he Author's Crib. STYLES OF CONSOLATION,-A Man's: Well, I'll d tell you what you must do.-A Woman's: Ahb! I told you ., how it would be. NEW AMERIeAN WoRK.-Just published, Dr. e Darwin on the Extinction of Specie, dedicated to the ...

... I THE MASTER MINERS OF ADWALTON, &e ?? 'AND THEIR WORKMEN. I tflfl mazy ?? -I TO THE EDITORS OF THE LjEDS, MERCURY. GENTLEM2N,-The master miners of Adivalton, &C., stein to me to have selected a niost inopportune time for the effeeting of a. reduction in the waes of their mqn.. By reason of the terrible catastrophe' which. has just oc- curredin the northern coalfield,' and which is now ...

... aS.- RtTMOtUR continues to be very busy with the question of Mexico. The report in which the name of the ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN figures so promi. nently still keeps upon the surface, and it is amus- ing to observe the manner in which various con- tinental journals treat the proposal. The Paris papers show considerable respect for the scheme, and the Patrie does not hesitate to affirm its belief ...

... T HE LEEDS MERCURY. THE latest facts of which we are placed in possession by the Bavaria steamer, lead to the infer- ence that LORD LYONS had not received the despatch of EARL RUSSELL on the 18th ult. If this be the case, the detention of the Africa for two days, as alleged, would be a delay insufficient to bring back the reply to the despatch forwarded from Englaud by the Europa. Within the ...

... The Paris corlespondeiit of the Ml1orning Pust writes, on the 29th:-- vi I have seen two letters to-day from America, dated Dec. ( 13th and 14th. The writer of the first says :- If Mr. Seward's views and intentions triumph in the Cabinet of Washington, we shall have war with England, if England wants war. Seward assuredly wants war with England; he a desires to emancipate the blacks, and ...

... TEE FRENCH EMPEROR'S SPEECH.- : . ! ,. I_ A : ?? (horon t1'~tmes.)': Aineric a ii er Piaagrapp, and it conthinss one- thing more like a threat than hny other portion of this address. The Emperor does ntr hesitate to confess that the civil war has Seriously compromnised the commercial in- terests of France, and there is solnething almost regretful in the tone in whiohbhe says he must confine ...

... TRE COTTON FAMINE AND THE SOUTHERN BLOCKADE. BLOCKADE. (From the Tifwes.) While in America they are biirning cotto)), sink- ing cotton. using it for parapets and ships' sides, leaving it to rot on the ground, and neglecting to sow it, Manchester shares the troubles of the great American cities, and is starved of cotton. Many thousands are out of work, and the remainder are only Working just ...