... FOREIGN INTELLiGENCE. FRANCE. THE LATE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. Official documents before the Chambers show that the British government has duly appreciated and acknow- ledged the good offices of.Frauce in the recent difficulty ' with America. On the 6th of December, when the E French Anbaseador in London read to Earl Russell M. ?? despatch on the subject of the Trent affair the Foreign Secretary ...

... IMFIELIAl PARLIAMENT, I (re, Moragietg and, WIoapi Tdemeya4h ?? ?? HOUSE OF COMM1ONS, YESTERDAY. f SrEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. to BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION BILL dCI (IRELAND,) ho In reply to Mr. Huixf sy lie- Sir C. GREY said tile second reading of the eitstra- 1), tion of Births antid Deaths (Ireland) Bill would not be pro- sinu ceeded with to-morrow, it THE WHIPPING BILL. ...

... w-- ?? - (BV Ahfegsreti and Eled-ic Teltoraoks.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, YESTERDAY. The House met at twelve o'clock. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES BLL t 'Mr. HADFIELD moved the second reading of the Quali- fication for Offices Abolition Bill. Sir M. PETO seconded the motion. Mr. NFWDEGATE opposed the bill, as introducing an I unne'cessary innovation, conceived in a spirit of hostility to I the Church ...

... TIHE PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE AT SCARBRO-'. I ?? ..am s rzE unT- stx r In~i MEETING OF THlE COUNCIL. ;rue) On Friday eveining, ar Meeting of thle Local - .0 M Board of the Council was held at ffire Scarhro' Town Rail, arid to receive tioe report of a commiitec which liad been ap- I pointed to consider the desirableness of erecting a bridge UJ~ maer across thle BRnnisdale Valley. The-MAYV0lt (Mr. ...

... COLUEI' ST'RIXE IN THE WEST RIDING. - . -. . . . sTOETHE EDITORS OF TEE LEEDS MER/URY, ' aiious 8tatenments have been icllile ip your vi1rly oirculated- paper respecting the colliers now oc'strike in ?? Riding; and as to there being no good ersiiffilcient reason-for a reduction of 10 per cent. unpon the present'Nwvages. To the publio'this may appear plausible .from what' has aheady been laid ...

... THE NEW VICTORIA EXPLORATION - . . EXPEDITION. ?? By the Mlfelbourne Argus we learn that a Com- missioon of Inquiry has sat to ascertain the causes of the fatal results of the expedition under Mfr. O'Hara Bearke. Brahe, who returned from Cooper's.Creek only nine rhouis before the arrival of Burke Wills, and King af that post, has been strictly questioned as to his reasons for not wait ing ...

... Y1 IT seems to be pretty generally admitted that hie by the true and first inventor of an improvement in ur manufactures ought, if he chooses, to have the fruits ly of his skill, his industry, an'd his enterprise secured Mh to him, for a certain number of years, by the pro. In tection of a patent. The Z'imrs, indeed, has recently ar stigmatized the law of patents as one of the most ...

... AMERICAN SECESSION. AND ITS REP- I SENTATIVES TN ENGLAND. nl The following curious letter from an emissary of q Dior the Secession lenders, giving an account of his stat - experience in England, is taken from the Richmonoqd mer le Insquir-er. The author is evidently a person deep in life. 1b the counsels of -the Secessionists. His references to ' the use which has been made of the andh rsst he ...

... I -j; - ' !: .. I . ~f TH EDT0R O~THELEEDS, MERCURY., G T~~llnN~-ust'hapenig to place my hanids. ijbon some of' myx s'vnora-nda resps~ting insectivorous Pirdfl,.I iim'rsnlinded of animpertabit a!vticll which appeaied ~n the'tiri'es o~in4 months ago, showing the great mistake of idegtroi ng insectivorous birds in Franc&-'and esiciting conl- deae 'iteres% 'hd' surprise -in mayof -i numerous ...

... I thal (By Magrnetic mid Mfctrie Teheqraphaj M T [IREUTER's TELEGRAMS.] ans FRANCE.o P~knis, Feb. 27, pr()~ flhe Mornifrur of to-day contains an order of the anti Minister of Public Instruction, suspending until fur- Aen thor orders the lectures of Professor Renan, as he con. thle -siders the doctrines put forward offensive to Christian belief. T The Gvtzettc de France and thle A m7ii de la. ...

... I I i THE WORKING MEN OF LEEDS AND THE ] NEW INFIRMARY. . TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. tl GENW'LEMEN,--1, ill COflfllolI with thousands of c] my working brethren, hare gazed with admiration and gra- ti titude at the noble array of names and figures which have from time to tise appeared in yourcolumns, with theobjectof f( raising a lar gerand more snetaslol buildling for the Infirmary. ...

... AND EAST RIDING TIMES. IRE;GISTERED AT THE GENERAL POS'T-OFFICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD.] FRIDAY, FEBiRUARY 28. I, . _ HULL AS A HON FOR RICH AND POOR. T- ?? 1 . . . - OR IT cannot but have been a source of con- siderable mortification to the excellent and d kind-hearted lady who has shewn such deep M anxiety to carry out the wishes of her late fi sister in promoting the welfare and improve- I ...