... MR. BRIGHT, M.P., V. TIlE OXFORD UNIoN DE B13ATING SOCIETY. TO TIE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. CENTLEMJE,-Ilonse obzlige mc by thu insertion of the following correspondence. Yours truly, E DM UND NJTTALL. Ioehdlialc, Jan. lrd, 1867. ll, Littlewood-strcot, Ilocbdale, Nov. I19th, ISGG. Sir,-Bce kind enough to make known to the ine'nbsrs of your society the contents of the enclosed letter, as ...

... LATEST NEW SO fltnnn'u Tazaaui.x1 M A FRANCE. , IMPORTANT CHANGES.-RESIGNA.TION or THE MINISTERS. PARIS, Jan. 19, The .'ranere of this evening corroborates the re. marks it mnade yesterday relative to the general accuracy L of the current rumours of approaching niodifiatione in the Government organisation, and Says:-The address in reply to the speech from the throne woall be definitely ...

... 1REFORM MEETING AT CAS3TLEFORD. A largelY attended public meoting rit connection with the Yorkshiaf ?? Of the htefonm League waste ekid On Saturday eveing, en the'Mecbahle' Hall, Catle- oayd. Ifev, NL MoDOwiehd having been voted to the chair, e n reeted in the reform question who had saderated te gea rning powers for the last ?? ylearnd seeo thate teir ?? been abortive, and conviction that ...

... THE BISHOP OF RIP9ON ON LAY AGENOY The annual meeting of the Yorkshire Church of Elnghlnd Scripture readers' Society was hold yesterday in the Philosophical Hall, Lecds, under -the presidency of the BsBosOr of ioroN. The attendance was ?? LosisnDmi, in opening the proceedings, said they were all aware that the object of the society was to provide a sup- ply of duly qualihed men to visit, under ...

... F 'ROM OUR LONDON CO.tRESPONDET. I LoNDON, 3riday. Mr. Danby Seymour, M.P., who is the author of the imputatious on Mr. Bright, which appeared ill the 'or'tsqqhf/sy .&srevim, has published iu thoe Times the apology he sent to Mr. Bright. You will probably have obsorved bow Mr. Seymour's apology halts on one le-g. Io only regrets having misrepresented what Mr. Bright ?? about the number of ...

... OYEIRCROWDINC OMINIBUSES, &c., IN LEEDS. TO 'THE EDITORS OF 'JJJF LEEDS MERCURY. GEN'T'L EMIEN,-I waS Cxceedingly glad to sce at letter ini the 11kcirelary of Saturday last, Calling attention to the disg raceful ?? Which arc oftoen vitnlessed in soale of ?? onahiiuscs. and I havo been very much serprissd that no tieether ?? of public opinion on the subject has appeared since. t think it is ...

... THE: WEATHER. MONDIiAY.-On our sonutiserit coasts ycsterday it blw a gale, from the eastward, jtid the sets was high. This morniin the iwinds are easterly andt south-easterly, light to niodelate on our uoritierti ant north-castern coasts, and very strong on our other coasts. Baromieters generally are fialing, and tire niore than half-an-inch higher in the north-cast of the British Isles than ...

... LATEST NEWS, ?? T1lLXOR l I PRUSSIA. |I Bancu, Jan. 7. The public functionaries in the annexed provinces are not to be superseded. They will remain in office and are shortly to take the oath of allegiance to the King of Prussia. This, says the North German Gazotc of this evening, is a proof the Government is con. vinced that it can rely upon the continuance of a suffi- oiently tranquil spirit ...

... R O- M- U---R - -O-R-RPO- -N - TF'ROM OURS LOND)ON CORARESPONDENT. LONDON, Monday. - 'llc ?? jonnals are swvainped with SUm- maxuics of the pakssing year. From long fnmiliarity with 1lees wonderful productions, 1 am disposed to think that lbey serv no liseful purpose. Forced to deal in generali- ties, they lack precision of statement, cud very rarely trouble theimselves wvith dates. Often, ...

... AccoRDING .to the France, says a Paris corre- gpondent grave events have taken place at Madrid. The government has declared open war against the Congress, and struck the first blow. The Queen, it would app;ear, having determined to dissolve the Legislature, the President of the Senate, Senor Rios y Rosas, and the bureau ?? the vice presidents and secretaries-drew up an address to her Majesty ...

... THE LEEDS MER)CURY. A FLolitNCE journal says that the negocia- tions between Italy and D.Ome rcspecting OcolOsiastical matters are proceeding favourably. I1IS HOLINuESS TIE PorE held a reception and made a speech on New Year's day, like the secular sovereigns of France and Italy. It was Gymim&nar. KsANMnn, the Minister of Arms, who paid the ?? Father the complinments of the season. In the name ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. I TirE latest telegrams from New York indicate that the eflorts being mado to causo the impeachmnent of PsEsrDNr JoHNsoN to be abandoned are not likely to prove successful. The Radical leaders insist on its being proceeded with, Tnz first batch of French troops-935 in number-arrived at St. Nazaire yesterday from Mexico. IT is said that the Franco-English Fishery Commission ...