... I I AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF TITE JAVA. LovxsR'oOa, Saturday. The royal mail steamship, Java, Capt, Moodie, from 'Boston on the 2nd, end Halifax ont the 3rd, reached the Mersey shortly after two Wo'lokr this afternoon, bringing ei ghty-nine passengers, but no speciel. A Washington tdelegaml Of thle list Dee., says :-1 It has been ascertained positively that the committee on ban~king end currency ...

... I HTE LANCASTER ELECTION COMM1SSION. LANCAShI, Friday. Mr. T. J. Ilnrstowo and Mr. R. M. Newton, two of theu Condueissioiers appointed to inquire into tho existence of hribery and corruption lat the last and preceding elec- tions for the borough of Lancaster, resumed their investi- gaticn in the Shire Hall, this morniug. It will be recol- lected that the inquiry was oponed in August last, and ...

... LATEST NEWS, ?? TLzEszU. AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) New Yosa, Jan. 23, Evening. The House of Repreeentatives has passed a Bill pro. hibiting any person who took part in the rebellion fromn practising at law. FRANCE. THE CASE OF LAMIIEANDE. PARIS, Jan. 20. The Gazette d.s TIribunaix says it is asserted that the English Goverment has made au application for the surrender of Lamnirande. ...

... TORCHILIGHT REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE OF I MR. JOHN BRIGHT. Last night, a somewhat novel scene was witnessod on Cronketshaw Common, Itoehdale, nearly in front, and within a stone's throw of the rosidouce of Mr. John Bright. Many thousands of persons, chiefly of the workiug-class, had assembled on the common, under the auspices of the National Reform Union, to show their ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. DIREC' telegraphic communication with New I York has been interrupted by some accident that has happened to the land lines on the American side. The cable itself is reported to be in perfect working order. TIIr Royal Patent incorporating Sehleswig- Holstein with the Prussian monarchy was promulgated on Wednesday. A proclamation which accompanied the patent pays a tribute to ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. TIE EMP'EROR NA1OLEON yesterday received I the amnbassadora and other great funotionaries at the Tuileries, according to custom on Now Year's-day. His Majesty's speech was pacific. EHe expressed good wishes for the stability of thrones and the prosperity of nations. He hoped that the world was entering upon an era of peace and conciliation, and that the Paris Exhibiticu ...

... LATEST NEWS, rnlav'e x ?? AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph,) NzW YoRK, Jan. 16th, Evoning. The Radical members of the House continue their efforts for the impeacbment of President Johnson. Ville de Paris arrived out. FRANCE.' PAnr, Jan. 17, Evening. The postal service has been suspended upon the railways between Lyons and the Mediterranean in consequence of the snow. It is believed that con. ...

... LATEST N EW So ?? Tzruenu.a PRUSSIA. ]lieaar, Jan, 15. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, the Minister of Justice, in reply to a question, explained that thla arrc6t of Herr Sauntag, a Hanoverian merchant, and his confinement to the fortress of Minden, was owing, to his being the soul of the agitation against Prussian rule in Hanover. An inquiry had been ordered into his acts. The Government, ...

... I'ROFESSOR LEVI ON WORKMEN: THEIR I LAOUR, REWARDS, AND TRIALS. On Friday evening Professor Leono Lovi, LL.D,, delivered a lecture in the Crown Court, Shire Hall, Stat- ford, on Our Workmell: their Labour, Rewards, and Trials. 'The chair was occupied by the Right Honour- able the Earl of Hannowaly, KG., who was accompanied on the platform by Mr. Morgan (Mayor), several of the clergy and ...

... LEEDS TOW.I7N COUNCIL. A eee~~ seting of tin' Leeds Town. Couincil Wit ),l esott rdin, thle MAYORt (Androow Fairbairn, Esq.) 1'1,lidIlilg TBll 'l'tWN CLEENS1HI1. 'jl ~loi~ eport 11(110 thul Commtittee appointed to ,,jtche -alary ntid duties Of the TowniCleik of thne f Ow C01iiite ?? iooitnt- oiI thotit h istanst to esmertate ?? ctiangoo I tieli be rundc in the daitiv mnu 6fitary Lit ttse ~ ...

... LONDON, CHATRA1, AND DOVER RAILVAY. (Fitou OUR LONDON R1rOTTErn.) Fn LO ON, Thursday. This afternoon a meeting was held in the London Tavern of the B and C Shareholders of the Metropolitan Extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, for the purpose of considering their position, and to adopt the best poesible mode of protecting their interests. There was a good attendance. The chair ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. TImE crisis in the constitutional conflict * in America seems to be at hand. rho President has vetoed the Negro Suffrage Bill for the district of Columbia, although perfectly well aware that the Congress will pass it over his veto. The Congress, evidently determined that Mir. Johnson must be removed from office, has taken the first step towards impeaching him. The House of ...