... HIARTLTPOOL MECIIANI CS' INSTITUTE TRUSTEES IN DIFFICULTiES. I The trustees of the Hlartlepool new Mechanics' Institute have unfortunately got into trouble with their now building, and the whole of the library, consisting of between 1,000 and 2,000 volumes of books, the smagoificent billiard table recently purchased, together with all the fittings and appointments of the building, are ...

... . . ty, id LEEDS, JANUARY 29, 1867. ter Dal PORTRAIT 0F SAMUEL SMITH, ESQ., FOR TIIE )s LEae Ioe1Nsemsey,-It will be remembered that sometime it. since many of the friends of the Leeds Infirmary, desirous in to express their sense of the very long asd valuable services of their senior medical officer, Mr. Samuel Smith nd (who held that office for 48 years), and to have his portrait his in the ...

... THE FRiENCiH REFORMS. The nature of the im( %v demnge, in the in t I of FIance leads tho Teoni to re-rut that the ilaility r ib- measures is announced in sulch positive termul. L li opinion of our conteumporary the privilege of iiiterpllklst which by a tedious and circutlocutory proc,- j; ccdcd, ia not anl eq aivalcut for the privilege of Sp icilng oC the adldress which is takeuR aaVy. The ...

... LoxseoN, Friday. The official notification of the intention of Her Majesty to open Parliament in person confirms what I stated some weeks ago on that subject; but the hope there was then some ground for entertaining that she would 'I consent to restore the old state ceremonial is not now destined to be fulfilled. We shall have the same scene we had last year. Perhaps, however, the people of ...

... 1UNSEASONAB3LE SALMON, TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MBDOURY. GENTLEBMMT,-Wlien ?? see salmon exposed Oil the fishmongers' marble slabs at this season of the year, selling at Gs. and 7s. a lb., we are apt to imagine that it is a great luxury, only within the reach of wealthy people. It f -oell, therefore, that the public should know some- thing of the circumstances under which the law tolerates ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL LEEDS, JANUARY 16, 1867. CONSERVATIVE SOIREE AT WOODnuouSnI.-On Monday night a tea and concerttook place in the Mecha~nics' Institute, Woodhouse, under the auspices of the North- west Ward Working Men's Couservative Association. There was a numerous attendance, about 400 persons partaking of tea in the large hall, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and on the ...

... RAILWAY TRA'FIO RETURNS. RIOT WEIHI TMlS IHALI-YEAR. Total same The Or b20,ree RAIL.WAYS. 1807, 1000. J-yeer. 2003. ioe. 1807 1800 Bristel and Exeter., 0529 - -- M 121. Calodonien ?? - 101 408 Cambrian ?? 1747 1051 - * 130 110 Cockern'th, R..& Pan 270 200 - 1 - 0ork,BuuJ3101,&0O11O, 377 3980 20 20 Deelo ?? - 200 17 17 Decbin&3lelfastJfll. 1122 1705 -60 02 Dublin & Drogheda,, 1310 11000 - - 50 ...

... THE GOVERNMENT OF iRELAND. Thue Daiy FL'deeircyiphl says :-Wo heave reason to believe that the presesit Cabisot have resolved upon a Eeries of importalnt enieasUnS fer the thorough pacification of Ireland, In the first place, it is proposcl to transfer all the eudowments of the Protestant sect to the support of the fomat Catholic Chtrch. Dr. Callen is to receive the inconme now sllotted to ...

... ;I v ~,I ANT[QUITY OF MAN. - LaSt evening, Mur.; Wmn. Pengelly, ?? de- livered tlis Aeemid and cbnicluding . lecture on Cavern ?? : the special subject for the evening being the discoveries in Kent's Cave, Devon. This cave is situated &n the opposite of the bay to that which the cove at Brixham is situate,-that i, to say, on the Torquay side. Why it is called Kent'o Cave is not known. The ...

... ?? lott4atiutt AND EAST PIDING; TIMES. REGISTERED AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE FOR TRANsmissION ABROAD. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4- THE meeting of the Hull Town Council began yesterday at about 2.20. After dis- charging a little minor business the meeting proceeded to discuss a supposed irregularity of Mr. DALE, with respect to his having, on his own authority, made various repairs in. the waterworks' ...

... IWATERFORD ELECTION. - DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS. The Parliamentary election for Waterford was decided on Monday in favour of the Liberal candidate, Mr. De La Poer; who received 1,481 votes; Captain Talbot, the Conservative candidate, receiving 984. The election appears to have been. carried in a most dis- graceful manner. Numerous cases of brutal assaults upon voters occurred. For the ...

... (Fl oss the -Engteoete) Happy in the possession of a cast iron of ro- maclkable cohesive strength, and lacking the Mant, know- ledge, and experience of English workers in wrought irou, United States artillerists have for years confined their attention almost exclusively to the production of cast iron ordnance, A few attempts have, no doubt been made in the States to construct guns of wrought ...