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HOW A PARTY 0F LEEDS MEN SPENT CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1861, IN LOWER SCINDE, WESTERN INDIA

... ,iOW A PARTY 01F LEEDS MEN SPENT C1hRISTMAS DAY IN 1861, IN LOWER SCINDE, AVESTERN INDIA, IrI 1861, a l)mrty of irenl from one of the large (1ggircerisig works iii Leeds,. were engaged doing soeno Work at a place called lKeainarreo, near to Kurrachee, :lout 500 miles from Bomibtay. Ten or twelve miles from 1Ea marree, there is a place called Muggur-pesr-Mhuggur- Talao (or alligator's pool), a ...

Published: Tuesday 24 December 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2022 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

THE AMERICAN PRESS ON PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S MESSAGE

... THE AMERICAN PRESS ON PRESIDENI I JOHNSON'S ME1SSAGE. (.rhonu cue' '1Vs Yorkd Timeis.) The constitution provides that the President shall, from time to time, give the Congreoss information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their con- sideiaticn such measures as he shall judge necessary and c xpedient. This is his nuthority, and his only authority, for sending messages to Congress ...

Published: Saturday 21 December 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2128 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

MR. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS

... Mw. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., AND IS CONSTITUENTS. (FIam ova OwN hroLitmitE.) yesterday. Mr. W. E. Gladstoue, MX.., addressed his Costituets at Ormekirk nndSouthport. Thenmeeting at Osniskirk was held in the Town Hall, at three o'clock. The building, which is but a small one, affording accom- modation for not more than 500 or 000 persons, was crowded to excess. Mr. EDOARe MrsoRovn, chairman of Mr ...

Published: Friday 20 December 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 11851 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THE UNITED STATES ELECTIONS

... TEE UNITED STATES ELECTIONS. Pincls.o-urla'snx, Nov. 12. All the Armerican elections for the year 1#G17 have. now been held, and a snrvey of the results shows wvhat sor- prisinig gainls the Democrats have made, At the elections in 18G6 the total vote of the twventy-seven States now re- cognised by Congress as in t.he Unlion was-lispishlicools 2,260,719, Democrats 1,878,:384, a Republican ...

Published: Wednesday 27 November 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1093 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

BRADFORD REFORM LEAGUE

... B3RADFORD REFORM LEAGUE. A special sieotiug of the mermbors and frionds of the BradfordjBrauoh of the Reform League was held in the lecture-hal! of tho Mechanics' Instituto, on Friday. Mr. J. WAXAILwoloc (President) took the chair. The attondanco was ?? Cmur~envcN, in oponing the proleed- idgs, said that the anunal meeting on the 1st October was hurried over in anything but a satisfactory ...

Published: Monday 09 December 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1202 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE TAILORS' STRIKE

... d O' TRI . ; . ?? dMEE1T4GI UP T TRADES UNIONISTS - ?? . fI I , ' W L D .- Last sight an aggregate mneting of the trades' unions of this districtwas held in the Temperance'hall; St. Betoa's-street, fot the purposo of hearingf a 'statement respecting the strike, bf 2,'800'tiilore in London, and to consider the qu'eition ~of 'trades' unions gene~rally. The meeting was summoned by the Leeds, ?? ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2236 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE STRIKE OF ENGINEMEN ON THE NORTH-EASTER RAILWAY

... TIlTE 9 T'hEE OF ENGINEBIEN ON TIHE NORITI-I-EAS'I'ERN RAILWAY. Luius.-The strikQ of the mlen of the North- E:sstt' ?? is now declared to be practically at an mied, EO for as the company is concerned, as not only are the directors ?? all the trains which the pas-seuger and hlggage ?? require, but the present complement of drivers ani stokers could, by the appointment of the bast men freim a ...

Published: Tuesday 23 April 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2880 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

THE fate of the EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN is involved in painful mystery. The last time he was

... 7Ii LEEDS MERCURY. TX9 fate of the EMPEROR MAxims U i Involved in painful mystery. The last time he Was i heard of he was in the eity of Queretaro, at the head' of a starving garrison, Iosel urroanded by the. I Republicans. It Is now known 'At the garrison has surrendered to the mercy of the enemy, but among the', prisoners the Emperor does not appear. It is not known whether he has mauiged to ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2635 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE SLADE SUCCESSION

... . ' (1na fshe Daily NelW.) One of the mnost curiously difficult questions of marriage which has ever perplexed our courts occupied ten days in argument before the Court of Exchequer last term, and was disposed of without being decided yesterday. It arose out of no difficulty of interpretation of the English Marriage Act, nor out of any complication as to clandestine marriage in Scotland, or ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1548 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: News 

THE REFORM QUESTION. THE ELECTORS OF MALTON AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES

... An unwonted political stir has occurred in this usually quiet borough, consequent on the absence of Mr. Jns. Browvn and the defection of the Hon. C. W. W. Fitz- william from the Liberal ranks at the late division on the Government Reform Bill. As stated yesterday, the lead- iug Liberals addressed themselves to Mr. Gladstone, and made certain reflections on the conduct of their two mem- bers, ...

Published: Thursday 02 May 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 470 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

MR. ROEBUCK, M.P., AND MR. CONOLLY

... I MR. ROEBUCK, M.P., AND MR. CONOLLY Mr. Roebuck writes to the Times:- Sir,-In your paper of the 27th of June there appeared t6e following report of part of a speeoh made by a Mr. Cono]ly at a meeting of the Lonidon trades' unions respecting the Sheffield outrages. Among other things Mr. Cono]1y said:- He (Mr. Conolly) denounced these outrages in strong terms, but said that anything ould be ...

Published: Monday 08 July 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 441 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE WEATHER

... FRUDAY.-The increase in pressure reported yesterday as observed at Valentia has extended to all stations in Irelasd and Scotland, and amountsi to little an inch at Nairn. At Rochefort and Holder there is a docreaso of nearly four-tenths of an inch; but at the English stations the diminution is shown in loss degree. Tempera- ture has also diminished. The wind blew strongly from nohth-west ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2079 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News