... In accordance with our rule onl previous occasions we gjivo below the trallic increases or decreases on the prit- cipal lilles ilt the kingdom for the half-year, or such portion it the half-year ais is included ia the returns of last week, together witth the additional mileage and per ceutage of ilailic increases or decreases for the same timlo:- lRtilsays. ilseeaws T.itc. Porcenta3e. Belfast ...

... LorDON, Monday. There is a passage in the tolegraphic news from America to the effect that a chatge is expected in the Mexican policy of the Federal Government. I do not think there will bo any real change in the course to be pursued. But there is a new fact in the situation. The Emperor Maximilian, disgusted at the treatment he has received from the French, and surprised that having beou a ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. I A Nnw Yonic telegram of the IIth instant announces that the Legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia have rejected the Constitutional Amondment. That is to say they refuse the profferred compromise of Congress, and prefer to remain unrepreseuted rather than submit to 'he terms of the amendment. It is believed that this action of the Border States is largely attributable to ...

... LATEST NEWS, [rREn 's TEIzEon , AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) Naw Yor, Jan. 8. The House of Representatives has passed the res). lution for the impeachment of President Johnson. The Innman steamer City of Baltimore arrived or, to-day. PRUSSIA. BMaDw, Jan. 9. Baron von Werther, hitherto Prussian Envoy at Maarid, is spoken of as the future representative gf Prussia at the Saxon Court. It is ...

... LEEDS, JANUARY 12, 1807. DEATH OF Mit. D]UNOAN MACFARLAN.-We have to record thu death of this gentleomirs, which occurred at Airduaddy Castle, Oban, N.i., on the 4th iust. Mr. Mae- farenn carried on for upwards of thirty years a succeesfal busiuess in Glasgow as a Scotch tweed masnufacturer and merchant, having won for himsel]f a reputation for in- provinag thie fabric of an importantlbralule ...

... THE FATAL EIRE IN CARLISLE- STREET. The adjourned ihiquest otl the recent fire 1 in Carlis6k-street was held yesterday. As miglht have been expected, the proceedings 1 were of very little value in eliciting informa- t lion which miholt lead tQ a discovery of the t causes of the catastrophe ; the only good that r clal be derived from the enquiry is the estab.. lishnient of greater safe-guards ...

... 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 ...

... (FeesRoMe LONDON REPORTER.) LoNDOON, TuOSday. Though the state of the sheets ?? the thaw has been considerably better than was expocted, and though consequently little has been said on the subject, there is no doubt that the feeling against the present system of local government that has long prevailed has been intensitied by its inability to grapplo with the recent storm, and the almost total ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL, of LEEDS, JANUARY 9, 1867. GRECIANi SCUm'TURE.--Thc first 6f two lectures Ou; On Greek Art, especially Architecture,'' was delivered NV ]ast siight to the members of the Leeds Philosophical and . Literary Society, by Dr. Kinkel, F.1R.G.S., Professor at ?? the Fe'dora] 1'olytechnicum of Zurich. The lecturer 6 directed attention, fi-rs, to the inquryhewit caune- to fl pass ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...