... THE BILL IN COMMIITEE. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GENTLEMEN,-After reading the recent reform speeches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I must say I have been struck with the idea that, at the time of speaking them, he had utterly forgotten, or purposely left out of consideration, anything and everything about the people who were mostly concerned in that special business of ...

... OPLNING PUBLIC-HOUSES ON SUNDAY. The followving is a copy of a till respecting the ?? of liquors cn Sunday, brouligt into tho Hlouso cf ,iillwls lv M1. J. A. Smilitil, r. Bailey, and Mr. Niles It is elntitled A bill for further rogulatiug the Je o'f f~rcented and distilled liquors ou Stuiday iu Eng- lam an(d Wales':- Wherfas tihe restrictions on the sale in England and alcs of femicuted and ...

... LATEST NEhyx ?? TerLEon.x1,j THE LUXEMBURG QUESTTIr IMPORTANT CHANGE IN TJI SITUATION. Prussia accepts the invitation te a -. will not agree beforehand to the condition. re, the neutralieation and razing of the fortrcis rT burg and the withdrawal of her troops conference, however, settle the altore tern Prussia would also agree to them on their execution be placed under European - PAnas, April ...

... Tim Spanish quwstion is yet iu a very critical position. So far as we Inow at preseut, no awevr has -LL. ?? + LN ?? - ?? .v A-Is 11111 aur f.11.11 F II yet been returned to Loan) STANLEY's demand, but there are pretty clear indications that the Spanish Goverin- ment is not yet disposed to compliance In the Senate on Tuesday night the Mi.Nrsmrn roll Formoa AFFAIRS, in answer to an inquiry about ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. TirE rumour mongers are still busy at Paris. Yesterday there were reports that French officers had 6 tbeen arrested at Mayence and Prussian officors at Thio- ville ; but they are declared to be devoid of founda- ltion. Rentes were yesterday 38 cetinuies lower than on the previous day. The Prcses reneats a rumour to the sio effect that COUNT Bismauni has resigned in ...

... FOIZEIGN AGRICULTURAL GOSSIP. There is not imuch of general miomient to record from France, Agricultural intelligence does not abound jut at present. :as the general interest is centred in the Universal Exhibition, the district State exhibitions, or the competition of fat stock, Before saying something about these latter contests, we may observe that the first series of the cattle shows at ...

... BRIGANDAGE IN THE PAPAL STATES, Via- Tevoar, April 11, the In spite of the prophecies of all my friends, and not the alarming reports current about the dangers of the roads Of between Sesoui, Palestrina, and Sutiaco, I aind myself still in uudisteubcd possession of all my extrenoities, and, after all, a week's absence in the wilds, once more in an atmosphere ant of Cockneydlom and Yankeedons. ...

... TIHE P1OLICY OF Tl'Iiil SlOUThT LETTER FROM GENERAL BEAURJJEJGARD General Beauiregardl hrs wsrittvie ?? ?? letter on thoe pclitical situaticii to the editor oi thet ?? . 011tllss Timrtsa: New Orleans, March ?? l 1, s Dear Sir.-You have dolone ie the holiour to Cii my opinion relative to tile actionl or tile South Catler ( Military Bill. Having seldorti taketi any t'ut inlip ht tie not feel ...

... OPENING OFTHlE KEIUIILEY AND WORbTH VALLEY RAILWAY. On Saturday tire inarbaittnuts of the Valley of Worth wvere for cthe first tune in their lives placed inl coin- nauiention by mi-ii with tim rest of the world. T'Ie peopile of that busy but remote corner of Yorkshire have for the last three Years been anticipating the opening of a short linle of rriiwny stretching from Xeighiey to Oxen- hope, ...

... I FOREIGN AND CO-LO.A0AIq AU' STRALIA. (Front the .lt ul rn Aq of Pest ? j) Tho Parliantont of Victolia is a eliii Gnl ge iindllj sing a revision of the tariff, a very serious aniditi.t' taxation of the colony, through the Custom- hoie becn proposed by the Millistry. Onl the OithI h - Ticassucr uuiliiitted his ?? and thu di-ca ;- t it- propositions still continues. As we ?? lustq Mr. Verdon ...

... LATEST EWS TIRE THREATENED WAn. The Taris pa13er I.,/X it of yesterday heads in, lh, .ig article with tho vcrdi Ole National ar,' ?? says, Thore iS now scarcely nlry ?? v t dIoubt. W'er between Primi and France is aln)ps inevitable. IEvery day which passes withou' thi evacuation of Luxermburg by the Prtteusians agrsran the situation, for it is an additional day of llj iii for France, The ...

... F RIENDLY SO JrETIES. DEMUONS9TATION.| 3Ir. Tidd Pratt, the Registrar of Frieudly Societies, ?? to the Y7I'.Oes :--A socioty called the Farriers' Horseshoe Fund wlas established iii 1817, and in that venr the rules were duly certified ; they were revised in August, 1862, and agaill certified. The society is now held at tile Fountain, New-street, Golden-sqUare, and consists, fromt tlre report ...