... LEEDS TOWN COUNCM. -I A special meeting of the Council was held at the Leeds Town Hall, on Saturday, the MAYon presiding.- On the motion of Mr. Aid. BoiTEnura, seconded by Mr. Aid. KmsALL, a vote of thanks was given to the Mayor for the picture by Haydn which has presented to the Corloration, and which Las been placed mn his worship's official chambers, WTIE BOlOUOU lAnTE. Mr. W. H. HnmPFR, ...

... It.4 'Mlatln JIM ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. First Night of the Season, To-sXoscow (Tuesday), April 2, will be performed Bedlini's Opera, NORMA. Norma, Madame Maria Vilda; Adalgisa, Madame L. Sherrington; Ciotilde, Mdlle. Anese; Oroveso, Signor Attri; Flavio, Sigpor Rossi; and Po~llo, Signor Naudin. Con. ductor, Mr. Costa. The Opera commences at half-past Eight. Pit tiokets, 7s.; ...

... FRANCEl . (FROM OUR OWN COTBIE5PONDENT.) [The following appeared in our Evening Edition of Saturday :1 PARIS, FaiDAY EVEnNG. The resignation of Count Walewski, which I spoke of as probable two days since, was an- nounced by himself from the chair of the Corps i Legislatif at the opening of this day's Sitting. 1 President Walewski said: I have a communication to make to the chamber, and beg a ...

... 'a The foilowig are the re-ceipts of railways for the ?? ispast week: Ne- ?? open. Receipts. NAMcE. 16f1806 18t2'11W66 Belfast ad~d Northern Counties ?? 100 10G L2283i A2005 BlatadCounty Down ?? 44j 6-20, 591 ~~y Mth and~yne 36 35 2171L 24227 Brecon and Merthyr . 68 64 944 1254 Bristol and Exeter ?? 121* 6105! 695 LY Caledonian ?? 662.~ 298231 31031 ras Cambrian ?? ISO 1I60! 1973 to ...

... BRIGhT ON A RATING FRANCNISE, I During the debate on Tuesday, Mr. Bright, in replying to some structures by Mr. Lowe on his (Mr. Bright's) bill of 1859, ?? that bill I made this proposition-that all those persons who were rated, whether they paid rates themselves or not-(in all cases if they paid the rates themselves)-and in cases whore the landlord paid a composition rate, down to the point ...

... ATiST ~ELGUA'HC N.E&WW ?? . COUTEiSr TEEGRAMS.] re tl] to A- .ERICA.| re teThA TIiaIL] tb tTl'ES TSLEGOBA.] at New YoaBXlbDAy, 5 30 Px. t. .are aloen the American cable n-id the ar turd laidsat any part of the coast of the b, rued as °t eptil Florida. to ted l34es ExChiOye, 109l. United States 5-20 an Geld lt. gie Qi 111liois Central, 115ws- ientrolewi.~c. Cotton: Middling upland, 30Jc. WI ...

... THE PARIS EXHIBITION. The Daily News suggests that the comparatively informal and uncere- monious manner in which the Paris Exhibition is to be inaugurated to-day may be accepted with thankfulness by a too credulous world as an oppor- tunity and excuse of saying as little as possible about the moral efficacy of these enormous shows. No city could be better chosen for such a show than Paris. ...

... A new and better order of things as to the parks of Western London dawns this'day. Henceforward Hyde and the Green Parks are to be under the charge of the police, and park-keepers are to become personages of ancient history. The carriage way through Hyde Park is to remain open until midnight, instead of being closed at Io P.M., and the Magazine Barrack, in the centre of the park, is to be ...

... ~TJAT T N EWS [D~ora's TEtLeGB] AMERICA. [hTIms' Txucou] Nzw YosRN, Friday 5.30 p.m. cesres nallows the American cable vid the racodn to land at any part of the coast of the United i, escepting Florida. 9kew Orleans a now police is to be formed irres. ' i colour. *[cisurien's TctEOnA!.1 NEwr YonH, March 30, (6 p.m.) Cercrep has adjourned till December next, except- . the event of a qunorum ...

... A deputation consistingof Mr. Philip Rathbone (chairman of the commercial law committee of the r- Liverpool Chamber of Commerce), accompanied 70 by Mr. Graves, M.P., Mr. Laird, M.P., and Mr. Beines, had an interview on Friday with the Duke .rof Richmond and the Right HEon. Stephen Cave, a-at the office of the Board of Trade, on the subject t of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Bill. THE EIECTS 'OF ...

... 0 )T~ DUt tttgr9, a joba gufalia_~ (FROM FRIDAY 1NIGHT'S GAZETTE.) WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL.-MIARCH 29. 3goyal Regiment of Artillery-Second Captain and Adju- tant George Francis Worsly to be captain, vice Brevet- .aior Richard Pittmnan, deceased; Lieutenant Chris- *topher Charles Pemberton to be second captain, vice Worsley; Lieutenant Holloway ~Walrond Hastings to ie second captain, vice John ...

... I An important despatch by the Atlantic cable is published by the Times. A treaty was sent to the Senate on Saturday, which cedes to the United States for a consideration of seven millions the whole of Russian America and the adjacent islands, the effect of which will be to exclude British Columbia almost entirely from the Pacific. The despatch adds :- It is reported that the British ...