... TBlE L I CMES INO ,i SEEI. A measure klnwiw l as the LiverpOOl Licensin1g Bill, but which is really a bill aipplicablo to tics whole upuntry, is likely to bce brought to-morrow nright beclre the Ilouse of Commons. The present systeln of licenia, lc has clraimed of late a large a0uount uf gelcc attlcitl u. Its evils are felt to be very great, scsid we believe tc ?? iiois is becomhg rips for ...

... The Paris correspondent of the Times says :-The definitive answer of the Berlin Cabinet to the lest appeal made to it with a view to a pacific settlement of this un- I fortunate question of Luxeinburg is expected here to-day ] (Friday) or to-morrow. Thereis no doubtwhatever that both Russia and Austria, as well as England, admit the illegality of the Prussian occupation of the fortress, and ...

... H[OUSE OF COMMONS, YESTERDAY. The- Ilouse met this (ay for tho first timue afterthe Easter holidays. The Sertam took the chair shortly before four o'clock rii. LArTo-CeIs'ns toeh the oath and his seat for Middle- sex in the eoom of the late Mr. itR Culling Hanubuly. 3Ir. Gladstone ewas not prcleiit in the House duricig the evening. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. LAING gave notice that iu comimittoe oui ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. 4 ThE news from the Continent h has suddenly become much more pacific. Prussia has accepted the I -1 1- A - AA 1- A AAA.- 4- A I; 8 proposal for a conference, and has agreed to abide by its decision, on certain conditions. It scorus that a neutral Power-we believe England-had proposed that Prussia should evacuate and destroy the fortress of Luxemburg, and that then a ...

... THE LEEDSJ MERCURY. TuE KNIX OF PRUSSIA opened the Chamber at Berlin yesterday. The Royal speech, contrary to expectation, contained no direct allusion to the Luxenm- burg question. The King repeated what he said at the closing of the Federal Parliament about the united power of the nation guaranteeing to Germany the bles- sings of peace and the effectual protection of her rights; but he added ...

... FOREIGN AMEND COLONIAL. FRANCE. Tho Governn5ent, through the HIaval Jithographic ttgen(,, has .ellt to 1i1 tieo provincial journials a ln-mifsito Ylstitcll to preparss the public siinsi for iminaffliiitte war. Thle enature Of the relatioons of the Ifavas agency with the C(overnisent is so notorious that it is needloss to ?? %I on tile enitirely otlicial character of tho circular article, ?? is ...

... W1HAT THE REFORM BILL WILL DO IN I THE COUNTIES. (Proan the Chrasicfe.) 'When boltsehoid suffrage is enjoyed in the boroughs, what stand can be made against the dmamnd for it in countiesP The Whig theory used to be that the borough Members represeuted the occupiers, and the county members the owners of England. 'The application of this theory to the Reform Bill of 1832 was umarred by tile ...

... H1OW TO LEAD A PARTY. (Rsjosl thie Londosn Revietv) The recent remarkable issue of the race between the bare and the tortoise, in which the former was defeated, has sot that animal s many friends (chiefly of the profession of journalism) at work upon the ungracious oafice which is proverbially asso- ciated with the miseries of Job. We would fais essay a less thankless and more profitable task. ...

... LEEDS, APRIL .,O, 1867. NO1(TH RlDINa CIIAMBEl or AGRICULTURE.- The lh st general mceetirig of the members of this newv asso- CaLtiOii Was la.id at MlatOnl On Satilrday, at the offices of the til politiy ccel etary, Mr. J otll Soulby. Mr. Josepih Sniitrl, of Iisebrougli, pcesided, and reniarked UpO10 the vrgcrit iccessity for cosl)iiration amuoeg farmoers to pro- tect Iteir intelests. Speeches ...

... tLATEST NEWSol [lInUR's TELzorzuu PRUSSIA. OPENING OF THE CITA3XLERS. -SPEECH OF TIlE KING. BERnM, April 29. The opcning of the Prussian Diet for an cctraordi- atry &esstion, took place to-day in thoe White 1ail. About 250 members wecre prescit. In the diplomatic box were the roreseutiitive4. of England, Rus3ia, the Ilanse Towns, llesse-Darmwltadt, and Saxony. The Ctort box svis unloccullpied. ...

... OFFICIAL REPORT. Copies of the reports of MAr. Dickinson, in- spector of mines, on the Oaks catastrophe, and of the report of Mr. Inspector Wynne on the explosion at Talke- o'-the-Iiill, have been presented to Parliament. The report of Mr. Dickinson, which is mado to the IHomse Secretary, is dated Ilendloton, Manchester, Feb. 7. After somie explanatious le 6nys:-Of 3GI lives which were lost, ...

... 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 ...