... THE RECONSTRUTCTION ACT OF THE FEDERAL CONGRESS, [FROM THE STANDARD.] Ir would be difficult to find in all history a vio- lation of justice, of law, of good faith, an out- rage on liberty and right, that will bear con- parison with the so-called Reconstruction Act of the late Federal Congress. The establishment of a military despotism over six OF eight millions of menof English blood, by a ...

... WEEKLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUUH OF LEEDS. 17m VvS, 1867. Tn the week ending last Saturday 4,081 births and 2,276 deaths were registered in ten latge cities and boroughs of England, includin London. The births exceeded by 490, while the deaths were 286 below, the average weekly numbers in the ten years 1851-60, cor- rected for increase of population to the middle of this year ...

... IMPERIAL PAR-LIAlMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, YESTERDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. THE SCOTCH AND IRISH REFORM BILLS. In reply to questions from Mr. SsoiopOLE SauddSir'R. Acss'nuvEsRs, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEQUER said'that bh regarded thb Scotch Reform Bill as more presiing than the Irish Reform Bill, as Ireland had more recently been legislated for. The Wrsh bill 'was in ...

... I T be; rP D D e l- 1OE., _WM , s J \ e 11 11 . ?? 11 I .mo 'un srsci~a co~sauROMHE 1APt 26. What her commencniient'is:tq lrie;iand her u commemoration to Oxford, .that, on a very large tl scale, is to Rome: the week which we have just tc survived-a week which - is here styled * Holy, IC but which is surely in fact the most unholy week of rZ the Roman year. For is any kinil of religion com ...

... THE SOUTH LANCASHIBE LIBERALS AND MR. GLADSTONE. A public meeting of the liberal county electors in support of the Bight Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, 3L., was held last night at Hengler's circus, Newington, Liyerpl . W. RATHBONE, jUW, in the chair. The building hogls about 3,000 persons; the admission was by ticket, and was chiefly confined in the first instance to county eleotors, of whom ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE S LOcAL BAmaUrPTS.-From Friday's Gazette.-Thomas al Pank, Southsea, master-mariner; Richard Smith, Chiches- I ter, plumber; Maulice Thomas Hardy, Freemantle, is dentist. t ToE VOiLUTEE REVIEW or 1868. - The Mayor has ii given notice that at the quarterly meeting of the town S council he will move that a committee be appointed to k consider the desirability of requesting the ...

... - f o f Agent-MB. 0. Durxocx. CoNcErT.-A vocal and instrumental concert was given M' on Friday evening last, at the Corn Exchange, by the fol members of the singing class (assisted by friends), for the to benefit of their conductor, Mr. Finley. The programme, as will be seen below, comprised a judicious selection of Ep pieces, both vocal and instrumental, in pleasing variety, Vy the whole of ...

... LATEST_ NEWS. HERALD OFFICE, Wed)wsdayMorming. TELEGRAMS BY SPECIAL WIRE. REFORM DEPUTATIONS. SPEECHES BY EARL DERBY AND MR DISRAELI. (From oar own Correspondent.) Two deputations of a Conservative character had interviews, one with the Chancellor of the Exche- quer, and the other with Lord Derby and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the Right Hon. Gentleman in ...

... POLITICAL TRIALS UNDER FRENCH AND ENGLISH LA W. IT seems singular that in a country where the hatred of informers has always been intense and universal there has never yet been an Irish out- break in which these persons did not abound, the only difficulty being to choose from among the multitude of those ready and anxious to sell their secrets to the Government. But there are informers and ...

... . TO THE EDITOR OF THE DE'RBY MERCURY. Sir-Your correspondent of last week, who writes on &PerplexedLiberalism, wonders who was the ex-official who told Mr. Bass 1 he ought to be ashamed of himself, and suggests two names, but neither of them are right. The Standard a few days since told us pretty plainly who it was, and I have since heard from a private and reliable source that he was ...

... I~~~ _I . SANDIACRE. At the vestry meeting on Thursday last the Rev. J. L. Lo gmire presided, when he nominated Mr. James Lakin to be churchvwarden. The meeting appointed Mr. Daniel Robinson for the parish. WIRIKSWORTIH. On Tuesday, the day for the appointmont of churchwar- dons, a meeting was held in the vestry of the parish church, when the following were reappointed without opposition- for ...

... a d. iFtsP~ ?? i?.'Y ' . ' | CHAP., E OP, 01VXSPYRAe - To DEIo' ,, UD AZ I I ?? .l4YEB. QL0 A case of considerable; commercialinterest wnaa 'roisght yesterday before Mr. RAiffles, the Liverpool stipen- l inagistrate, an information eing Blaid amganstMeosrs,' ':Rahi ,ironfounders of Liverpool, and Mr. 'Hde, manager of the National Bank, Liverpool, acarging isiem with having conspired to' ...