... I (By Telegraph.) HOUSE OF LORDS, Y5nI IA. Their Lordsbips met at five o'clock. INCREASE OF THE EPISOOPATE. The House went into committee on the Increase of the Episcopate Bill. On the clause authorising the appointment of saffraggan bishops, The Earl of DERBY opposed the Clause, and objected to the appointment of suifragan bishops altogether. After some discussion, and without any result ...

... LONDON, BRIGETON, AND SOUTH-COAST I RAILWAY. I The adjourned special meeting of shareholders wee held at noon yesterday, in the International Hotel, London Bridge; Col. BnrTrxt, I.P., in the chair. The CHARAN, in opening the proceedings, said,- Gentlemen, I now have to declare the result of the poll on the amendment to Sir Charles Jackson'sB resolution. For the amendment there are 10,200 votes ...

... TO TILE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GcmraxN,-The letter of , Subscriber to the 'Ifadesmen's Benevolent Institution would he quite right in principle, if the candidates not at present residing in Leeds had removed to some other town for purposes of trade; but when, as in the case of the candidate who is at present residing in Bradford, the removal was solely to receive such assistance as he ...

... IEST'ABLISHMBNT OF A NORTH RIDING I CHIMBER OF AGRICULTURE. An iportant meeting of landowners, tenant farmers, and others, was held in the Cern Exchange1 Malton, on Saturday, for the purpose of foundls on a permanent basis the Ohamberot Agriculture for the worth Riding, established provisionally at Malton a month ago. The association now numbers several hundreds of mem- bere, and bids fair to ...

... 1 1UCELLA:NEOTJS .. .. -.I The Queen's departure for ?? is fixed for Wednesday evening next at 6.46. THE RELATIONS BETWERW FRANCE AND RUSSIA. in the negotiations which have just taken place Riessia constantly showed an ardent desire to preserve peace in Europe. The French Government in prirtialar hasn only hal cause for eatfactionat esympathetic attitude of the Government o St. Petersburg, and ...

... ITUE LEEDS MERCURY. 'Sit. DAVis, hating been delivered from his long mprisoument in Fortress Monroe, has left Rioh- emond oior New York. It is considered very doubtful whether he will ever be brought to trial, or be further molekted on account of his political acts. That a man who was the soul of a rebellion that has cost the United States tens of thousands of lives, and loaded the acountry. ...

... ScEhLANEOUSO Q? Mr. George Peabody arrived at Dublin on Sun- dlay evening by the Scotia at Qiseentown, and put up at the Queen's Hotel. The Queen, On the reeommeudstion of Lord Derbr, ct ?? on Sir George Marcoran, late re r of theu Spreme council of Justice in the lonisa Islands, the U M ?? of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. The Queen has just confewred on Sir Benjamin Guinness the ...

... THE TOMNES ELECTIONS AND BRIBERY. We learn from the Enqglish Independent that the participation of several Independents in the corrupt prac- tices ascertained b the Bribery Commission at Totnes has not gone unnoticed or unchastised by theirbrethren inthat town. The proceedings appear to have been of the most formal character, and, as far as an opinion can be formed at a distance, to have been ...

... THE DIOEST OF LAW COMMISSIoN. The first report of the Digest of Law Comrcj. Lion has been laid before Her Majesty. It is divided under two heads. In the first the Commissioners state what ha to be done, as they conceive, in fulfilment of the coma.s Lion entrusted to them by the Qaeen, and secondly hoe they propose to do it. They say: - It may be proper here to advert to what has recestly been ...

... FOREIGN AND COLONIJA1 ITALY. FTd ORhdy o c, ?? 1 Shortly after noon on Thursday nearly the entire allotted to the general public in the Palace of the 2ee Hundred was occupied, and towards one o'clock e nominal hour for the commeucement of business -the single square foot of standing groundcouldbeobtsiOtA The galleries belonging to the diplomatic body and toe other house of parliament were ...

... pERM~PARLIA ENT. (By TclcgrasphJ CoTSE OF COMONS, YzsTfBnAy. srralt took th c lair at four o'clock. ~l-~ SUNAE RADING BILL. HuGHES xcovd thel second reading of the Sunday Er. illfl'sexpaind that the bill carried out the inittees, and was generally. ~ttiof tO seect Cor ommnirty in the metropolls erre. toins,. d° bill proposed that Sunday 0fte ~ e pchsstpexcept in the case Of necas- shg S ...

... GREAT METING IN LONDON. SPEECH OF MR. BRIGHT, '(SpEcI. T=Ean= iu oerur LoNDON 11hfPOnRTH.) Loonox, Monday Evening. This evening a great reform meeting was held In the St. Jamees' Hall under the auspices of the National Reform Union. The announcement of the attendance of Mr. Bright and a large body of Members of Parliament Was sufficient to fill the hail an hour and a half before the time at ...