... L--l - AN GEN ERA J ,OCAJ; ~AND GENERALu LEEDS, JUNE 28, 1367. PETnTIONS.-In the House of ComOnmns, on V; dneedoay, petitions were presented by Mr. W. D. Fore- ter (23 petitions), from various religious bodies at lrad folid; by Mr. Wickbam, from Eastbrook chapel, Brad- iold; and by Mr. Baines, from 300 inhabitants of Both- well LBeds, and a public meeting of working men in the Tower ilmniets, ...

... [Fnozr onn LoNmoN REPORTR. | LoNDoN, Thursday. The adjourned half-yearly meeting was held to- day at the Victoria Station, Lord HARxrs in the chair. There was a very large attendance of shareholders. The Noble C nr=Norsoe, in moving the adoption of the re- port and accounts, referring to the company's bill now before Parliament, said that although that bill embodied the views of the directors, ...

... CON?3I?RVATIVE I?E1WONSTRATION IN LONDON. bISGBACEF1UL PRQGE:EDIWGS, (SPEOIA TnlcoW lrnoK oun LONDOoN RicrODs c.); , LOcNDON, Mlonday Night. To-night a meeting of the Metropolitan Working M~en's Conservative Association was heldd in St. James'a Hell, for the purpose of enabling; the friends of law and order to express tho attach- mcent of all ?? of Her Majesty's ?? to the Moner- ehioal and ...

... ?LGTOLo?1? FRANCE. No Sovereign entertains guests waith mnore~ 3ags j17, no one whether Sovereign or private person eges those w~io approach himu with more grace! ul sanddih ve courtesy than the Emperor Napoleon. Among tianed who have sought audience of bim I have know so YA .but a short time before were, conscientjeusl1y' I ?? Eunfriendly to him, but I have known no one wa dieV come away, not ...

... FOREIGN AND COLONa ITALY. Those foreigners who watch wdith sy Jue . the progress of Italian affairs will do well to lntecest selves constantly prepared for painful dip old then At the very moment when te prosect see t n and hope is most sanguine, dark clouds toebighls to the horizon. Just one month ago, thinga l05ly absre promising than they for somne tin Oh d d ,raesnre Ferrara's financial ...

... PARIs, Thursday Evening. The Emperor this afternoon reviewed a force of not less than d6,000 men at Longehamps, in honour of the Russian Czar, the Prussian King, and numerous other personages of Imperial and Royal blood now assembled at Paris. If Nalpoleon III. could feel a justifiable pride in displaying to these illustrious visiters the splendour of his capital, the magnificent improvements ...

... IMlPERIALI PAIRLIAM'ENT.- * d. .- e * - . ?? Telegraiph.) . . H[OUSE1 OF'ILORDS3, YEsTERPDAY.a Their Lordships met at five o'clock:. LRTSH RAILWAYS. The Earl of :RIDBERLEBY presented a petition from the Corporation of Dublin praying the Government to purchase the Irish railways, and stated that in his opinionI the subject was one whloa was deserving of the considera- tion of the Glovernment.X ...

... HUNGARY. Here is a queer incident in the coronation story of 11' gary. The Emperor cannot supuort his claire tothecra of St. Stephen by the production of any certificate tfo ft effect that his predecessor in the dignity hoin tll assume has ever in law resigned his Royal ?? to office. King Ferdinand V. is still living (at Pr.ague) it is currently reported that he gave a pereptsograe), and to ...

... The Chronicle of Saturday had a very interesting. and, at the same time, very alarming article upon the disease which has lately appeared in Ireland, and which our contemporary dreadfully names The New Black Death. We reprilt the greater part of this article below:- For more than fourteen months a mysterious disease has been displaying a rapid and fatal activity in Ireland. The first case ...

... ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MECHANIOSs : . INSTITUTE. - I a_ TXTr2 ,_ . I I . OnWednesdayevening the annual general meeting of the members of the Mechanics' Institute was held in the long room of the Institution, Mr. J. 1). Sollitt, the president, occupying the chair. The Chairman read the forty-second report of the committee. In presenting their annual report, the committee had muchf pleasure, and ...

... . BEVERLEY. a DETERMINED SUICEDB.-On Monday afternoon an i elderly man, named John Sproxton, a tailor, whilst '4being driven out in a light cart, for the benefit of c his health, on the Tickton.road, told the lad who was driving when they reached Hull bridge to go vo near'to the aide as he wished to look over,' The i- ld did so, and the deceased took the opportunity it of leaping into the ...

... PiY-SINTO EAnIg.- Tffg Psurn. Saturday Fveniug-- _psus, bsaturuay rv tUIug. £ IsI exlacly, fifty, three years two months and I It is N olechs the First's great rival made his (ii d the' ~res fyt cpital, fant tha e public, even if d (ber r, ino te chrerhiollvait and rsnl th e u a I re D5t Daturally inclinod to make ctiomasontraso pfgeerS a being. forcibly struck byhen tro st bO arlyt bell Vi)t ...