... THE LEEDSMERCURY. COUNT BISMARK' S organ, the North Germanc Gazettc, does not approve of the explanations of the Luxemburg treaty given by LoaD DRB9Y and Loan SrAsnnv in the British Parliament. It holds that the guarantee is a serious and binding obligation in fulfil- ment of which the British Government is bound to go to war if necessay. Lord Stanley had made light of this obligation because ...

... 'TRE SUNDAY CLOSING BILL, (Finoms can LoNDoN lREPonoiEauc.) LoNDoN, Thursday. This afternoon a meeting, pretty largely at- tended, of licensed vietuallers was held in the London Tavern, under the auspices of the Licensed Victuallera' Protection Society, to consider the provisions of the bill of Mr. John Abel Smith, now before Parliament, which pro- poses to: rohibit drinking on the premises of ...

... IJA TEST NEWS.I [BRidns TnnaZ Ra.] FRANCE. I'Ams, Jane 24. The .Etctndard of this evening says it is officially known that the Sublime Porte admits the principles of an inquiry into the events which have ocourrod in Crete, reserving only to itself to decide on certain questions of a purely formal character. The trial of Beregowaki will be held at the Seine Assizee onl the 12th July. PRUSSIA.. ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. J THE Prussian Government has dismissed from their livings, without pension, the twenty-six olergy- m-e-n of- Northiern Schfoswig wvho refused to take the oath of .allegiance to the KmG 0or PniussL&. The decree was published at Kiel yesterday. TnE KinG OF PRUSaIA is to leave Berlin to- day for France, and is expeeted to arrive at Paris to- morrow. The Qunmm oi' SrAI will ...

... THE MIDLAND AND GLASGOW AMAL- GAMATION. (Froes tiMD Shefcld Independcendt.) So absurdly indiscriminate has been the late peaicin railway stock that the soundest and beet managed railwais have been depreciated. And seeing how much directors have been led into new competitive undertakings by their own aggressive spirit or by the arts of others, there has been a very decided reaction among ...

... *. THE PACIFIC. The following is extracted from the Panama Star and Herald of the 6th instant, dates from Valparaiso being the 18th of May, and from CaUao and Lima the 28th:- IICnis.-T4he departure of the Spanish fleet to the Spanish West Indies is no sooner known than the true policy of the Executive becomes apparent, Nevor caring for cax, they never in reality prepared for it; there was the ...

... LOCAL AND GENERALI LEEDS, JUNE 15, 1867. Rev. Alfred Holden Bles, B.A., of Lancashire College, has accepted a unanimous invitation to the pas- torate of Hoadingley Hill Congregational Churoh, Leeds. LxEDs Towx ComNOI,.-A special meeting of the Leeds Town Council will be held on Monday next, when the question of purchasing the field in Camp-road for market purposes will be re-considered. It ...

... THE SHEFFIELD TRADES UNION OMySlSION. i FIFTH DAY, FRDAY.' Before the Exarminers:-Mr. OvER100, Q. ., MXr. CHANCE, end Mr. BAnsrow. Mr. CrANDnls for the Outrage Committee; Mt. Suao for the Defence Committee. On the opening of the court yesterday morning, Joseph Thomtpson, the secretary of the Scissor Forgers' Union, who made some singular disclosures on Tuesday in regard to rattenmg, was called ...

... The above was the title of a lecture delivered on Wednesday night to a numerous audience at the Stock Ex- change Hall, Leeds, by Dr. Wylie, of Edinburgh. On the platform, in addition to the rev. lecturer, were the Rev. 3. CLBLLANl (who occupied the chair), the Rev. R. Horsifeld (who opened the proceedings with prayer), and the Rev. J. Mitten. Trhe CnnxAN, in introducing Dr. Wylie, spoke of the ...

... CONFERENCE WITH MR. GLA.DSTONE ON I - COMPOUND RATING. I . . - . - . I I - A s. A deputation of vestry clerks, representative of the committee appointed by the various metropolitan parishes to consider and report what means can be adopted to avert the impending loss of parochial rates through the passing of Mr. Hodgkinson's amendment to the Reform till, had a conference, by previous ...

... LjOCAL AND, GENE LEEDS, JUNE 6, 186t Mr. Baines, MY.P, has placed on the paper a notice of motion for an additional Member for Leeds, and Mr. Hedfield a similar notice for an additional Member for Sheffield. In the House of Commons bn Tuesday a petition was presented by Mr. Akroyd, from Sunday schools and inhabitnuts of Halifax, against the sale of intoxicating drinks on Sundave. Mr. Russell ...

... 4PPROACHING CORONATION OF THE KINGC IOF RUNGARY. - P65TH, June 3. The Inaugural Diploma anid Form of Oath-the former to be subscribed by the King, in the castle at Ofen, On Coronation morning, and the latter to beiepea~ted by his Mdaj eety, in the presence of the people assembled before the VanX Hireibh,' in peeth, after he shall have been crow~n~ed in the Ffsrr Kirche of, Ofen-were brought to ...