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... LOCAL AND I GENERAL LEE D, JUNE 27, 1867. PnTiIOnS.-In the House of Commons, on Tuesday, petitions were presented by Mr. Beeroft, from Leeds (signed by 3,500 inhabitants of Leeads), and by Mr. Norwood, from the Hull Licensed Vietuallora Association, against the Sunday liquor Bill; by Mr. Hadfield, from the f electors of Sheffield, prayim that the borough of Sheffield j may in future be ...
... BET.LGIAN VI81T. On Friday afternoon his Royal Thgign te Prince of Wales, as president of the Central Belgis the osption Committee, presided at a crowded general inaR hedat Willes's-rooms, King-street, St. James' s, for hn. purpose of receiving a report as to the progress of the fund and the orgaizton for the reception of the Belgian5 shirarival next month i oln n°gtt present were Capt. Heeles ...
... BI SHOP MORRELL AND THE BISHOP OF ,TUlRHTAr[. The following correspondlence has taken place between Dr'. Marcel!, Coadljutor-Bishop of Edinburgh and the Bishop of Durham: Auckland Castle, Bishop's Auckland, May 31, 1867. Eight Rev. Sir,-It has just been brought under my notice, that in a recent visit which yon paid to Darhans you preached at St. Oswald's, and, 'instead of using a collect ...
... TH.E LEEDS MERCURY. Tln3it are some indications of rieneie con- Ifidenec between France and Prussia. The French soldiers of the Class of 1861 have been sent home, in consequence, it is said, of what took place at the last interview between the Kixu oF PRUssIA and the Ennuiron, and the step is said to have given great Satisfaction at Berlin. It i3 in some sort regarded as a gauge of peace. g ...
... MRS. YELVERTON'S CASE IN THE HOUSE I . OF LORDS.. I Much interest was excited yesterday morning in the House of Lords in consequence of an annouilce- ment that Miss Longworth, alias the Hon. Mrs. i elverton, would appear in foom pauperis before the House, as appellant in this longadisputed case- and would plead her own cause before their lord. ships. The case came before their lordships on a ...
... Tan recent animadversions upon the House of Lords seem to have produced some effect upon that branch of our Constitution. Whether the strictures which have been so liberally bestowed were merited or not may be left an open question; certain it is that the sittings of twenty minutes duration, and the business of no importance have been exchanged for long debates and pregnant dis- cussions ...
... LA TERST NEWS. ?? Txnnonnral FRANCE. TouaOr4 June 21. A squadron of the Italian navy anchored to~day in the roads of Toulon, having received instrttctioiis by telegraph to proceed to Malts in order to escort I he Sultan to Marseilles. The French ironclad squadrob is about to leave on the same mission. Paus, Jane 21, Evening. In to-day's sitting of the Lsgislative body M. Rouher announced that. ...
... RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNA. 25Tvu WEEK THIS HALF.YhAE. Total SmeIno, or Idileage R4nWen'.T 1887. 1866. i.year. , 86 Des, 166 1866 Bristol and Exeter.. 8158 7762 13 - is 1ot Caleden ?? -- - - - - 673 516 Cambrian ?? 2851 2111 iso-15 100 Cookekrruth, K.,&Pen 478 470 31 - 0orks1landou,&Kin. 464 401 - - - 20 20 De ?? 17 17 Dablin &]Slfaetino. 1590 1431 - - -- D~ublin & Dlrogheda-. 1S1S 1783 - - 76 75 ...
... DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT Rtvrrnon ?? A_1- . _ between six and seven o'clock on Friday night an accident of a most alarming character, resulting in injuries to an engine driver and stoker, which may prove fatal, and in considerable damage to pro. perty, occurred or the Great Northern Railway, a short way beyond the Wortley Junetioms, near Leeds. At that time a locomotive in charge of nine wag. ...
... For sometime a most shameful practice has been carried on by persons who visit our beautiful and well-kept cemetery. Many of the graves have been heartlessly pillaged, and not only flowers but other articles taken from them. Mr. Nequest, the secretary to the company, and superintendent of the cemetery anxious to put a stop to such disgracefulpractices, directed the men employed on the grounds ...
... THE BRITISH 9EMPBANXCE LEAGUE. The Conference was resumed yesterday morning', at ten o'lock; in St; (edirfe's-hall, Bradford, under the presidency of Mr. J. Tnssr. Mr. E. JONES, of the Yorkshire Band of Hope Union, first addressed the Conference, giving some particulars of the rise and progress of the movement in Yorkshire. The Union had been established two years, and 100 societies were now ...
... On Monday, in the picturesque grounds of Thornton Abbey, the 1st administrative battalion of Lincolnshire Rifle Volunteers formed a camp. On reaching the ground, for which the battalion is indebted to the a arl of Yarborough (its former lientenunt-colonel), we found the tents had been pitched on Saturday by the foraging party, and that comparatively few of the companies had arrived, As the ...