... . We understand tbat Major Sykes, of WVest Ella, has givesi a second. donation of £~50 to the proposed parsonan e house for St. Mlary's parishi THEz'fsHsATRE-ROYAL.-Mr. Robinson, the builder and mortgagee of this theatre has advertised it to be sold or let. Mr. Coleman has, we understand, made an offer, which is now under consideration. BoAxmNv.-We. understand that an agreement has been ...

... A meeting of the above society was held en Monday at the Town-hall, when the Mayor (Alderman Loft) presided. Mr. T. F. Hewett, the honorary secretary, reported that he had received a legacy of £50 be- queathed by the late Miss Ellen Agatha Jehnings, of alton Abbey Rectory, near Driffield, and a £10 (second donation) from Major' Sykes, West Ella. A letter ivas read from the parent society ...

... y1a ]ItGHT, M.P., AND MI. MILL, M.P., ON iREPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES. Abe following are the speethes delivered in the gouse of Commons, on Friday, by Mr. Bright and Mr. )ail, on Mr. Lowe' motion:- Mr. BraOzrT said-I think it an unfortunate thing for the mover of this proposition that those who are in favour of it do not appear to approve of it. The Hon. Member for Plymouth, and the Hon. ...

... (By Teleyrapp.) HOUSE OF LORDS, YESTERDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock, SALE OF LAND BY AUCTION. The Commons amendments on the Sale of Land by Auction Bill were agreed to, after a division, in which a motion of Lord Sr. LaoxAnos to throw the responsibility of altering the original bill upon the House of Commons was rejected by 60 to 9. MISCELLANEOUS. The County Treasurers (Ireland) ...

... TER COLLI&ON ON THE BLYTH AND TYNE. RAILWAY.-X2,200 DAMAGES. At the ±lewcastle Assizes on Saturday, before Lord Chief Ijustice Bovill, the case of Donaldson v. Blytli audd Tyne Railway Company was tried. Mr. s C., r. Jones, Q.O., and Mr. Crompton acue for the plaintiff; and the Hon. A. Liddell, 0., and Mr.'Laycock for the company The action, Mr. Mniaty stated, was brought against the Blyth and ...

... THE RECEPTION OF THE SULTAN BLY ME CORPORATION OF LONnON. (From oun LoNDoN UmPoen'm.) LoNnoN, Thursday Night. The grand reception of his Imperial Majesty the: Sultan by the civic authorities of London, which took place to-night in the ancient hall of the city, was one of the most ?? ceramonials that a week of fine shows has produced, To meet the Eastern Sovereign nearly three thousand of the ...

... THE LATE EMPEROR MAXIMILIA. TO THE EDITORS OF THEi LE:EDS MERQURY. GLNTLTlFBN,-From. the impartial tone of your. article in to-day's impression upon the-reeent events ln Mexico, in which you urge the necessity of waitingt for further evidence before condemning Juarez as a monster; of crueltyi I feel sure you will allow me to correct what is likely to convey an erroneous impressions Your ...

... p.1fl ,A short time ago, the following memorial, signed by sixteen clergymen and fourteen church- wardens of Hull, was addressed to the Archbishod of York:- * We, the undersigned clergy and churchwardens in the town and county of Kingston-upon-Hull, desire respectfully to approd'ch your Grace, and to tender our thanks for the plain and earnest way in which your Grace has spoken in reference ...

... TIHE LEEDS MERCURY. a 8 TnE1 telegram received by the Austrian 1o Government respecting the EmnBBoiz MAXfhrImLvN ' o states, on the authority of official debpatches from the 0 0 Austrian Minister at Washington, and from the Cap- 8 tafi of the Austrian steamer Elizabeth, stationed at s4 ?? Cruz, that Maximilian was shot on the 19th ult. no 0The story rests entirely upon the statement of the 8 ...

... MIDLAND AND GLASGOW AND SOUTJ-HI WE8TERN AMALGADNIATION BILL, (FRoM owB LONSoN REPourTER.) LONDON, Thuraday. The Select Committee of the House of Lords resumed the consideration of this bill this morning, Lord PnrucNmN in the chair. The most important witness was Mr. Rotsbotlsams, the late manager of the North British Railway, who was recalied. In the course of his evidence he spoke of the. ...

... ALBERT ORPHA, X ASYLUM. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF DINING HALL AND CRAPEL BY HER MAJESTY. ' On Saturday afternoon theinaugrattion care- many of laying the foundation stone of a dianin hall and 'chapel for the Albert Orphan Aeylum for Destitate Chil- dren, situate at Co~ngwdod Court, near Bagphot, Surrey, wes performed by Her Majesty the Queen, in the presence of a ?? and fashionable assem ...

... ITHE WESLEYAN CONNFERECE. - The Committee of Review oni Bome Missions met on Tuesday morning at nine o'dock. The Rev. G. T. PDirs, MI.A., treasurer of the fond, stated that as the balance-sheet could not be made up till after conference, he could give only a proximate estimate of the financial position of the society. The debt at the beginning of the year was £2,043, The committee trusted that ...