... GREAT FIRE AT NEWCASTLE., PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THi CNTAL EXCHANGE. z , l The Newcastle Chronicle of yesterday 1says:-On Sunday .evening, a terrible conflagr4tion broke out in the noble pile of buldings known as tzhe Central Exchange; and was only extinguished after a destructive courseof about five hours. The grand erection in which the confla- gration has occurred is a triangular block of ...

... -boseuier'D Express.) BADAJoZ, Aug. 17. The Governor of Badajoz has issued the follow- ing circular:- On the let and 2nd of the presentmonth rumours were current that a band of armed and mounted marauders had made their appearance in the pasture land of Valdeganias, the jurisdictional limit of the Valley of La Serena and Don Benito. t Proper measures having been adopted, some troops of the ...

... INDIA. The Mad(lras Athetucnel says that the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company have resumed operations in Kurnool. From the Bellary district, where considerable distress pre- vailed, the official reports were favourable; and on the recommendation of the collector the famine works had been discontinued. Cultivation had recommenced with the south-west monsoon, teo ploughing of some of tho ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL !9 LEEDS, AUGUST 6; 1867. 0 f AiRzAsi'. ViSITS ro BacIS.-The Mayor of 3 Leeds has received the following letter from the secretary a of the Society of Arts:- a John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C, v 1st August, 1867. e Sir,-Her Majesty's Government having made a grant a 4u the Society of Arts of five hundred pounds, conditioc- ally upon a like amount being raised by voluntary ...

... On Friday the ?? of the NationalA~rtil- leg, Association at ShoebuL.7neis among the Volunteer! Artillery detachments from Iallprts of the country were brou~ht 'to a close, and the third prize mneeting of the association will he formally concluded this day witiho th presentation of the prizes. The great prize of the meeting was the Queen'sa Prize, which, as mentroned in the report yesterday, ...

... THE, LORDS AND THE REFORM BILL. (item the DZoily News.s) The Reform Bill of 1867 awaits only the Royal assent to become the law of the land. The House of Lords have justified the confidenee placed in their dis- cretion b' submitting with a good grace to the rejestion by the Commons of four out of five of the substantive amendments introduced by them into the measure. They take their revenge by ...

... LATEST N EWS 5 (RazuT 5 TzL=AmS.) FRANCE. PARIS, Aug, 20. The Camp of Chalons will be broken up o0 the l t of September. r The SPatre of this evening states that the sh 1 plot prepared at Brussels has completely flilei anj i the insurgent bands in Catalonia have been dispersed They are expected to retire to the French fceat where they will be disarmed. Papers seized fron tbh Spanish refugees ...

... 34TH WEEK, 1867. In the week ending last Saturday 3,900 births and 2,405 deaths were registered in ten large cities and boroughs of England, including London. The births ex- ceeded by 369, while the deaths were 1139 below, the average weekly numbers in the ton years 1851-60, corrected for in- crease of population to the middle of this year. The deaths showed a decrease of 43 upon those of the ...

... Yesterday the half-yearly general meetin'g of proprietors was held at the City Terminus Hotel, Mr. WA'rsiiw, M.P., in the chair. It appeared from the report that tie gross incomre for theahalf-year, including the steam-boat traffic i'eceipts, amnounted to £714,718, beinge an increase over the corres- ponding period of last year of £&G,000. The total expendi- ture amounted to £366,794. The ...

... LARMING RAILWAY ACOIDENT. IGREAT NUMBER OF PERSONS INJURED. A most alarming accident occurred on Satur- day night on the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway - a small line recently purchased by the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Railway Companies. At the village of Longridge, there was a sort of gala day on Saturday, and many persons from Preston ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC RITUENS, 6TI1 WEEK TIS HALF-TY.EAR Total Same Ins. OrI1lEage 18L7. _ ~ 1800. EDee. 1807 1880 Bristol and Exeter.. 9£54 8720 47427 134 121 Caledonian . n.I , - - 315231 - - - 7 . 6i Camnbrian ?? 20.5 2835 15201 25502 d 211 180 213 Cookenm'th, L &Pen 530 538 - - - Cork Bandon,EKin. - 432 20 20 D ee. id. ?? - 17 17 Dublin &BelfaotJno, 1G 8 1640 01 03 Dublin & Drogheda.. 2141 1552 ...

... WEEKLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH OF LEHDS. 33iD WEEK, 1867. In the week ending last Saturday 3,689 births and 2,44B deaths were'regiatered in ten large cities and boroughs of England including London. The births were 2, and the deaths 114, below the average weekly numbers in the ten years 1861-60 corrected for increase of population to the middle of this year. The sultry beat ...