... The following extracts are taken from a letter in the ?? Gattolisa, of Turin:- It is impossible to form an idea of the terror which struck the gay and smiling Albano on the night of that day (August 6) and the following morning. The city was unprepared for the terrible blow. Snow was hardly to be got, nor acid fruits, nor was there a sufficient eupply of remedies in the druggists' shops. One ...

... AGRICULTUR&L PROSPECES. The week opened. wih a breezy fian day, wind N.W. Monday proved fine, but was thicl at times and threatening. Tuesday was a very wet day, putting a complete stop to harvest work; wind S.W., thermometer d6 deg., barometer 29.80 inches. Our advicee on that day were as under: -1?'rom the West Riding of Yorkshire, The weather on Saturday and Sunday was summerlike and ...

... [BY Aw OcciecoiNAL VisiTL.] No. VL-HARROGATE. I have taken the tourist from north to south of the Yorkshire coast, and have wandered back %gain with him from Bridlington Quay to Scarbro', from Searbro' to Whitby, from Whitby to Redear, talking to him by the way of the scenery on laud and sea through which we have passed, remembering ever with Keats, that A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. ...

... LOCAJL AND GENERAL. LEEDS, AUGUST 21, 1867. THE REFORM AoT.-We give to-dav the text, together with the schedules, of the Representation of the People Act, 1867, which was issued on Monday. The Act consists of 61 clauses, and is divided into three parts, viz., I. Franchises; II. Dietributionofseats; Ill. Supplemental provisions. The schedules are eight in number. The first four give the names ...

... About three miles westward of Bradford, on a breezy slope, having an eastern and southerly aspect, nestles the thriving manufacturing village of Allerton, famous alike for its sweet air, the picturesqueness of the surrounding neighbourhood, the healthfulness of its site, and for the great age to which the lives of its denizens extend. Close by is the beautiful secluded valley of Chellow Dean, ...

... LATEST NEWS FRANCE. P11nT8, Aug. 7, EveDning The EeCnIh~g Afoniteur, in its bulletin, t any tih Governnenis of France and Italy show a firm mine. 1 tion Jeernpuloesly to respect the Convention of the 16th of September, which is at once a guarantee si the pontifical territory and a pledge for the existence I of good relations between France and Italy, The Fraance of this evening says :-We ...

... lEEDS, AUGUST 23, 1867. PROPOSED ARICULTURfIL SOCIETY IN LEEDS. -A meeting was held yesterday in the Town Hall for the purposo of considering the desirability of establishing in Leeds an agricultural society. Mr. Councillor Addyman occupied tho chair. The discussion was altogether of at ceonversational character. It was ultimately agreed to get ip a requisition to the Mayor, requesting his ...

... ROD TI OF BOROUGH FROM itTOWISUIP RATES. TO THE EDITORS OF TIHE LEEDS MERCURY. GENTLEMEN,-I!1 March last you kindly allowecd me to suggest hhrough the columns of the Xaercwry the desirableness oI an arrangement whereby all rates levied by the Corporation. would ae rolleted by their owi n officers, and as the question of th ?? ratepshipng is just now exciting more. thatiusual interest, ...

... (From ?? Saturdayl -Review.) If the foolish virgins of the season are now try- ing to think that they enjoy the stagnant tranquillity of a country life, and fancying that they are reviving their souls by shedding the light of their presence and their spare sixpences among peasants, what are their partners in a thousand waltzes doing ? If the fast nymphs are air- ing their vacant minds, ...

... THE RBTgs5ANS IN-CENTER&'ASIA The Inva Oide Busse publishes & highly interesting article on tho occasion of the creation of the Government General of Turkistao, from which we make the following extracts. After having retraced the history of the ?? conouests in Central Asia, it proceeds as follows:- The whole of our south-eastern frontier is now sur- rounded by Mussulman populations, who have ...

... The anijualmeeting of thil association took place yesterday afternoon, at Manchester, Mr. John Cheetharns rdP., vresiding. There was a-good attendance. Mr. Watts, the secretary, presented the annual report, which ?? years ago the supply of cftton, though chiefly from one source, seemed abundant aid secure, aud the solicitude which some evinced to opnio up other and addi. tional sources, ...

... RJAL PARLIAMENT. (713y 1'eleqraph.) IIOVSE OF LORDS, YESTERDAY. rIordsl'9 met at five o'clock. el~ ery full attendance of peers, and Lord S ar orTlI ItRITISH{ RAILWAY. } ezetion foe the third reading of the North British P~lft)(fEflSTONE prsuented a petition against a clause dby the roomittee in the bill, which, he said, in- ?? tl^ffcted tho interests of the preference share- $vslY Tho clause ...