... RAILWAY INTELLIGENOE. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- HEIRE. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday afternoon, at the London-road Station, Manchester, Mr. WATKIN, M.P., in the chair. The directors' report and statement of accounts have appeared in this journal. The CnOAsnw moved the adoption of the report. He reminded the sharoholders that in 1860 an arrangement was proposed under ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. TlHE Vienna journals announce that the I EMPEROR 0F THU l'nwNoH will visit the EMrPEROR Op I AusniA. next week, and that the visit will be returned by the KAu; before the end of the month. That the two monarchs have many topics to discuss is certain; but it is hardly lees sure that this exhibition of cor. diality between them will not tend to allay the irritation against ...

... LOCAIL AND GENERAL. LEEDS, AUGUST 1, 1867, TnE RELEASE OF MRt. GREENLAND.-In the Hou ie of Commons on Tuesday, a petition was presented by Lori F. Cavendish from the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, praying for inquiry into the circumstances under which a free pardon has been granted to Edward Greenland (late manager of the Leeds Banking Company), under sentence of fifteen months' imprisonment, with ...

... I EPRESBENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. , , THE DIVISION IN THE LORDS. Aftor clause 8 moved to insert the following ?? in contested election for any county or borough repro- sented by three Members no persons shall vote for more than two ?? Cairns):-Oa question .- Contents, 142; Not-Contents, 61. CONTENTS. DUIRES. EAULS. LOODS. LORuS. Cleveland Huntingdon Aveleaxd Hiasecn Oreiton Lidifleld Bolper ...

... THE ARCHIEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE'S MEETING AT HULL. Yesterday, the proceedings were resumed by the Historical Section meeting in the theatre of the Royal Institution.-Lord Tnenov ]D M.ATAmE opened the business of the section. His Lordship then called upon Mr. Councillor SrScoNS (Hull) to read his paper, eatitled an EARLY SECHxri OF TinE RIvEu HULL,' Mr. Symons said the name of the river was ...

... TrHE NATIONAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION I AT SBHORBURYNESS. - Tuesday was the iifth day of ?? Artillery prize meeting at the Shoeburyness station of the Royal Artillery, and the contest was with the garrison ?? for a prize given by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The weather was exceedingly fine, and the shooting was'the beet that there has yet been the score Vinning the prize being 39 in ...

... GOODWOOD MEETING, Yns~uDAY. (By Telegraphl) The Gocdwood Derby of 25 sovy each, I ft, for three-year-old colts eatl lb.alfillies8st7lb. Psnaltiesandalloavonces. 10sbse One mile four farlongs, Mr. Piyor' i-ripponier ?? Wv. o. A Handicap Plate of 60 soys, for two-ycer-oldo and upwards. T.Y.C I . 4 Historian ?? I.. . ,. .. ,. I 7 APython ?? . 8 Indian Star ?? 3 .-.Four.ran. Swoecatakes of 300 ...

... TEE HARVEST AND CROP PROSPECTS IN AMERICA. The Akei YOhr JThO'O-1 of Comrnerc'f of the 17th July ?? weather has been unusually favourable for harvesting during the last two weeks, and it has been improved by the farmers in all sections of the West. The following extracts are from our latest exclanges:- Onio.-The Troy (Mionii county) U.nion of July hlth says: The wheat harvest is nearly over, ...

... BEiTIS ARCHAMOLOGICAL SO8 CIATION. Th~e twenty-fourth annual congreas of the British A~rch tuological Association is being hold this week in the old Sbropshire town of Ludlow, where the members are assembled under the presidency of sit CnAncics ROUSEr 3B0oEMorrN Hart, The proceedings were inaugurated on Monday evening by a public dinner, largely attended by the members Of the association, ...

... * THACKEBAY AND AYTOUN. [Fron the ' Memoirs of W. Edteomotone .Aytoim, just publis bed.] At the time when Thackeray's great powers wore comparatively unrecognised, Aytoun had in more than one of his vapers spoken of them with warm admiration, This kind oJ service was likely to be deeply felt by Thaokeray, who had for many years been doing a great deal of first-. class-work, without earning ...

... I IMPERIAL -PARLIAMENT. (.By Tekrerph.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, YESThEDAY. The Srcmizn took the chair at half-past twelve o'clock. The delay of half an hour arose in consequence of there not being a sufficient number of Members present to con- stitute a House. PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS. Sir H. VERNEY asked the Home Secretary if he would endeavour to devise means for the preservation of ...

... ILATEST NEWS, MUUTM's TaaRnoR FRANCE. PAInS, July 3i, Evening The ls'teniesg ZAosaitesr, in. its bulletin, says the Empraea has returne:d from her excursion to the ?? of Wigb where Her Majesty received from Queen Vietolsia tb, kindest and most affectionate welcome. France and Eng- land have witnessed with plcasure this fresh proof of the friendship of these two Boyereigns, whose lofty auali'. ...