... I AM OF LEEDS The following account of this extraordinary piece of Americanism is given by the New York corre- spondent of the 'Times :-The Ingraham family on 24th of July met at the Astor-house, in New York, to assert their right to the possession of the greater part of the land on which the town of Leeds is built. Some 200 Ingrahams, representing various branches of that family scattered ...

... 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 ...

... (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, ...

... IA~BACRE OF AN ENGLISH CREW BY SAVAGES. The following report appears in the Army and .Navy Gazeue :-Tho Wasp, 13, screw-oloop, Captain Nor- man B. Bedingfield, left Trincomalee on the Ith of May for Penang, to confer with, and ascertain particulars from the Governor of the Straits settlement, relative to the murder of the crew of the English ship Futtah Islam. At the Nikobar Islands we were ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. THL E'MPERor Or THE FunIcih, on the occa- Sion Of his visit to Lille, has made a spoech in whicb, recalling the state of affairs when he was last in the town, fourteen years ago, he congratulates France and himself upon the progress that has been made during the interval, and upon the realisation of the hopes whieh then animated him. Tm, official despatches which we have ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. Trim EMPEROR Or THE FanElo has been indulginginone of those rapid changes of charaoter a in which he delights. Fresh from his meeting with his brother of Austria at Salzburg, where affairs of r world-wide moment have been considered, and where it is may be safely assumed the prevailing meditations and t discussions were not of a very pious nature, he has no sooner returned ...

... TO ADVERTISERS.' PREPAMI ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements under the folowing heads, vi.:- J5alo g )jPdbate 6cntratt, 9o Ait Ed, MW a ii t C ba ae Inserted in this Journal at the undermentioned ciargea IF PAID FOR PREVIOUS TO INSERTION,- Any day (except Saturday), 6d. for Two wera, And for each additional line, 6d. On Saturday . ?? 64. perline. The firt two lines contain about sixtoon words ...

... THR LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. I (Front thas 1oles.) D The story of the Brighton Railway is at once t he 'clearest, the moat compact, and the most impressive is amaong all the laurratives of commercial mismsnagement ,i endfluancialcollapse. Theneowboard of directors appointed last month has just issued the report and accounts of the pa~t half year, for which, of course, it is in no way ...

... MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRiCULTURAL SOOIETY. The centenary meeting of this sciety opened in its entirety yesterday, the show of agriculturel implements on Monday being only preliminary. The entrance offices are situated nearly on the site on which once stood those which led to the Art Treasures Exhibition, and passing through these the visiter comes to a long end wide avenue running the ...

... .THL.E PRO--RO-3GA T I-ON OAJ PARttIA-IENT. HOUSE OF3 IjORDS.-WEDNESDAY. The ceremony of the prorogating of Parliament by Royal Commission took place this day. The absence of the Sovereign deprived the proceedings of the interest which usually attaches to them ; but there was nevertheless a large attendance of strangers, most of whom were ladies. The Royal Commissioners were the LORD ...

... 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 ...

... KEzo, Friday Afternoon. Her Majesty's visit to the ancient burgh on the banks of the Jed has been one of the most interesting events of her stay in the Border-land, The town has always been noted for the loyalty of its inhabitants; and when it was known that Her Majesty, during her stay at Floors, would drive across to Jedburgb, the utmost energy was displayed in mnaking the necessary ...