... COMPOUNIDED RATES. TO THE EDITORS OF THE, LEEDS MERCURY. GENTLEEIFN,-TO show you how the abolition of compounding for poor rates is going to act, I will just point out how the working class at Wortley aro going to be favoured, after having had this great boon bestowed on them, viz., extension of the franchise. The pror, gaol, cemetery, and watch rates, are all in- cluded under one head, and ...

... LATE ST NEWSo przuvna's Trzor&mras,] TiE PROP1OSED CONFERENCE. PAins, Nov. 19 (Evoning) Theo jlbieic believes it is enabled to state that the Cbli- net of the 'I'bileries is preparing another circular relative to the proposed Confelence on the Rorlln question. Muzsecu, Nov. 19. Tie French invitation to the Conference Upon tvo Bomarl question, addressod to the Bavarian Government, does not lay ...

... MR. C. BRAD)LAUGH ON IRELAND, Last night, Mr. Chlarles Bradlaughl, of Looka . delivered, in the Leeds Town Hall, a lecture, the u' of which was first announced as England andl ltefir&n and afterw~arsis as The Past aird Futurs of Great flrits' aid aIrelandl.' There wa~salarge attenldance, thea idles, Lfilling three parts of the Victoria Hall. Tlre chair w:; . occupied by the Rtev. Mfr. ...

... LjOCAL AND GENERAL L3DS, NOV. 7, 1867. THE MAYORALTY OF LEEDS.-We understand that at a private meeting of the Town Council of Leeds hold yesterday in the Council Room, a deputation, consist- ing of Mr. Aid. Kelsall and Councillors Price and Douglas, was appointed to wait on the Mayor (Andrew Fairbairn, Esq.), with t'ce object of obtaining his sanctionto be again nominated as Chief Magistrate ...

... THSE PROGRESSi OF BRADFORD. It weas frequently said during the late conltest for the representation of Bradford that thin eyes of theo nation were directed to the snruggle that wans then going Outa this w assnot the first time that the towvn has been rendcered famous, either in the present century or in the annals of the great civil wvar, As Bradford of the present day is not much known except ...

... P]??O1iE?SOR I?IAZZ1 SAIYIE AND MU. WM. O?'RURN. Iii Profes~sor Sinyth's bettest book-'' in/c acid lforlk at the Gree catqr',a~iesg '-tbe. Aetrouorner-ltuyal for Scotland dries cii act of justice to one of the most seccinrpl'lah 0 eitizens of Leeds, wh~ich his foellow-townsmnen cr0d all wrho have read lie valuatble publice~tions wvill heartily i'-juiice in. l'ne namo~l of Williens Osborn' is ...

... DREADlFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT MANNINGHAM, NEAR BRADFORD. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, a ?? accident occurred at a far-u called the Trees, Manniogham, near Bradford, by which one roan lost his life and others were injured. Mr. T. Ambler, the owner, does not reside on the farm, but he cultivates the land, the house being occupied by Mr. W. Topham. Wim. Atkinson, foreman to Mr. Ambler, ...

... WEEKLY RETURN OF BI'RTHS AND DEAT.W3 IN THE BOROUGH OR LEEDnS. 47THl WEEK, 16867. in In1 the week ending last Saturday 3,744L births and 2,600 dearths were registered in the tent large cities and boroughs of England, including London. The births fr exceeded by 163, and the deaths by 47, the average weekly m numbers in the ten years 1861-60, corrected for inereass of population to the middle of ...

... Last evening, Mr. Bernal Osborne addressed his constituents in the Exchange Hall, Nottingham, on the results of the pest Session. There was an immense attendance, the capacious building being crowded. The chair was occupied by Mr. T. Simpson. Mr. CenoiwE was received with enthusiastic cheering. He said he had hoard a statement to the effect that the chairman did not vote for him at the last ...

... Tht) following circular has been issund:- 70 nI5VE snoraILnW555 OF THE OREAT MAUTF'r55N n5rA, AY. Ilisbopgato Station, London, 29th October, 1867. A rclpsiSitiOn, duly 6igned, having been prosented to the oird Callting UpOsI them to convono a special meeting of the proprietos for the purpose of reducilg the number of the directors, they have fully considered the subject, and, under all the ...

... THE WOODTOUIOTE MOOR PROPERTY.:Y I Yesterday an arbftrationl inquiry was opened in the Grand Jury Room,' at the Leeds Town Hall, under anl [agreement of reference entered into between the parties in the matter of Mr. Charles Naylor, solicitor, Lesds, the proprietor of the Manor House Inn, Woodhonse Moor. TIhe Corporation of Leeds, desirous of Securing the two Properties eituated onl Woodhouse ...

... TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.--THIRTEEN MEN KILLED. Out il-fl ?? live 2i T iey. 'lin/7 es ?? of Oct. 21 reports ?? Ave terrible acecident, resultiseg in filee loss of thirteen lives, sin1 took pelacc, at the Central Shaft of the itooeao Tunnel, err Illy Saturday eflernoon last at four o'clock, Arranged around tret the miouth of tits shaft were a series of buildings, consisting her all curlies, machine ...