... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCE'S ALMANAOK. A FEW EDUCATIONAL DEFINITIONS. ?? lon a reitinmetie. -Abstraction. Joeok-kerpitcg.-Not returning volumes lent. 1aned ?? the top of Mont Blanc. Elementar)y Drauoincg.-Of babies in perambulators. Ii cc-iand DJrawicy.-Thief abstracting a purse from your pocket. S1corCt Jleedt-Giving two fiegers to shake. Jicadicry aned Llocuthion-Good spoaking in Ilerkshire. Uet of ...

... LATEST NEW8E, [Rsumzn's TsLccRAoa.] FRANCE. PRnis, Dec. 11. Tile .cmit'e- of this morninr g roprints the note inserted ia the Jonfset r of the 2u(l February, lSGG, recalling the legal regulations relating to the publication of reports of the debates in the Senate and the Corps Legislatif. PAI:nS, Dec. 14, Evelliip. ?? ]~ l of this evenisg, replying to those Paris ;urnals which fancy they ...

... Yesterday a speoial mionthly meeting of the Council was held in the Saloon of St. George's Hall, the MAYOR (Mr. J. Law) in the chair. MEMORIALS. A memorial was read from the inhabitants of Manning- hamn, signed by Mr. H. It. Halstead, on bobalf of n p1ublic n eeting whlich had been held, suggesliog that tho number of councillors and aldermen should be increased, so as to give to Idanuigham ind ...

... MONDAY.-The rapid decrease in barometrical pressure which was reported on Saturday continued at all stations yesterday. This morning on the coasts of the Channel and on our south-east coast an increase is shown. Low pressures exist in the north; at Nairn the reading is nearly 0-lOths of an inch less than that at Brest, Temperatures continue high and uniformly so. Yesterday verv high winds from ...

... CHARLES DICKENS, HIS FIRST READING IN AMERICA. CI--r'sm f/ie Navw lku*.~ T1/ribun.) BOSTON, Dcc. 2, 1867. Etver sinlce it was anrioernoed fleet Mr. Dickeuns would give his first reading on this side the Atlantic in Boston, thre inhabitants of our quaint, old-fashiineild sikter .city have been in a state of fdvsrous exeiterusrit. No sooner wee the news fleshed along the cable that be was ...

... EXPECTED RUPTURE BETWEEN FRANCE I AND ITALY. (fsomn the ?? qf the Express.) PAnis, Sunday Evening. I have reason to believe that a diplomatic rup- ture between France and Italy is imminent. General Menabrea, after doing his utmost to preach patience though not rosignation, is so pressed by public opinion that he feels the necessity of doing something. In all probability, whether there shall ...

... The Daify News ?? hatve received the following additional partioulars of the attack on the prison: -About nine o'clock on Friday morning tho governor ordered the cleaning of the prison to be stopped, and the officers to proceed at once to the yards, with their prisoners. for exercise. When the warder in charge went to that prisoner's cell, Burke asked, 1 Why am I brought out be- fore the ...

... TO TIIE EDITORS OF TIHE LEEDS MERCURY. OENTLENnx ,-As a ratepayer of this borough, I Ehould like to ask our Town Council why our Moor (whlich is oneof the finest open spaces in England, and pGosECSEC8 a view rarely to be excelled) is only available to the public for about four months in the year. Its present con dition is such ns effectually to prevent persons in search of fresh air from ...

... LONDON, Monday afternoon. In the presence of such a topic as the Fenian outrage of Friday last, everything else seems to lose its interest, and hardly to be worth referring to. Even to- day, though we are hardly involved in that passion of horror and indignation of which our graphic writers are now discoursing, we can still talk and think about little besides the explosion of the infernal ...

... NAfOLEON'S NEW POSITION AT HOME. I (Irorrr the 'Spectator.) TXhe reflex effict within Franco itself of the policy which Narnalous baB adoptod in Italy must rreersal-riy be great. Thu direct power of tho' Priest- I o,,d, to bigiunwitlh,hashceiti therebyoenormouslyvincreasoul. II thl-i-to thy av beneupliants, ener1getic, Ran ins- poiturn lit, no doubt, but still suipplianits always moved by at ? ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. e- TnuE hrciuz Zciltvy throws some light on the | I ambiguous statement of M. Rouiun in the Corps I Legislatif on the 9th inst., with respoe' to the rectifi- cation of the Franco-German frontier. The idea was purely French, and the J1'vcz Z7it1ung says:- In point of fact, the French Ambassador applied to the Prussian Government for a territorial compen- satioD, in ...

... UNrVERSITY INTELrLIGENWCE, Be BDu Col Cou Evr Fea Fae Gou Bar Bis 1ro Col Cur 1cur Del Du Fle Go Ha nil I-lo OXFORD, DxC. 13. The suljoined Class Lists have been this day issued:- LAw AifD MODW4 HISTORY SCrooM.-SCOeND PUnLIC EXAMIJNATION. CLASS I. Jayne J. F., Wadharn Phillimore W. G. F., All I Sours8 F ~ ?? II. Dnrt J., St. Mary-hall Ormerod T. B., Bslliel Fresl field Di. ?? ?? Paterson N. H. ...