... - ., I MEETING OF SAEIRHOWDHRS AT LEEDS. Yesterday a meeting of the shareholders of the idland Railway Company was held at the Quqeu'a Hotel, 3eeds, to consider what stops shall be taken to protect the interests of the company at the meeting. to be hold at Derby, on the 15th January. Mr. BA=%ES, M.P., occupied the ohair. The attendance wva large and ina fuential. The CHAIRMAN stated that he ...

... | The week opened with a very wet day and a very boisterous night. Monday morning was thick and foggy after slight frost; wind ?? barometer 30.10 inches. Tuesday was finer but soft and rather humid for the time of the year. Our advioes from Northumberland state- The weather continued fine and frosty up to Saturday morning, when rain set in. Sunday and 7esterday were again fair and slightly ...

... I We learn from Rome, says the Paris Libaff,; that the Count de Sartiges l recently had a 0long c1onversation with ,Oazdiuil Antonelli, and. exp ined to him that the good' omes of Franceh : in thi.'opinion of the Emperor would produce no efficacious result 'for the Holy iee unless the latter should consent to immediately introduce into the, IPoms .legislation and administration'.all the ...

... A correspondent expresses his opinion that the two telegrams recently published respecting the position of the captives in Abyssinia are not easily reconcilable. The first contained a report that the King of the Shohoes (Shoans) had surrounded Magdala, and the latterthat a rumour had reached Massowah that the captives had had their chains removed, and that there was a chance of their ...

... I FRANCE AND GERMANY. I PARIS, 7a;s. I.-In the audience given to him by the Emperor Napoleon yestcrday, Count von der Goltz, the newly accredited representative of the North German Confederation, spoke as follows:- Called upon by the Federal Constitution to represent the Confederation in its inter- national relations, the King of Prussia eagerly desires to maintain and develop more and more ...

... ICHRISTMAS AT GUBBNSEY WITH YICTOR II I . I II E H GO.I On Thursday. last, the 26th inst., M. Victor Hugo gave, at noon, the sixth. yearly ftte to forty poor children, at his residence, Hauteville-house, a large nurm- ber of influential ladies and gentlemen being also present. The ftte consisted of three parts-first, the luncheon; second, the poet's oration and the presentation of gar- meits'; ...

... __ - . , H e ' A , v S 1ADDRESS OF' MIr IBMI a I T: iQ T.H.PBOP OF DGLY. 1 . . .. . . ?? I orin~rersto EAsqhe'tlelivs f the 'me late7 ens-' ,,,ouited'in Manchesteri,ad o'hwtot ugi' ~oplethat~the hotility, cof Irish. natioalwists is, ~ 4r~4d lot gaistthem, 4ict againat the tran s~i~er hic tis popl ofenglad AnUl ielsoucl Le bohsfer h eneadptdd' #nned ad., ADDEwsS nY ¶flhl P- =-I amS Mr MEAVE ...

... go ' - 1AM ,ICA: - i 0koM OUR sPsaL Mtl'oNDMT.) NEW YORK, ?? - The'President has Gent in his message,.giving Ier reasons for suspending . 'Stanton, and I believe it is generally admitted that-he has on the whole .'the best of the argument. ?? shows without difi- culty the inconvenience and inexpedienc of having .people in ?? cabinet who are on bad ;terms with the ~'esident, and of course has ...

... .Af, ON JE EZDU , I * 1 Rg 2C. P. VILI~I~rS at~ ~~ubl de celebrsation of the th Omany, inoludn M.P.Xt'Xhnl,^ eir 6 5.Lieutenant.COlo ue agh Sheri ?? o conttj ~and the Ron. and . Mr. ?? deiverad~an. address,..in t ze-course of which h-e taid-subh inttitwti'cbs-ifd ithere wais a large family \of them aul oaeseing a fa %%lh'ze Bhe re- garded as powerfu ?? the diffusipg of information and making ...

... I 2iE;UrnAA. *z It appeiI ?? weely ,retur5 issued by s,; alitfsority oftesba~~l86i thio veek that 'tiedo bse iSgt&idaTy, Dbe 28. 3b79 births ad Idr! Qith'* *ttlia ief ?? unl rte martality wa 26 per hvtolislivng. il a Xblri'f~iaiortitg'y SW*s'24 per 1~001) '9 in London, 30iFEd* hlgh, nd2 in DublinV 2lih I' T iha th, Isn0alf rd1,29 Lin, ShbefIrl,)5in Iied, 2S i'f ?? get, ?? 2P I1 in Hull, 27 in ...

... EA;2tLD.AN R AIX Y. | The twentieth half-yearlyimeeting of thisrail: way was held yesterday at the X London Tavern, - br, R 7 W. ChAw~diiD AAP. 'in'the chair. ,The' reportf whioh we have published an abstract, 1 isVBtaken~asread.. , ?? ' ?? ?? ' _ i The CiniwX in movmn its adoption, said the board dn'ob beon able to hold the meeting. 'earlier, i 'conse. queues of the time cccupied in ...

... Steal Con~tracts just concluded between the Postmaster-General and various Stc,11Se ip co nies for the carriage of mnails to America, gave rise to a of official correspondence between the Treasury, the Post- respective companies interested. This correspondence, bich appears as a Parliamentary Paper of sixty-one pages, shows that anld Clae at present four regular mails per week between this ...