... IHE FIRST PRO.E8TANT SERVICE IN MADRID. The correspondent of the Daily Nesvs, writing from Madrid, January 26, says *-I am indebted to the Ji'eneratza, one of the meat Catholic papers of this CAtholia country, for the pleasure of being present yesterday at the firstt public celebration of worship held by the Spanish Protestants themselves in Madrid. I was aware the Spanish Protestants of ...

... DBATH OF M. LAWARTINE, The death of IL Lamartine, the poet and historian, is announced. He, according to Men of the TUme, was barn at Macon, Oc. 21,1790. Hstfamily name is Prat, but he adopted that by which he is best known, after his maternal unole, Lamartine, who left him a considerable legaoy. His father was an offilcer of cavalry under the Bourbons. During the Reign of Terror, M. de ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL LEEDS, MARCH 2, 1869. LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT,-PetitiOns, pray- ing to be heard, have been deposited in the Private Bill- sflice against the Bradford Water Bill (3), by the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Company, Jas. Charnock, and George L. Fox; against the Huddersfield Water Bill (2), by landowners and millowners; against the Leads Im- provement Bill, by Elizabeth ...

... (RaO'ER'S THLEOas.) FRANCE. PAins, Marc 9. In to-day'e sitting of the Legislative Body, a debate took place UpOnt the question raised by M. Pagezy, con- ceming the Paris oclroi duties. The Chamber passed to the order of the day over the interpollatiOn. The I'atrie ?? a marked increase of friendly relations between Austria and Italy, and adds, The two Governments see the necessity of ...

... MISCELLANEOUS-i . I . I - I ; 1 1 . St. Bartholomew's -Hospital, with 'the 'sum £45,0O0, obtained by the sale of a piece of land to t Midland Railway Company, is aboint to founid 'a btanc convalescent hospital. Charles Dickens,, for ' ?? lfpewell reading (which are, it is said, to extend over the UWgted lingdo to one hundred nights),' s, it isWaid, to receve £1OOOD from Mr. Chappell. Very ...

... 1 THE PREVENTION OF SCARLET FEVEEL Dr. Budd, of Bristol, Las contributed to the British Medical Jourtisa a paper bearing the above title, and the statements contained in it are so highly important that they cannot be too widely diffused. At the present time, when scarlet fever in prevalent and very fatal in many parts of England, the rules and precautions laid down by Dr. Budd have an especial ...

... LoNDox, Friday Afternoon. Last night's proceedings in Parliament were by no means devoid of interest. In the House of Commons Mr. Forster brought forward his important measure upon education, and though he abstained from entering upon its details, he gave such a sketch of its principles as to ensure for the bill a cordial reception amongst many different sections of educational reformers. Mr. ...

... I -- - 1 - . 1mP.Atin~ of thil Ysterday inoreiag the annual meeting Of this institutiol was hold in the Hospital, Hiallfield-road, Brad- ford, the MAYOU (Mr. Ald. West) in the chair,-Mr. JACOB BDEuBiNS, chairmnn of the committee, read the twelfth mnumal report, which stated that the hospital had afforded relied to a greater number of Patients in 1808 than in any previous year, wit),a ...

... WEEKLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATSS IN THE BOROUGH Of LEEDS, 4THn WEEs, 1869. t et In the week ending last Raturday, 4,058 births v, and 3,104 deaths were registered in eleven large cities and IB boroughs of En~gland, including London. The births ex- t, ceeded by 222, and the deaths by 372, the average 3. w eekly numbers in the ten years 1851-G0, corrected f or r, increase of population to the ...

... I THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER GULF' -CITY, AND LO3SS OF 22 LIVES. t Yesterday, full details were received of the v wreck of the steamer Gulf City, whilst on a voyage from O talvekton to New York. The Glulf City left Galvestnn, lwih - cargo of cotton, for New York on Friday, January lst, and it appears that the atil g rublod .bout going a to sea on that day-it being the first day of the year and a ...

... AR L2 ANxD G BiRAL, LPE s, JATuARY 19, 1869. LEfDd *INrIntARY ANNUAL COLLIECTIONS.- 'The ]ist of'theme collections made on' Sunday last is not yet compllete; but so far as made up, the amounts all show an incrense on laest year. The congregation worshipping at ?? again bead the list with a collection of £96 6s., Sf.t3eorge's Church eomes next with ;L90, and the Parish' Chhioh' follows with £70 ...

... The annual meeting of the Subscribers of this institution was held on Saturday, Mr. ExYny in the chair. The abstract of the accounts for the ast year showed that there was a balance of £4 18s. Ed. due from the treasurer. Mr. BEADWhML, on behalf of the Do Grey and Ripon Lodge of Freemasons, presented the Sum of £16 is. to be placed to the funds of the institution. £e 16s. of this sum was the ...