... Il TE'E IYALIDS ]KITCHENS oF, LEEDS. ) Twelve o'clock bas just struck and the workmen of Leeds are hurrying in vari'ut dirsotionp to their mid- day meal. Whilst their energies were taxed all the morn. ing in some useful pursuit, hands and heads no less nimble Of and thoughtful Save been busy in their homes, and when ig they reachithe cheerful well-swept hearth there are the rosy kd children to ...

... i THE debate in the French Senate on the eshtmates of the Mxmn Oia oF xIN took place yester- 1T3L LEEDS MERCURY. day. The estimates were explained and defended by the Government, and some amendments which had been pr4posed were rejected. THE negociations on the Belgian railway I ?? progres8 but very slowly towards a solution. The proposal submitted by M. Faui3D OBAN will not, it is said, be ...

... I I at ~(By Tolegraphl.) HOUSE OF LORDS, YEBTIIRDAT. 1he Their Lordehips smet at five o'olosk. Loh IRISH LAND TENURE. its The Marquis of CLANRICADE moved the second read- A ing of the Tenure of Land (Ireland) Bill. Having ad eplie previous attempts to legislate upon the subject, [n esae that the object of the present bill was to provide ale that in future leases should be in writing, and that ...

... M. ClARLE$ DICKENS I( LEE DS. The admirers of Mr.- Dozens in Leeds - at least as many of them as ?? be accommodated in the hall of the Mece eio JaIstitution-musteoed in strong force last night to list'an to what has been announced as his ifarowal readijg in this town. it is long since any event in conneflston with publio entertainmonts has created eo mrch interest in Leods, Everybody was ...

... !THE LA IMERCURY. I ] qua news received by the Cape Mail, whioh- 'trrved oz~saturday, states that intelligence had reaohedj I ~~i , WL __4 - A 4.1, I Ihe Colony, by way. of Mozambiqte, of the safety of DR. I Orrona the distinguished African explorer. ae Was Bald to have been at Zanzibar on the 1st of Tanuary, sad had lefb for England via the Red. Sea and Alerandria. The ews had giveu great ...

... REPORT ON ABSESSMENT. S The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the assessment and collection of poor rates-and other looal taxes in England and Wales have made their report. The conclusions at which the committee have arrived are expressed in the following resolutions:- That everylocal authority entitled toraise any money by means of local rates should make arequisition on the over- ...

... fI I ILEEDS, APRIM 15, 1869. PATITIORS.-In the House of Commons on Tuesday petitions were presented against the Irish Church Bill by CUl. Duncombe, from Askham, Richard, Rosedale, and Acomb; and against opening Museums on Sundays from ABkham Dichard; and also by Mr. Norwood from Hull to the same effect. BALM SOIrooLa BAZAR.-The bazaar ia the Victoria Hall, on behalf of the schools in ...

... THE BSELECT 'COMMITTEE ON PARLTI- | MENTARY AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. This Committee re-assembled yesterday at one o'clock, the Marquis of AToiNGroN in the chair. The first witnese examined was Mfr. 1~1srpear, a surgeon-dentist residing in Liverpool, who is the secretary of the Liberal Association of St. Ann's Ward. He said that bribery was much on the increase in Liverpool. Persons who used to ...

... (.ftom ithe Morning post) On the afternoon of the 10tb, his Holiness pro- ceeded in gala train to the church of St. John Lateran to assist at the cenclusion of the triduum performed there in his honour. The sntiphone Oremus pro Pontifice uostrp Plo was magnificently sung by a double choir of voices ,without instiuments, and the whole service was very im- preseive. The Pope's progress ...

... I A_ I ROMANfCE IN REA-L LIFE. Prince Paul Demidoff's mansion and household effectsin Rue JeauGoujou, Paris, has beenradvertised for sale. The catalogue speaks of antique Flefhish tapestry, woven after cartoons by the great masters of the 16th century, curiously wrought gold orna- ments, swords, pistols, and fowling-pieces, services of Venetian and Bohemian glass, Aubusson and Smyr. a i-pets, ...

... BRIGANDAUE IN GREECE. (From t)he Corresponatent of tk4 limes ATDa3NS, April 8. Extraordinary, efforts are required to restore security of life and property, for brigandage continues as yet undiminished, although several engagements have ocourred with the troops, in which there have been many killed and wounded on both sides, There have been fresh cases far from the frontier, and in which there ...

... . THE IRIS CHURCH BILL. The, following synopsis of Ibis bill will bb found useful in observing its progrss through committee, and of service in expl anlng the nature of clauses which may be often referer to with only the mention of the number that 4istinguiahes them:- After declaring in Clause 1 the short title by whioh, as above, the bill is to be known, it proceeds, in blaubi 2, to enact ...