... Wss FRANCE. TEEE LEGISLATIVE BODY. PArsBX, Dec, 1. 'a sitting of the Corps L9gielatif, tte Members t Oelectthe President. M. Sohnoider was eboson roed otes U. Le Roux obtained 53 and M. Gravy o the Left) 37 votes. Twenty-eix bloen voting ,, glS placed in the urn. opro0fforea, having been declared elected, assumed aad delivered a speebh in which he con- Ptt4 himsoelf, owin to the esteem of his ...

... POSTAL ALENDA.' Showing the days of deare from London of the ?? Mails not of daily dipc and showing when due.the mils rctue. DECEMBER, 1869. mal Due at Port of M Dails Dispatehed. ArrivaL - - From the United States and Bahamas via Cork; from Bitish Amerlca and Newfoundland vid Halifax and Cork. 21 3(Morniulg) to Alexandria (sutp) plennentary mail) by Frencb packet; to Manlta (supple- lmentary ...

... TEE REV. W. BEST ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION. -- TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. ?? ,-A9 we are all learners, I presume, in the question of national education, I may, perhaps, venture again to beg a little space in your Columns for healthy discussion. The programme of the Union, as I understand it, is- that national education be carried on by meanu of eaeta- rian schools ; and, as such ...

... ' LEMD8, DEOEMBER 28, 18680 We pnderatand an order from the Lord Chart callor has been rcoeived; at the Lasds Distriot Court of Ban ruptcy, empowering ths e latrarfi to wind-up the estates dt precast pending In the Uoar, and to traussol alU tha ordiary, busiess in connectien wth them, flxcepting thve last examinat-ions and ?? p1 the. bankruipte which must take place before the County Oonrt ...

... Mr. J. SCOTT RuSaIILL, ?? last night deli- vered his second lecture on Technical Hducaslion to the members of the Leeds Philosophioal and Literary Society. The halt was soarcely half filled. The lecturer said that it education was to be given as completely in this country as it was in well-educated countries abroad we should require to make a great national effort, and Leads would not only ...

... MIWSCELLANEO-USS The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Grey, arrived at Marlborough House on Wednesday evening from Bandringham. The Clester Courant ?? Rev. Canon Kingsley is gone to the West Iadies, and on his return will contribute to Good Words the result of his experiences in the tropics. STATISTICAL SOCIETY. -On Tuesday evening last, Mr. Wm, Nowmarch, ?? president, in the chair, a ...

... LONDONB, Monday Afternoon, The Cabinet re-assembles this week, to disocus ysoious matters of importance, tho Irish Land Bill, upon which Mr. Gladstone has been personally engaged during jiesat three weeks, being the Brst and most Importaut iabject which will be dealt with. It is not impossible that we may within a few days have considerably more light upon the modo in which the Government will ...

... IMPORTANT DECISION ON THE LICENSING I LAWS IN LEEDS. At the Letd& Borough Court, yesterday, Mr. BEnuxc, the stipendiary magistrate, delivered judgment in a case of considerable importance brought before him last week. The COruF CONSTrAMLL (Mr. Wetherell) as repre- senting the informant, and Mr. PFrnhA, for the defendant, were present. Mr. BRUcE, in announcing his decision, said: - This is an ...

... SATR.DAY EVENING ENTBRTAINMElNTS. AN EXPLANATION. TO THE EDITOlS OF THE LEEDS MEWRIY. G(3NiTLRjMV,-Ifn the notice you have kindly taken of these entertainments which were opened on Saturday evening, I beg to observe that, for the second time, you remerk that the directolls Of the Hall have worthily seconded the efforts of the promoters by only cbarging £6 for the use of the building instead of ...

... PROSECUTION OF'MR, VOYSEY.. Yesterday, in the Chancery Court of York, held in Archbishop Zouoh's Chapel at the Minster, the charge of heresy against the Rev. Charles Voyaoy, B.A., perpetual curate of Healaugh, Tadoaster, was proceeded with, before Mr. G. H. VzaNoN, Chancellor. The promoter was Mr. T. S. Noble, one of the secretaries to the Archbishop of the province; and for the prosecution ...

... ANNUAL MEETING. The fourteenth annual meeting of the Leeds Young Men's Chridtian Agsociation was hold last night, in the Hall of the Mechauios' Institute, under the presidency of the BIBInoP or Eiroi. There was a large atthndanoo, and amonget those who were present on the occasion were ?? Rev, A. E. Kelk, the Rev. John Bloam- field, the Rev. B. R. Condor, the Rev. R. MIcAll, the Rev. G. B. ...

... THE PRINOC OF WALES AS A FBERMASON. On WedneEday evening the United Grand Lodge of England assembled at the FeemasonB'-h~ll, Great Queen-street, when proceedings of more than general interest occupied the attention of a large and brilliant assemblage-one, indeed, of the largest in modern times, in consequence of the presence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who entered for the first ...