... LATEST N W-. ?? . - (Rw e TMEGUM.) - -n FRANCE. BESIGNATION OF FRENCH WINI8gE LETTER FROM TEB EMPEROR TO 4 OLLIVIER, . T PAUse, Dee, 28. The 0 fiaJl.Toursal, which was published at a lste h this morning, announces that aU the ministers ba,, tendered their resignations to the Emperor, and that have been accepted by his Majesty. The Ministers no only remain to carry on the business of the Slate ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL, LE E S, DECEMBER 29, 1869. LBRE28 ART AWD lSOKENO INSTITtTE.-The fears expressed by some that there were not in Leads a sufficient number of pupils for two Schools of Art Is evidently groundless, for we are informed that whilst the schools of the Meohanics' Institute never had so many students, the new school in the old South-parade buildings has already as Many pupils as it ...

... THE WE&THER. TflZ TzMPiRAqnTur i LaIns.-Droring the last few days the temperature haa gone down remarkably, and yesterday the frost was greater than has been known for several years. On Chlustmams-day the lowest point reached by the thermometer was 27°, being 11 below that recorded on Friday. On Sunday it-sunk still lower, and got down to 230. The mercury continued to fall, and on Idanday it ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. TNh DUKE or EDImNUnIGn artrived at Calcutta in > the Galatea on Wednesday. He landed immediately, and 4 proceeded in State to the Governor's house. The streets were crowded, and the reception of His Royal Highness was most cordial. TIIn resignation of the Frenoch Ministry is at last officially announced, and the ElPEIo has addressed a letter to M. OLr~vinn requesting him to ...

... }NERBCAY ON TBE QUOR TRAFFIC AND PROHIBITION. 'We ie below A more extended reporL of Geneeral Vavry'5 oration on the li uor traffic, in Eset-parade Chapel, Leeds, on l.Iondiil nigh;, than circumstances ten- dered, possible yesterday. The oration Occupied nearly two hours in its deliverY, and the account that we even now present. to Our readers is necessarily in a6 Very' con- densed form. ft ...

... LATEST 6 LBaUTEB Tneosu FRANCE. PARIO, Dec. 30 The Prince deai Tour ?? anc d GM. ° ?? been appointed Senators. TEE NEW FRENCH MIN18TRZ The Paris correspondent of the T'egrap, s8 the following may be relied on as a correct listco th Olilvier Ministry:- Ollivier . ?? Interior, La Gugroun ire ?? Foreignoffimo Magne . ?? Finance. Lebou2, ?? War. (Genouilly ?? Marine. Bourgeau (qy.) ?? Instruction, ...

... TEuuieDmy.-The meteorological report today says;- The temperature in bigher on our eastern cotSb, but it is unchanged elsewhere. During the night the sooth- weat winds increased to gales on our western couat., and they continued there this morning, but on other coasts they are only moderate to fresh. Rain has fallen in Scotland, heavily at Ardrossan. The sky continues cloudy. There is a very ...

... THlE WEATEHR. L3Ds._'ThG severe frost which prevailed for a feW das3 past saveway yesterday to an unumistakeable thaw. larly in the morning the thermometer rose rapidly, and dainig the afternoon the weather was comparatively ild. Tho result, however, did not favour pedestrianism. he streets became sloppy and disagraeeable, and even dan erous, the snow which had acnumulated On the house ...

... THE LEEDS POOR-LAW UNION;i- At the weenly meeting of the Guardians of the Leeds Union YoDterdaY, Mr. M d eLxTOO in the chair a letter was read by Mr. LApply to, clerkn from the secretary of the Anti-Vaccination League in Leeds, ?? an resolution passed at a meseting held in Zion School, Ne Wortley, a fewow ay ago (reported In theae columns at the time), and asking for a deputation of the Board ...

... THE PATAL FIRE AT ST. PANCRAS, LONDo:N, Wednesday. The inquiry touching the deaths of Mary Ann Beetlestene, aged thirty years; Frances, aged ten; Alice, five; Frank, two years and six months; Frederick, one year old; and an infant; was opened, before Dr. Lan- kester, coroner, this afternoon, at the College Arms, Cam- den Town. It will be remembered that, on the evening of Cbristmas, the house ...

... THE LEEDSMERCURY. | TuO is no reliable information with respect the ?? Minisfty, and it: i not expected that be oflicial list will be issued until to-day. Meanwhlle the Daily Telegraph gives a lict, whiob. Is evidently premature and incomret, PPn DNcRrEc Lh ToUR D'IAUVBGNE, ?? of Foreigin Affairs, and M. Grexesmna, ?? of Publio Works, have been appointed Senators. T|n TRoP prAP trial continues ...

... THE OATASTROPHU AT THE BRISTOL NEW THEATRE. (From yeateraY'F oeoter? Press,) The terrible disaster of Monday night, which will long make Boxing-day of 1869 memorable in local annals, cast a glcom over the wholo city yesterday, and communicated the shadow of its tragic results to the pleasant holiday season. Weo have little to add to the desoription whioh has already appeared in our columns of ...