... L ATEST N E'WS [Ra uTnWS i'nwnms ] ; be 0;FRANCE. oe * Pus; Dec. 31. of The Official Joursal, which appeared rather late this ?? morning, does not contain the names of the now Ministers. ?? announces the nomination of three bishops. M. Freppel st, for Angers, Z. UCttoi for Ajacoio, and M. BEyne for lad G daloupe. )UMRO1UMANIA. cit. BuoauA sr, Dec. 30. [e- M. Zalanf, Austrian Diplomatic Agent, ...

... THE CONGREGATIONAL DENOMINATIOI¶. !I , The following is the annual statistical summary, prepared by the ROT, I. ABshton, and published in the Vongregctienal Year-hook for 1870:- COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS AND UNIONS. England ?? Colonies ?? Wales ?? . 161 cotland ?? , 8 Total ?? -- 7 ?? ?? CHTTURCIMS. England ?? ?? Coromms_ Wales .846 Cape N:atal, &o.; South Scotland . ?? 102 Africa ?? tO Ireland ?? ...

... YOYAGE OF TE BERDA FLOATING nook'3 ;.Tho hiatory:.of a moot. rertarkable voyaggo has just lsbeen puiblished and rirerits somle notice, lest what is in reality great nautical achinvement should too soon ho forgotten. When the Bermuda Dock left England in tow of two of our largest men-of-war ia good deal of curiosity ZLnd doubt existe(d as to the result of such a daring experi- ?aent; every sort ...

... I TRANSFER OF THEATEEGRAPHS TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE ARRANGERNMNTS 1N LEEDS. Amongst the changes of a public character to be inaugurated by the year just commencing, few are of more importance than the transfer of the wires and business of the various Telegraph Companies to the Post-office Department of the Governmen'. It was originally in- tended that this transfer should take place to-day; but ...

... (hRon the Bxameinor.) Thoe BW'nninghlam Leaguo, on its road to West- miccter, is said Ify some to havemisseod its way, and pulled upl at E xeter Hall, Of the infallibility of its Council we were itsured thero could be no doubt. They had sounded the delopths of theo nation's moral and intellectual waunti aud laws embodying their docrees, rigorously enforced, were dlone neceslsary to meet them. ...

... I THE LEEDS MERCURY. I Timm is still no official announcement of the inames of the new French Ministry, and the lists which have been published are of doubtful authority. Mf. 9 OaazVr, it is said, has not met with the support he anticipated, especially from the Left Centre, and has, consequently, had to throw himself on the support of the Right and Right Centre. TIm trial of TRorpMANw for the ...

... The.special comnmissioner of the Tintes writes- On a fair review of the facts we may say that the material progress of Ireland has been great in the last twenty-fiva years; that it has been inconsiderable since 1860, anl that it has been most apparent whoro the small farm system- taking the term in a reasonable senseo-has coutinued the ordinary mode of agriculture. Turning now from the visible ...

... 4 CONSEIYM;GIVRATHERNG' AT- HiECK- ' T ONDWIAE.s Tho annual soiroo of tho Eookimondwviko, and District Constitutional Association took place on Thursday night, in the Church School-room, and was attended by about 200 ladies and gontlemon-principiilly.the former. Mr. Joseph Borry, sean., presideht' of the association,. occupied the chair, and dmongst those on the platform .wev re-Hr. C. B. l ...

... LEEDS, JANUARY 1, 1870. Inspector Shiele, of the York police force, and formerly of Leeds,.has been appointed chief on01stable of the borough of Hartlepool. The report of the Newtown Penny Savings Bank -in connection with the Lincoln ields Wesleyan Metho- dist Sunday school-shows that durig the past yesr 11,676 separate deposits have been made, amounting o a total of £882 8s. Tide gives an ...

... e LONDON, Friday Afternoon. t The year closes amidst a political lull as pro- found as that of September. Almos, the only Minister in town is Mr. Goschen, and the only rumours which are to be heard in political circles are certain very absurd and utterly unfounded stories regarding divisions in the Liberal party with respect to the Irish land question. INever wore any statements of the kind ...

... TITE HIGHWAY ACT IN YORKSHIRE. MEETINGS AT SCARBRO'. A circulair havting roei'ntly beon issmtedttholi Sertr ?? ?? the 1-ofnt c Depa1urtmnt , tii h opinionof Board a is to the working of the llightway Act ut theirrsetv disinets, trim Pic!kering, Pvi pat I District Boartd aetu.tihie tl t Snrirhr' Otit ThItostl y nto tri, md ?? aL report iii rejtly tat thne Hoitie Secretry's lette-r, With but ...

... ' -THE EDUCATION QUESIION. eCOflilRgNCE 013 TRADES-DELEGATES IN r I~LEEDS. 7 A conference of trades-delegates, called by the t Leeds and District Trades Council, was held in the Cleas- t room of the Mechanics' Institution on Saturday afternoon, 3 for the purpose of discussing the education question. Mr. E. C. DmENow, the president of the Trades Council, occu- p ied tho thau, and there was a ...