... ?? Otffl :@Vatht. FRtIDAY, D)EdEMBER IS, IS71. ISHOOL BOARDS. l School Boards are new things; new to the i world; new to themselves. Most of them came into being about a year ago, and they have been talking ever since. They could . speak directly they were born, and they can speak now. The newspapers devote columns b to their speeches, which are sometimes of great length, though not of great ...

... I smerca Home Newel b I f I h1e COLLISION ON TEE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. of A serious collision occurred on the Great Western k Railway on Friday, a short distance below Chepetow by station. The Irish express, which is due at 6.40 ie a.m., ran into a coal train, completely smashing the al trucks. Fortunately the passengers, guards, and es drivers escaped with only a severe shaking. The )u ...

... IMPORTANT MTJNG OF CONSERVATITES IN HULL. The second quarterly congress of Conservative corm. mittees, the objects of which are the promotion wi unity and the effective organisation of the Conservative party in Hull, and as a means of affording a desirable opportunity of discussing questions affecting the inter- ests of the party and the welfare of the country, was held on Friday evening at ...

... it I I BY AN INIAnlrANor o' LmoDS. Whilst staying at the pleasaut watering-places of Whitby, during the early part of the autumn of the present year, it wan decided to embraoe the fdvourable opportunity which offered itself, of going out for the night in one of the Cornish herring-boats, of which more than a hundred returned to the roade every morning. The writer had been out before, but in ...

... M1R. GRANT DUFF, M.P., ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Last night Mr. Orant Duff, hMP,, Under Seeretary of State for India, addressed his constituents at Elgin. Mr. CGRiT Durr, after some jictrodnetory remarks about the illness of the Prince of Wualce, sarid-Sinceo tho general lecotion of 18iS, Mr. Gldadtone's Citbinot has, as in duty bound, taken up one after another those questions upon. which the ...

... (Ttsurscco'e TrsrunenAtSj Lt FRANCE. t THE ORLEANS PRINCES AND M. TELEEDS, R ei PAOUs, Dec. IS. Et The .Ddbats publishes a letter from thle Duke d'AuunOls P to the electors, explaining the reasons which have hitherto tt and do now prevent him from exercising his right as ai. Deputy. HE says that when his election was saibmitted to g, tbo Assembly several of bisoolieagues camo to ask himu not ...

... LDryUj, EQDCATION UNION. anlin eootinig of thle supporters of the TV I..IiCati1.11 Iunnionl was hohl yostnrday, at the ~'etir Tnoruntl. Iore wvas a tlarges representative r.F. NV, Tutliiy wan proesnt on behalf of~ en traench iti tiec orgartisation, and Dr. Shannton fot ties Irtircecec at York. Mr. Hucuc BietneY, Cittoun l;irch, 1ev. D1r, Masaiughatn, Mr, 'cloli I~d teel the kiev. WV. Stanyor ...

... I ( p'- \V --. °0 , 011z co, - )X T1 ON- OF ri4-Ili3 e ' - j; IlOS>liF WA flash ~z IflJLLE'PIN. I )iglitc'3, the PrhteeC of Wvales has l~~uitili,,t. The favourAble eouaree t ;:ip o5~ llilies. No furthe ultn * it ff1 ive o'clock. 'V ~ IWILLIAM JcggNEt, TMTD. o n WILLIAM GULL, AM l). o IJ I a'Lo NVE, AlD. PA S ULLETINS. '-'!AD i 1ANI iiIiIIA, Siunday, 9 nan. * gni £lgslnes he Princeo of WaleS ...

... 1IjI)S SCHOOL B]OARED. j' irdj)jj15t OF THE LEIEDS MERtCURiY. iN-1lieradl in your imnpression of to-day ru'oftho proposod Board schools. 1 ioa In saster of a large school, in fopovd or nearly 400 half-ticsers, to ote oard to thue fact that their lro.- riI11 idit is dlooided Ithat thle period. Ir *, ,idrc ishll attend. schools shall be five tbdiyfr five days in thue wook.' Tau rguilations ...

... AL])ERMUA CARTER AN I) IH1l - TO THE EDITORS OF THE3 E1)S Ll uEl r GENSTLE.OdtlN,-In your inlipressiA'es u!te.iy to :. an account of an lllterviOw whict itepu a1l . Bramley had with the thrce gentleten. Dot r, borough inPailiamenton thelo Educatio. ',;estici, In their interview with Ald. C ilttr, M I', tLa , man entered upon some Ltrictur, ee i11r Her Inspector for this district. SpLakilig ,f ...

... ChRISTMAS DAY. We leg to inform our readers that, in accordance with our long-establihhed practice, and the generil usage of the Provincial Press, the 1feds ercaIry Will NOT BE rUBLTBTIED ON C]01MSTmAs DAY; and as there vwill be only one delivery of letters on that day (the same as on Sanday), persons sending adv'rtisoments for Tuesday's paper would do wvell to post their letters on Saturday. ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY, IT is stated that Mf. TiaSERS has addressed a I | Ictter to the QUEEN, expressig his b sitisfuAtioLT A the improvement in the health of the PaINcL. or1 \YWALKIS. TInr National Assembly of France having repudiated any responsibility in respect of the verbal engagement between the Orleans Princes and the Chief of the Executive Power, and the latter having in con- sequence, ...