... LEEIJS CORPORATIO?'T ACCOUNTS. Thoe annual aecounta of the Leeds Town Council have just been issued by the Borough Treasurer (Mr. Hepper). 'They are for the year preceding the 1st Septemnber, 1871, and are certified by DMr. Aid, Mareden, tihe Mayor's auditor, and Mr. Thos. Dasvion and Mr. John EastWood, burgess' auditors. They are printed in the form of a pamphlet extending to 125 pp. The ...

... I LOCAL -AND EEAL LEEDS, JANUARY 29, 1872.-: Lord Granville has issued a circular to the Peers who generally support the Ministry, soliciting their atteuld- ance at the meeting of Parliamnent on the Gth proximo. Mr. Otwray, M.P., rnet his constitulents at Chat- ham on Friday evening. The Hon. Membekr began by expressing a hope that there would be no more dockyardl reductions, for it wias a ...

... TUEE GENEVA ARBIT£RATION. Thu Ncov ivory ?? has a long paper. upon the subject of the arbitration under the Tr'eate of Washington. Ate nccounrt of the five arbitrators is first given. A s rewardsi pec ?? late hmr Secjautsee owe proowhths ?? ealt of te Ly orbd ChefJsticeasa toaste, bheno preeitielirg knwtat thhniersr diesntarivae ot the Uniteh Lostio Cleics' oirna h n.We like him becauses we ...

... HIEAVY GALE mN LONDON. The heaviest gale which has visited London for some years occurred yesterday morning. During the early part of the night there was a dead calm, with a hifgh tempera- ture, and torrents of rain. Towards three o'clock yester- day cmorninig the wind rose, and blew from full south a perfect hurricane for several hours, veering westward, and moderating somewhat about sunrise. ...

... THE BRITISH CASE, (Fiom Mie Times'.) By the Treaty of WXashinugton it wcs ?? that th, written or printe!d C2-te of e'ach of the two parties, acoom~ panted by the dosunients, the olli,,al correspon'letice and oather evidence on which each relies, should be deliva'red in duplicate within a period not exceeding six months from the date at which the ratifications of the Treaty were exchan~ged. ...

... 52ND WEEK, 1871. In the weekending last Saturday, 4,203 births and 3,495 deaths were registered in 17 of the largest English towns, including London. The birthe were 207 below, while the deaths exceeded by 402, the average weekly numbers in the ten years 1861-70, corrected for increase of populaticn to the middle of this year. The deaths showed a further decline of 247 upon those returned in ...

... CONYALESCENCE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. (Frosm the Spplement to the London Gazetle of Jan. 18.) At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 18th day of Sanuary, 1872. By the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Bonourable PrivyCouncil. Present-Archbishop of Can- terbury, Lord Chancellor, Bishop of London, Mr. Secre- tary Bruce, Mr. Forster. It ie this day ordered by their Lordehips, that his Grace the ...

... LEE,3IDS, JANUAR~Y 24, 13S' °. YOnxs}HIR~u VOLJNTh53E ( OFIOE RS-The f ob ,lowing Ensigns of Yorkshire Volunteer corps have obtained certificates of proficiency *-Bury, 37th West York Rifle Volunteers; Cowell, 34th West York Rifle Volunteers,; Croft, 15th. North York Rifle Volunteers; Crook. 29th W~est York Rifle Volunteers- Hemingway, 29(th Wlest Veik Ibifle Volunteers, Jones, 1ist West York ...

... rEE GTREAT RISE IN THE PRICE Or' COMMODITIES. (From Ole .Eonncist.) wh ATCAt -persons are aware that the trade of the country ic eo 1 it astate Of great. antivity. All theAI-1 u toli s in ho -t Ge, that-the state of the flevenne, the Bankers' Clearing-- 'o brufe figures, the returns Of exports and imports are all Iwli' pdniri, and all speak the same languo,~ But few have, tha wo think, ...

... G1lVA 1 1OURS DE MONSTRATIONr .1 ITN YORK. . ., X : On6e Cf ?? imlposing processions ever witressed in Yoek BsEmbled yesterday near the large works of the N ois-astern Railway Company, in which about 2,000 workmen are employed, to celebrate the inauguration of the hours movement. The procession consiste t of the ralw yworkmen, who were joined by work-men from other firms to whom the boon had ...

... MIS CELtANEOUS. THE Qtrrinn'e Nhw YEAR GIFTS.,- Her Majesty's gifts of beef and coals to the poor of Windsor were distributed yesterday, but with little ceremony, owing to the absence of the Queen at Sandringhan. The gifts were mado in the Riding School, Royal miews, in the presence of a large committee of the inhabitants of Windsor and the neighbourhood. These gifts consist of joints of beef ...

... VESEAL FOREIGN NEWS. I'EWSPAI'ER TELTEGRAM[S,1 FRkNCE. (TmS Tnraon2,L) Pe^ang, Jan. 2.5. In the cry elaborate tariff which has bes eubmitted ?? the spnroval of the Commission on RaW Mfaterials, tere are enumerated 350 articles until now imported froe, ~ rveih daties are now to be imposed. Wool, wool °waste, an woollen rags will pay SO francs per 100 kilo-. grasesce5. UnbleachedI and raw asilks ...