... DONCASTER WATERWORKS BILL, Housr OF Comrstoes, Thursday. The Select Committee on lhis bill resumed ith considera. tion to-day, Ltrd l: mrv in tlte chair. Mr. D ?sfsoN, QC., replied on the whole a se for the promoters. The room was cleared, and, alter a deliberation of one hour and ten minutes, strangers were admitted, when 'Ie CHIAIRMrAN ?? Csmuitte3, aftsr a very careful consideration of the ...

... FRIDAY. -The barometer has risen somewhat at all but the northern stations since yesterday. Ia tfre west and north, however, it has been unsteady, and in Scotland has fallen rather briskly in the night. The reading at Paris is half an inch higher than at Ardrossan, which gives a gradient of 006 in. per fifty miles. Temperature has risen a little over Scotland and France, but is scarcely ...

... E.ASTIETI S-0uHOL I DDXYv. r~LEE DS. di It in) not olbin hatL thefirat grea. holida 01 thisvionr1 i Mairre~d by .-i'lern pre-emniiontiy nioiief~hie as wIG to exPenlellfd. eterday. The promise of thie etely xlmorning. small au it was, did ilideed. tempt many to avatil theraselvre, 30 of the railway facilities f or visiting distant places with which are associated ideas of beauty or health. If, ...

... THE, WASHINGTON TREATY. (Tunims TMEnGRAL.) P11TWDLFTPIcIA, April 23. The Foreign Committee of the Ilouse of RepreseHOtetiV09 met to-day. General Banks, the Chairmun, gave an account of 5il interview with Secretary Fish ou the Alabama question. Mr. Fish stated that the Cabinet ware united on the question. No ?? bad been made for withdrawing the Indirect Claims. The Govern- mnent did not ...

... The rapid increase of Shipley is fast obliterating the old landmarks by which the place was known, and its beau- tiful situation, in one of the most charming spots in Airedale, has not saved it from the inroads of manufac- turing prosperity. Shielded on the north by Hope Hill, on the east by Wrose Hill, on the west and south-west by the heights of Heaton, and in the midst of scenery of a ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL* Ai LEEDS, APRIL 2, 1872. y )f Mr. IT. W. Greenwood, B.A., Trinity College, is Cambridge, has been appointed Vice-Principal of the is South Wales Training College at Carmarthen. 6 MORLEY B3APTIST O1IAPHL.-A bazaar wag held a on Friday and Saturday towards a new chapel, which ~e realised about £60. The movement was only commenced is last May, and the friends are highly pleased ...

... (SPEmOAn TiEn A.) Yesterday evening, at a meeting of the representatives of the operatives in Dandee factories, letters were read frocn sixteen of the leading employers in the town, in reply to a circular asking their support to Mr. Mandella's Factory Act. Most of the firms expressed their willing- ness to consider a fifty-seven hours' system, but their opinion was unanimous against fifty-foar ...

... The !Tinvs thinks the Ministerial statements on Friday were satisfactory, so far as they showed that care has been taken lest the presentation of a counter-case should com- promise our position at Geneva. Nothing we have done can be interpreted as involving an admission that the indirect claims may be considered by the arbitrators. Oi the contrary, we have given express notice that we utterly ...

... NTONAL NIONL OF E AR .. ?? The third annual conference of this Unlon was hei I Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last at ste el I Hall, Manchester, and Was attended ' a h ge representatives frum the various local assyoc wards of and by deputations from Ireland and Scotlanio PnEsrnDEr-EL-cr, Mr. W. Osborne, of York Sctlad Tb introduced by the ex-President, Mr J. Lr' ?? beei Principal of the ...

... TEE LEEDS MERCURIt - TiE withdrawal of the Indirect Claim- K the United States Government is now consider- l I-{l ?? l.l A ..a 11w An, A l - - - ., X . : r. prolblable. The backing down, it is said- .i n!; to be performed in Ma`. T an's despath to L, GOATnYVIcEr, but in an aceompanying letter t ; ScnExcie.' Thce Ntz Poek 2ri? i i very inlirroac- and charges the Administration with 1,tvi i ...

... TIPERIAL PARLIAMENT I (Bv TmHL GlzA.) ROUSE OF LORDS, YESTERDAY. The LoaD CaAacizoLLo took his seat on the wool- trwk at live o'clock. THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL The LQRD CHANCELLOR said he hoped the House 'Would resume the adjourned debate on his motion with reference to the Supreme Court before the second read- iog. THE INDIRECT CLAIMS. Earl RUSSELL, referring to the notice of motion on the ...

... I WEVi ESDAY.-The fall of the barometer re- ported yesterday in the north has extended to all our stations, the greatest change being at (Ouxhlven. Aslight iise is reported in the extreme north. The difference between Valentia and Cuxhaven amounts to 0 S7 in. Temperature has fallen generally; it is nearly uniform, but lowest in Norway. The wind is northerly, fresh to strong, drawing to west at ...