... THE, LEEDS MERCUURY I I M . . I l I , - , ITis announced frojn St. Peteqsbirg that the fever from Which the ?? has been ?? . .. . ~ .. ..i .. . . ?? . continues to.abate, and. that the general condition of His Imperial Highness is satisfactory. A TZLEQRA from New York says that an English and an American steamer had arrivedtat Hono.. lulu to represent their respective Governments at the ...

... The long-expected trial of the great gun at the Nothe I I Fost, Weymouth, was held on Thursday in the presence of six gentlemen of the Ordnance Select Committee, viz, Major Alderson, R.A., Colonel Field, R.A., Major Mait- laud, RA., Colonel Hayman, R.A.,-Colonel Euglish,R.E., and Lieutenant Inglis, R.E. Before the hohr for the trials the crier went through the streets of Melcombe Regis ...

... A TRUiNDERSTORM IN GLENCOE. It was on' first vist to Glenco'; we might htve gone lb ri a hunred times anid failed to witwess Ench u 5torm s I am mow about to attempt to dersribe. Like most Icutlsts, we 8pproached the Glen by way of Oban and BDalachulieb, but unlike a good many we resolved to tru5t So our Irgs rathbr than to the coaoh Which artries the Meglar dilft of sightseers swiftly cough ...

... The special correspondent of the Vines writes on Friday :-The chances of a settlement are apparently more remote than ever. This is not my own opinion only, but that of both masters and men. The masters assure me that they regard the very existence of the iron trade in 8outh Wales as it stake. They wish the world to know that they take their stand distinetly onthat'ground. They say they ...

... 5EC1M4 CORRESPONDENCE. L>romo, Thursday. A session that may prove eventful heyootd any since Mr. GlAdatone's accession to power was this afternoon quietly ciened without incident or event of any kiad worthy of tspedl notice. There is a common PArliamentary saying totha effect that ith beginning of the legislative year is I like the letting out of waters whose ultimate destination few con gueus ...

... WEDNESDAY. Ihe second da>'s coursing was on Langlon Wld, bi pelinisidon of Mrs. Noraliffe. Very co]d butdrY, and Al iminmense company. Coursing exscellent. At firl ?? four courses of the big stake remained on the card. The LANGTONt STARES, L3 103. eMCh. Y1:COND TIES' GISe Queen beat Spanker C ?? CT b ?? . 3ilto3 lisiblndl Meg b Midgo Wei Pgt b Witet Liiy Wilfril b Satisfaction Wild Poll bN BiP ...

... WEEKLY ETURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS I IN THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS. I)I met Or T- '1Mx 1 7Q 26TS1 WEEK, 1873. li the week enting last Saturday, 4,471 bulths and 2,536 deaths were registered in eighteen of the largest English tovwns, including Londorn The birits were 13s, and the deaths 83 many es 692, hsloy the average weekly numnbers in the ten gcrer IS61- 70, cor e3te; for ia- crease of populaion ...

... L-^OCAL, AND GENA-L. In the House of Commo ns cii hursday, a peti- ir tion was preseented by Jeir. Ssrjesnt Simton, from tbe iD Dewebusy Uinion, agai~nst the tildellclase df the Eha. 51 mentary Education Amendment Act. 9 A Loiqo EMxognssoi.-We are informed that a ?? distinguished party of excursionlats may be expcted to ti cell as Leeds in passing, on Tuedady next, the 1st July. IC It la ...

... The following Appeoxed ia a portion of oar improssion iof yeaterday::- I r (BE.,irn T~raRGuFWS. I a I FAnis, Sunday, 8 ?? Minisesrial organ, the Bien Public, publishes this evening at supplementary editior, which confirmn the reconstrnction of the aCbinet! as announced. The following in a complete list of the M. CASn= PF rx ?? Interior. 3d. nn Rmua .. . . Foreign Affairs. BL WADDINGuO' . ...

... I ?? AqIICUlitBE A?D'0091[kRdtI The weith'er;bds 'been Jlue biit cold in tho iagrlcal ats diatrlotta'too.cofd, 'indeed, to admit 6f ?? ?? maklng completely sastifactory progress.' The ffect of this' ?? of things- is refledtad. in an increasing firm. nepo in quot.tionso although bath the deliveries of wheat from the home farmers and the ,ipports effected froir foreign oq~atros rlmsve been ...

... BETROTHAL OF THE DUXE OF BD]X- Q i~BURGH. Tbe pznsgi5 correspondent Of the 2TOea writes:- 3Bn6sian papers not being 2llowed Without special permig. sion to dilate upon events in the Imperial family, few and shoit are the commenta upon the ausapeiosoa new from .jugenheim. There i, howevesr no doubt that the wananueemene of the B1 bstrotihal has bee raost gym. patheticsally reesived at t. ...

... TEE TAEL OF DERBY ON THE PURCHASE I ?? OF RALWAYS BY THE STATE. B A special meeting of the Society of Ath wa held oil Findey morning at the Society's Houe,4 Sohn-streat, Adelpbi when a paper on the-above subject wm rzea Sy Mfr. W911am GAlL. The-, chair was taken b 'she Righit Honourable the Earl of DanY. and among tose prensent were Lord ClaenePaget, t.B., LoWd I lSa-or1 MK.P, Lord Alfred ...