... THE MARlCHIONZESS OF RPONY'S FAMCY I DRESS BALL. The Marahiorostoa 1po iaiam iveo OI2TCbi t \ttiitny ni''ht, at thefanl sa~ on Cin Gron-gari ott I a-bet; hotl'imnt and ditsiin-?nisa.'d company goacodl let' ILtad yhi' a sloons. Co(ts anid Thinocy's battd, conlducted Iby 11r. Coott, pnitvaoi some. of the 'eaat'Luosio of the seaaon. 'Pits noble hoatessa' guusttt taera, with two or three sacep- ...

... IATSTORI04L M;A2iT1SCRIPTS- The fourth report of the Royal Coiiso nHis- Itolijel Manuscaiints has been Linued. '1he Oe-saiur The work af inspcection doirin3 thie Pact year has been nained an by Mr. AIlfred 5. H~orwood and Mr. H.. T. Riley for Englanjd tr.1 Stuart an~d Mr. Fraser for Scot- leano and Mrl. Gilber~t for Ireloncl. Professor Brewer has. cout~need his uxeminatioi cc the Cecil ...

... , GENEIRAl FOREIGN KIWTS. (Brxus's Tr.mA's). THE ORTISIS AT VERSAILLES, c r DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. r YERsAILLEs, Wednesday Evening.-Great excite- i ment prevailed throughout.to-day's sitting of the National Assembly. S M. LucIEx BDR, of the Extreme Right, I brought forward an order of the day stating that the Assembly, without reference to the law of 3 the 20th of November (prolonging ...

... BOLTNDUAY PARK AmD HOLIDAYS. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GENTLEMEN,-The activity of the roadmen in im- proving the footway on each side of the Roundhay-road reminds me that we are on the eve of a Prevt local holi- day, and that this year it is to be commemorated by (to this district at least) a novel contest in the form of a regatta on the lake at Eoundhay Park. The arrange- ments for ...

... ALD. CARTER, M.P.,AND JIU)ME RTr, TO TllE EDITORS OF TIll:- LEEDS TsUERCUThy 0rENTLrFsXsaY,-Some friend lias b}eell 0)001 eiollht i send me a seport of the meeting oi ItiLhilicil hld1 LI Leeds on Sunday last to condemn toy eto-uct u,,ot voting il favour of Mr. Butt's motion on lions R Ii cannot now give a full explanation of tbe :e.s'odiv hich induced me to abstain fiom voting On tit CClOjuQ ...

... BRADFORD TOIWN COUNCITi. Yesterday afternoon the monthly meeting of the f Council was held in the Council Chamber, in the Town t Hall. The MAYoR (Mr. Rhodes) presided. C, FtPOUT OF TIYE MIslcAn Om nonn OF Hnerm.- The TOWN Cnryn read the following report from Mr. a Butterfield, the Medical Officer of Health, dated July 14 - Smallpox still exists in the borough, although the. -cases are not so ...

... SPECL& CORRESPONDENCE.| (By PrlvATE Tnamnmseir.) TLoxnos, Tuesday Night. There was a lively, but, under the circumstances, by no means a hot, discussion this evening over the second reading of Lord Sandon's Endowed Schools BilL Briefly explained, this measure is of the oldest type of Conservative reactionary policy, and its evident object Ls to hand over the control of the Endowed Schools of ...

... ISPECIAL COR~RESPOND)ENCE. (BY Pnivmn TnEGAPs,) TLo-nDox, MondayNight. Except Mr. Gladstone's reappearance in the Hoiuo of Commons, there -was not very much that was in- teresting to English readers in the debate upon the second reading of the Church Patronage (Scotland) Bill. Judged by the ordinary standards, indeed, the discussion wvas dull, and in some respects tame. There was bat a small ...

... This bill was again before thle SeetCm iteo h House of Lords on Tuesday, Lord AssiRitAiti presiding'. The first witness called was, Air. bcrneiki/, C.J3., who said hso thought. there was no neessit fhever for Wakeffleld resorting to Lanig- set eigthat an. abundanit supplY could be hart ion' other, sources, particujarly from tire red eaicistrso i their own district. Hie believed they might; ...

... COAM 7\1 UO\x. ?? ?? 1fllt~ ot thll- sucii, . elf1 iti ii-ii *O ?? 1reit-ttid to Palhotaa-i.,et oil T'itzu-,.d ) nd~il. - L eigedt. itil tw-i C. til~ir Xe.L.i fh- .W t- i fo Ac-tIie II a. * o LatOij.ioe It h, yugtio eoo 0,tteotioul t3 tli0 lilr-ge lioaeietr of CASoLttIO-. Li SIL~1tiWi oucl to reiNt'entible CMLISACS Uithtt than fa ttlt-, w,. !Iti III- aioo, Otittuituit--ut YO'itilr* atitt u ...

... IMORXJ-NG EXPR-Bool TO,-DAY'S LONDOIN OF.A ?? OFF1lwi, F-ridajj, 5 a0.o he ax THE COERCION BILL. a The Dafiy Talegraph says Mr. Butt~and Mr. Sullivav may rest assured that if England should become.'the scene of such political crimes as baffled detection he by the ordinary method of the law; if aurms should be; al concealed in the houses of the Lancashtire millworkers ; ire if in the absence of ...

... THE PROPOSED CESSION OF. FIJI. . ~ ~ ~ I . I . . - .. The celbourne Arqsus has been privately furnished with the terms of the offered cession, which axe as follows:- V Article 1. King Cakobau to retain for life the designa- tion of Tui Viti (King of Fiji), and a pension of £2,000 sterling ner annum. payable at such times annually as may be directed by Her BritannicMajesty's Government. The ...