... TE PROPOSED CANGESINTEE MIDLAND RAILWAY. MIEETING IN LEEDS. An influential and numerously attended meeting of *hareholders of the Midland 1ilalway Company' was held =esterday afternoon at the Queen Hotel, L eeds, to con- id er the proposed abolition of ?? carriages and other important changes announced bI the directors in passengerfares. The requisition whioh convened the meeting was signed ...

... The annual meeting of the sichcribers afnd friends of the Leeds Invalids' Ritcben was held vesterday in the Grand JurV Roote, at the Town Hall. His Worship the MxAYo (Alderman Maseden) occupied the chair; and there was Et icumlier of ladies present. In oponing the proceedlings, the Mneor. said that there WOS scarcely any societv in thse towni which was calculated to do more good than this ...

... --AE --NEW LATEST NE WASS ade lOO IMPORTANT RAILWvAY AMALGAMATION. 4de The Midland and North-Eastern Railway Com- em. panies have become partners in a railway designed to be form a portion of the best and shortest communication ion between their districts. I in by, f iWENTLOCK ELECTION. ace Official declaration of the poll:- Forester . ?? 1,720 ime Lawley . ?? 1,401 fine Dmn Conservative ...

... ITRE DEGRADATION 01? PRINE\rCE EUiNG. The degradation of Prince 3ung, which was reported in ries China opaprs received on ?? last, only lasted, it 11n.'Rse Sa, fol tivi sty- -attr hours. Thle dicre insocs is- ing thue d tiasalion of thie Prisot vwa.s issued on the 10th of Sicntrmber, and wias eisa 53 lowa;- ' c ?? in the Veimilion [Pencil]. Be it made ];nown to all the Princes and Mielaisters ...

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... . TEE FRENCH ELECTIONS. - OR A 1'nEX'O Coiieosnxir.). PAins, Sunday. AU eyes are turned towards the three depart- mients where elections take place to-day, the Oise, 'he Nord, and the Drirae. Six months ago the Government objected to the partial elections coming off at the same time, under pretext thatit would produce a too general agitation in the country, an agitation which it would be ...

... There is, we apprehend, some contusion in the public! mind a's to the meaning and objects of Professori Tiyndall's recent publication on typhoid fever. NoI doubt has for many years existed as to the cornmurtica- bilily of typhoid fever by excremental pollution. Thle vehilele of can~tagiosi and the meants of sanitary pre- vention have be~fn long silica established by deuce r, Mufrchison, fludd, ...

... LOUTH AND GREAT GRIMSBY DISTj, AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. I . kg The twenty-first annual meeting of this society n held at Great Griusby on Tuesday last. The 9 is in a very flourishing condition, its meneber numerous, and funds favourable, so that a goad la was held. The ploughing and other work teook on land belonging to Mr. Quickfadl and Mr. Rd oberts, and was of an exceelingly prais-w ...

... Sfhe propeller City of Brooklyn exploded her boiler, on the 22nd ult., in Detroit river, and 13 persons were killed, the boat being torn open and sinking in six minutes after the disaster. The cause was an over. pressure of steam, as the boat was racing with the propeller Cuba. The City of Brooklyn, which had 30 persons on board, was bound from Ogdsnsberg to Chicago, oud was going towards ...

... ' ?? W I B R. T Z; .,Atl | THE MUJSEE I, T1e I I BRUSSELS. (FaRoe A CgoRESPONflEITT.) If one wants to enjoy the works of a tyro one does not prepare himself by the study of a master, although in a deep true sense that is the very best preparation which a man could make; and what we have most to complain of in our critics of to-day is that they are, for the most part, acquainted only with the ...

... * MUNICIPAL (EXTRAORDINARY) EDLECTIONS. LEEDS. TNoRnVWZST WADIW.Last evening a largely attendd imeeting of the Liberal Committee of this ward was held in the MIechanics' Institute, Woodhouse, under the presidency of COltioillor BOOTHRinoy, for the purpose of selecting a suitable person to fill the office of Councillor in the place of Mr. John Wood, elevated to the Aldermanic bench. Mr. B. G. ...

... TEE CHURCH ASSOCIATION. The annual conference of the Church Association opened yesterday morning, at Willis's Rooms, Mr. T. Rt. Anm;wS presidin.- Thore was a very large attendance. The proceedings were commenced by an address by the Rev. J. RcoIemDSON, I.A., incarabent of Camden Church, Canaberwell, on The Holy Ghost glorifying Jesus. The annual address was then delivered by the CnIAlt- Ms, ...