... 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 ...

... 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 LEEDS M ERCURY. A sPrqr1-- telegram in the Pall Mall Gazette states that Austria and Germany have expressed their I readiness to proceed with the ?? development of t the proposals on the international usages of war sub- c mitted at the Brussels Congress. According to the s same telegram, England, France, and Italy are in negotiation relative to the position which they will take, in common, ...

... LETTER FROME PRESIDEINT GRIANT. The Ci1nriuaafi Gazelle of the 30th nit ?? n letter from Presideiit Gront, preceded bythe followingmeplsne- tions :-In 1872, when: it was found that Grant woulld bo re-norninated, the report was circulated that, in view of the many groundless reports as to his seeking the norni- nation, he would decline to bc a candirdate, So positive were the reports upon this ...

... . 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? .. V.- ?? ?, .. 1; . , ?? Af T., i. ?? . .. ?? ' F ' r II .( II' z5 IO1 I0 ,l'5l1dI 1: I x.'it% FI 's IK.s K j,,l~s5SJ5 is * F5 IIs 1-0t . F. .. .. I o %5 : II O I * E tV .5, I 55. ol l . , .I cmC:,,A r dr v j' alld ?? ill-,1(1 fl e f Clff i: U 55 .5,. .'YL)WM ade, in building again that fane of fruitless prayer, they were conteatedly making, good its breaches that it might ...

... 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, ...

... One of the most importantreetoratiooe, that have taken place in York Minster is that which has just been corn- pleted in the south transept of that venerable pile. Founded as it washy King Edwin, the first Christian King of Northumbria, in 626, a number of restorations have takeniplaceinthebuildingsinceth-tttime. Theearliest wae undertaken by Wilfrid, who was made Bishop of York 4 in 6619. ...

... . go a Itcolo. A Liberal Association has been formed in Munich for the support of German unity. The death is announced of the Archbishop of Tours, Monsignor Fruchaud, aged sixty-three. A wild silkworm, from which a durable thread is made, has lately been discovered in Turkistan. The Americau ?? Henry Reinhardt, has just died in Rome. A man advertises in a New York paper for a bar- keeper, who ...

... ' ?? 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. ...