... 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 ...

... THE LE, EDS MERCURY.. A Times telegranm from Cawnpore states that I the Parsee witness, W110o knew NANA SAILIm well, declares that thc Gvwalior prisoner is not the Nana. BWF are indebted to thie correspondent of the Now lork Herald for the latest information as to the Gordon expedition. The telegramn is dated ICiar- team, November 10tb, and it reports the arrival there of COL. LONo from ...

... 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 ...

... THE CAe tPAIGN OF IRUN. HIn')Yaxvr, Monday.-It miust huppea to most .men, as it oftenu happens to me1, to takie ?? a novel or sit down to play insufferably dull and eutirel~y destitute of merit. We all know Law angry we are wui Elourselves, how tire cofltofilt we feel for the author recoils ?? ?? for the piatienice with which we put upj 1iithl his trashl, but, somehow, we were in at tire ...

... TRE RECIPROCITY TREATY BETWEEN CANADA ANI) THE UNITED fSTATES. Yesterday a meeting was held inl the rooms of thle Chamber of Comnmerce, Bradford Exchange, of delegates from the Yorkshire Chambers of Commerce, to consider what Course should be adopted in reference to the draft Treaty Ot Commerce between Canada and the United States of America, which it is considered would be inisurious to the ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL A Tim LFEDS ElAST AND SoUTFEWARD ELECTIONS. 'At the Leads County Court yciterday, before Idr. I Vincent 'Thompson (acting as Deputy Judge), Mr. B. Wilson appeared in support of anl adjourned ap~plira. tion on behalf of the Liberal candidates for lea~ve to sxamine the voting papers at the mu~nicipal elections in 1he East and South Wards of Leeds on the 2nd inst. The ...

... THE MIDLAND RAILWAY SCOHEW. (Pirin the Tall MalU Gawettej At a meeting ot' !U.Midland Railway shareholders held at Leeds on Tue~sd y a resolution was passed urging the Midland directors to suspend their action, and, in com- pliaeuewiththe *coiirriatoieyinvitation giveuby sixother railway companies, to join with the latterin considermng what chan ges, if any, should be made in the conduct ...

... THE LOUS OF THE ARRACAN, OF GREENOCK. Yesterday afternoon the South Shields Local Marine Board, at their meeting,, presented an alumiuium bino- collar glass, awarded by the Board of Trade, to J. NV. Hormer, late ordinary seaman on board the ship Arracan, of Greenock, in acknowledgment of his gallant conduct at sea in an open boat, after tho loss of his vessel on the 17th February. Horner ...

... THE OPPOSITION TO THE I CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACTS. Following the Conference, reported in another colurmn, a publio meeting against the Contagious Dise a ses Acts was held last night, in St. George's Hall, Bradford. Aid. WEsT presided, and there was a large but not crowded attendance. The Cirnmstt said they hadi been called together to agitate for sweeping fiom the Statute books Acts which were ...

... EXCEPTIONAL RAINFALL IN OCTuBE]-,. Mr. G. J. Symons writes to the Times :- The interest in the amount of our water supply is now so vidi- 1rea that it is probably desirable to liay before your reoilers a few particulars respecting the execptionally hewvy I til- fall ill mountainous districts last muonth. In tbe first place itis necessary to show where the excess was irea- tively greatest, ...

... ,NEW BOUARD SCHOOLS IN LEEDS.| Yesterday four new beard schools wore forniall y OPenled, aud the rueniorial stonies of four others laid, in different jiarte of Loeas, iunder thle auspices of the Loeeds SA100on Board. The weathcor was, bitterly cold, bitt, not- -wditairadileg, boils the outdoor andi indoor proceedings in, O(tuflCction. with the different ceremonies were attenided. by Isrge ...

... OPENING OF THE CHAPELTOWN BRANCH. By the opening of the section of tramway frons Boar- lane to 6heepsear and Chapeltowu the Leeds system of tramways is now completed. and the company possesses 17 miles of line, divided into five branches, viz., Kirkstall, Headsugley, Huiislet, Marsh-lane, and Chapeltown. Tho cars for use on the new section are elegant in appearance asid much lighter than those ...