... TRE POSITIVE GOVERNMfENT SECURI LIFE AJ5SURANCE. A petition was presented to Vice-Ohancellor MALTns in Chancernyesterday by Mr. JabezTuck, 6, Union-court, Old Broad-street, London, for the winding up of the Positive Insurance Company. Mr. NAPInl HiGrmIs, ?? and Mr. Ro=x% appeared on behalf of the company to opwose the petition; the petitioner was repiesentel by Mir. GLAssn, Q.C., and 9fr. ...

... D=LA1 LISTS OF THE CAMBRIDUE LOCAL I EXAMINAT'uION. - Ths class lists of thc nineteenth, examinations, conducted by tble Cambridge University Local Examuinatiolns Syndcate, have beeu issued, and the names of successful Studentss will he found below. The total number of girls who entered this year vas 'b679, being 146 more thlan laet year. Whilst religious 5ati~ eats form a yortion of the ...

... DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. MERCURY OFFICE, Tuesday, 5 a.m. MR, STANLEY'S MISSION. The Daily .Telegraph of to-day says and deeply interesting despatches have reached us from Mr. Stanley, under date Ujiji, August 7th to 13th. The joint commissioner of the Daily Telegraph and' New York Herald has made a complete survey of Lake Tanganyika, and settled the question of the Lukuga, which Commander Cameron ...

... THlE LEEDS MERCURYS TIlE PRINCESS ob' WALEs arrived in Plisc | yesterday morning, and proceeded at onoe to the Hotel Bristol. She is to leave to - night for Brindisi, via Turin. IT is reported from Constantinople that the Protocol was presented to Ssrvnr PussL, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, by the representa- tives of the signatory Powers. The Minister replied that he would ...

... I 9FpTU W.; 7=u ,W318H THIS EIUf.,XIP4ll X WI A .1hWLYS , 1817. 1878. IcI ,o. D Ge ,. I eIfasO,.Ciou te Grecoli amid et.h.. r.. IB13ittol sad Exeter.:. IOsledonian .. ?? Ire mbrNonr.. ?? .43oek~rer!cth,E.,&Psl1 1 ork'and ?? ?? 1Dublin E ,Beliat Jne iDubhinandWIckiow.. I ?? 1 3is5g0w & 8. Western ?? 1 GreatNh dt f ?? GreatNorthern.. ot. Sthrn.&BcWestrn, I reatWestern.. .Hi Tv ale ?? ILon.o 14a. ...

... THE GAS QUESTION IN LEEDS,. TO THE EDiTORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURy, GnNTaLnscEN,-On the 15th January you kintly inserted a letter on the above subject, and one of the points there dealt with - that of the test burner not being in accordance with tne Act of Parliament-has been taken up by the magistrates and also by the Leeds Chamber of Commerce. 'Will you now kindly allow me to re-entorce ...

... RAILWAY RAFFIC RBETURNS. IST WmirF TanS HAlI.yrum, Belfast &i N. Cofltiet Brecon acnd Mlerthyr.. Bristol and ?? - Caledonian ?? Cambrian ?? Cockermr'th,tK ,& Pen. CornwaUl ?? Corl, and Bandln ?? Dublin & Belfast rnoe Dnblin asd Wieklow.. Furness ?? Gleagow & S. Western Great ?? Great N b. of Scotland GreatNortern ?? Gti. Stbrn. & Western. ?? IHuchlanel ?? ViKeiteO Isle cf iaen ?? Lancadire ...

... TRADEd CONFERENCE ON PRISON IJABOUR IN LEEDS., On the invitation of the Leeds and District Trades Council, a conference of delegates from the various trades of the district was held last evening at the offices of the Amalgamated Engineers, in Park-square. on PM=son labour, ' with a view to ad Parliamentaty inquiry on1 the subject. The Council in their circular convening the couterence state, ...

... EAST-RDING A CAMBER 01 AGRIOULTURE. - The annual dinner of this body was held ?? Roomru, Beverley, last night, when about forty peyos were present. The ?? (Mr. Joseph Cruet, of Catterick) occupied the chair, and Mr. Richard NorfolId Beverley the vice-chair; the former being supported toj Mr. W.- i H. Broadley, M.P., Ald. Crosskill (Mavor oi Beverley), the Rey. Canon Birtwhistle (Vicar of ...

... I1.PERIAL PALRIAMENT. (By PRIVATB TELEGRA1'a rROM OUR OWVN REPORTErS.) HOUSE OrF LORDS, M.ONDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. 15ABRIAGE WITH A DEGAEAS1D WVIF1'S SISTER. Tile Marquis of ItIPON peesented a petition from the dayor, aldermen, and common couno1il if the borough of Northampton in favour of legalisiug marriages with a ieceased wife's sister. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS ...

... LOCAL AND G'EN.ERAL - LEEDS EDUCATIONAL CouNoI:L.-An examinina- a tion was held on the 27th and 28th ultiio, under the e auspices of the Counoil,of candidatesforeightexhibitions, whichhave been latelyestablished for pupilsof public elementary sohools ia Leeds. Four of these are in the gift of the Counoil, the remaining four having been fomnded l by' the trustees bf the Leeds Grammar School. ...

... VflT EASTERN _QUESTION. 1 (ItEsi's T~txxseaiurs.) *j'L1~ CONFEiRE;NCE ADJOUTRNED. CoxerA5sOrF's Tuesday, G.30 ?? antici- pateal, the next sitting of the Conference hissbeen adjourned until Thu~rsdawy at tho request of the Turkish delegates, and the opinion is gaining ground that the ?? of the Porte will in the mean- time drawn up an ewv project with the view of bringing about an understanding ...