... ?? , G1EERK 1FOREIGN NWS. ,a s' T d f ' sMT1V TX=0Z, ,, FRANCE. Vp, Tuesday.A circular issued b3 M. Dufaure to,. , vablic presecultors at the COurrs of Appeal is o~foisllyV libed to-day, in which tha -:Minister diseusses..the. arse to be pursued by tbvi , ;.isacy towards ths ?? Committee o : liy into Electoral- bs The Minieter recornali:as thabat the invextiga- 600, of the conrittee should be ...

... ?? 51 7 a (Pr-PRIVATE T=LRGAPH.) LoNDwON, Wedanesa, .The Commons' esat -for three-quarters of s.Io to-day. A slight fiasco ocourred in connection w the second bill on the orders of the day, which vet; bill relating to Hypothec in Scotland. Sir Gergl LBalfour, its promoter, moved the second readill (4 it; but it turned out that he had two editions of bill, and that the second form differed ...

... WORK AND WAGIES. . SOUTH YoiiSuraE AND NORTI3 DRBBY M1 cERs.-A laxgely attended meetirgof COllier RP e pristors in South Yorkshire and Wexorth Dorbyi' Pie. . hbld at Sheffield yesterday, to consider the rbuestict i reducing the wages of the Miners in tbos3dirtlr4 3 Though it was generally stated that t thosetirJ00M D when a rednotion must be made, the amount ., ?? d agreed upon, and the ...

... | iWEATHER CHART, FsB. 23. The chart represents the western countries of EinOVS from Norway to the coast of Portugal, and embra=es Great Britain and the British Islea. It also ineludei the North Sea or German Ocean, the Bay of Bissay, the$ Mediterranean. the Atlantic, with the English Channel, Bristol Channel. and Irish Sea. I -r,, - -- - ?? ?? _- - ?? - - - In the abovechart the dotted ...

... _ _ . . 1 AAA* Z v at.b LERDs.-In connection witb the distress at present existing in Leads, it will be seen that the Mayor (Aid. Addymau) has convened a meeting to be held in his rooms in the. Town Hall, on Saturdav, and his ?? cordially invites the attendance of all persons interested or willing to assist in the movement for its relief. BAiNELEY. - The distress in this district increases ...

... ._W Q -IL UF{ U IsWH A )i 11 HAWORTH CiEIUROHB. wing &Agnnual ?? fh. ?? - (do:_ The following ?? in the TilUpS ?? Sir,-I lera that a sehemae id tt preseut oa toot tor tbe destr rtion of awerts Church, mn older that, a uvow and haudsotne editivo maybe erected on its site' The present church is old ann inconveniesit, and the ingumbentj ?? has already 'modernised' the appearance bf Hlaworth ...

... 10 THE EDITORS OF TRE LEEDS MERCURY. Gm.rTLEa1N,-If you will kindly allow, the importance of the subject shall he my apology for troubling you with a few thoughts on the above-named topic. Iread with pleasure and interest the letter from Mr. G. F. Armstrong of the l2th inst. I can endorse nearly all the arguments he advances, especially that treating upon the efficiency of masters, managers, ...

... I THE BISnOPS AND THE AFGHAN DEBATE. f I 0( a 1? ile J ynalishJ TnId?,d1niv (-roen f0ic Jng~iie bidependent.) if What will the bishops do ? This question was pro. a bablv in many miinds as the recent debate in the House of d Lords was coming on.- The question has now been *answered, but, in a manner that we cannot re. keril ao satisfactory. Wbeu the division list was pub.- beilled, it wasi ...

... 'IC) 'T.TR. RnT'T12Rl few sired, .XvmlQ ?? m TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCUUIY. tl Le GENTLLiL,-I have no intention of going back from ti er my engagement not again to ask your pormissio4,to con- Ol tinue the diacusion of those purely tecisnical rnd iuci- I dental questione that have been specially referred to by a Y, some of yoar corraespondeuts in connectiou with my lotter' m Le, oi the ...

... UNIVERS1TY INTELLIENUR. L CZdeazne, Mondee. Special Examination in Moral Science.-Lxamfiied aei Approved.-Political Economy.-Claes I. (in omer ei i merit): Burr, Pembroke; J. R. Reid, Tr'uity lall. Le' Class II. (in alphabetical order): B. Baddeley. Jeu,: Fell, St. Peter's; Hammoud, Trinity, Hollins, Jre1;vy Isali; Muspratt, Trinity Hall; Tbomas, St. Peter';; e Thornbill, Magdalene; G. White, ...

... WAR PREPARATIONS, The 100-ton experimental gun, the first made by Sir William Armstrong at Elswick for the Italian Govern- ment and proved at S1=ezzia, is said to bave cracked its 4 inner tube. This is a possibility not unlooked for in the case of an experimental gun, and it may be recollected i that a similar mishap occurred both to the first of the 80-ton guns and the experimental 35-ton gun ...

... LOC6AL AND. GENERAL- - ELFOTXONQr OB ' &3kRlIS.-A mxeeting of the 4is liverymen of the City 'oi Londoik was held yestorday, at e- which Mr. George Burt-and Mr.. T. Bevin were elected ie Sheriffs of.. London anda Middlesex. DIr; John Jones e, sattended, as usual on those occasions, and caused con- 11i siderable merriment by questiouing the candidates as to se whether they would support, among ...