... i 'THE IRISH SIUNDAY CLOSINU BILL. ,I | 1 -l m _ ?? T_ _ _. 1 _ _L_ ?? d The Timnes ?? by all possible tests, the .9 Irish people, by an overwhelming majority, desire the i, closingofpublic-houses onSundays, and itisamatteron it which they may justly claim to have their own wayv r The bill has been read a second time at so early a v period of the sessione that nothing can prevent its passing ...

... |1PUfLIC - OPI1N ION ON THE WAR' I . . , all MR GLADSTONE AND'tilE DUKE OF' of ?? ~~SUTHERLANTD.' - A~t a miesting of the Woikmine-'s Neuitrality Committeei flh heisd -on Monday- evening at the- offices of; the' Labour MI Representation League, attention was calleti to the Duke fo of Sutherland's attack on Mr. Gladstone at the late Cl meeting in St. Jaziiis'i Hall. After so me6 d's'cussion, ...

... THE ?? WAR. 1 , LJL2 4.LX t& .Cl b , fl as t . Sir Bartle Frere has telegraphed for reinforcements for the Cape, and it is expected f regiment will be ordered. i thither from Mauritius. * Affairs have taken a serious r turn, and great fear is entertained of an extensive native n war. 8 TiE: EnnEs.s OF AUSTRIA.-The Empregs of D Austria,,,accompanied by the Crown Prince, arrived at Victoria ...

... YORK CORPORATION AND THE GAS CO(MPANY. A speoial meeting of the York Corporation was held l yesterday, for the purpose of further considering the application to Parliament of the York Gas Company for h increased povqrs and the opplosition thereto, and to adopt snob measures as they might~think expedient. The Loan ti CMr. LE rAr5 M.P., as chlairman of the Corporation~ ~V Comm1alittee who 4ad ...

... ?? 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 ...

... IMO RNING EXPRESS. E. TO-DAY'S. LONDON PAPERS ,as iie THE CONGRESS. by (Ti3LES TELEGRAM.) Er. VIENNA, Monday.-No positive reply has hitherto r been received from St. Petersburg as to the time of h meeting of the Congress. The interval between the 1Y 25th arid 31st of the' month has been proposed he from here to choese a day from. There does not seem to be any objection to the period named, he ...

... TIJHE LEEDS MERCURY. THE Official Messenger of St. Petersburg states that all the reports which have been published with respect to the terms of the Treaty of Peace are prema- ture, as the contents of the Treaty will not be known antil the ratifications have been exbanh rcgd at St. l-etpursburg. (sENnirAn INAnrvriFFr, accompanied by Ruour BAsNA, is to leave Constantiioplo to-day for St. ...

... 1REPRESENTATION 0P NORTHALLERTON. I ADDRESS BY M.R. -A. RUTSON. Last night Mr. -Albert Rutaca; , of Newby Wiske,. addressed a meeting of the electors, at Nortba~llerton, in the Town Hall there, The~ address wasi delivered on the' invitation of the Liberal AaEociartlon'of. North'allerton the -objeact being. to hwar Mr. Rutsoon's views on political I 'imatters, with, reference to his becoming a ...

... I GENERaI FOREIGN -NEWS. I I ~~(EBMITens TELGRaMS. THE CONCLAVE. ROBE Thursday Evening. - ThIa Congregation of Cardinals has been engaged to-day in discussing the rules to be observed in the forthcoming Conclase. The work of preparing-the place where the Conclave whill be held is being'aetively prosecuted. The Fooce delta Yerta of thid t evening Pays- Excellent relations subsist between the c ...

... I (BiEJ'EBES ITBEQBALSX.) PRINCE LEOPOLD. CATArs, Wednesday.-His Royal Highnese Prince Leopold arrived here to-day by special steamer from Dover at 11.36 a.m., and left for Paris by the mail train at 12.35 p.m. FRANCE. VsAszins, Monday Evening.-The Budget, ,Com. mittee continued to-day the consideration of the best mode and conditions of issuing 3 per cent. Redeemable Bonds. The members of the ...

... ACCIDENT ON A OOLLIERY RAILWAY NEAR BARNSLEY.' TWO MEN KILLED AND THREE INJURlED. ; About five o'clock - lest night a shocking. accident occurred on a branch line to the Hoyland Silkstone Collieries, resulting in the death of two men, probably fatalinjuries.toathird, and less serious inj uries to two others. It appears that a number of men were engaged in widening the branch line from the ...

... W1RISH QUESTION qei5BiE~ NEW Tuesday- - The semi-offioisi at Urtoday stats that negotia- 8, Irsal do SV-* 0,3a t Orgy with Eugiand, but also atr Pb ,d ni tin,, to the recett statement of t 1?01a AerhSciift hand ifo izmed the sti qIid, 0ttetr )ta Euglaid the result ?? M to~ f t Stf r hat if Overte of the Turkish Empire in ra r ompetn~e overthro that cnl shou d of Eethcpene 0 5uenas it is ...