... .THE DOCKS BILL. The adjourned special meeting of the Town Council on the question of opposition to the above bill was held on Monday, 'the Mavor presiding. There were also pre- renttheex-Mayer(Ald. King), Aldermen Seaton, Wells, Roberts,Willows, La-nbert, Bannister, Symons, Dows- ing, Woodhouse, and Councillors Hodge, Toogood, Evington, Fryer, Raymont, Ansell, Spnrr, Appleby, Soith, Battersby ...

... EI.AST SOULCOATES CONSERVATIVE CLUB. I IANNUAL DINNER,. The mombers of this club held their annual dinner on TIseSday evening, at Tiger No. 5. A substantial repast, pruviled by Mr. J. Jennings, was sat down to be ab)out sixty or seventy persons. The chair waS oCsis- pied by th e President, Mr. C. w. lriggs, and the vice- chair by Mir. T. Reed. There were present Councillors Fryer and Eviep-ton ...

... 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 ...

... ing are the -latest , prime of t e p io p i Stock mn Do. 'eruities:- f-cosols 95k to 95* frM ne,1201. fo1EF rme account. New and Reduced Thr'ee M) 9ito 9 Eiforque Bills for March,)Stc per-cam dit, r junie, 12 to 17 preDm. Jndia'. no. I tok 1va Cent5. 1014 to lj04%; ditto Fouar per. Do. ctnt& 100% tor 10;and ditto Bonds 28s. to 335. -Prem.v-, no0. jts.1c0 Itoean Stok hu; etropolitan Boardl. ...

... I Housn OF CoemnoNs, Wednesday. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of this bill-the Northern Extension scheme-resumed their inquiry to-day in Room No. 1. Mr. O'REiLLY pre. sided, and the Committee present were Mr. Hayter, Mr. Tremayne, and Colonel Digby. Mr. PoPn, Q.0., opened the case for the representatives of the Tirit Navigation above Gainsborongh, who oppose the line ...

... 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 ...

... ?? etne April 1, 1877, and March Eli 7i 0 xcaequer Eela p i6 WVElUEB AND OTE REC S Et 1Ttl~Ci ;5 Totl 'J Budget eti- into 4te 7 3eelpta hif mate or be E.-be61 ite,0 lo ta inancil amo oorreapondi5 N Yox IBOf At ,II It Period of Was pe r. t*** 9,0 o, l oo Po ?? Ali*l, £ Hu 1Rank ?? 4,816,797 3,826,895 |j an, E iorn. Iue Rua 0000je e d 1,172,863 1,229 . EXP5D, UR Of' OTH.ERd P^a1NT. u au c. 1 o, ...

... 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 ...

... SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE I e (BtY PaiVATE TELEGRAPH.) Th;re was no LONDON, Friday Evenixmg. L Thera was no excitement to-night in either the 3 a House of Lords or the House of Commons. The Upper _ House sat for half an hour, and was chiefly ocoupied with Scoteh bills. But Lord Derby,in answer to Earl 1 ,f Granville, made the important announcement that ha t had wordfrom several sources, which he ...

... A meeting of the association was held on Saturdav afternoon, in the Feversham-street Board School, Brad- ford. Mr. W. JoNs3 (president) occupied the chair. In opening thermeeting healluded to a fevwourrent educational. topics. He had received two letters from Mr. Beaumont Xfub-inspector of factories in this district in regard to one or two points in the Factory Acts affecting the attendance of ...

... 'hn Pnard nf Tradn inanlirv nt T.V Livrnn- intn fl,. 7. The Board of Trade inquiry at Liverpool into the loss of the barque Annie Richmond, at sea, on the 5th October last, through the spontaneous ignition of her cargo of coal, was concluded yesterday, when the Court delivered judgment to the following effect :-In this case the cause of the loss of the vessel was not left in so much obscurity ...