... ?? LEEDS MERCURY~ THSE 3.SLEJES- MERCUSRY. hl ToiE Nezu' York IfAlrcld correspondent at W Tashkend, telegraphing on the Ifth, says that GxE3RAL on5 KAursrAmc is making arrangements for a rapid journey at to St. Petersburg, unless the arrival of SnZccx ALI's ?? Embassy should interpose some unexpected obstacle. at AFTER a close contest, Pmxc CE HOHENLOuE was yesterday elected Vice-President of ...

... 11X:Es\} *Mn sU.0U. LOUU1J2&LL. U A special meeting of the members of the Royal Dublin a Society was held in tne Couucil-room of the society's c buildwns, Kildare, yesterday. The ctair was occumied a by his Grace the Duke of LEiNSTR i(Presideut). There was a large attendance of members. Aaonust those present were the 2'arl of Xosse, Earl Belmore, Lerd a F'oweracourt, Lord (Gough, and Lord Jas ...

... IST. NICHOLAS HO~)PITAL, PONTEFRIACT. _TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS ME1RCUPy. GEaNcr-r,-oaa,-There is at the Present timne a e-reat c..l of agitatron in our ancient boroughl of Pouto,- r,,cr rrseyce., ill4, tie proposal to sell one as the c ?? charities in our town, and a great deal Ci ceo ti~n naaol.estea by the root people, Toe place at'e'~t W-:,1 a m wrntilig is callel the Sr. -Nicholas s ...

... WEATHER CHART, FEB.. 13. : _- _ ._ . . . .. The chart represents the western countries of Europe: from Norway to the coasb of Portugal,, and embraces Great Britainiand ?? Isles. It also includes the North Sea or German Ocean, the .Bav of Biscay, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, with tia Euglish Channel, Bristol Channel and Irish Sea. 6 1(_ I10 S 0 b 10 EXP'nkNA.TION Or TIIIm oAnT. T_ iota - ...

... I| TnE ST. Jonifs AMBULANCE AsSocuAToN.-The i Iabova'assoiciation has been founded by the Chapter of the Order of lit. John .6f Jerusalem in England, for -~the -instruction of. individuals in the method of tending and - reievng ersna ijurd b thse ccidents which are of t dal curnei ieo ecad the formation of ia bodyof hspial hlper, taine onthe official military sysem f ril, nd vaiabe a areserve ...

... .FAREE AND OPEN CHURCHES. A ?? wits opelord upon this subject at the meeting of the Churclh of England Working Men's Association, ol Tuesday evening last, at the Arcade e Chambers, Arcade Street. 'The niceting wits fairly at- p tended. 'tihe ohair wee taken by Mr. Wilkinson (the a chairman of tfle Society), and anonm.st those present y were thel Revile. ?? A. Worlledge and E3dwiu Giles. Mr. y ...

... the latest prices ot tne principal ISEITI'S FUmDS, &c.-Consois 9G0- to 964 rd for money, ua- 91- to 564 xd for new account. New ana lie. doced j'ilee par Cents. 164 to 116-4, EXchoquer Bills for 6alc b to 13 pmn and tor June 18 to 18 pm, In(asi Stock .ve per Cents. Iu2) to 103 so ; ditto lour per Cents. 10zi o) >3; aunl nitto Ponds 7a. dis. to 129. pI. Bank of 1:1oiein Stock 261 to 2t63; ...

... GREAT FIRE AT MANCHESTEjP Yesterday a fire, which resulted in the destruction of s h large block of bueincss premiseS and a vast quantity of a merchandise, broke ont in Market-street, Manchester. , Information was received between four and five o'clock e a.m. at the chief fire station. The block of buildings iu flames was situated between Fountain-street and '*et e Mosley-street. The building ...

... I, EXTRACTS FROMAl TFUS WEEK'S PUNCH. CLERICAL CO-OPERATION. (By our Cambridge Grocer.) Would Grads and Undergrads enjoy Their bliss to whom no dabii is scored, Let lieadym~onov Mortiboy ale iteadymonley Mortar-Board. BEATI POSSIDENTES. Canvasser (to Thrifty Rustic, who has r-cently taken, a Little Farm).-WeII, Thomas, you'll give youli Vote to Squire Snoddy at tilenext election Thomas. ...

... r,~ 3r 1 ill - - .es, (IlEUT21's TELEGcoAm.s.) .cs. 6nd ~~FIRAN'C.EXI irS. PARIS, We Inesday Eveming.-The report is confirmed C .nd that M. AIls,_~t (ligot, Prefect of Police, has resigned his Fallwl ~ ~ ~ e r M. (eMarc~ra, Minister of the Interior, expressed his bhe intention at yesterday's Cabinet Council of accepting an ith .interpellation in the Chamber to-morrow relating to the ?? of ...

... The definitive Treaty, which has been at length signed between Turkey and Russia, is regarded by public opinion here and on the Continent so much as a mere matter-of-course supplement to the work of the Berlin Con- gress that very few persons, we venture to assert, except professed politicians or diplo- matists, have had the curiosity to peruse the articles of it. And yet this definitive ...

... Owner - ohln ma-oaa i he on- h- r The following cable message has been received from New York at the London office of the New York Herald:- A storm area, contracting as it moves north- eastwards, from the vicinity of Bermuda, will probably 9 reach the central and northern Atlantic coasts of Europe between the 25th and 28th, with rain, snow, and strong winds, and gales south-east, backing ...