... E8SEX. : VALLEY AND HALSTED RAILWAY COMPANY.- COLrt of tile directors to be submitted to the share. The top5¢ ?? 46th half.yearly aneeting to.morrow Ikldnresioy)) the 26th inst,, states that the capital a\eunt has not been altered during the past hall-year. lroS3 revenue for the past six months is £5,522 Si. . t £5296 12s. 2d. for the corresponding period i 7177 being an increase of £225 10S. ...

... a. - AROH AWD THE NATIONAL I AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' UNION. . Mr. Areh is disgusted with the Union, and addresses the following letter to its members:- To the Memiers of the National Agricaltural Lnbourers' Union. Barford. January 27, 1879. Bretbrcn.-For seven years I have led you to the beat of my ability; but under existing circumstances I can do so no longer. Your Utnion is not what I ...

... CoNcErT.-The fourth of these popular entertain. mnent caroe off on Wednesday evening, in tihe NationalI th School-room, which was crowded. The Rev. W. Main de prico presided, and the programme gave entire Sat'S. re faction, almost every song heing encored. EttSTON. h Fin.e AT THiE HAmILTON PALACE OFFICES-About half-past seven o'clock on Saturday eveiting the faggot. pa hoase adjoining the ...

... IauuikJS'NG AN4D FATAL ACAiDhgN ATI I PSWICB. I A most alarming aeoident occurred yesterday (Mon. day) morning. A younr man named Robert Davey, employed nt Mr. Limmer's, was proceeding to him work at about six o'clock. Ile had got as fdr as the King Street corner of tho Towwn HAll, when, without tbe smallest warning, a heavy piece of stone, which com. prised one of the cantilevers, tinder the ...

... LEEDS HfOSPITAL SUNDAY. The medical charities of Leads make their nnual| appeal to the Christian congregations of the town eaad (ii-tliJt to-morrow, when we hope the collection will sur- prL88 ia liherality tlhose of previous H~ospital SaUndays. Thce total rmociunt received list year from this source was £2,710. It might, perhaps, be feared that cxistiug com- morcial depression, anl the ...

... y0opKSH'IlE JOINT TARIIFF COMMITTEE. I A ume'tidn of tie Joint Tariff Committee of tie York- ' a - tremaiw),rs ot Commer!e wvas i,eld in tie roorms of thie r ?? C; ( ani/ er, iii th- Exceange, yestcrdtiy. rJ. c .rr~Ni'(Preselout) oltdie coat:, tnt WAs eiippl~rted ut if. Bitchelltra tor i; !iessrs. E. Wadsiworth, I Law. and John Giil, Cleckheaton; Mr. W. LIX -es .L s Mesiri. Somi.tI h Hr , try ...

... PARLIAMENTTARY DIN-NEIRS. The Earl of Beaconsfield gave a Parliamentary dinner - > .A+- Vn- h AG ?? .. {\t . 1.4 G ?? Hera csenht I The Earl of Beaconsfield gave a Parliamentary dinneu last evenlng at the Foreign office. Tniere were presenA the Dute of Camubridge, K.G., the Lord Cbancellor, Le t Duke of RTdhmoud aui Gordon, KG., tse Duke oA Northumberland. the Dule of >;oriolk, the Duke op ...

... a* The liquidators of the West of Enelanrd Bank intend 1e to make a first call during the next fortnight of £10 per n ct share, £5 ?? it once and £ 5 in June. The depositors it to will be paid Gs. Sd. in the pound in Maroh. n to t The first statutory meeting of the creditors of n or WIlliam Asxin, farmer, Brierley, near Barnslo, was held t gs at the offices or fr. Rideal, solicitur, vesterday. ...

... SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCpI. (BY PIUVATE TELEGRAPH.E LoNnoN, Wednesday. Out of the half-dozen Burials Bills before the IIous, not fewer than four stood on the paper to-day for second reading, The one which had precedence was that introduced by Mr. Balfour, who in a quiet speech endeavoured to induce his ?? to accept it. In this he did not succeed, as the bill wvas talked out after a debate lasting ...

... Oxford Licensed Victuallers and Beer-l I House-Keepers' Association. Lio~n' The annual dinner olf this Association took place on tube Tuesday evening, in the Town Hall, under the presidency and Of* A. W. Hall, Esq., M.P. The company numbered )i of nearly 300, and included the Rev. WV. West, Justices G. itted Ward and Calcutt, Councillors XV. Evetto, J1. H1. Turner, and Greenw~ood, T. Mallam, ...

... w to Zroul slid M' trid IIto. -a-- NEWCASTLE. Tue last subscription ball of the present season at the Assembly Rooms, took place on Tuesday night. The music was supplied by MIr J. H. Alners' band. On Monday night, a very successful concert was given in tie Church Institute, Percy Street in connec- tlon with the Grace Darling Life Boat Lodge of Good 'Templars. IKE5WcASTLE HIGHLAND SOCIETY. ...

... gs ml -?wovtb allil A?-Otto. NOTES. SPFERNATURAL RTEENOVENA. In 'Wright's history of Hexham we find the follo-wing allusion to the skull of Sir John Fenwick, who died fighting at the battle of Marston Moor: His shalll, w-hich was broken in the same place with the helmet [which is pre- served in the Abbey Church] is still kept at the Manor Office. Concerning ?? shill, its power of motion and ...