... 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 ...

... T Z ?? WAh. THE RORiKE'1S ManF DIS3ASTER. Lo, An A ~~~(HrxunBx's 1tELEGnASX.) W g OAPxTO-WN, January 29th, Noon.-The public mind has 'Si f S ow become calmer in reference to the disaster ast Ro~rke's offi Be Drift. It appears from later reports, which have now De: ~h come to hand, that the Zulus first attacked Colonel Dura- Ste. efford's column before reaching the encampment where Colonel ...

... THE HEOKMONI)WLIE AND LIVERSEDGE ILOOAL BOAVRDS. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GENTLATxEN,-In the Leeds .Aercury of the 18th inst. you published a report of the meeting of the Heokmond- wilce Local Board, held on the previous evening, and In such report you say, with reference to a letter sent by me as Cleric to the Live:sedgo LocalBoard to the Heckmund- wike Local Board, and which was ...

... LEEDS CHARITY ORGANISATION SOC LETY. The annual meeting of this soesety was held yesterdaty Int afternoon in the Grant Jury ROOM, at the 'Town Hall, MaX the Vicsn oi-' Lyinsi (.Rev. Dr. Gott) presiding. the MUr. JoyiN, LU1rroN real the annual raohort of the corn- Inittee, the substance of whicha wais as follows :-thc In rendering their report for 1878, the committee cannot tlc hut ...

... ?? 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 - ...