... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... The cbart represents the western countries of Europe from Norway to the coast of Portu-al, and embraces Great Britain and the British Isles. It also includcs the North Sea or German Ocean, the Bay of Biscay, the ,Mediterranean, the Atlantic, with the English Channel, Bristol Channel and Irish Ssi. Lt v w ID d, Cf ?? t3 fi] iT ft al tc is 01 in C a! tc fi! Ini ft is tc ti ia az vc pC I- o ~ ~ ~ ...

... WATERLOO COURSING MIEETING. Tbe WAsrEaLOc Clia; rixty-fowr srbseribers eat 2S sai3v eaeh; *Wiotal £5555, second £2300 two doos £so each. four dog3 £3! each. ef-bt d. as £2o ?? sirteen dogs £10 eacn; the Waterloo TPurse and Watertco 1l:ate£3i3. Total tL600. Mr Evans's Star of Oakien beat ;Mr Browen's Banner Blte Mr Vyncr's 'Viarto br-at Ir AllhoD's Bliackbeard Mr Trelor's P!iecer boat Sir IV. ...

... T13PEPIAL PARdLIAIENT. IHOUSE iOF lRIDS, FRIIDAY. The LOrtD -CIANCFtLLOF. took his teat on the ?? OLortly atter five a clock. POOR LAW A_':JNDMIiOE'T ACT. Lordt S -t Ei'FSBTIc preser ted a petition iroin the edicer atsd .C'oA mittee oi Management of the Dfalkeirla ;t rlct, *,,:rilgt for the ?? the 23rd Slection of .s i'ucr LL-w Amendini-ict Act. AFU ;A.NISTAN. LorI CrAN¶-JLLL -Your Lordships ...

... ?? l . - _ - v |1 I - IA - -Gu. RUMOUJRED CONFESSION OF ANOTHER MlURDER BY PEACE, Peace is busily engaged, our Sheffield correspondent states, in preparing plans and writing a confession which will throw considerable light on another murder as well as the Bannercross tragedy. On August 1st, 1876, a policeman named Nicholas Cook was shot at Whalley [lange, a suburb of Manchester. He was a ...

... I I (REUTER'S TELEG RAMS .) T-lE PLAGiUE. ST. PRTEIMS3URG, Sunday. - Ihe Government has received a telegram from General Loris Melikoff, dated the 11th inst.. stating that tle two persons who died in Komenoyat on the day after being seized with illness have not been suffering from plague. No fresh case of plague has occurred. It is furthermore officially stated that in the places which have ...

... RELATIONS OF ENGLAND AND It US SI A. 'TI as ' ' RUSSIA. WITHDRAWAL OF THE OA.BUL MISSION. r Some further official correspond ence, relating to Central Asia was issued yesterday. The most important docu- f'u stefollowing despatch, addressed by the Marquis o -isuy to Lord A. Loftus at St,. Petersburg, on the lto December last:- Count Scbouvaloff inentioned. tome, inthe course of conversation ...