... TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MIERCURY. GENTLMMa N,-I was pliesed to see the letter of Canis Afinor iu this morninig's issi ?? your itpor. Like your correspondont, I have read very carefilly all reports of denth from hydrophobia for somo ?? past, but have failed to discover any reference to the vapour bath havinig bleel tried as a remcdy for this d(readful disease. It wvas in the Lreedq ...

... . . ?? T. ' I . BUCKINGITA-MSnIUIE.-Tt is not improbable that Captain Purefoy Fitzgerald swill ancept the invitations held out to him to contest the county of Duckingain atnt the general election in the tenant-farimers' interest. CAnDi1r.-It is not the intention of Aid. Davis to come out as an indepcndent candidate for Cardiff, He hns decided to support the Conservative i candidate, Mlr. Guest ...

... LEEDS, Thle annual election of representatives to the Town Coiiucil took pilace on Satuirday. Last year eleven Liberal and five Conservative members retired, and thle election thien showed at gain of One seat to thle Conservatives. Onil this'coasion twelve Liberal and four Conservative meni- bers retired, and the resuilt of the poll shows that thirteen Liberals and three Conservatives have ...

... LOCAL ANI) GENEIRI-AL. TugE AM~ON 13Y A Bittwi.-RS TisAYELLERt.- So 4.t tii,~ ,idijs Comity Court yesteirday, thue Judgo act (~;erjcaIlt Tiaditi11 Atkinson) ?? juilgnielit inl tho Sta, ) lit iid before IliUn at WIakeitiild on '1ue'ay of last clii * .1dr1oted inl our co] nins ait the time, inl which tlli yI .. .iik Augutu~ts Ilodziev Foster, formerly a tit: :.n l the anity. sued Messrs. flenry ...

... R1AILWAY TDAFFICO RETURNS. MA! 1:171 1.7:1 ' I1,. 13.3.iiJ ?? iiJL 5. ' iA11J2U LtiLT U l.N ;. Wo.:A'C 1373. ICU3. Ina. D.. . e1i1il £ £ c s 1 Caledrlolian ?? 2 .. b 3 ,531 ?? o- ?? 1, 0 CUbria . - 2 ?? 3,C46 .. 3,00 . 205 - Cuik sill BaLndon , - 2 _ 66 .. 6 ;3 .. - *s 137 . ?? e nil . Oct. l T10,017 .. 0,200 . 1,717, i(5ls.w suld Southl-AVestu. Nov. 10,331 18 1,301 . 9t4 - Great E m ?? - 2.. ...

... TIlE HOLIDAY QUESTION. -.1l - ?? l.. . t-s- t 1- - ?? s ro TO TIHE IIDITOIIS O'F THE LEEDS MERCURY. (iENTI.I.5iN,-The Chamber of Cominereo is not the rpresellsettive of the opinion of the three Iundred thlO- SnIUi ?? of Leeds on1 a question like that of thl feasts and fairs. TItO report states tltt aI ?? was to be sent to Overy workshop in tlle tomn cimployiII more than twventy haUds, and yet ...

... A great Liberal demonstration, in connection with the Louth Liberal Association, was held in the Town| !Hall on the 28th ult., between 400 and 500 persons being present. The chair was taken by Mr. Saville Smith (president of the Louth Liberal Association), and he was supported by Mr. C. H. Hopwood, Q.C., M.P., and other gentlemen. Letters had been received fronm Mr. Edward Heneage. Mr. John ...

... e.1 I I I .,1 log (C'ondimsd fromI thie JCPer'Jl qf theCi~iiiO~'- of ?? Parteus.) Liid GflAYTS OF PRiOVISIONeAL I'5OTECTIONT FOn SIX MIONTS.TI itis. Dyeing ini sei:-tjoii3 librous nlttiaturiis &j, I.:. 7;Iy Diadiurd. ])rawiiig-oiY tecci* &C., If. TI' Del~t ?? lias brorigli. oitorriwyri13,*. -1. I Idrinkt, Xrisisii Icor Aliit horpe. Thrlii:islig liililL'05, NV' Wa tsoni L 'nit hill, Lovell, ...

... THE ,MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. LLEED S.IL Arrangement-s were com~pleted last night for to-dav's v'oting its the seven, wardrs Ivhere there are contcsts. There' are ?? pollinig stations, anld the limsidiiig otlicers 11 will lie i5515t~edi forj thle whoeo work by a staff of about l1io 1l CIl. hs. The so of Hicl ?? I Viidlifid On ?? even IDn end rcmiiv,_~d their anthtirity to act. Each caniitildatl Is ...

... r ~ ~ ~ ?? -- ?? -.it The Bight Hopn, W. E1. Gladstone, who is now staying e at Wellington College, Wokinghiam, as tho guest of Ilias l sou-i-j-law, the- -Read 'Master, the R1ev. E1. C. Wickhamn,ti Iaddressed the pupils of the school yesterday. A sliort tre Faddress of welcome 'was presented to the right hon. gentle- C) man Ilk the senior scholars. The document dwelt uponW the interest -with ...

... I TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION, HULL I BRANCH. ANNIVERSARY DINNER. On Saturday evening the members of the Hull Branch of the TypographicA Association held their anniversary Ldinner at the Prospect Inn, Prospect-street. The chair was'occupied by the President of the Branch, Mr. T. J. Elviige, and the bononts of the vice-chair were sustained by MrA . Dodsworth. The chairman was supported by the ...

... the ixliequer bctwveen April Ist, 1879, aud November ItEVENUE AND OTHER RtECEIPTS. Total Tutml XIlate, ticte ?? Iur 1~,,ia1 ree, onciondrn Ytill-si. AIi, 1111.Jto of net leer. Liac?onl Ist Arl'- fit~L lit;1twd - 05, i9iis 8U,592 1iEVEL~E. ?? G,915,76 GY0243)mS Cowtoms ?? 10,94004CO 11 417S,000 Extci-e ?? 2 -(00(1 14,o520oI00 1.1,827,040 Stamop5. ?? 19jnoyll't1I 6,316,00i) (1,071,000 Ltc na ...