... FAMT?E IN NORTH PERSIA AMONG THE A.NSTORIA'XS AND OTHERS. URGENT NEED OF IMMEDIATE HELP. - c TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MELRCURY. Di 5 GLxNTras-Ns,-We beg to forward you an urgent appeal, GI 1 signed by3 native agents and endorsed by the Amo,%Me ian l 3 miissionarliies to the iN storianis in Oroonmiah. We have had a telegramn from thwat city, dated Decembher 31 st, stat~ing that rthe famnine ...

... TIE DISTRESS IN IRELAND. T, ?? .r 'l The frds/t Timets of yesterday, cotilletiillt on the existing distress in Irelaud and the distu ?? which it x has producedl, saS-' It is tIO\ quite ?? that the fnnd a subscribed generously by asmall num 1ber of persotls will c be miserably ?? to Meet the Clemancis cl tite nlext two or three tontlihs; blt, small as thelse efforts cemtpared t to the emergency ...

... 31R. GLADSTONE'S LETTERS. - _ . 4A1 ;A. - 4 Mfr. Giadstoae, writiii to the Assistant-Secretary of C] the Finanacial Xeform Association on Monday, says-* -Mv use of ahmanaecks is innue more linited than that of many, T nor do T thinl you stand in need of my testilmolny when I read the very distiureished acknowlecdgmrnots of the merits Ill of your namlrftlaci wlhich you have sent me. So far ...

... EEIGHLEY MECHIAN-ICS' 1\N STITUTE. The annual conversai-zones in connrection with chis ist:- tution was commenced on Monday evening, and the r1ne building in wvhic. the Work oi tecbwcid anti scier-f o education is carried on presented. a very onl!;ant apperr- 3' ante. The iescvitcies for so they trav aptly be desichad tJ extend throulihout the whole of the pnresent week. so t at b all classes ...

... GENERAL FOIREIGN NEWS. (Revra - 'ith~s5t. 1NDIA. ic 3ic Qtsiiei~ liettpopl ci]iA ?? with tile otlP OILurtivt! service to rernuliri in abevanlce, leaving- to L 6 'circteru (4atCOriif i~it tieclklad.ii' th iltciiOi'. of imlposinug upinon Lemii if ?? v No coilresplondent At L' .- ?? I1rti~tiiLted it. jrci-iid to the XIoIIt wsithi A-;nXLel. ' ;ay-M ItIk%'itiiL' has rit iend th-e lc U!ult ign ...

... _ _ ?? t THE FATAL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT r DONCASTER. t Yesterday the Borough Coroner (Mr. A. J. Shirley) d resumed his inquiry into the circumstances attending the disastrous explosion which took place on the premises of S M'r. Geo. hanson, gunsmith, Baxtergate, Doncaster, on C Saturday morning last, whereby, as already reported, Mr. and Irs. Hanson, and Miss Ellen Roberts, who liven next ...

... RUPTURE OF THE TURCO-GREEK' NEGOTIATIONS. i (FY.ox OURa ow COBB1asO;DEn'X.) sti PAntis, Tuesday. re When the assembled Plenipotentiaries around the th green table at Berlin got rid of one of the many press- cc ing questions that cropped up for consideration by re recommending the Turldsh and Greek Governments to , come to anl understanding about a rectification of io frontiers, it was ...

... IG : es- A dark-, foggly day is not the best time to visit the ?? Moor Recreation Ground, or to see it to advan- tage. Time was, as octogenarsans tell us, when Hunslet -Moor was a pleasant place, when the grass ad flourished sufficiently -well to food cattle and horses, when uip tall poplars waved On the borders of the expanse, and. t m- when orchards bore fruit and bedgerows were ruddy wvith ...

... ial RECOVERY OF EIGHT EOflIES. 15, Dtsrinmi, Wednesday Night. at Between fifty and sixty boots have to-day been engaged he trawling, for the bodies of the passengers end raiiway set- ce rants dwrownd by the terrible acciden~t oss the ?? of the 70- 28th nit. The weather was favourable for the operations e~of grappling,.being calmn, with little or no ripple o h .at wrater. Towards afternoon it ...

... M I S C E LLANEO ITS.o a I e Tur PUro o WVoRKS LOANS ACT.-The London o Gazelle of Tuesday night contains further regulations NVe ~*made by the Public Works Loan Commissioners, antler Ir the Public Works Loanis Act, 1875, end approved by tire iwit G5 Lords Commissioners of Hit Majesty's 'ireasury. For thle .slc future all Certificates for advanices which are intended to 1p 7,be mnade out of ...

... MAx~~ ?? - -.n, ?? - 7rn h.1-1ns 1 7 1- T nX- ?? TTR ?? The anuial'boll. given by Liosit.-CoI. I-arrison-Brendley 00(1 the officers of' the Yiorks~hire (Princess of \\fnles's -OwnV) Housoirs took iplace last night, inl the( Granld Assesmla acls, it York. Th le comp soy numbered olIlyhJ istconsisted of the aristoct l ni£nco the cont I i ho ball seemu, which iis w ellknoon is ocit ienct-ibeauty, ...

... i THE MfEAT QUESTION AT THE WORK- HOUSE. I In Tanu -rlnrrr)DQa AVs~r rsoe mlxnors=z TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GrNTLEXEN,-Will you kindly allow us (the inmates of the Leeds ?? Workhouse) a short space in the columns of your valuable paper to say a few words in reply to a panra graph which appeared in your issue of the 1st of January with reference to the meat question P At the ...