... TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION ' , I EN STAFFORDSHIRE. l IaT LOSS OF SEVENTY LIVES. h An appalling colliery explosion, almost without a si parallel in Staffordshire, occurred yesterday morning ti shortly after eight o'clock at the Fair Lady Pit, of the h Crewe Coal and Iron Company Limited, Leycett, a small £ wining village about eight miles from Hanley, and a 6 similar distance from Crewe. By ...

... ITHIIS MIORN IN NG'S N E AWTS) TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. 1e IIEIWUBY.OFFJICE, scturdczy, S cz~m. Sul THE hoL SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN. Ur The ?? re-marks that if our Government decide en,, to retire the Afghans -will help us to construct some Government, Shadowy or real, according to the admisciis- trative capacities of its head. But if they elect to hold fortified positions scattered over the ...

... TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GEIU'TLR3M,-A nman of respectable appearance, pref tending to be the representative of a firm of engineers in London and also of an insurance company, is going abouV the country imposing upon hotel-keepers. He is of lo4 stature, about fifty years of age, dressed in a dark blu6 serge suit made in the fashion of a jacket. He carries an umbrella, and a few ...

... 1_ , ?? - fi--'7-Jt_ -'i3 J..llL.N Ix Ii' 1. TO TEE EDITO11S OF THE LEE lDS Cl ' iy GENxrLEnaan,-The board of the Leeds to ic's1 I C mary have Illuch satistactioin in allnouuciun thb e : of the builhuinzg erected on the north side ct thi lOM 2 !d for the ?? sleeping and sitting-rooni acclllII'i-' A of the ?? eugagel in the dailv and impi]lottiet- of the institition. The u1rg7enlcy of such ...

... I i U. BEsna~ncox, Thursday Night. U Mr. John Brigqht, M.P., was present at the annualjf soirde of the Junior Liberal Club, held at the Town H allI to-night. There was a very large gathering of the mem- ai hers of the club end their lady friends. The earlier pro- tl ceedings partook of the character of a conversaizione. Mr.'S Bright, accompanied by Mr. Arthur Chamberlain, -whose n guest he is, ...

... |1 ; -- ?? i es, ?? rst (REUTER's TELEGRA S.) an its SIR H. LAYARID AND THE PORTE. prr ed CONSTANTINOPLE, Sunday. - Sir Henry Layard, in his an a reply to the note of the Porte on the subject -of thle mis- t .,s sionriry incident, ref Utes the ar~gumnents of the Ottoman mro st Government, and protests against the pretension put for- rel w, Iard that aI foreigner may he arrested, provided that ...

... THlE FARM AND THE FIELD. £~~~ ±i3.Xlb.O .LXA.N ) ?? X iJ~sttL. (h-ria A/e Leeds 2.ercssxp WPeeklV ;Slipy/enesess ef Saturday, Januzary 24I.) Hfard frost has againt stopped ploughiag and drilling, Ands) at the same time checked the growth of the young wvheat plant, which was coming through the soil nicely inl early' sown fields in most Parts of thle country. From souse counties there cite ...

... TI-EE DISTEESS IN IRELAND. THE DUBLIN. MA~-NSION HOUSE CO-MMITTEE.- kV The Lord Mayor of Dublin has addressed I lie following a to tle. Times :-In the Yitnes of tho 23rd. inst., containing dsome inaccuracies which I ask permission to correct, youI n state that our futnd amounted to £6,800. Thle sans s9hoild * bie £15,656, and it now amouaucs to over £C2110110. Yeu say tlitt it was resolved to ...

... ?fLC1AL CUiIRESEU?il)ENCE. (BY PREvATa TtLEmnAFU.) t;IIm),- ~~i~s ?? on Saturday evening for a CV ev2t irii (Mond~ay) afternloonl, at thle Prime - tic4al residk:iiue inl Dosvning-stroc-t. a-~ c.imovlnreeiaenit is nadle to the effect - j i- 1-.11 ?? hetweetl the Duchess of 5'¼ ot-1' Flund for thle Relief of Distress i - mdiadthe( Dublin 'Mansion I-ouse Fund. All -1- Lt~j it:,js for the former ...

... | WEST RIDING CIIAMBER OF' I ma ?? AGRICULTURE. . . - s ~~~AIIILU UtTUit RE. If Theannnaldirm~erandmeet~ingoftlie members of the West I1 Riding Chamber of A-griculture took place yesterday at the t Straff'ord Arias Hotel, Wakefield. The chair was occupiedj r by the President, Mr. WV. S. STManos's, M.P., and amllong~ the gentlemen p'resent Were Mr. Francis Darwin, J.P. ; a Mr. IV. Lipseotub, ...

... LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION AT MIDLDLESBROUGM. I A Liberal deci-ons'tration was held last nigh-t in the a Temperance Hall, Middlcsbrouglo. Thle claini was s Occupied by Mr'. EDWARD WILLIAMS, President of the y Iron and Steel Institute, and tisere were also present M r. e IaacWilontic Mmbe fo th brough; Mr. H. Richrd, r., r. Iaac ewthauIBll, H.., Mr. J. W. e PesMPM.Atu-esfo ieal candidate for WhtI r ...

... ELECTION N?sEWS. Ccims-r ?? addiessilng Iis Constitlc:ie; at Cockermnouth on Tuesday night, Mr. IV. Flct le.. M.1., annlounlced. that it was not his inteution ?? re-clection. LIVER1POOL.-With r-C ard to the nation of Li'eral paril-, theta is little to report that is frel T.- Ralinnoa has lteen selected hy the Executive of the Lil e; A^ssoeiftioli as .Ib caasdidate for the vacan t seat, ati ...