... TIHE HIOOK MEMIORIAL CHURCH. I Bie CONSECRATION SERVICE. ba ?? sri~~a The Church of All Souls', Leeds, erected as a memorialea Of thle late Dean Hook, was consecrated yesterday by the Bishopi of Itipou. Thoehureh Was receirtly doesribed a.t hie, length ilit the slfercei'y, and it ii~ only necessar lii to ee state that thle fouindation-stonie was laid oil the 2nd SeP- fac teniber, 1676, by ...

... WEATIER FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. (Flrom S til m Tles.) The following is the forecasr, of th wea~thler for twenty. four hours, from 8 p.ln. onr Wednesday:- 0. Scotland N. SOath-westeilv strong gales and 1. Scotland E. strong wvindls; rain at times; very squally. 2. England N.E. line ud i g ?? wvinds, strong to a leeds and gale, squally; soein rair or-snow. District] ?? Southerly and south-westerly ...

... WEATI-IER, FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. from the Times. The followinx is the foracast of tin weather for twenty. f four hours, from S.0 p.m. on Thursday:- t O. Scotland N. t South-westerly winds, Strong to a * J gale; rain, dull. 1. Scotland E. . 2. Englan d N n Southerly or south-westerly winds, 1 tn ds at af strong; dull, rainy, and misty. s Disrrictj. *. 3. E. England Light or moderate southerly ...

... MAlNCHESTER STEAM UE ASSOCIATION- Thte last ordinar' ntinthY rnret;iug of t' en , Cotninittee of this Alssociation Wtis Jlivid, at tnte e Mount-street, Albert-square, MLaricieqeir 5 Mr. SAMUELa RIGBnY, \WarriiitOU, in h . 9 L~roocE rcxt he ?? ?? report, reterrifll; to ti trIatos0 the .s thel IIouth) of licceinbc r, ?? alenf givilo ' fthle explosionts for. th wol ar ' 13abstract of tito ept - ...

... , |I_ CONFERENCE IN MANCHESTLER. I Thrc secofd conference of anthoritics of permianent I riescitics, and otheirs interested in orgallisations r dealing with distress caused by mining accidents, was held V-yesterday in the Manichester Town H-all. Lord LINDSAY *f presided, and there was a large attendance of gentlemen 5. interested in the movement, representatives of all. the 3permanent relief ...

... I; A NEW TEST FOR ENGINEER VOLUNTErr. -OsF'CRcas.-In common 'with similar Volunteer corps ~throughout thle country, the Leeds Engineers have treceived from the War 01licc particulars of projects of rdefensiv e positions and floatinig bridges which several of I the ofhicers are requested to prepare. This is an exten-I Icion of the system p~reviously applied to officers in the r egi-ar ...

... THE LVERPOOL ELECTION. iI a GREAT RECEPTION OF MR. GLADSTONE. LivEnPoL, Thursday Evening. Mr. Gladstone paid his promised visit to Lord and Lady Ramsay at the Adelphi Hotel this morning, and was received by an immense crowd, estimated at about 12,000 irpersons. He drove from Court Hey, the residence of his nephew, and reached the hotel soon after ten o'clock. He had a long interview in private ...

... da. lir PAMIS, Wednesday. The two bills which have formed the subject of di! dleliberation in the LUpper and Lower hlouse during no0 the last few days mnay now be treated in their entirety, to the dliscussion in both eases having reached the sata~ge Il of details. Accordingq to the principle of seniority, it gi will be right to take the Senate first. The question 0f be: the reconstitution of a ...

... ?? cc The Duchess of Marlborough Fund now amnounlts to I o- 31,000. of At the meeting of the Dublin Mansion House Fund .. III Committee on Tuesday, our (Pall Jlall Gt~fizclt Dublin cov sonetsays6 it Wa1IS resolvd tliat the i0llowiit, vi' telegrniIII wit ich explanus itself. Ili ould iv seot to tliin ILI American papers in reference to Mr. Parneil's observa- of tionls -A statement being ...

... WEEKLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AN-D D, EAT' IN THE BOROUGH OF L EE.DS ?? _ 1 -1.51- 1 orde- ,3RD WEEK, 1S0. In the Nveek ending Saturday last 5,2CO bi ti;i deaths were ri-gistired in twenty oie., towns, estimated by the Registiar-Gnu *,ni population of nearly seven aud a half iUdhI, LI In the middle of this year. T u ' exceeded by 103 and the deaths bv *iGi ,j s .. weekly ?? during 1879. The ilearti, ...

... TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. GaEXTraErNe,-It would be difficult to compress more absurdity into a given space than is to be found in thle i address on the Game Laws signed by Mr. P. A. Taylor. First, as to landowners, surely a man has as much right to grow pheasants and hares on his land as sheep and cattle. i It is not nrofitable, any more than fancy pigeons are profit- able to a ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETUTRNS. 4TH WLK T11IS R-LT,7;-5L7Ar. r n 4AYS | 1S80. 1070 t rotal Same Inc. or Mfileac7% * 354 ?? 1870. Dec. 1040 1877 Belfast &N. Counties 3225 j 3230 130 133 Cwedollnilla + 46817 43793 1300513 1387043 d 57530' 753 743 Cuimbrian ?? 9077 2753 a99083 0183 742 173 1 78 Ceekerl ilo'tl.,& 1NL' 7 o 61 547 2337 1072 5i5 31. 31 Iot k and land ?? 1002 009 ._ _ 20 L ootblin and Wl ...