... THIE FARM AND THE FIELD. (1rein0 the Leeds 10ierrurij TfPeektyl 8p21g,1,1eeIIf ofoud Alay 28.,) t The warmer weather which f ollowedi the recent rains has produced a favourable cehangO inl the appearance of fthe crops. Thle wheats have recovered colour to a coin- siderable extent, while spring cornt, which previously made abut little show, has been able to make a fair start in growth. In thle ...

... 9V]DNESDAY, JuLce 16dtl, 1881. THE sons of the Prince of Wales arrived at Adelaide on Monday, and met with an enthusiastic reception from the people. TEn Berlin correspondent of the St. James's Gazette says the relations between Germany and Russia are unsettled, and apprehension prevails lest the Panslavist sympathies of General Ignatieff should lead to acts which would cause a disruption of ...

... bas ar- ?? o^V AI ?? 7 a The Wesleyano Methodist Conference will assemble this Ve 0 yearin Iiverpool, in Brunswick Chapel, andwill beiammsion n nearly thrse weeks, On nine previous occasions has this b great ecclesiastical body held its sitting in Liverpool, the V e last occasion being in 1868, when the late Rev. Samuel a St Roenilly Hall was elected President. Insritations have 8s , beenl ...

... THE REORGANISATION OF THE ARMY, ma- - ?? i ~ :. ILY :_ P._ I. The important changes in the army organisation, &e., It intended to take effect on the lst July, are set forth in a revised memorandum just issued. It repeats the in- Ii strections already published on the subject, and proceeds i to specify the alterations and additions since decided a: upon. In reference to the appointment of ...

... THE BURIALS SOANDAL AT HOLBECK. TO TFEI EDITORS1 OF THE LENDS MERCURY. GIENTrMEN,-Mr. Cookson's letter of the 6th inst. t anggests a story that was once told of a certain M.P. who complained that he bad not been correctly reported in the 'newspapers. The following morning the Times reported' him. correctly. Ho never complained again.' Ipropose to adopt a similar course, but would say. at,. the ...

... ~IE YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE WHIT- SUNTIDE RAILWAY TRAFFIC. ?? u Cnvs tt 1-n.v h, ?? without heilailisaY YNews ?? may be asserted without of ?? that the Whitsnutide railway traffic ,iranoils limes hass become, as it wore, quite an ' ''lutloln of itscii- After all that can be said, there is no )sii the tact that this mode of conveyance, even : ?? litd to the teoming masses of children, is by ...

... WILL4S AND BEQfUESTS. (F1)-o the Illustrated .London Neos, July 5Oth.) The will (dated August lat, 1879) of If. Jeane Pierse Casimtir Chmsvrenp, ?? qf the Tribunal of 0C merce, Kpight of the Legionr of Honour, formerly of til OlAteanu do Stors, Commune de 'Isle Adam, Seine-st. Oise,Franee, but late of No, 1, Rue du BalRespiro,Paris, wvho died op Apji, Oth last, was proved in Tiondon 0o tl~a ...

... _AdA AdFoera l.-- .- -1 rose-1 1 - T arry a. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MBRCURY. sy GENTLErEN,-On the occasion of Lord Hatherley's *iy acteptance of the Chancellorship some years since, you Lto sregood enough to insert a communication relative to Idh career as a Sunday school teacher. In Leeds, any- lhe ~thing which bears on Sunday school teaching danoot fail AIs to be of interest; but apart ...

... I CatT) a Yesterday a secial meeting of the Birmingiham Town ., Council wes'held, to consider the recommendation of the a Watch Committee, that MWajor Bond, the Chief of Police, should be called upon to resign, or, rather, that they t should dismiss him fromhis office. The Ms.YOi (Aid. a Richard Chamberlain) ?? Chairman of the Watch Committee having moved the approval of' the report, a storiny ...

... Meetings in connection with the above association were held on the evening of Friday and on Saturday at'Huddors. field, and were attended with great success. Arrangements had been made for blindfold play by Herr Zukertort, the victor, of the 1878 Paris tournanient, who had been eugaged by the local club. rhe committee were dis- J appointed in not having the servioas of Bradford, Wake. I field, ...

... t PARLIAAMENTARY DIVISION. aA division was taken in the House of Commons a few Dminutes after two yesterdhay nmornfing, on .Lord uciioe1 amendment to the seccoed reading of the abo~ve measrer whcen there appeared 3.52 for the second readlings, and 1% Sagainst; majority for 176. The folluwing is the divis; 0, Acland Sir T. D. Crum A C-tic D. Loerigl F. - Pafair I . Ii Drt Daveey H. James W. R. ...

... WEEKLY RETURN OF BIRTHSANI DEATHS IN THE BOROUGII OF LEED. I I_ - .- I -- I ' A 27Tru Wi23k, 1881. th d' In tile week ending last Saturday, 4,918 .irths and 3,022 _ deaths were registered in twenty of the largest English W towns, estimated by the Reg ?? to contain a of population df more than seven and a ?? millions of ml persons in the middle of this year. The births were be 268 and the ...