... WEEKLY rt, A URN OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS. d ?? WaEEK, 1880. .n In the week ending tlrot Saturday, 4,214 births and 2,668 Lt deaths ?? regietered ino twonty of the largest English t. towns, estimated by the Registrar-General to contain a f population of about seven and a half millions of persons ia it the middle of this year. The births were 971, and f the deaths 607 below ...

... Ie tITHIS -l'ORNING'S NEWS.. . TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. a THE EASTERN QUESTION. 1h (Timsix TELEGRASS.) CONSTANTIOPLE, Friday.-The Porte's reply to the r verbal communication made by the French Ambassador 'I on Monday last is daily expected. e (STANDARD TEEEGnAms.) e t ATHENS, Friday Evening. - M. Coumoundouroa s. assured me to-day that he had no knowledge of any s. proposal concerning the ...

... LOCAL AND GENERAL 011 A ryeething is to be held in Leads at the end of in, January, under the auspices of the Leeds Liberal Associa- t ion, which is to be addressed by ai deputation Io tornle- tv land. v i, LEEDs TRADESIAEN's BENEVOLENT IESTITTJ- tie ot 'im.-Our readers will remember that owing to a con- St Thesi'derable falling off in the funds of this institntion, on]ly ay be twvo pensioners ...

... n This meeting, postnoned its consequence of unfavoclt3t 3i weather, was concluded yesterday, over the Thirsk estlte, n1 by the kind permission of Mr. R. Boll, of Thirsk Hiall. A :e fall of snow had taken place overnight. Oving to SODE n misunderstanding on the part of the flag steward puttini n Green Boy's colour up instead of Hird Laddie Sam's in the is first ties of the Puppy Stakes the ...

... ., . I I I_ ta Ili The London Gazette of last night publishes a despatch 1 of Lieutenant-General Primrose, reporting on the gallant ( and determined stand made by the 66th Regiment at X Maiwand- 1 I have it (says the General) on the authority of a I Colonel of artillery of Ayoub Kdhan's army, who was I present at the time, that a party of the 66th Regiment, which he estimated at one hundred ...

... FounricN TARIFFS. - Writing to the miners' p eG agent at Uboudda Valley, Lord 'Granville intimates that .1 ty it is uncettain whether any movement on the part of the tt rs industrial classes of, this country would have the effect of ii il. inducing the Governments of foreign natiosis to take a J truer view of the real interests of those countries in III economic and fiscal matters. The miners' ...

... (Froms thoe Illustrated Leadoen Xew, Jarp. isH). The will (dated April lst, 1878) of Lord George Henrx Cavendish, J.P., D.L., late of Ashford Hall, AshforT, Derbyshire, who died on September 23rd last, was proved on the 14th ult. by James Charles Cavendish, the son and sole executor, the personal estate being sworn under £200,000. The testator leaves to his wife £1,000, and for life his ...

... T1:B. FRENCH .PARLIAMENTARY . BALN CE-SHEBT. (Fno0x OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) E PsRuss, Thursday. i She review of the Parliamentary year does not a inspire very lively feelings of satisfaction here. When at the Chambers met in January two subjects mainly `J engaged their attention: the settlement of the fiscal 1 question, and the consolidation of the Republican a rdgime by introducing the legal ...

... CT'sERA W * - - TfLFe . SYAAL WAR. iE DAYS' FIGH ING. s5.Assoiation says that important telegrams - .eied nest evening at tho Wax Office from the a ?? at Kiatal; but duii rho day no O.,frsr orson of the reported occupation of Pretoria by' * Bcrs had been ?? Dgey, Thursday.-News from Blowfontein con- tra.cts the report that Commandant Raaf has been urderedby the loers. There are at present two ...

... GEORGE ELIOT. I. - . . -S 115 AZX_ On December 18th George Eliot was present at an I afternoou coucert, which she much enjoyed. In the r course of it her husband, Mr. J. Cross, noticing that the n place in Nvhich they sat istLS somewhat draughty, proposed .i to throw her shawl over her shoulders, but she declined ci the attention, vith the remark that it wan very hot. On dj Sunday ...

... WEATHER EOBEUASTS FOR TO-DAY. (From tfe Times.) The followina is the forecasr of tee we %ther for tweatcy four hours from 8 p.m. on Friday:- . N ortherly and north-westet-y? 'reezes, 1. Scotland E.. light or moderate, &Siudy, cold; 1. Scotland B. , some snow. 2. England N.E. North-westerly breezes, light to 'in cl udi zig variable winds; fine and cold to Le e d s and dull. District] ?? E North ...

... THlE LEEDS MERCURY. &STURDAY, TJanveary lat, 1881. c a, ?? ld Tim Durban correspondent of the Standard o a- repeats the statement that the Boers are now in pos- t )a session of the town of Pretoria, and that the British a rs troops have been withdrawn to the fort. No oflicial t Df confirmation of the news, however, hasbeen received. The e Id disastrous nature of the defeat of the 94th on its ...