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PARLIAMENTARY NOTES

... PA;ILIAMtNT:&RY NOTESDL (PaoN OUR owvr Corsro2xD=W.) HOUSE Or COLNONS, Thursday Night. The House of Commons was to-night crowded to its utmost capacity. The Chamber is ordinarily well ventilated, but this evening while the Prime Minister was speaking the ;pressure was so. great that in the Preis Gallery at least 'the atmosphere ]atteriiy became almost suffocating. Before the, great event came ...

Published: Friday 08 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1040 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

APPROVAL OF THE LAND BILL

... T. ?? :_ _- ---a ?? _:11- At a meeting at the Birmingham Town Hall last night, uder the chairmanship of MIr. HltRUSt, President of the Birmingham Liberal Association. resolutions were-on the motion of Mr. JEssU CoLL321as, President of the National Liberal Federation-adopted expressing gratitude to Her Maj esty's Government for introducing the Land Bill into the House of Commons, believing it ...

Published: Thursday 21 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1347 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

DISASTROUS DYNAMITE EXPLOSION

... . DISASTROUS DYNAMITB IMPLOSION. I LOSS OF FOU LAMtS.- ?? . A _. _ I _. a ' _I __ On' Saturdaya fearful explosion occurred on the river Clyde at Garvel Point, Grienock, by which three lives were lost and six men seriously injured. It appears that in connection with the new dock works for Greenock blasting operations are being conducted in the river Pt Garvel Point, where some large boulders ...

Published: Monday 18 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1958 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

WORK AND WAGES

... I - co e rlaws _ S r DRILLERS' STRIKE ON TEE TYNE.-We Iare authorised to state that the drillers' strike at Palmer's shipbuilding yard, Jarrow, is at an end, the whole of the men having been replaced. The old hands, we under- stand, have applied to have their notices withdrawn from the other yards. THREATENED STRIKE IN THE NAIL TRADE.-On Saturday morning the horse-nail makers throughout the ...

Published: Monday 18 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1771 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

ILLNESS OF LORD BEACONSFIELD

... I ILLNESS OF LORD BEACONSFIELo | ?? I The 'unsatisfactory 'reports circulated on Mouday eveningin referen nce to the conditi on of L ord Beacons field revived the alarm consequent upon the relapse which he had undergone on the previous day, and inquiries yeyterday morning were more m numerous and more anxious than ever. Feverish sym ptoms setting in after a favourable turn had been experienced ...

Published: Wednesday 06 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1741 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE CENSUS

... n .I ICEN TJB.1, ' Is dir.- The rougli- raetut G INsmoBuda ?? s'ougli retetusis, as taken from the enumerators' books; show an increase of no less than 3.820i The nu'p~es in 48718 Iere 7,004,,4nd the .Populahion now numbers 10,884.1 RmAesis. Marshall, Sons, and Co., Britannia Ironworks, give employpneirt to Over 2,000 hands, IOicLEY.-The return shows the popdlatiou as 15,041; 1871, 0,600; ...

Published: Tuesday 19 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1124 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

PROSPECTS OF THE CRICKET SEASON

... PROSPECTS OF THE CRICET 1 SEASON. INow tlhat it mav reasonably be hoped that we have seen ithe last of one of the severest sinteds on record, and that , we are bordering-on genuine summer weather, we may take our annual forecast of the fixtures and of the various mi ntics! chauces of success during the eaming season.. 3 We are promised .a season devoid of anything like the .xcite'mnt of that ...

Published: Saturday 16 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3058 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: News 

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS

... - I- - (R11TsR'S TnEonA,) RUSSIA. ST. PErsTsssnci, Friday.-It is officially announced to- sy that the customary State attendance of the Emperor ad Empress at divine Seovice on Easter Day (O. S.) and the reception of Easter congratulations will not take place this year. Theatres conducted by private enterprise will be per. mitted to reopen on the 2nd of May next. The Turkestanl (;a:ette ...

Published: Saturday 23 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2023 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE HEALTH OF LEEDS

... .. _ _ At 1 - I -- - - - The following is Dr. Goldie's report upon the state of the public health of the borough for the five weeks ended the 2nd inst. :-The births registered numbered 1,217, and yielded the rate of 38-8 per 1,000 inhabitants. TLhe deaths numbered 693, and the mortality rate was 21l per 1,000. The death-rato of the corresponding aeriod of 1380 was 20( 6per 1,000, showing that ...

Published: Thursday 14 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 789 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

THE STATE OF IRELAND

... MR, PARNELL. Mr. Parnell, immediately after his address at Birming- ham will proceed to Cork, and will be present at a meeting of hbs constituents ou Sunday next, when the Land Bill r will be discussed. Mr. Parusll will probably address a meeting at Manchester on the following Tuesday. P ARRESTS UNDER THE COERCION ACT. George Marshall, arrested at Tralee under the Coercion y Act, in connection ...

Published: Tuesday 05 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 725 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE MINERS' NATIONAL UNION AND THE IRISH LAND BILL

... THE M INERS' NATIONAL UNION AND THE IRISH LAND. BILL. '1P. r Tt,,nl of thi Miners' National Union have Ttli 11t123r J.AL'13)LlJtI. The Central Board of the Miners' National Union have passed the following resolution:- The Irish Land Bill, as brought into the House of Commons by the Right Hon. i W. 3-Gladstone, MilY., on behalf of her Majesty's l Government, we believe to be a measure far in ...

Published: Friday 29 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 828 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS

... $u1gW, IFORFIGN NEWSg yoe- i( (RimUrn's TrE OOAMNS.) V qgoE GREEK QUESTION. h seq~orI;S. Weduosday.-The Porte announces D C°0t isa' recmvsal a protest frdm thensuhabitants of o {}gi. 8 airt tho ee9ion of tha placo toGreeeo, a jsr ; ;sh frigates los here to-day ?? troops for v °' sir ?? lven ?? Ambassadors n Co. 100stiflg this morning at the resideae of Count t lj'JtaaI. a Ambassador, and ...

Published: Friday 15 April 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2336 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News