... - 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 ...

... 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, ...

... THE G1REEK FRONTIER., A Foreign Office paper, issued lest s4ight, contains tha t Coiloctivo Notes to Turkey and Greece, the substance of u vhicrh has already been made public, and also the follow- tn despatch from Lorct Granville to Mr. (orbett, Hel a Majesty's representative at Athens:- Foreign Office, April 6th, 1YSI. Thodiscussions almongthe Ambassadors of'the mediating Powers at ...

... TaE YOR$SHfRE COAL TRAFFIC BY RIAILWAY TO LONDON. The gantity of coal taken by railway to London daring the first quairter of 1881 ¢ontrasts favourably with the same quarter of last year, there having been en increase of 6O,938 tons. Thies, lowever, was entirely due to the marked increase which took place in the tonnage carried in March, which has been described as the month of strikes. ...

... LORD BEACONSFIELD'S WILLT . I MU- 0 FAIA;-} -e e --ns ,-F T.-Io RnAn.--^1Ayc -;ri -_ The following is a copy of Lord Beaconsfield's will:- ,I, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earlof Beacons- o field and Viscount Hughenden, of Hughenden Manor, in b the county of Bucks, Knight of the Most Noble Order of 1 the Garter, and First Lord of Her Majesty's Treasury, P hereby revoke all wills and ...

... THD - TBMPERANCE MISSION IN I I ~ ~~ .. REEDS. o I , Ld. 'U l. The third neass meeting in connection with the Gospel Toempeance Mission which' is being conducted in Leeds by Mr. ..T. Booth, of America, was hield Iast evening in the Victoria aill. As'dt'the previous pneetings, the large building was crowded in every part, and many were agani unable to obtain admission. The Rev. Canon JAcireso ...

... LEEIS- SCHOOL BOARD. A meoting of this board wnas held yesterday, the Rev. Dr. FLOOD, the Chairman, presiding. TIlE AOUDENT TO M. LE. The Cinarzs.N stated that he lhad Oommunicat ed t mrs. Lee, wife of Mr. Lee, the clerk to the board, the resolution which the board passed at its last meeting, expressing sympathy on account of the serious accident which !ir. Lee sustained, and he lhd received ...

... LIBERA ME1~~rNr T o1,K. 0 Messrs. Creylee and Loeman, the Parliamentary repre- itsfentatives of the city of York, addressed an enthusiastic., a !meetinig of their constituents in tre: Festival' Conoest a, Rooms, York,: last night. This course of proceedings, S. whioh has not boon acted upon for many years, was * v kheartily resiprocated by the electorm, andabout2,000pcrionsf f 'attended, ...

... THE, COURT. Y OSB6OBVE, Monday d The Queen walked ont' this morning nith PriDO e Beatrice. C i ller, I e Prince Leopold, attended by Captain d Osborne for London this morning, for the purPO', 9 attending the funeral of the lamented Earl of Bao' t field, at which he represents thle Queen at Hughead e to-morrOw. I , Prince Alfred and the, Princesses Maria Victori5; Alexandra of Edinburghi left ...

... go is~ -^ -vets- . YORK0 DI00SANE CURBCH EXTENSION SOCIETY._ The. general annual meeting of the members of the above soriety was hbld ysstsrday in. the .De. Grey Rooms, York, his Grace the Aciiousiop OF YoFlc; prcesidng. The Ven. AnaCoGDuAOx Huy having read the report, 3 The AnoneiEsOP OF' YoaE saidthat the remarks made 3 in the report as to finsnce were deserving of careful atten- tion. When ...

... EASTER VESTEIflS. LEEDS. PAlse Wbaltzo.-At a meeting in the vestry of the Leeds Paish Church, yesterdaymorning, Mr. BVekeiton- Turner was elected Vicar's churehwarden, and'the follow- ing were elected parishioners' ahurchwardens:-Messrs. C. R. Cborley W. Holrovd, J. S. Newstead, H. Nelson, C. L. Mason, I. A. Titley, and W. H. Leather. ST. MARY's, HuSBLET.-At a vestry meeting held in St. Mary's ...

... ePRYTRIAN SYNOD AT NEWCASTLE. X I IL - G-n4d met in the Barras i I P'tk*,,I±L5CiX~ss ?? ,* I Dt r~sigt the PresbAJtsmiaI fhod met in the Barras Briiw-e C'hapel, NeW've*-l,. The Synodt was opern to the Vlf jP , an-l tihe changpl ?? crowded to the doors. The vir5;tslig, UAerator preaehed an eloquent and impressive wcrlfar,:u, -if tr which the MSderator-klect (Dr. J. C. Bruce, o! N.*er-axtle) ...