... TAB !; IS11:10n A`D,0Vtj-1fLAV-LN, esterday a general mneeting of the local subscribers to ie flunds necessary for holding the late meeting of the Brntish Association, far the purpoose of receiving the roport ot the Executive Committee, wns held in the Guildhall,' the LoanD ?? in the chair. Mr. F. AsaEY (the assistant secretary) read the reeort. This expressed the sense of the LOCal Executive ...

... : 3PONT=rBAcT.-Yesterday the statute hirings were hold at Pqutefract, the weather being most uufavour- able. There was a large attendnace. Hiring servants is not so gdieiral now, farmers in this diitrict eugaging ser- vauts on thd ordinary miarket diav. 'There Were plenty of male and female servants requiring situations, azd 'wages generally were lower. I Men servants, to live 'on the pre- ...

... . I _- I _ _- _- I I _1 _ SUGGESTED CONFERENCE OF WEST RIDI&1 ...

... THE LEEDS MER-CURY. . ZiONDAr, *November 281h, 1881. Tim German Emperor enjoved an Lmdisturbed and refreshing sleep, and rose shortly. after eight o'clock l on SaturdaV iomrning. In the course of. the evening His Majesty again received.the usual reports from the l inisterial'Departments,. ndagave audience to several personages. M. CONDOURIOTIS, the Hellonic Minister at Constantinople, ...

... AN ANTI-CLERICASAINTS DAY | IN~ PARIS. IN PARIS (,I'ou oup -ovw CORWNSPONENT.). Psus, Tuesday. All Saints' and All Souls' Days are tivo Catholic inniversaries' upon wvich even the most hardened' anti-clerioalt in Parishave asyet notventuredto infringe. A halo of poesy and.tender sentiment encircles these- religious festivals, out of which our French secularists have woven a roligion of ...

... SPECIAL -CO-PESPONDENCA.; (Br P=vaTa TcALM -! _ . . 9 ~~LOuNDOR, WedneSdny kight.'. Intelligence reeived from Paris toeday leaves no doubtithatthouneotiations for a Cornmevcid'Traity with France 'will fail. I am told on the highcat authority that this result is largely due to the Fair Trade agitation in England. InFrane nanimportance has been attached to this movement which it never attained ...

... WEEKLY RETURN OF BIRT1HS AND I DEATMS IN THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS 44TH WEmr, 1881. ?? the week ending Inst Saturday, 5,22D births and 3,31l deaths were registered in twenty of the largest English t towns, estimated by the Registrar-General to contain a population of 7,60S,775 persons in the ' middle of this year. The births exceeded by 40, and the deaths a by 61), the average weekly numbers ...

... ll f DR. r'ERRIEWRS LOAISATIQNS FOR or ?? : WHOSE ADVANTAG I I I (i'a'om Me~ BritisAjfsdi~oal .Tournlt2.) Os puli a ask 'with regard to physiclgolrsarh ittt is cne which is often somewhat difficult to anewdr in a WILY le satisfactory to the man to whom scientific terms cofletituts 1i, ia dead language; to whom Eoientific datii are the dry ie bonee of a barren' scepticismi and scientific truth ...

... The standard understands that the question of Volunteer organisation is now engaiing the attention of the War Office authorities, and that Mr. Childers hopes, when introducing the Army Estimates next session, to explain some at least of the measures pro- posed to be taken with a view to the improvement of the force. THE BU5SIAsxS fEYOND TRE (IAS1IAN.-NO one can accuse Russia of keeping her ...

... THE LAND QUESTION, The following letter appears in the 'inIs of ycsterdal, a addressed.to the editor.- Sir,-Mr. 5baw-Lefevre speaks so favourably of Ulc s general scope of my recent adidress that I at reluctaut s enter into any argument with him on that lsrt in whilh we differ. But the point he raises ih favour of : penas at proprietary in this country is ono c's which, Nvith yC ur leave, I ...

... ELECTION OF MAYORt. T A quarteriyniesting c the Townu Council of Leeds was c ifeld y;csterdusy, the MAXOR (.Aid. Tathiam) presiding. 1, Among the members preseflt was Aid. (Gallaworthy,, after 5: a long absence through illun~is, and lie a'ebeived a cordial t tvelecome onl entering thle Co~hdil Ohs inber. Much interest f appeared to be takent in the pr't),ceedings, the gallery busing 5: filied ...

... =GL1SH CHILIDREN a SLAVERYt mL S1 s .- _- _ I_ _ca ?? bbe at, The, following letter 7has beeb addressed to the Ximes Trthis adimilttediy atrasiger than, flptioiL Zq 'verthe-t be ls-hikw I been told the following story. three ronoths ago . I 9uld hady ~kove. criaitea it;- now, howdvisr, I can ~ ?? tot' eveik fact' c~ontained i it~ s0 far aq verificatin2 sit was under the circumnteolces ...