... RTESIGNIATION OF THE LORD- LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DunBLN. Fridav. DunwN, Friday. Earl Cowper has resigned the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland, and Earl Spencer has accepted the appointment. The Press Association believes that it is not improbable that Earl Cowper will succeed Earl Spencer as Lord Pre- sident of the Privy Couniiil, the two noble Lords simply exchanging offices. Whether this ...

... NM. PASTEUR'S RECEPTION AT TaFlE FRENCE ACAAr#EMy. M= oun ow W N Coayi rPOENT.) ?? ±xAis,.ThUksday, A curious sitting of the Academy, where the man' of Jcience defended faith, and the man of religion talked science ! I do not know hcew this phenomenon will be regarded by the world, at large, but to some minds it would appear as though the 'sentence of death against this kind of academical ...

... WEEKLY R TURN OF ABIRTS AND i DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS.. 1 T}r I VEEJT . 1882. it lir~~11H WEER, 1882. I I n the week ?? 18th, 5,887 births and 'g 3,699 deaths were registered in 28 of the largest English towns, estimated by the Registrar-General to con- )y tain a population of 8,457,614 persons in the middle of to thi yew.The births exceeded by 208, and the deaths W ?? the average ...

... PARLIAMENTARY NOTES, HorsE oF CdasoNs, Friday Night. h To-day the House of Lords sat for more than as a hour-a somewhat protracted sitting for them-but transacted no business of general interest, if the second reading of the Poor Rates Bill is excepted. At the forenoon sitting of the Coinmons, Egypt was again the burning question. Once more Sir C. Dillue bad to run the gauntlet of numerous ill ...

... I TiE PROPOSED SKIPTON A1ND ETTLE-I I WELL RAILWAY. I flipdton, at the present time, is a place Of sanme import- MOOe In the railway world, in consequence Of its close coil nestion with several rival schemes for developing ifore foudy the resources of the district. In our columns Yester- day we described two schemes by which it is proposed to pr.)vide railway facilities for the district lying ...

... THlE LEEDS CORN EXCHANGE. TO THE EDITORiS OF THE LEED,8 MLRCURY. r eGMNTLcaEs,.-N0IV that tice attention of the Corpora- dtion has been ,Calledl to tile iarosors' market, it is to be ~.hoped that the nmalter will not lie ?? to esat until tho t unreasonably hich tolls are adjusted and thle arbt lrary C! restrictions so j ustly comoplaitted of are enrir,'ly done awa 0] with. Thle existing State ...

... THE CLOTURES. Ait ire Towards the close of last session a ParliamentaryI pliQ LVe was issued. entitled Reports respecting thle [is. of gislative Assembhlies l and Regulations of L, far ?? 7o- Countries. These reports, which were made by R'r ,en Majesty's representatives in Paris, Berlii, Rote,~ no. Madrid, Berne, Brussels, Stockholm, ?? ane Hague, United states, and Iisbon, inl repsly ts, : ...

... L -- o TH]E STATE OF IPLELAND.| 2 I THE BRADFORD LIBERALS AND I aal MR. FORSTER, I.P. The Committee of the Bradford Liberal Electoral Asso- ciation, at a uneeting held at the Liberal Club, unaniluously adopted the followiing communication to be addressed to the Eight Hon. Vir, E. Forster, M.P. :- The Executive Comasnittee of tho Bradford Libersl Electoral Association desires to express its ...

... ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD THE DIUKE OF I MON TROSE. I Charles Howara, aged fifty, with tell or a, dozen aliases, and who gave his address as 113, Broiasston-road, was brought up at the Westminster Polico-court yesterday, in the custoav of ilrsnector von Tornow, of tlte Crinnual Iuvestigatiour Departnsesit, Scotland-yard, charged with ondeavourinug- to obtaiu charitable coutributionss by false aid ...

... MALTA, Thursday.-Her Miijesty's ironclad Inflexible sailed hence to -day for Villafranca. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Junnia has arrived here from Bombay, and leaves to-morrow for Portsmouth. THE MILITARY RESoUROES or GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND RUSSIA. - The ?? Paris corre- spondent ?? the present time, when General Skoheleff's mnartial harangues and the renewved agitations of Panslavism have ...

... .jALI ?,CflMBER OF AGRICULTURE. | ?? ~AI 1) .1 ?? 1 c.=P e. ?? A1 iietrg ftie Ileodale Chamber of Agriculturei j~jsl,~13 't the hwan Vicbrt ?? ililis prosoed sot: aildi-tion by the jiermer'11,11' ,o'ieof thed ]'r0skiuent (Mr. H. Mi. Gi. tiC2' lI i C'i155 Od il Upon ?? Jo]UY WA.TMur, Of t~lte' .Co i good attendance of mnembers. Thle pli ?? the subject for consideration. oie ae in the ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. THUBSDAY, March 16th, 1382. THE QUEEN and Princess Beatrice landed at Cberbourg yesterday morning, and proceeded thence to Paris. The Royal party left last evening by the Lyons and Marseilles Railway for Mentone, where they will arrive this evening. A BERLIN telegram says that on the anni- versary of the death of Alexander IL the Emperor William received an autograph letter ...