... SMALLPOX IN TH-TE DEW8BURY UNION. I. . .. rsr11 -11)71.-7Q rr 771: ?? ?? lQ.. ,ll/llr TO TI'HE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MIERtCURY. GseWrTUMsEv,-Mr. Fox haviug put your readers in possessiou of the facts upon whlichl he based his asscr- tion tih:t Osstt had not been fr.o from smtalipo:i for yenrs, while Dlewsbury and the other ?? ?? been comparatively free, very few words will sutiice to show ...

... GIENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. j (BRETl'5'5 TxrGon axS.) GERMANY. r Wedues ?? semi-official PEotincia ' C~r. tlt)yce to-day, in its report of the reception of the ;1inistry by the Enperor on New Year's Day, lts that H-is 'Majesty, iu his address, said that the pre- d'ililu dsoutelit in Prussia was the more incomprehen. be, sinice a glAuCeC at tho rest of Europe must teach CNn one liow good, ...

... ROUTH COURSING ME'ETING. The members of the Hull, Beverley, and East Riding Coursing Club held a meeting on Lord Londesborough's estate at Routh, near Bserrley, yesterday. The ve'ather being fine, thero oas a large company, who much enjoyed the sport. Hares were plentiful, strong, and bad to kill. During the day there were e splendid trials. Mr. Wentworth officiated as judge, and Ma litehen n ...

... RAILWAY COLLISION IN- LEEDS FOUR PERSONS INJURED. ' . - 1 . I , - - Is A railway collision occurred last night on the Midlar i, Railway, near the Leeds Station. It was brought about s0 far as can be ascertained, in a somewhatsimilar mant,1 ,fto the serious collision which took place nearly close to tle same spot on the 21st December, 1880, by which one son was killed and 47 injured. Happily in ...

... Y' 0 d- to )it le 51 0r le m a re d Is bY SEIZURE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION ON BOARD A STEAMYlER. Our Cork correspondent telegraphs-A box, containing twenty Martini-Henry riues an twenty sword bayonets, and 400 rounds of ball cartridges, was discovered by the police yesterday, at K-ilrusn, on board a steamer arriving from Limerick. It was consigned to Mr. Michael Glynn, J.P., who, however, states ...

... BATTLE PICTURES AND pAeN 0- I RAMAS IN PARIiS. Our Paris correspondent writes -A deluge o! battle-pieces has swept over our city, as if to shake it fiom its lethargio torpor. The Tunis war has only had a faint echo on the Boulevards, which began to sigh for the martial pageants of the past. To gratify the supposed national passion, even when in a dormant state, two new monster panoramas have ...

... 16THi LANIUE1S' BAI, AT YORK. ?? ,-Il ?? .vv- - inl It A grand ball wae given on 'ITuesday evenling in thle Assembly loinos, Yorkb I~ticsooliceris of thie lUtlstLiccnc's, end yes a. brilliasut and ?? gaitherinig, there being over 600 guests present. The beaulty of the large helli which the dancing,1 took jclaIce, had been greatly enhaneeff by suitable decoration. At each end wae ldciced at ...

... | ITy MR. CIILDERS, Ml.P, AIMKIS CONSTITUENTS.- We understand that the Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers (Secretary for War), who was prevented from addressing his constituents at Pontefract and Knottingley last month, owing to the death of Aid. Routlidge, J.P., President of the Liberal Association, will address his constituents at Pontefract on the 24th inst., and at Knottingley on a subsequent' ...

... THE ;;LEEDS MERCURY. * .; - S. . Jn S. 1' . P.421,'January 5th, 1882. I. . . :^ . - THEE liberal (Madrid) calls upon the Spanish Government to resuime negotiations with England for a Treaty of Comm ere; which it regards as indispensable in the ifiterests of both countries. Tin Previ inciaI Correspondence (Berlin) states that the lEmperor, on receiving the Prussian Ministry t on New Year's Day, ...

... LoP. D DEBBY ON THE IRISH I QUI STION. (From OUtL ow0X Co0nnarotqDcsa.) LIvnr;oooL, Wednesday Night. fle ,ight on-. thle Earl oi Derby wvs Gutarzained at a tieis evening by the mernsbcrs of the Liverpool >.eri- Ciub. Lord S2FT02, tho PrSSdlt of tlhe C'ub 1. , ,,a cnair, antd there was a largo and distintuishedl *. . C~c, stihtd sidg Lord Dlhtoucie, Sir John Lubbocis, I' Mi'ito l-thbone, 6ir U. ...

... DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SIHEFFIELD. A CHILD BURNT TO DEATH. A very destructive fire, which resulted fatally and with great damage to property, occurred in Sheffield yesterday, rn the premuises of Mr. Peter Turtter, draper, of No. 14, Call-street, at the West end of the town. The house is one of en imposing brick block, and is four stories high. On the first story is the drawing-room, dining-room, ...

... d ITHIS MORNING'S NEWS I le - -- - I _ _ . - - - - - - - .- . - - TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. MEROURY-OFFWCE, Thursday, 5 a.m. TUE TRANSVAAL GOLD FIELDS. (SToANDAMD TELEGRAM.) Dunay., Tuesday.-As was expected, the action of the Volk-sraad in repealing the proclamation throwing the gold fields open to. all, and grantinu to Mr. Benjamin the entire monopoly of , them, and. thereby ruining the miners ...