... HULL AND BAR1NSLEY RAILWAY _ _- EXTENSION BILL. The House of Commons' Committee having charge of this bill resumed on Tuesday, when the evidence against the promoters was concluded by Mr Findlay, general manager of the London and North.Western.-Mr Pope, Q.C., addressed the Committee on behalf of the oppo. sition. He admitted that Huddersfield had suffered a good deal from not having been on a ...

... p THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE. fi The Press Association understands that the Govern- n ment has reason to believe from communications with 0. the Ambassadors of the Powers that the proposals for h a Conference to meet at Constantinople on the Egyptian, Question will have the sanction of the Great Powers. t, One or two formal acceptances have been received by fi the Government, and it is believed ...

... i L EULr, PAOKET OFFICE, Friday Jforning. r . THE EGYPTIAN CRIISIS. RIOTING AT ALEXANDRIA. THE BRITTSH CONSUL WOUNDED. 5 CRITICAL SITUATION. Telegrams state that on Sunday Alexandria was the a scene of a very serious riot. The hostile natives, assembling in a large body, attacked the European . inhabitants, and killed and wounded several. Mr 3 Cookson, the British Consul, was severely wounded ...

... LOCAL BDSLS IN, PiALTAMENT. 4-44%J'sMAn n1annlo -iti- r±.aAyr.X EAST AND WEST YORK SHIRE TUN1ON RAILWAY. (Fsozr oac REPORTER.) HOUSE ot~ Coancoxg, Friday. The examination of Mr. George Hopkins, joint engineer of the line aloing with Mrs. Patterson, was resumed before -Mr. Portman's Committee, this morning. He said the estimate of the works was £V507,620, or £22,000 a mile. The share 'capital ...

... BALUORATL, Saturday. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Bertrice and Princess Irene of Hesse, went out yesterday morningi and Her Majesty in the afternoon drove with Princess Irene, attended by 'he Countess of Erroll, to the Glassalt Shiel; The Dowaacr Duchess of Roxburghe arrived, and the Dowager Marchioriess of Ely left the Castle. BDAMMOtAL, Sunday. The Queen- went out yesterday morning, ...

... 23nD WEEIC 1IIS HAliYEAT1. Re~cc~weys. 1882. 1881. Total 55a00 Inc. or MIileage _ 8-yeac 1881. Dec. 1882 l8-- 8 £ £ .8 ?? Belfast & N. Counties 3241 S524 - - - 138 138 Cldedouian. ?? t i636s0 52895 c10238991 007013 22SSO 768 758 Cambrian . . 1 3721 M733 - - d - 180 176 Cockerm'thJ.,&Pun. 821 8248 - = - 37 31 Dol andflnd l 125 1247 -78 - . Dublin and Wickio. l4713 6224 - - 130 136 eurneme . ...

... TiE LEEDS MERCURY, TIIURSDAY, June 22nd, 1882. -- - --a - :i. As announced in our later editions yesterday, tl t Ragheb Pa.sha has succeeded in forming a Ministrvin T Egypt, Arabi Pasha retaining office as Minister of War. The policy of the new Ministry, it is said, includes-the maintenance of the stateus quol. Wn learn from Constantinople that Lord Dufferin again brought the subject of the ...

... i MATREMATICAL HONOURS, AT CAM. I _ _ . -.BRIDGE. The following list hae been issued at Cambridge:- Examination for mathematical honours, 1S82-I'odera- tors: William Hitehinsou Ricks, M.A., St. John's College; Walter William Rouse Ball, M.A., Trinity College. Examiners: Percival Frost, M.A., St. John's College; Renry Martin Taylor, M.A., Trinity College. The following candidates have acquitted ...

... ITHIS MORNING'S NEWSP e d TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS 0 s FMERCURY-OFFICE, W'ednesday, 5 aai5 L5 IfI[THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS, I..ITHE NEW NIIN1STRY. of (STANDARD TELEORAM.) h ALExtNxDsIA, Tuesday Midnight. - The new . Ministrv is formed. It is composed as follows:- Ragheb Pasha, President of the Council aud Minister le of Foreign Affairs; Ahbnid Rashid Pasha, Minister of le the Interior; Arabi Passha, ...

... I HOUSE OF Commoas. Tuesday Night. To-day being Tuesday, the House met at two, and almost at once plunged il4 1medias raes. The first busi- ness of importance -was the presentation of a petition from the Corporation of Dublin against the Crime Bill. This ceremony was performed in grand style by the Lord Mayor (Mr. Dawson, Member for Carlow), attired in all the nomp of official costume. His ...

... TIE EIRA SEARCH AND RELIES EXPEDITION. The commit-tee for drawin g up the instructions to ETAllen Young, composed of Sir H. Gore-Booth, 11r. W. A. Grant, Mr. Clements R. Markham, Captalin SirGer are.; ti. Nares, IRN., ?? Sir Allen Young, C.B., and tvwo T. V. Smith, have drawn usa the following instructions i dl Sir Allen Young's guidauej:- 'Tle objedt of the despatch of the screw stenam Whale5 ...

... THE HEALTH OP HULL. The fortnightly meeting of the Hull Sanitarv Comr. mittee was held on Wednesday at the Town Hall, Mr Hodge in the chair. Mr J. W. Mason, the medical officer of health, reported that during the fortnight ending June 3rd 213 births were registered in the borough. The birth rate was 35 per 1,000 per annum. The deaths registered during the same period numbered 145, being an ...