... THE FARM AND THE FIEL~, . - ?? . . ?? A. ?? But little progress tias been ruade ihfrts' ing the past week, the rain which fell OnL CulI tr,, and afterwards heaving, spoilt thia aryisig Pieli vious frost. Except on very licht soils, itb 1, posble to mnake) up much rf the arrears oi p., .h;e. dilwheat with advautage. 'fie mtildt~ipr been favourable to the late wheati, and ?? nowi is dry as well ...

... ?? ~ ~ ~ ~ 1- =- r.- THEE (CASA GR~ANDE3 ssSAaCRE. C 41 CI.A~^Al a .1 LJi Atjfidl va O n Zu flL Tte Albuquerque correspollnent of tire San Flancisco .Bc/irtin writes. Decerber 7th-Particulars are received of the wholesale slaughter by Ju and his band near the town of Casa Grande, in Aroyo doe Encenlas, in tho Etate of Chilwhuahue, of Americans and Mexicans. Jn and his baund ! e a been ...

... It C. DIL-L UN '1I FRANCHISE. c-nrd os-i'gtsmeitinig of the mnembers of at ,,JiCii ~ rogre~i'e.and Ctioden Clubs hit a Clag all Ue thle firsqt- named clubon ?? ci.t esder the re-election of S5ir Charles to )1Xi.IDuNYLNU, Of the H1~snaaseraaifith Club, pro- hic o \~ L S~ir tansed mid Idr. Sar~sot seconded or: iii o e~Oilt5 T ast this aztgrega~tei Mesting fti lor[ntiadcl LIab jsdcices to ...

... CLOSING OF THE BISHOP AUCKLAND IRONWORK,. Oie Saturday a letter was received by Mr. Thonras d George from tho directors of the Bishop Auckland Iron. 0 works, in reply to irrqniries mande by thle workmen as to t la whether there was any probability of work againa being resumed. Some weeks ago the Loeal Board sued tho, 02 a1 owners of the works before the Blesrop Auckland benich ai cc of ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. MfONDAY, January lst, 1883. TuE Paris Temps of Saturday evening pub- Ilishes a teleranm from Cairo which ?? is ?? oln offioial authority that the British arnly of occupa- tion in Egypt is to be reduced one-half. According to the same despatch, England proposes that the powers of the mixed tribunals should only be prolonged for one year, and she has made represeotat4ons in ...

... (REunTn's Tci ?? .) .s T M. GAMBETTA'S ILLNESS. PAmIs, Saturday. - The .iRpubliquo .Franaisc to-day ltates that M. Gambotta was visited at four o'clock yes- terday afternoon, when it was nscertained that the inflammation was extending outwards towards the skin. The condition, of the lower intestines remained tunchanged. This complicaticn caused a slight return of faver in tbe course of the ...

... , THE RAILWAY SERVANT'S AND THEIR WAGES.-MEE TING AT DARL1NGTON. :;A meeting of the railway servants, who have been tO agtitating for lessened honr6 and an increase of wages, Vas l held at Darlington yesterday, in the North Enit Club w Room. It had been intended to have held a conference at rt u Darlingtorl on New Year's Day, but as a reply had been o' meceived. to the men's demaunds, that ...

... BIR. ISAAC HOLDEN AT WIBiSEY. PRESENTATION OF AN ADDRESS. * On Saturday morning Mr. Isaac flolden, M.P., opened a bazaar in the Wesleyan. Reforme Schkools, Wiblsey, the object of which is to raise money towaff a the liquidation of ai debt onl thre chapel and schboels ?? to £1J,140. Mr. 1-loden was introduced by the lRev. J. D. Barley ininistair cf the circuit, who wat s supported by the Rleve. ...

... NVOODBASTW1CK HALL DESTROYED BY I I - FIRE.| DAMAGE £25,000. Woodbastwick Hall, the seat of Mr. Albemarle Cator, Norfolk, was ?? by fire late on Friday night. It was a fine Elizabethan mransion, situated in pleasant grounds. About ten o'clockMr. Catorwas, with members of his family, sitting in the drawing-room, when one of the servauts announced that the houne was on fire. Hurrying to the ...

... POLITiCS AND SOCIETY, LJEDs, Monday, January 1st. Our London Correspondent ?? Revenue t Returns for the year and quarter ending 31at Dccem- I her, which have just been issued, fully bear out the I rather despouding views that have been taken as to the I national income. The increase on the December quar- ter is only £28,000 odd, but this increase is great deal more than accounted for by ...

... SUICIDE OF THE AUSTRIAN' AMBA.SADOR IN PARMS ,d ! ~~~(RSxuE'rxo TxLxO.a).I rn PAxEs, Saturday. - Count Wimpffen, the hustro- ;ti Hungarian Ambassador hete, has committed suicide. | ce His Exoellency left home at ten o'clock this morning in ?? bis carriage. Before startiug he embraced his children rn with groat tenderness. 11e iet hjis carriage at abouthali- s, past eleven, and leaning against ...

... STATE 0F IRELAND. IT l, R lEPRESENTATION 0OF MALLOW. the DEFIANCE OF THR GOVEENIE NT BY MR aut O'IR JIEN the The election contest at Mallow, conisequent on the M elevation of the s'ittingsnember to the ,Tudicial. Bench, has mi now fairly opened, both the Minieterialist and Nattionalist thi canddats hvin at-rived in the town, The former, er he J'ohn Naish, the new Solicitor-General, arrived ...