... I GENERA ITEMS. L- The Secretary of the London and San F ° has absconded, his defamcation5 alou~ting to _50 __00 it Mr T. C. Cobbold, the Conservative meg t e£5 o , wieb, died at that place on Wednesday nightcb or Es- A steamer has been destroyed by fire on the ?? River with 3,564 bales of cotton on board. ?? g ?? anaccident in which a train left the line on the at I. M artin's Railway, New ...

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... COAL. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEIEDS MERCURY. a (Grs-r.rE3I,-Mr. Wickstoed's letter i youI r impresion a of Monday, stating the results of his csisriioeits, is very h interesting, and answers exactly my expectation its to the u slight benefit to be lierived from the useo of the sheet-iron econsomiser recommendeo by Mr. Toeat. The very V, problematical saving is rendered still mnore dobtful by t ...

... GENERAL FOREIGN NEW&SI (33EUTEa S T5LEGORA3S.) N1I1iLIST PLOT TO MURDER A 2RiNCE BISMARCIK. DAtNTZI, Friday.-Tiie Drnltzie Gaxette publishes intelligence from Dirschal, stating that a person named NsV Piotrowski has been arrested at that place, charged ou his L, own confession w th having been despatched by the 1, >Nihilists to carry out an attem1pt Ulo1U the life of Prince o Biunearcl;. At ...

... I THE IMPENDING MINERS' STRIKEB. 36,000 MEN UNDE!! NOTICE IN YORKSHIRE. Our Barnosley Coriespondeut writes :-.The extent to which- the movemeut for the advance of wages is being taken up by thsmineirs of Yorkshire is supplied ine the list of places at which notices have been given, furnished by the Yorkshire Minlers' Association, and given below. It will be noticed that front this liet the ...

... THE LEEDS PERMANENT BENEFIT ]BUILDING SOCIETY i. IThe thirtyfit~h 'annual ,meeting of the members of the &lave soc Wet hils id last Uieht in thle Philosop~hical 1I-ull, Park-row. Councillor F. It. SP'AnYt (tooe ]resideat) occupied the chair, and there Woe 1 larce attenflanotSO Tieo report (which bee already appeared its our columnse) havinga beent read by Mr. Fatkin, the manager and secretary ...

... THIS MORNiNNG'S NEWSI TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. o ti MERCURY-OFFICE, Wednesday, 5 awn a: M. DE LESSEPS AND TEE SUEZ Ip CANAL. The Daily Televrap4 says-il. do Lesseps, astride the Canal, fancies himself a Colossus, while English ships, like the Lilliputian fleet, creep between his a giant legs; or, perhaps, rather a modern Polyphemaus S with a single eye to the glory of France. It is lie, IS not ...

... YORK6HIRE RECORDS. It is gratifying to find that steps are now being taken in earnest to preserve and render accessible the valuable records relating to Yorkshire, which now, for the most part, lie scattered and in danger of damage and destruc- tion. Attention was directed to this subject some years aqo, when it was found that the splendid collection of wills which bad been proved s-t York ...

... SUMUA1RY OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IT I I. LEEDS. I TmUnTEENz WEEKS, xrnLNG 29Tin sE5'TE5EOE,13. The issue of thle ]togistratr-Gsneral's quarterly retu rn 0 reltin tothethid o sumerqurter of this year t enalesus o cmpae te vtalandmortal statistics ofa Lees fr tnt erid, ot nlywil tose of other towns, hut f Enlan cur Waes guerliy. 'hb mortality statiticschor evidnce hat he seteorelogisal coil- tsr ...

... r3xECuTitoN AT DURHAM. A 1 VA - TlV n tfman mud a rt ed The execution of Peter Bray, a p~taman mud a mr' of the Durham Artillery Millti:, took placc in Dirl ]I t8 Gaol yesterday morning. Braylis stated tohave- e eounidly after retilisg to rest ou Suniay and w\ bed by six o'clock yesterdav worniul,'. ?? . at seven o'clock be was visited by thc IRev.. id Consitt, of Durham, and ljoined with ...

... GENERAI, FOREIIGN NEWS. (IWETL S TELIEOPAMS.) SillI XOSES MONYEFIORE. T! u ndrr Monday-A ?? service waes beld yoster- G1 !!lt:o 2JweS1i syuia0ogile htre, in ceiebratinl of tbio FP l'v i ! M~ Ale-e,\loutetioro upon his hundredth year. at ' ii . ''trCe W;LS splenididly decoratcd and illumi. ; oi fkr tbe Gecasion. :Di. Melli, tile Chief Rabbi, ot . i ..aU i ,uiiato discourse. Amsong those ...

... [ iter TO.-DAY'S - LO DON PAPER. ,ere his pits AIEBOUBR-OFFICE, Tuesday, 6 amn. aid he THE VISIT OF THE CROWN t h PRINCE TO MADRtIDe min- The Madrid correspondent of the Daily News talcs it ?? eminent statesman of the Dynastio Left ich to-day confessed to me that ho fully admitted the La Imperial visit might have ultimately an effect on the ore ly foreign- policy of the Monarchy. European ...