... I ?? . . - During the hearing of a case in the Sheriffs' Court on Tuesday, some interesting information was given about the profits of showmen. The plaintiff, whose claim in respect of premises required for the extension of the MetroDolitan Railway was disputed, was a Swiss. He said that three years ago, a little before Boxing Day, he bought a talking machine from the Stereoscopic Company for ...

... TEHE MINISTERIAL PROGRAMME. It is reported that a deputation from the lIsini- i oipal R1form League, headed by Mr. Firth, M.P., had an interview with the Home Secretary on Thursday night in reference to the introduuc- tion of the long-promised measure of municipal reform for London. The Daily Chronicle understanids that an arrangement was arrived [at, according to whioh the League abandons the ...

... |TIE REPRESENTATION OF YORK. I The contest is being conducted with much energy on the Liberal side. If hard work wili win tbe seat, Mr. Lock- wood is certain to he victorious. Yesterday he addressed about a dozen meetings. His object at one and all was to state sinsPlY and frankly the conditions .on which he is lighting the Liberal battle, and to exhort hsis supporters to personal activity on ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY.. ?? ab 1 THV'RSDAY, Nov'ember Sth. 1833. A mesTiaO of Nihilists is reportedato have. Ibeen held in St. Petersburg on. Friday, at whichbbt. the Socialist and Terrorist factions were represented. The subject discussed was the measures to be adopted against the Government, and it is stated that the viewI' an of the moderate party prevailed. an INTELLIGENCE has reached Teheran ...

... THIS MORNING'S NEWS, TO(DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. ti . E2?OURIY-OFFIC'E, Thursday, 5 a.m. RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN. The ChroniCle ?? alarmist report whielh comes 'from the capital of Persia relative to Russian .v designs on British India must, we think, be accepted f with a considerable amount of reserve. That Russia ' has not ceased to intrigue In Turkestan and Afghanis- B tan we have the best ...

... ]ns, 'Wednesday, November 14th. th Our London Correspondent ?? speeches 9 will be delivered towards the close of the present tl wronth which will be read with keen interest by the ti public. Mr. Chamberlain speaks at Bristol rno November 20th, and Lord Hartington on the follow- c' ing day at Manchester. Before that time it is h highly probable that Ministers will have 13 settled among ...

... Tho Flying Mid-weight Plato (handicap) of 100 CS; certain winners eoxtra. Fivn fuliongs. 9 I Mr J. Camreboll's Libation, 4 yrs ?? 1 0 0 Ifer W. 0. Stev ens's Donritian, 3 yrs ?? 2 S. 2 Mr W. Buxton's Donld Caird, 4 yrs ?? * Nina ran. The Totteridge Nursery Handicap of 100 gs, for two-yeur-old,; certain wrineri extra. Nearly six furlongs. 7 0 Wr.T. J.Tieags, join.'s, Hermitage ?? 1 7 4 W rE. ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ical, and General. While on our way in friendly chat We talk of this and then of that. THE promoters of the original scheme for in- creased railway facilities between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire by means of a Humber tunnel will be glad to hear that their opinions were right after all as to the practicability of this engineering feat. I am informed that the recent boring experiments which have ...

... |LEDS PROVINCIAL BUILDING SOCIETY. ,o IL__ a_ 1 ?? ?? A 1. IAA } _ A T;he thirty-fourth annual meeting of the members of the Lecds Provilcial Building Sociotv took place Inst evening, in the Civil Court, Aid. Is'emi presiding. The first lbusiness was tho ?? of i number of eantlemen to scrutinise the votes recorded for directors and auditurs during the eusniug year. Mr. J. S. MA.TEns, mmanager ...

... ISUMMAItY OFX BIRT.11 EAND DEATH, IN I I LLEEDS.-44TH WEEK, 18S3. _ InI the borough of Leeds 203 birth., anud 150 deaths were registered last week. The births were 15 belowy, while the deaths exceeded by nine, the average weekly numbers durng 1S82. The deaths sbowed a further dechlne of 12 upon recent weekly numbers, and included 10 which were recorded in the large public institutions of the ...