... Mr. Napoleor. Argles, solicitor to the French Consulatl ia. London, writes to the Standierti-In consequence of ?? and lawSuitS which have arisen in reference tc certain mixed marriages contracted in Great Britain, the French ana English Governments have for some time pasi been concerting as to the best means for preventmg m future tha evaqion of the formalities prescribed by Frencb law for the ...

... UNIVERSITY tMELGENCE. Oxwoan, Wednesday. Cnnsxsz SOnW& uP AN] E ?? Elen J. HL Sedgwick, non-collegiate student. bas been awarded the Chinese Scholarship; and Mm. B. H. Geoghegan, non- collegiate student, has gained an exhibition being the second best candidate in the examination. They are each of the value of £50, and the scholarship is tenable for two years, and the exhibition for one yearO ...

... GENERAL FOREIGN £NEWS, (RE~vjsa'e Te2sanEnAes.) FRANCE. P~ms, Thursday.-The Chamber of Deputies to-day tontinued the debate on the Extraordinary Budget. The -linister of Public Works explained that the works being carried out by his Department had been reduced to what were strictly necessary. They naturally occasioned the present outlay, but ultimate profit from them was zertain. M. Germain ...

... i , I!I~ . I , . I , . , I . .. ,EGYPT AND ;:TET , ~, ?? ,SOUDANO'. I $EYERE FIGHTINGT JNMIE DESERT. GENERlAL STEWART SEVERELY WOUNDED. COMMUNICATION WITH GORDON. - ?? SIR CBHARLES WILSON DESPATCHED TO KHARTOuM, TWO SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS KILLED. LIST OF ]KILLED AND WOUNDED. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. The following despatches from General Wolseley were received at the War Office yesterday Kona, ...

... T:EE BISHOP OF RIPON IN WAKEFIELD. Dr. Boyd Carpenter, the Bishop of Ripon, having paid a visit to Wakefield on the occasion of the annual soirte of the Church Institution, his Lordship was entertained Yesterday afternoon to a public luncheon in the hanquot- room at the Town Hall. The Rev. dianon STRATON, Vicar of Wakefield and Rural Pean, presided, and he was supported by all the principal ...

... he nefarious character of the visitors provea uniounueu. TEE REDISTRIBUTION BILL. we5 Jqt~ * .LAA.' _ -. tle 'HLEEDS. r- In accordance with a notice given en Tuesday, Mr. G. rtAPeasaro- LEmON, Assistant - Commissioner, visited D, Leeds yesterday, to make further inquiry with respect to Y the partition of Leeds into five Parliamientarv divisions. It will be remembered that on the oceeaion of ...

... I SIB STAFFORD NORTHCOTE AqD THB' § 'FRIENDLY 6OCIETIES ACT. A t a, metina oi Conservatives held in Pembroke, the Chairman of the Oldbam Working Men's Conservative Association, who presided, delivered an address, in the course of which he referred to the complaint that the Friendly Societies Act, passed by the Conservatives in 1876, hdd cost the societies a great doal of money for re ...

... ,t ECCLESIASTlOAL INTELLIGENCE. a PPUERMENTS AND AppoiNMEiNerTS. The Rev. B. Barrett; visar of Brauanston, Rutland-. tatrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. Rev. M. Barton, vicar of St. James's, Dalli mgton; rector of icTicnencote, near Stamnford-patron, Mr. J. M. Wingfield. Rev. T. Birchall; perpetual curate of H v son Green, Nottingam-patron s, the trusteec. Rev. C1. H. Bo w. man incambent ...

... X0FTIrn MARQUIS oF RIPO2'q {Vr.gflIRE COLLEGE V OF ~FY TOxU JjiliawE COLLEGE' Af. RtIPON. a~~?t the time absent in RipoP, theuth late lamented Lord 50' tedo to sucei'aef of the Yorkshire 1tc~ dithas ?? l hO ad previousaY taken ?? alela , apointment he Inca, of il tq e has part in the manage-t ~shl8 to take blt e, has returned home,I betnoW appreciation of the ..ii~ ce o~ierrdp0)00himu. ...

... I -Z0l EN X BpDITIO N. FurN' S RLORSE. Of3T11UEWN'S RORiSE. lanA Corange River, South Africa, tle~ 0 jsioaJ isa it'uen'f forse left the ja 5chlet Oftuai uf early on Tnesdry, ,,River tereil ov rai. ,had been given that an *r; 3015 dbnado the evening before, and !a there is nothiung of interest h j1eiga55 tolsi~lthe novelty of the life r n ithtre t; nad the very small water- oi sand, which ...

... THE LEEDS NE1RCURY.: SATURDAi, January 31st, 1885. I near Birti. The column is making satisfactory progress. Tin Paris Tomps expresses its admiration of the bravery shown by the English Army in the Soudan, but points out that the Soudan question will become for England a second Egyptian question, superimposed oh the first, and' probably still more difficult of solution. A TELEGRAM was ...

... I ,iMELITARY MOVEMENTS. IThe transport Dercan, with the East Kent Regiment on bodid, left Queenstown yesterday. An interesting lecture, illustrated by brilliant dissolviag views, was given by the Rev. D. Wheeier lasc night, in Aoundhhy Church Schools. The proceeds, which amounted to about £2, were given, to the Church Pastoral Aid Soclety. THE bORooL BOARD DE. ATB ON THE SHIBIEN INrUSITIAi ...