... THE NAVAL MA.NEUVRES.. The reports respecting the naval 'ngagements off Liver- 1 pool are very conflicting. According to one account, the enemy's vessels Yere captured; while according to another, the enemy gbixied two victories, and laid Liverpool under heavy tribute. A Sheerness telegram says-H.MLS. Rattlesnake, scout to the defending squadron, took in stores 'at Sheerness Harbour ...

... ?? a;, TIHE I IES IN FRANCE. I ALs, Weduesday.-There were dsiiturbances agaiun night on the RobechoUart and Belleville Boulevards, and two caf6sawere'stadie . Bicounters took plaeh between,. t6e police and the cald waiters, severnl being wounded .a, . either'side. -. . ' Fromss Amienb it is -eported that moany were wounded in ] the strike riot there, and that fifty persons, includiag a number ...

... THE AFFAIRS OF MESSRS. S. WHITE- I 3HATD AND SONS, NELSON. At the Bradford County Court on Tuesday, before His Honour Judge GATES, Q.C., several applications were made for the discharge of bankrupts. Amongst the applicants was Mr. Matthew Mirfield, manufacturer, of Dudlcy Hsfl. In this case Mr. H&ssasUE (Messrs. Gardner, Jeffrey, and Hardesutle) applied for the release of the trustee llr ...

... TH'13E FIRSgT HOL]3ECK PSERFECT THRIFT SOCIaETYr. iTO TB}E EDITlORS VP TVE LEEDS TaEROUIIY. GrEr'rnIsSrE;,-I reply to A Correspondent in to- ;day's issue. He stathes that as each memnber wins a prize lhe discontinues paying Inus 6d. per week per share. It is qxuiteevident that A Coirespondent has not read the jilamole publishied by the sece vtary of this society, or he ; wold ot akesuch a ...

... LmISas, Monday, August 1.th. Our London Correspondent writes-A new ?? net entirely uncopected turn has been given to the inquir. into the charges against Mr. Parnell by the action vhiei the hon. Membeir has raised against the Edhinbiurgh agents of the Times in the Scotch courts. I mentioyI some weeks ago that this was a earl which Mr. Psrmel I held in reserve, and ho hits now seen fit to ply ...

... TR? VALUE OF PISOIUULTUBE. Writing to the !Virnes on the question of inland fisheries,, Mfr T. EB. Fritt, of Leeds, states that those who have given practical consideration to the ,subject of Mfr. Willium Burgess's recent letter will agree that the science of pisciculture is neglected to an extent which is surprising, iii viewr of the very small capital outlay needed, the ease with which ...

... ANNUAL INSPECTION. On Saturday the members of the Leeds Engineer Volun- teers practiclly concluded their year's work, when they passed their examination alnost with liying colours. 'T he course of practice that has been gone through was that laid down in the Volunteer Regulations for 1887, gnd, as will be seen from the enumeration of the various branches of work done, it was an unusually heavy ...

... IT IS M-ORNING'S NEWS. TO-DAY'SLOND ON PAPER.S.; SIGNOR CRISPI'S MISSION. (STA24AIw TzLEGnAxe.) BERL=, Thursday Night.-Signor Crispi's visit still'.; forms the subject of endless conjectures. Many, German and foreign papers refuse to believe that his meeting with the German Chancellor will not be followed by important changes in the European situation,. and seem to imagine that Germany has ...

... Yesterday the Lord Bishop cf Ripon instituted the Rev. Frederick Thomas Kruckenberg, clerk, to the new Vicarage of St. Bartholomew, Bowling, Bradford. Dr. Tristram, Q.C., Chancellor of the diocese of Ripon, has appointed the Rev. James Rosser. clerk, Perpetual Curate of St. Mary of Bethany, New Wortley, Leeds, a surrogate for granting marriage licenses throughout the diocese of Ripon. ...

... A violent thundersforra passed over London and the suburbs on Monday evening. In the south of London the rain was especially heavy. The storm caused floods betwreen Broddey and New-Cross on the London and Brighton Raiway. The rzain poured down the banks in the deep cutting in a perfect deluge. A great body of water poured on to the up lines from, the flooded fields cdose to Brockley Station, ...

... I LEEDS GRAMXAR SCHOOL SPEECH-DAy. Yesterday wa the annual speech-day at the Leeds Grammar School, and the Dean of Worcester (the Rev. Dr. Got t) distributed the prizes to the successful students in the recent examinations, Mr. J. ELLNiaSHAW presidtd, and amongst those present were the Revs. Dr. Snivtb and F. J. Wood, Mr. T. Scattergeod, and Mr. ?? Tetley. The HFAD& MASrEP (the Rev. J. H. ...

... THE GOVERNMENT AND NONCON- FORMISTS. I -. 4- Speaking last night at South Kelsay, near Market Rasen, Mr. RuOnar W. Ppncs, the Liberal daudidate for the Louth Division of Lincolnshire, and one of the leaders V of the Wesleyan Mothodist body, said that Her Majesty's Government seemed to have forgotten that mdre than half the people of the United Kingdom were Noncouformists with serious ...