... Il TE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT. THE ELECTION AND DUTIES OF COUNTY COUNCILS. In those days reform follows reform with rapid strides. It is only three years since householders in counties had the Parliameitary franchise conferred upon them, and i *now they have received an equally important privilege in I being, called upon to elect members to Councils which j shall in future transact the county ...

... BE~PESENATIO O? STOOKTON. Tebattib baa pow fary ljgnl. r 3sehDod hdbeiufswervg inu tin loyat to beelisn ErL parliamputary rpeetaie n to- decsx o tird~ianorni rand , fo t n atime in niatin the arrange- lie owat. r .~Wrighson, ?? adiab, issedlia ?? ftr the announcement Of Mr.Doda' rtienint 'and Crolainms himself*, ao eserybod expected he would, to be first: Aud foremaist a Tiniat. Within the ...

... LEns, Friday, December.14th. oar Lendon Correspondent ?? Government- Aeo, entertaining the idea of the compulmory iteuro of SuppIy- The discussions on the votes tresten to become interminable, and Ministers are ,ing drivon to the conviction that a forcible ,cap0 from the position must be found. It is Prebablo that if a given date is fixed for reporting the votes in Supply, it will be made so ...

... LOCAL AND GENERALS IEEDS HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE AND THE PRO- s'oaxn DmVneoxt OF TB ?? .-At a eetingof o the Highways Committee of the Leeds Corporation held a yesterday, 'ad. Firth in the chair, the proposal of the r sub-committee in: relation to the diversion of Thoreeby- t attest was approved, and the committee will recommend 1. the Town Council, at its meeting on the 2nd January, to I 1 adopt ...

... IRE LE EDS .1 -, T WE :S .LE.D.S 1 I:..Z .u IsLI; . . : D, . . e. - . ?? Dabs llths :1888. Low AyesteraY formaflyisdumed charge of the g veimext of Iidia. Lord sod Ldsy -Difl~x on 'ith same da eibarlo.; st COotta por Englad; ' * ' textof thie Emperor Vhliam a congrt~ l~ionn to thef EmpetorI'raeoi 3o23ph,:1 i!on l otieth ?? the lath~'~ ao~esgiiOu. and of bhe p reply of the lattorA wass publish ...

... LEEDS. Tuesday, December 11th. Our London Correspondent ?? election. for tho borough of Stockton is undoubtedly impending. Tho-gh there is no actual vacancy, Mr. Dodds will rign at the time most convenient to his own political I friends, and it is probable that he will apply for the 3 Cihltcrn Hundreds towaxds the close of the session. In that erelt the writ would be issued before the rising ...

... LORD HARTINGTON LORD DERBY AT LIVERPOOL. an CRTcism: OF mR. GLADsTONE's It, PROGRAeIMhE. thi A, Liberal Thaiomat -demonstration, was, held ls ih in IAengler's Cireus, LiverPool. The chair was occuped by Lord Dmnn,. and the leading members of -both- the j E Unionist and Conservative Parties were present. c Lord Dnanx, in opening the proceedings, said th att ~course of eventahad prettlywell ...

... WIL1LS AND BEQUESTS. 'i.t'omn the lltutraters Londats News, Decenber 29thj The will (dated June 20th, 1884) of Mr. Win. Quilter i late of No. 5, Moorgate-street, aud No. 28, Norl ll; street, Park-lane, a former President of the lasti ?? oi Accountants who died on November 12th, wns er1os1edi oti December 1ltkh by William Cuthbert Quilter, asia'., :,ig Edward 'Frederick Quilter, the sonls, and ...

... THi AIISORNING'S NEWS. I 1: - ?? - TO-DY'S LONDON PAPERS. THEE S.UAE1N EXPEDITION. (STANDsnD T'ELEtnLm.) SuAm, Thursday Evening.-The Scottish Borderers and fifty-one sick men left to-day in the Shibeen for Suez. -The regular mail steamer which was also to have sailed to-day with two companies of the 2nd Battalion of Egyptian troops was detained at the last moment. It is feared that the ...

... 25rn Wnxa TuE 2ND HAIF-YEAR. 633 l3el~fast and N. Oonnt. | Cialedo~man.uo ?? 1 60323 (azane ?? 3792 CGsktsinoseth, K.&:P 881 ?? k nd Bens1On, &o. 11121 Ilablia aad Wickiow. - 4 Urnm ?? 9917 ?? and S.-W ?? t20853 Gls ?? Gat N. of scottadi 55b2 Great NortIsi ?? M39 Gt. in,. of Ireland.. 1317 Git. Soithen & West. - GSt Westorn . 16200 H1ighland ?? *.6237 SHnO, l'arneley, &e 150S1 sle 50 liofn ?? ...

... LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMNT. The following are abstracts of bills of local interest which have just been deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, and which will come before Parliament during next session:- ?? ANiD SOU'flI YOlXt=3 NA.iA2VOtr. The bill or the reincorporation of the coimpany for pro- vidng and working an improved water communication between Sheffield, Rotherham, ...

... jPA.RLIAMENTARY NOTES.1 Holra orF CoMMoNS, Friday Night. The Law Lords were in en aconmmodating mood to- E day. At noon they suspended their judicial sitting. The Lord Chancellor took his: sea on the woolsack, and, on the motion of Lord Watson, the Land Purchase i (Ireland) Bill was read a frst time. The next stage 4 will be taken on Tuesday. It has been an unusually'quiet 'night. Supply was I ...