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CORRESPONDENCE. HOMES FOR MISSIONARIES ON FURLOUGH. TO THE EDITORS THE LEEDS MERCURY. Gentlemen,—Kindly allow ..

... to a movement that has the above object in *iew. That audi Home* are greatly needed proved not these extracts from few of the letters received from our missionaries, but the fact that some hundreds of pounds are yearly wasted bv the sacrifices these men have to make the sale of their furniture. The Rev. Dr. Legge, formerly Hong-Kong, and Professor Chinese in the University Oxford— M I cannot ...

JAY GOULD'S WILL

... Now York, Wednesday (Beater).—The will at Jsy Goald bequeaths five million dollars to toe testator's a* George, the balance being loft the other and relatives. The deceased makes n-> bequest puUio institutions or charities. The to Mr. George Gould include ten thoussnd shams tha Union Company, and ten thousand in the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The will provides that the holdings tha heirs be. ...

THE WHITEHAVEN MURDER CASE

... the George Bruor, coal miner, Wee tried for murder oi wife, \\ hiiehareu, in August- Wtulal priaoner •'■KK'r-S bin wit* Wt-Bl to help boa. 'truck liar Mm head with spade, skull and killing her the apot. admitted life guilt, bat.tie medial that we* .object and driuatooa. The jury found Urn of murder, being of mind, and tbe Judge ordered kin be Her Majeetj'i ...

CHESS

... r. Hill.— at Parker's Hotel, Briggate, Leeds. Soon: D. asnC. C, Hell. Mr. A. W. bair»U)W fif 7- aU,4oe 0 «• * 1 r V L umwl Ml J ******* r * li4rri3o 1 0 S-S'-i-Slitr 1 o $ Mr. L- llbomnjfi lit. 0 7. Mr. J. Ux. W. T. Mananul Total Total ...

LITERATURE

... books and new editions. nmnaT. h*ppT XMpmtiDOj Mr. ia new edition his History of Ireland in fifteenth Ceataxr. M Two volumes bars now appeared in that and convenient form which Longman call ths Cabinet Edition, admirable in type, and altogether worthy of tha reputation these rminent publishers have established. The work exact reproduction the various chapters Ireland in Mr. Lerkys 'History ...

LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS.,

... Xfeada «n in»i»in?'y«»te»a«y Ball, bete* Mr. i. X. Baifcar, ll ia «M First Cbmi, and Vr. T. fa tba Saooal Court. Moonin ram inn* nmcn. Before ti. M Coort, Jofcn Uanhall, Bonforth, appaalrd oooTietoon of six anoßttm' hard labour, imposed upon m July last the Mayor Mr. Om«« | aad other far sflasrtt, . wa ted Rsfer, erf BnAwrtfcHttwt, Xwrtiwu, Issds. «mb being called, Mitkr the losjsimlMl, M Bite ...

TERRIBLE CLIFF ACCIDENT IN SCOTLAND

... Thur*day afternoon Accident oornrred the c!'.Sa Muchalls, Kmcardinrthire, whloh brother and loxt their livea. A family lum-'d Smith, it-siding in Aberdeen, were enjoying holiday at Muchalla. The party cruaain# * narrow oi ruck, all got over safely except Urn. Barron. To her over, her brother pot behind, and held her by the Unfortunately nhe etumhled, and both foil over a precipice feet in ...

THE COTTON TRADE DISPUTE

... EXPECTED NEGOTIATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT. Our Manchester correspondent informed yesterday, by one the leaders in the dispute, that there *« probability of negotiations opened shortly, with a view to work being resumed. here u for scepticism to whether the term* huh think* would mutually aM'.sfactory are so in reality, but there seem* to be little doubt that a neve ia being made; and that, at all ...

A LINCOLNSHIRS ABDUCTION CASE

... LINCOLNSHIRS ABDUCTION CASE. PAINFUL DISCLOSURES. a Bitting oi the Magistrate ruetenlay, Jamea farm 21 years age, had been apprehended in vu charged with uqMoLt n an girt, 13 age, «at the po—rf >n of and against will oi her father, Eagle, «*•* on the May Mr. T. Tweed appeared to bM of the Publia lVneecntor; and G. Wiiaroa was for the deforce. —Mhl Taylor, oi iibe girl Ettan, arid the latere ...

FIRE BRIGADE DEMONSTRATION AT HEY WOOD

... On Saturday the seventeenth usual Meeting and of the Lancashire Fir* Brigades' Knead!/ Kocsety were held at Heywood. The in the Reform Club, and was over the Mayor He/wood (Aid. J. Oonahaw), who supported by the Mayor (Aid. T. B. Wood), Councillor Mcadoweruit, Bury, and the superintendent* of the various fire brigade*.—The auditor, Superintendent Ellison, Went Derby, said that the smimnt the ...

NEWMARKET FIRST JULY MEETING, Tuesday

... A TRIAL PLAT* of weight for ace. EM.'w»lb). ft Mi barter. 4jn J. Woodbarn I ft Mr Low I *Geo* On, 4 OMr W. Cooper's Oroetas. G. MAIDEN tat PLAT* eon. for Lad fire farknes of 0 Mr Grand —.R» 1 I 11 MrWiL'ain Anaanl J 2 1 Lord Gerald's FUtea ran. Ths PLATE 150 w*a Casna Mr BtasMl Ma«*es*e yn J. i 1 Mrßaddeetoefe i*oeefleid,lf«e A) bop? ft 7 Mr Barton's . Jmuus The JULY STAKES of SO son ...

THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY

... Gataja Batter James Cooper acaia brought before Hiyh Baiiifl Harris, at jeateidaT morning, on tie tiaage prwfarred Sopectitendent Boyd «rf kanw m-iHully muidered Anase Edith Cooper, h« wife, », tis Hoaal, boogtaa, last HoJST «j, Dr. U'M&Oejr repeated tie evidence ba gars at tie regarding tbe amkMaona made ttn> Ha added that it wa imaaiili wound might bars been naif-inflicted a MtJmaded.; ...