... Ii Shigwre'ck.-On Friday morning, the 19th ult. the brig Wil- liam, of Liverpml, from the West Indies, with a cargo of cotton, coffee, sugar, and logwood, went on a Teef of rocks near Fortelle, atout two miles east of Boulogne. A dreadful surf was running at the time; and she very shortly rolled over and went entirely to pieces. All on board perished. A man of colour reached she shore, ...

... I . - NEW BAILEY.-MONDAY. A miscreant named WI~iliasr Copper, was committed to the sessions, under Mr. Peel's recent sIfterAtion of the criminal law s, for throwing vtriol upon tile person of a ian w:tb lhomn he had had a serious quILlTel. Tlhe law as it llow stands mikes this oflence a felony. The colilpailtilt's face was shockingly scarilied, James Burns, a man wilo hasbeen convicted of an ...

... CHRISTMAS DIAY, ARMAGO-(Extract of a Letter.) At the approach of day the joy bells began to ring and con- tinued for a considerable time. In the morning a reverential silence wvas universally observable. The shops and public offices were closed, and at the hour of divine service the streets were thronged with people on the way to their respective houses of worship. Iii the Cathedral, after the ...

... [FROM T55R DOLTON CHRONICLEOF. SATURDAY LAST.1 CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. A, very numerous and respectabie Meeting of the friends of eivil and RUligious Liberty was held at the New [on, on Mon. ~day ?? lASt, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament fur the Repeal of thle Laws affecting the Liberty of Conscience. The snesting consisted of moore than 1,200 persons. At a tow ifinnutes past ...

... LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1829 ILadie CarSe Bl-Oh Tuesday al ngt-the eltegant' uite. % y r~fii the 'Ion-a! I, which rival al otbam- for grandeur, I A . $s - -.1thlewn ooeh by oilr :Presnt active and worthy and effe-ct, were throwfl Opec' UY ' F' 'J550 Chief'Magistrate, far the annual ball 'in aid of the funds of the plece Ladies' Charity. Thse company, who began to assemble soon we ...

... Varai . at Inunedation.-The suburbs of this town were visited by a sudden and rapid inundation of the Severn, on Saturday. Sun- . day, and Monday, in consequence of violent rains in North t.Wales. Several roads around Ltanidloes were so deep in water, that travellers were stopped. One man, Mr. Cheshire. of the 9 Castle Foregate. in this town, was drowned in the Raverl Mea- is, dow, by slipping ...

... PUBLIC MEETING of te COUNTY of CHESTER. On Tuesday a Meeting of th F ..eholders of Chester was held cee at Knutsford, for the purpose of petitioning the King and both cet Houses of Parliament against any further concessions to the an Roman Catholics. The Meeting was c-alled by Sir H. M. Main- ch warinig, Bart., and it was only of those who were favourable to it such petitions. On the ornoing ...

... BRUNSWICK MENING IN CHESHIRE. On Tuesda y, a meeting of thle frecehoiclers Of Cheshire was held at Knutsrord, for the purpose of originating an -address to thle king, and petitions to both liousess of parlia- rnsit, against any` further concessions to the Roman catho- lics. At elcven o'clock, the meeting assembled in the assembly~roomn, at the Gcorge Inn, when Sir H. Mainwair- ing Mainwairinlg ...

... X EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESIDENVS&; MESSAGE. WAMINGTON, Dec. 2:-Thegl elent of thel t States has transmitted this day tobth Houses of Congress the following Message to the Senate and House of iepre sentatives of the United States:*- Fellow-Citizens of the Senate, and of the House :4f Representatives of thie United States, : If the enjoyment in profusion of tlle bountit Pro- vidence forms a ...

... SCOoL FOR INFANTS, CHORLTON ROW. I Oi1 Monday an examination took p aceoc h vr on children wvlio receive instruction in teSchool for Infants, ii, Saville-street, Chorlton Row. The attendance of visitors WAS particulauiy large, and the examination of the children, seemedto gie the all great gratilicatiol. The little Pu- as illai of tem uner thee yersto age~, gave pleasing proos o ihir lo~em n ...

... - F i, JANerUool AlERtYt,19. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1829. COMMENCEMENT (THIS DAY) | OF THE N .ineteenth Volume of the Liverpool Mercury. Until twelve months ago the annual volumes of the Mercury ; began with July of one year and te-minated with June of the 1 following one. By the publication of a separate half volume, comprehending the half year ending Dec. 1826, our former arrangement wsas ...

... THE ORIGIN OF O'SULLIVAN'S PUNCH- BOWL. (From Croker's Legends of the Lakes.) W' hat are *ve to lantl here fior?' said I to the eoxswain. Only jltlto43 sallov your honiour O'Suillivan's cascatdi,' was the reply. ' lIere, Doolan, show the geuileuill the way.' Ascendinrg a rugged ptath through the wood, wvc soon reached the foot of the tlhu. Isn't that as filnl! a sight as youl'd meet wvith ...