... BLESSI9GS OF THE GAME LAWS. On the niglht of Thursday, the 1Sth ult. a desperate lfrt5 took place between a party of about twenty gamekeepers aB, their assistants. and a gang of about thitty poachers, on tI e grounds of J. Wilkes, Esq., of Emden Essex. Most of th- poachers had guns, and the rest were art ith stakes. A I a desperate struggle. the keepers were coiffed to retreat, aft many severe ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... correfi)oflEfl(ni. 5¶ sDUCA OTlo E CHILDREN OF POOR CATHOLICS NZD IiSsENTEBS BY THE LIBERAL CORPORATION OF LtV5'P001. TO T1LE EDITORS. Gr xTLVaIEV .-I believe it is universally admitted that Liverpool flourishes, at this moment, under the most spirited and liberal crporaisonl in the United Kingdom. This is a proud distinction that Liverpool enjoys, and while other towns, conve- nielltly ...

... i2bwo anRub, GItbatiohn. AMERICAN PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. The annual address of- the President of America to the ye- pvesentatives of the-staticsm inctorigress assembled, it, as usual, a very long. but a very interesting and important document. Maving briefly congratulated the nation on the blessings of in- ternal tranquillity and prosperity, abe President glances at the war between Russia and ...

... AMERICAN PRESIDEN'T'S DRESSAGE. Both houses of the congress of the United States met on Monday the 1st instant, at Wlashington, and made the usual preisimnary arrangements for the commencement of the session. On Tuesday the 2d, the president, by his private secretary, transmitted to both houses of congress his message, of which the following are the most interesting passages: I TO THE SENATE ...

... AFFAIRS OF POlRrUGA, | ~~~(Fromt the Journ~al dc Paris. )1 The question respectingPortugal, notwithstanding the war I in tilhe Eist, the occupation of the Morca, and the inquie- c tude in the rest oL Europe, has not ceased to fix pabtic atten- tion. This episode, Which belongs More thall is generally s Imainusbtled to the great drama of thc day, wiAl be resolved ati the mcetin3g at w ich thc ...