... MtULTUM IN PAUVb. a-9A ~-A - - Hev - 7 s. . . s - . -. ,- - I The annu al meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Socjety , 0was held last week at Exeter-hall. The receipts during the year Mere £97.237 Is. lid. The numberofcopiesof the Soriptures dif-wl tributed during theyear ?? the establishruent of F. th oit O,1801 Theannve of the Wesleyan Missionary Society was heling e lost week in Lo on ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Friday, May I1. Lord ?? asked Lord Melbourne to postpone the second reading of the Irish Poor.law Bill, which was fixed for Monday, in consequence of the absence of Lord Brougham. Lord Melbourne declined acceding to the request, as the bill had already been deferred for a considerable time. The Earl of Aberdeen called the attention of the House to a letter from the Foreign ...

... THR DINNER VIM ROBERT PaXL or- I The dinner gives ?? Conserdrative withe ?? on the ra of Cannioins th SirCobsert peel took phiceao tn i to ur yevnig at MkerchantTaios -ul hed cp oneede-s t, ?? atieitcertainly thwo in every h I ta t lae fair ats the exclusion of t as was coticerned. ev 'About three hindred Tores, representatives of the peopie, rity a as they ared peased to cI thhmselves, sat ...

... Ia CRIPTURAL EXAMINATION AT ST. PATRICK'S CU P L fho I - n. n. On Sunday afternoon last, 300 children belonging to l X St. 1Patrick's School assembled at the Catholic Charity o. School, Copperas-hill, and afterwards walked in proces- a sion, attended by their teachers, through Renshaw-street, sLeece-street, Hardman-street, Catherine-street, Canning- e- street, Duke-street, and Gent George ...

... A ; AN IIIT XLIBEL. I . I ; - . ore %We Wii~the follwioig r~r of4-&sediitieus libel case, ant :er- lately ,tsed. before t.0 ha'r~diyrl ,aft .Trivlee~i 7. Nelihar iiov nor h0'er 5ver -Iwo Ith na wi~lgo- O'Brien, a billd ainger,ialpeor, emkA~ted, the the. and 'de~i~ looking object, .wasi put, to the bar, cliarged, Ac jib in- on. 09hnt, with a libel tu~pon a t certain class of her att~ 'ay ...

... FRIDAY, MAY l1, 1Mat CR A. f l ?? ?? - -- I . A. - As we anticipated, the subscribers to the Liverpool rn Library, at the annual meeting on Tuesday last; decided upon granting the use of the committee-room to thewis subscribers who had formed themselves into a chess club. The consent of the proprietors of the news-room had been ing previously obtained, and we trust that no f uturep o en_ Ove ...

... To the Editor of the Preston Chrohicle. SIR, I should feel obliged by your giving publicity to a few re- marks I wish to make on the article of last week's paper, re- lative to George Swarhrick, and the township of Hatnbieton. In reading over that article, it would appear that the township in question bears a very ill character with respect to the ma- nagement and treatment of their poor ; but ...

... I MARRIED.-On the 24th instant, at the New Road Independent Chapel. Bury, by the Rev. J. Kennedyl, Alr.. Samuel Pooritt, of Edenfield, to Miss Elizabeth Mli e, of tl Hudoer, near Bary.-On the 24th hist. at the parish church, u Alr Tolin Parks of Bury, surgeon tto M',iss Scholes, only Si daugEter of the late John Schotes, ksq. Radcliffe, surgeon. DIED.-On the 19th inst. aged 85 years, Mir; ...

... ?? .rV= ttjMnt3Tc, FOSTOFFICE REFORM. To~the EDITOR oft tP1LIVERPOLMR R. str SIR,-There can b no doubt that if the proposed re-' Br autions in the rates of Postage Are effected, it will be is, highly beneficial to the -great'-mercantile class of this - conty and by -benefiting commerce, it will proportion- CO] ably extend civilization. But this is not thle way ,god its wrhich Positufilce ...

... - - m LIVERPOOL FRIDAY, MAY 18, 183. . 0.. - Dratrntive Fire.-On Saturday eveningg, about six o'clock, afire broke ovt on the premises of-Mr. Winder, coope,. Wood-street North. The -1- ---s ?? I cooper, Wood-street North. The flames spread witl extraordinary rapidity, the buildings being entirely of wood, filled up with fragsotsstuves. barrelsof tar, bundles of hoops, and other highly ...

... I total Entelligence. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, At the Connniesioners' Roosis, Neo. 8, Saint Jamnes's Square, MlAY Back .ing-htreet, Manchester. HoUR 8 G. Barber, baker, Manchester, to audit 12 -E. Dickens, cotton spinner, Bugsworth, last exam. 10 -R. Reynolds, cabinet maker, Manchester, assignees I - J. Slingsby, cattle dealer, I'sloston, lest exam. 12 - Steel & Co., cotton spinners, Steckport. ...

... I: . .lElTING OF GUARDIANS. On Thursday last, at tile Registrar's Office, Avenhain-street, ILa me eting of the Poor Law Guardians, for ties Union, took place, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. The following were present :_ | EX OFFICTO GUARDIlANS. T. 13, Addison, Esq., Chairman. Samuel Ilovrocks, Esq. ,Jances Pedder, Esq. Thomas miller, Esq. William Marshall, Esq. Lawrence Italwstorne, Esq. ...