... T(E THREE CARACCI AND THE PHRENO-I LOGICAL CRITIC. I It We perused Mr. Winstanley's masterly papers on the l picture of the Caracci, now exhibiting here, with much interest, somewhat alloyed with regret that wve could not conveniently appropriate them in the Mercury on ac- count of their length. As an act of justice to the pro- r . prietor of these splendid pictures, we shall, however, here a ...

... Another hitch in the settlement of the Eastern ques- d tisn has only been prevented by the complete conviction of I of Mehemiet Ali that any ?? resistance on his part to r- would be worse than useless. It- seems that Commodore -I Napier,. in concluding a convention with the Pacha, hall Pi d either gonse beyond his powers, or exceeded his instruc- th it tions, for his superior officer on the ...

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... T bjoined tabular view of the months, weeks, and The su ngcd for this year, will, we trust, be found use- daarm1e of themore important purposes of a diary, ful for 80 o Compendious as to be readily transferred to %hile it Isb ok if desirable. Its use will be at once s, pockCt* fior jsnatance, the first of January falls on a ci ?? hence the table not only presents in the vertical n FridOY ...

... An accidental coincidence, lately pointed out in the United Service Gazette, is sufficiently remarkable to merit a conspicuous place in the chapter of meemora- bilia. We shall here transcribe it, and append to it an- other bagatelle of a similar nature:- SUPPOSED NUMERICJAL COINCIDENCEs.-The following calcu- lation has been sent its by a ftiend. The coincidences are strilk- ing, to say the ...

... I AGENTS FOR THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY, Altringhaem, Walton Ashbsurn, IV. Hoon Ashton-under-Lyne, Thomas Cunningham, R. Tinker .Arbroothz, P. Wilson -Aberdeen, John Smith, POeO- office Bangor, W. Shone and Thos. Humphreys Barnsley, Geo. Harrison Beaoumarts, Jones and Sen Belfast, F. D. Finlay Beverley. J. KemP Birminrham, T.Mansl land1 Blackburn, RVSosdJ.Burrlli iolton, J. Ogle, S. Gardner, J a. ...

... We have no doubt that, before another century is completed, S. aldng aid a singing machine will be numbered among the ?? ?? Natural J/agic, page 211- Various nttempts have, in different ages, been made to inmitate the human voice, by machinery; but that to which we are about to call the attention of our readers, if the satement can be depended upon, seems to have been the most eminently ...

... . THE REFORM ACT.-PAYMEAl.lNT O-F RATES.| Be We have before us a pamphlet from the pen of Mr. - Edward Bretherton, one of the solicitors acting on behalf of the Reform interest in the late revision courts, held in re this town, questioning the decision pronounced on that occasion by the Revising Barristers, and in a clear, able, Id and argumentative manner exposing the fallacies by which those ...

... ?? ?? - ?? ?? it0 In consequence of some remarks we lately madeon t the subject of a patent lately taken out for a Surface for 1 skating, as a substitute for ice, we have received the sub- ' joined letter from our old friend, Mc. Dolier, In the article to which we allude, we stated that that gentle- a man had, several years ago, made many experiments for a the discovery of a new surface ...

... IOn Christmas morning, the Roman Catholic chapel of St. Francis, Dublin, was, as usual, extremely crowded, when, In consquece f agrondlas lar ofthefalingof the galtoryba numbr o pesen Jupedfre th frnt ntothaamdle oftno are still in a dau gerouis state. The following 1s an account of the cases In the County Dublin Hospital: --Efl en Savage, aged 68--dead-from contusion and f ulibeation; James ...

... ,alU,'YM IN PARVO, -utinof property by fire in tbe metropolis, dunring ~'ic ?? ds asbeento afrightfutlextent. Inadditionto zbr O s'olsogarh0Ungo in Ratcltlffe-high way, it is said I e t .wro't' Ica tenly-one fires have ?? CItsO dO) ersr h steam-tug Fiddler, when off Groves- 0o Tburi holk fire, and notwithstanding every exertion to a5U 1dj'01, i, she sunk in seven fathoms water, The crewe i au ...

... EXAMPLE F4 OR LIVERPOOL FOR PREVENT- ING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY BY PRO- VIDING USEFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR DES- TITUTE YOUTH. In our publication of December 13, 1839, in the course of some editorial remarks upon the important subject of provihing an institution for the employment and re- clamation of juvenile oflenders, we stated that it was our intention, on some future occasion, to propose for the ...