... WLetterd. TOXTHTH AFFAIRS. C To the EDITORS of the LI VERPOOL MERCUR r. 9 * (snwr~eraae-The rate-payers, by their decision on Saturday p lo. see, ram, aet i-aet, to Itave been aroused fromi their lethargic a - lumbers. I hope you r ill continue to ohako their shoulders, so tas to ikeep them *oem drowsincess agate. bor fiair, however, they D should be osught napping, I beg to offer ta feW ...

... y LORD MORPETH AND T1IE KENTUCEIAN. ?? Arkansas Gazette tells an amusing story of Lord Morpeth and a Kentuckian grazier and drover, who hap- pened to be a fellow traveller with his Lordship, on the railway from Buffalo to the Falls of Niagara, in 1811. The drover had been on a visit to Buffalo to purchase English stock, just imported. Stepping into the carg he found there a modest-looking and ...

... of ? arb ?ol?ton? The remarks in our last week's paper, in reference to ab the snpposedr remains of Edward Coiston, have elicited lix the following communication from the writer of tisenO- an. tice whichappeared in The Mercury of the 9th inst.:- tec Dristol, 19th September, 1 543* 501 EDWAIID OOLSTON, THE PHILANTiIROrIST. tin To the Bditor of The Bristol ?eroUWY? hil Sm-As you were so obliging ...

... CVi~EHiuIAL IHou4P1''S AT Ui.NG ?? F 'I lie ?? kkc'uri ,tl u itiiS l-soqite aladi anied tl, Ohecr uig iiv.'ilits bhiell tile Writer gicee (If ?? comimiiercil prospect li Chillit %ill be rlead with ?? itltmeest. Thoi letteO is daited Mlacao, Mtre2 ?? I melt meW give yoel sonole geco'lolt r ?? Kionig itslf. it In Ilot, ti it hlim been il eF iti, i iirett i.toiil there tire 00(1y VCy l RliII ...

... DEPARTURE OF THE COURT ON A VisIT TO THE i ING OF THE BELGIANS. v , - B onrIon, TLaesday. sl Aecortithg to ilstotiltesamnt tier ltiije9tv and the Royal anile left m tirighton tsr Ostetid this morning ' F i''rotaoely at a j'rirtor to 9, ?? Rtoyil carriage, containing tier ?? gl1 joety iitid ?? Albert, drove on thoe Pier, tt tite lo't vt whicit she Q wvos 'ecelvtoe by tho lien. C. A ulurray who ...

... : The members of this association celebrated its ?? on Wednesday, at the Commercial Hotel, Ashtono, O Mrs occasion an excellent dinner was served up by she hostess, 1e;, Newton. On the cloth being remove, WNrn nb . Gibbs, was given in excellent style, when t e Chairman W, Esq. after a few appropriate and Iheyarlt of the pegople. The Queen, and long mov she live in thehatoftepol.Te National ...

... BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- MENT OF SCIENCE. CORK, WEDNESDAY.-. meet if of the general comnmittee was held yesterday afternoon, when grants of money to the amount of 1887 were awarded. The following are the de- tails of the dif'erent grants:- SECTION A.-Sir David Brewster, for continuing hourlyr meteOrO- logical observations at Kingressie and Inverness, 121.; 'Mr. W. S. Harris, for ...

... E VIC UALLERS', PRO- , IRRMINO ~ ECINSCIETY. l,,NuASS, FaIlly NIoDBT,-The members'and friends istii~~ga Licensed Victisallers' Protection Society of the B~irminghr i. so Tvr, celeij~se505 tntyirst anniversary, at the Atf aen andlet ?? to report-that the in- inrest inr the cause hasr not abated since t at ebation en 1842, if we layudge byfthe character of the attendance, ot e8tati feeling and ...

... THE COLI) ?? CURF fIE EDITOR OP T -n - TO TITE EDITOR Or Til: CALrDoa i SIRr-Wchile paeruoirrg your ?? Claridge's lecture on tire Coinr ?? c paper of Thiursday, it occar icter Ce , 'n'e -J thineg, to be rather dubiousl flar r be proved, from a ci *lr i $ day observation, and vviricir CrM , i constitution, bein, oo arf I OR ts ejC3 Q direct contradictio'n to All, ?? Iij~ appears quite evident ...

... ealsboniait Mrrcurt)41 EDINBURGH. THURSDAY., SEPTEMBER 7. Highly as Scotland rejoiced last season at the visit of her MAJIESTY and her August Consort, that auspicious event will be held to fall short of the landing on the shores of France-at least in historical interest and national importance. It must be extremely gratifying to all classes in this empire to learn the enthusiastic reception ...

... There never was defeat so signal as that which d d awaited the faction of the Clancarty in his own town a Ion Saturday'last. It was a defeat without even a to contest-~-a suit without a defence-a charge denied a without an attempt to offer evidence in support of the _ p denial. The noble lord was accused of having pros- t tituted his power as a landlord to the purposes of narrow-minded ...

... CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST 23.-e had yesterday au execution, which will give rise to much scandal in Europe against the Turks.' An Armenian renegade was publicly beheaded for deserting Islam, afterl having embraced it. He was a fine young man, and it 'i a source of great regret to 'have to relate his story. Two years ago, being a Chris- tian bootmaker, he took it into his head to become a Mussul ...