... ASCENT OF VESIJVIIJS. ASB By GBNTLRMAN OF LxVwsPOOa. T he Januarg ls,'5546. nef t *y Yesterday I went to Veauvius for the first time. I thene isstarted from Naples by the nine o'clcck train, and Rot At w he off at Portici, (under which Flerculaneom is buried,) and - am walked to Rosina, where we procured each a horse and as one guide. I war. accompanied by 3. D. G}. After a A attedious and ...

... THE C()MET OF SHORTEST PERIOD. SO) TO Use EDITORS of the LIVERPOOL MwERCURY. -( ve GaNZI LwMEN-In the communication made- to you otm .rm on the 19th Miarch, relative to the comet discovered in do February, by .Mr. Brorsen, at Kiel in Holstein, it ias be the mentioned tnat Profes3or Eneke had given to it an orbit ma the of 1256 days, as the result of his calculations. Sincethat cm vl.time ...

... nT, A , , . . I D. j JRS ofti onti Saudyevening is, in all Christian landv, different 4 from other eveningsintheweek. Thelibourer isusually d relieved earlier, and the shopman kept later than on It Ordinary occasions; buyers and sellers of all kinds of ?? wares are more numerous ; the circulation of money in small sums is brisker; and there appears in the minds of % the working-classes a more ...

... I SIGHT1S IN LIVERPOOL-PRINCE_ I ALBERT'S VISIT. T~ot1h' EDDITUR 0'tH' .REURRY. W Livesrjcoo, Ogwti fast, 184. thc Sup,-Yo're no dewt steniobt laset yeeor at gettin 0all lettur fro are Yes ostid to moo, bat bee mannidgt hit GO wheel konsidrin. Yore begin to think as ritin runs i'th' fammily. line toud'as teem lettars mack folk laff, to neaw, as th stur's ore yone happun bee so god os crom tis ...

... PASSING OF THE CORN AND CUSTOMS I BILLS-REJECTION OF THE COERCION l BILL--CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT. I i is U As we anticipated in our last, the Corn Importa- tivi tion Bill and the Customs Bill were read a third of ] time in the House of Lords on Thursday night, and ten passed without a division, Lord Stanley, the great LWo leader of the protectionists, contenting himself with wh as(infg ...

... Unanim ously reslved,- That, in the opinion of the thc D,* Council, it is expedient that all local rates should be nal ,- levieit upon the owner, instead of the occupier of the * property, as being more equitable in principle, less burdensome ini application, less costly in collection, and shc therefore, beneficial in its operation to both landlord P and tenant. Toat it is expedient that R ...

... WESLEYAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE At the recent meeting of Conference, held at B'ristol the following facts relating to the Wesleyan body erer' stated :-The number of Sunday-schools, in May la, was 4106-increase, 93; the total number of school scholars was 436,299-increase, 18,396, Not I than 121,7S8 children in the Sunday-schools also attele, some day-school, showringt that if day-schools were ge. ...

... THE METROPOLITAN LABOURERS SUB- URBAN DWELLING SOCIETY. 3 Some weeks ago, we drew attention to this society, . the object of which is, to establish model villages for r the labouring classes, i short distance from those t large towns in which they are compelled to work during the day, and to convey them to and from their residences, either by railway or water convey- ance, at a moderate charge ...

... b. - ?? or On Friday last, Liverpool and the coast surrounding was , lyvisited by a severe storm, which raged for oome time thei n- with great fury, and we regret to sany was not unaccom- Mal rei panied with loss of life and destruction of pirsperty' gen ~.During the night of' Thursday the glass fell considerably, qua a nd about three o'clock on Friday morning the gale ma, )a commenced, trom ...

... et RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION v. LIBERTY OF et RELIGIOUS CONSCIENCE. 6 k- The reign of Charles II will long be remembered in B n- English history, as a period of violent persecution for re. Fv in Thious opinions, especially against the people called x? *. Quakers, who, for being faithful to their principles, suf. w te fered grievous spoil and imprisonment-the ganls in many . ,Igparts of the kingdom ...

... ORIGIN OF THE LIVERPOOL BATHS-, AND WASH-HOUSIFS.-THE FIRST OF! THE KIND IN ENGLAND. , !an ich A correspondent, who signs M. M., expresses the ool opinion that there ought to be raised a fund for- the C of purpose of rewarding Mrs. Wilkinson, in whose ble unwearied efforts to assist her poor neighboursat so. the time of the cholera, the first attempts originated he to establish a public wash ...

... 33fr?enTTn?, &c. Tune-our or Woaaxss.-A number of the vvorkmen engagedn r-in various occupations conneoted with bailding have turned out b ve for an advance or wvager. On Saturday evening the joiners gave v. in notice of their rofosal to work unless at an increase of wag~es v us from S3e. to 26a, per week. The masters reibsed the demand, b to and on Monday about 1000 of them were going about ...