... MR. SAML. HOL ME AND T.1 MERCURY. -c ^ theoE.DITORS ?? LIVERPOOL IMCHURY. ol tO GRNTLRMEN, - 1 regret to learn, from Mr. S. Holme'a d1 aspeech, that you have brought forward charges against al him ' which are wholly undeserved-that is to say, you P to have called him 'a sub-contractor; naz, ?? if ti the height of audacity could go beyond that-you even d 'e hinted that he might occasionally ...

... QTolollial ant foreicll Jintellfacnce. DUSSELDORF. OCT. 3.-One hundred and thirty-three boats have arrived at Dasseldorff, laden with Russian corn. The price of corn is beginning to diminish. BERLIN. OCT. 3.-Accounts just received from Italy state that the Princess Louisa of Prussia is dangerously ill at Genoa, and and that no hopes are entertained of her recovery. The ac- count is signed by ...

... P UN C H IA N A. We select a few of the good things in the PUNCH bowl for the present week. The wit and humour ot our little friend are perfectly exhaustless. CORRECTION TO BE MADE IN ALL GEOGRAPHIEs._ Pyreneea.-A chain of mountains which was formerly the boundary between France and Spain. They were cleared away by Louis Philippe, in the year 1846, on the occasion of his son's marriage with ...

... NI I SC EL LANE 0 U S. OxeiiiSES AT A PENNY PrElt B.MILT].-In consequence of the success attending the attempt at conveyirg passelo- gero by Oinnibus at the rate of Id. a mile, a scomber of the oftl proprietors that have hitherto chargedl 6d. have started their vehicles at the reduced rate. 'lhere are Inow upwairds of twenty omnibuses, carrying from seventeen to thirty passongers each, whose ...

... TUE GREAT BRITAM T. To the Editor of The Bristol Mercury. Como-villa, Portshead, Oct. 6, 1846. SIs-In Captain Claxton's letter of 28th nlt., to M~r. Bennett, giving a detail of the circumstances which preceded the unfor- tunate occurrence of the Great Britain, it is stated, that, 1 on examining Captain Hosken's chart, which was bought by him when going out on his previous voyage in June, as ...

... CDC it Of WOtL IVA-RID OF ST. MICHAEL. numnerOus and highly respectable meeting of the IL veri, hi wad.onvened by public advertlsemnent, was ofgee thiy veniflg, at the Montague tavern, to consider held Otiui 31hOald be taken to secure the election of a gentle- hat Seprs eet tse opinions and wishecs of the electors in the Boil.,havingbeen alled to the chair, NVILItJhAX meeting had been ...

... BIAESIINGHAII MUSICAL F ESTIVAL pr'odusced over LADiEs are admitted as members of the British A..,,clati.~ d by the new rules. d LARG4 DATILIA.-1In the garden of the city prison, 1,l a dahlia 11 feet high. tSNUFF - TAKING Is recommended to students Of the French language, as it facilitates the acquiring otfthe proper accent. EGYPT'-.-The Topic, In depicting 1Eigypt as it is,,hwsta threc ...

... WVINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVFNING. Everything has been very quiet at the Castle to-day, The Duke anid Dueliess of Norfolk aund Lady Miary Hloward have taken their leave of her afjesty and returned to London. lis Excellency the Baron Brunow has returned to town. t Lord Alorpeth, the chief oommissioner of the Woods and Forests, after having ijoined the Master of the Horse in the inspection of some ...

... H'IIE GREAiiT' 13BRITAIN. LiVvr'OOL, WEDXESDAY, SEPT. 30.-TIre following letter from Lieutellant losker, tie commander ot the Great Britain, has been posted in the public news rooms to-day:- 1 Great Britain Steam-ship, Sept. D. ' Dear Sir-By the tog I seud Mr. Smiith, with all the cargo she call take. A few packlages may be touched with the fresh water, but I trust not damiaged. All the ...

... IR.ISH J)ISTlRiESS andlt IRISH RAILI AYS. In iot I T('1if i' t requiitefion , IIbich was ?? and T.SltT If 1;1iNe ii , TletL Lcrd Mllyfrconvenliet ?? of tile ciTiz, II, it DIthoib il on idoy, lit thle Roya Eeli iii Cli for the' pal p), Of ot ppIyi~n, to thle 10ovt raI TTeit til ?? Mone y, lf %oay ol lioa, to such Irish rafivaN cooM ai canl otfvr w,oi i T rv eet urity for such loan, ?? I'to ...

... TIlE POOR RElJOVAL ACT. i The following important document has been isue poor-lawv cotntisisiol ers:- I r I Poor-law Comnmission Office, Stnerst II0L 20th October, 1846. Sir-I am directed by the Poor-law Cin,mmaitSiionf state, that in consequence of various iroqtiiri iltl Iecr ri as to the construction of the late R 1u1ziil Act, Xii, Vic., c. 66, they have deemed it rigrht to io ll-t tle ...

... - We subijoin the official documents referred to under this head in the llorning Chronicle of Thursday. The cre- dential letter presented by Mr. Hood from Lord Aber. r deen is as follows:- TO HIIS EXCEL.LENCY SENOR ARANA, &a. r Sir-The Queen, my Sovereign, being sinecrely desir- S ous of rernoving every cause of misunderstandfing between i her government and the government of the Argentine ...