... Mbbting or the Birkenhkad, Lancashirs, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company. Saturday,a meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held in the Town-hall, Birkenhead, for the purpose of receiving the report and statement of the accounts for the half year ending June 30, and also for the purpose of affixing the seal of the company to the registration of shareholders. W. Bailey, junr., ...

... PARISH AFFAIRS—THREATENED INCREASE SALARIES. The evils of divided authority have often been felt in the management of our parochial affairs. Prior to the alterations in 1845, which alluded to on Tuesday last, there was no head superintendent of the Parochial-office. There was multiplicity of departments, with an ostensible head each, but no officer vested with authority to superintend and ...

... The General Weekly Average price of Grain, for the week ending July 31,1847 Wheat, T7s. 3d.; Barley, 455. 3d.; Oats, 31a Id.; Rye, 575. Id.; Beans, 545. BtL ; Peas, 465. 6d. The average price of brown Muscovado sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending August 3, 1847, is , 265. 9d. per cwt. , Alexander Charles Stuart, white negro, or Albino, full seven feet high, was operated on ...

... he ha«l drain extensive moor very large deep drain,®®' and lult long, said,— ,4 *He wished to impretf landowner* the great necessity of throw'inK down * fences,'not fer the sake of gentlemen riding a' ter houii(?p, but for their own good. having ® hedges they had less land on which grow theirF 1 ' duce, and in dry season sparrows and other birds up half the seed.'—Mr. J. (Juthwaite, speaking ...

... How T PRESEVE HEALTH, AND AVOID Thefoll owing Rules, prepared for distribution amongst the poor of G~lasgows- are excellent, simple, and easily fol- L lowved. We give them a place in our pages,-that other 2 towns may reap that beneflit whllich must necessarily result from practising what they prescribe:- General Rule.-Temperance, Cleanliness, and Breathing Pure Air, are three of the surest ...

... :D Es33yT August Il, 184 7. TIaE GENERAL ELECTION. In the review:which 'we took, in our last, of the go- neral character of this election, and the circumstances under which it takes place, we remarked that the only conclusion to be arrived at, was, that there never per- haps was an election of which the results could with less certainty be predicted, or that afforded more slen- der means of ...

... - . The Lammas Show. of.tihe Fettercairn 1armers' Club was held- on Monday. The number of animals. brought forward was less than on many previous occasions; uti the specimens exhibited were decidedly good of their kinds. The judges-Messrs Anderson, Inchock; Smith R-inbleth month; Knowles; Mondynes; and Stewart, albarake- after a very car-ful inspection, awarded the premiums as follows:- Brood ...

... CITY ELECTION-CAPTAIN FORDYCE'S. I MEETING. I A Meeeting aF the Electors, called by CaptainFordyce, was held or Wednesday in the Court-house, which was 6rammed to suffocation. Captain Fordyce came into the' room a little before three an wvas received with great enthusiasm; He proceeded directly to Colonel Sykes, who was present on Capt. For- dyee's invitation, and both cordially shook. hands ...

... TIHE NEW rARLIAMENT. hNGILASD).-tlotwous. .L. Peel. Ct. ?? Sir Frederick 'Thoi;s4gur .. . Arirr *willlirtrr Cubitit, J. 11. Coles .. . Atrut'tetr Bore's Loni GI. IPaget . Atrundelt . . Ear I oi Arunidel and Surrey . . Ashburon ..Colirriet .. Mlalc~lroot Aslittr'r-iuil.-Ly. i Itarles III titily. Ayleslrury Lord Nutgenit, J. 1P. DecringI I f3llbury . . 11. IV. T'lr,l.cri.I B3arriitalle l .i1,t. ...

... THE CAMDEN TOWN DUEL.— TRIAL OF LIEUT. MUNRO. Central Criminal Court, August 18. Shortly after nine o'clock Alexander Thompson Munro was placed at the bar, before Mr. Bullock, to plead to an indict- ment charging bim with the wilful murder of David Lynar Fawcett, on tbe Ist of July, 1843. He pleaded not guilty. The various facts relative to the duel were proved by the evidence of the same ...

... THE :TJIlS AND RALWAYS,|1 The dedication by the Thes, of 4wo long. ieaderF; to the speech: delivered by w Mr. Glyn- at 'the. Uiif- yearly meeting' ?? North 'Westerh- proprietorm isafgreat faet. 7There wiw a tim-e whbli the Thunderer would harly condescend ' 't 'anything. relative o 'railways iii its Tholumiii,savl to their abuse iand their disifragebikent' 'iut times a chang ed, an ...

... FRAN CE. |THE PRASLIN INIRDEtR. i The Gazette des T iWuAaux, of Friday, gives the following C additional intelligence in regard to this dreadful murder, a full account of which appears in another part of our paper On Thursday the investigation was resumed, whilst I f. Gannal was embalming the body of the Duchess, which, da- ring the night, was attended by two cleraymen. The first cir- ...