... ;e 330trict Tturtelligelice. 'I taiw- - wr. HELEN'S.it day, At thce pttY oeesionA held or' Wedne~day last, before ?? ra Nell-O 1nod1 Wjfliaoo Pdtington, E ear,., Sanmuel jobosin, 01 it Itec- Stit, nb ~oiirer. wis fined ?? Oid, U for a,touting~ Ann Al' all, Hi~gloodle, otf Stitton. lhenry H. stghley and John Bunrrws,. of U; 5mi'hY-b~ow, collier,, weor' each flied in penlaltielliof El. ?? 6ti, ...

... BORROWINGS FROM PUNCH7 oh~ CHR5STUAS-BOX[NG THE COMPASS -Christmas br'xs I 3,havo for agos ranked amongstt the fativit~' os oft the season, ro- though thne festivity mutt co)me M.ore ?? to thoe u rehave to receive them, than these who have to pay them. )us G-ntlcmen have loing indulged in tho festivities of the xd- hitter -kind, and they now intend (fer the tines are go iat bad, and we should ...

... I The prophecies whgch have appeared regarding anth expected inundation of the banks of the Thames have as 1v yet been far from fulfilled. On Saturday the tide didct not flow beyoiid its usual limits, and was qiii in accord- t ance with what it usually uinderstood retpelting tiidal phenomena. In the meroring of Siturday high wcater was at forty-five tomates afner twelve, and the greatest i ...

... atbom an T Obherbagtirnd. UNITED STATES. ME ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP EUROPA. Tf Tb. British and North American Royal Mail steam- P ship Europa, Captain Lote, which sailed froim Boston thi on the 19.h, and Halifax on the 21st lult,, reached thedQ Mersey, after a capital passage of eleven days, on Sand ay tie evening. The mail steamer Hibernia arrived att Halifax on the by 15th ult. Her ...

... lya (From Efa Cook',ournal) a At This question has been asked in all ages, and its many de ksanswers have puzzled most honest persons so much he [ttaI he iet u samte eodtercr-to )gpeesomd ?? h obe-itle sec th ir ofhmnt xsigaogt fe eie prt oi d, erlytbralinaiebyommon clay. en, ty Poetry is the life of nature; we could not live fon 7without it ; and, therefore, It is right that none-the o ...

... Zetterd. to THE CURRENCY THE ROOT OF' ALL EVIL. to To the EDITORS qj the LIVERPOOL MERCURY. le, GENTLEMEN,-ThSe extraordinary circumstances under rs. which the approaching sessionl of Parliament is about to re open, demand from public journsaliatesnome special notice, . - especially from those emanatingfrmtnepoimf at commerce, facts and principles affecting the common In- ttterest should never ...

... vLO A CALIN.FOiRNI 1A he The following is the copy of a letter, dated San Fran- AR i85i* te( :In ceco, October 29. It is written by a gentleman who o rte eiled from this port a short time ago:- Mai tive There is a great talk made about the sickness ine the plak To town, which you will, doubtless, see much exaggerated by kin newspaper reports of affairs here ; and yet, considering x aathe ...

... Aft itiberpoof lerveurp SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMIA. TUESD,4 Y. JA NUA RY 1, I5O. The Liverpool MercuCry fixst saw the light in the yenr 1811 , it was established by the late Egerton Sinith, in order that the Liberal Party in this town, lE's thei Wvithout an organ, might have some means of neith communicating its principles and extending its cons( birws. Nor did that party see the venture with ...

... THE FINANCIAL REFORMij ASSOCIATION. I 01 THE STAMP LAWS. e y SECTION FIMST.-INTRODUCTION. The tracts and newspaper articles published by I the Liverpool Financial Reform Association, ex- t posing the injustice, peculation,waste,extravagance, n and folly, that characterize every part of the expen- n diture and taxation of the country, into which they a have hitherto examined, derive their chief ...

... IRISH LAXNDLORDS AND TENANTS. ye All men of common sense seem to concur in the ty opinion that the landlords of England, with all their :d. capacity for blundering, never committed a greater mistake than that of supposing that they can im- s, prove their position by agitating in favour of pro- a tection to agriculture. But if this be true with C regard to English landlords, how much more so in ...

... III, cor- CHRtONOLOCOICAL NOTES. L ject Shrove Tuesday . Feb. 12 Holy Thunsdy ?? May 9 in of' Ash Wedneeday . 1, I Whit ?? , Eost Easter Sunday .March 31 Trinity Sunday . ,, 6 be Low Sunday ?? April 7 Advent Sunday. Dec. 1 Is of 1 anly t *u act, 1849. 1849. , u.~ r s oft-- ?? - I r ail ianr ?? - l' 3I :July. ?? 2 34:S V Tiue 13 14 16 17 18 19 1 a41 617 1 1 26 P, '20l 21 252z 23 24 i14 3v 1 ...

... THE F INANCIAL REFOR t ASSOCIATION. i i . THE STAMP LAWS. SECTION SECOND.-T1EIR HISTORY, &c. Taxing by means of stamps first commenced in the reign of William and Mary, in or about the year 1694, when the first Act of Parliament imloosing Stamp Duties in England was passed, which was to I have continued in operation only four years; but instead of which that act was amended and renewed, and ...