... renson. BIRKENIIEAD COMMISSIONERS. The monthly meetinp of this body was held this morn- ing, (Tuesday,) a' tho Commissioners'-rooms, Hamilton- p square, the hour being changed in consequence of New Year's Day. The following members wereepresent:- n Messrs. Brvani', (chairman,) Barbour, Greewo, Hughes, oi Col20n, Watson, R ivenocroft, Gough, Mines, Light- bound, Appleton, and Mallaby. The ...

... ilre RLiberpoo[ ileLvtcrtLD ?? - - = . . SALUS POPULI LEX SUPAEMA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1850. Whatever abstract advantages may be supposed to attach to that constitutional law of the United States which makes the election of a Speaker for I the House of Representatives contingent on more than a simple majority of votes, its practical in- conveniences and anomalous action at a time when parties ...

... STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY, On the lt January, 1850. Fprom CdrIbur-'s Ufnited r ?? (From Calburn'es Unffed SeiWcce ragazine.) (Where two places are mentioned, the last named 1s that at ere whiehthedepotof the regiment is stationed.1 IstLife Guards, Windsor. 41th, Dublin. rs 2d Do.. Regents-park. 414t, Cork. tnd RoyailtorseGuards.Canterbary t2d, Bermuda, Isla of Wight, IstDragoonGuards, Cahir ...

... HEALTH COMMITTEE; The weeklv muting wan h-id wo-l- . t Mr. The weekly meeting was held yesterday:-Present, rien, Messrs. Parker, (chairman,) Bennett, Bent, Rimme,. oted Thomson, Ferguson, Fernihough, Godfrey, Hornby, sad Hindley. 49. The Inspector of Nuisances reported the cleansing o gs of 688 cesspools during the week, and the reference of 1S nan, delapidated places to the Building Surveyor ...

... ketterd. TRAGEDY AND TAXATION. To FIELD-MARSHAL the DUKE Of WELLINGTON. LORD Dusea,-The letter of your Grace to Sir John Burgoyne, which found its way into print some timae ago, upon the subject of impending tragedy from in- vasion, seems to have ignored all the past, and to recog. nise the TRAGIC only in the invasion of Englandl-th, dramatic only when England, its tranquillity, its ...

... svulwir zli PARWO. According to the weekly returns of the Bank of Eagland, palb Bul so lifhedt ot Friday, the amount of notes in actual circulation, in deter m the week eliding Saturday, Dec. 29. including seven days' and The ether billi, was £18,872,644, a decrease during the week of great r £148,472 ; the amounet of gold and silver coin and bullion in till letd the hands of the Bank, £17 ...

... 0 L3~ | ?? xnft Obdtrbationd. FRANCE. The Moniteur announces that on Sunday the Marquis of Normanby obtained a private audience of the Presi- dent of the Republic, at which he presented a letter frem Queen Victoria, announcing the death of her late Ae- jesty the Queen Dowager. The Minister of War has commanded the formnation of a new corps, to be called the Voltigeurs Algeriens. Seventeen of ...

... arft ibaerpoto iIercurp. SALus ropULI LEZ SUPREMA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1850. 'The Liverpool 21Icrcury first saw the light in the year 1811 ; it was established by the late Egerton Smith, in order that the Liberal Party in this town, then without an organ, might have some means of c communicating its principles and extending its t views. Nor did that party see the venture with indifference-the ? ...

... I TUESDAY, Januarg 1. The usual special meeting was held for the purpose of smaking various appoiatments required by nct of Par- iameent. Before the proceedings commenced, the MAYOt desired the Town-clerk to read a letter which had been received hom Sir Gorge (Grey, acknowledging the address which bad been forwarded by the Council to the Queen, on the death of the Queen Dowager. DEATH OF MR, ...

... I1 I qm. L A ,, rd The Jupiter steam-packet, which brought home the v J last peninsular mail, met, on her outward voyage, on the id 11th ult.l a tirmber-laden ship, which ahe attempted to et tow into Vigo, but failed to do so on account of bad wea- e ther. The ship was about 300 tong burthen, and it was d supposed, from a few letters remaining at her stern, that d Richmond,Virginia, was the ...

... As RUNAWAY ENGINB.-Tssa Non~it KENT RAIL. hle WAY.-On~ Tuesday, as a special engine and carriae a to were In th act of crossing from the down to the up line, ?? of the two lines neat the old Grames- ia- end station, they were run into by a ballast train, the driver of which, in consequence of the density of the fog,£ atdidnot Perceive any object in advance of him. The car- lr iage (which ...

... Wrcsft Ente~litQgrr. ?? n L __ THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETYc.-The monthly meeting Of -this Sac ety was beld on Menday evening, at the Royal Institution. Mr. W. Milner, the president, being ab e~nt, R' in consequence of the recent decease of him father, the fro chair was occupied by Mr. Henry Danuon. It was stated for that Mr. Mimer would deliver tbe closing address at the mia ornext monthly meeting ...