... C of (nmman. 1, II' ant rhe ibe-tpooI fittrcurf SALUS POPULI LEX SUPRE.MA. FRIDA IY, APRIL 12, 1850. The House of Commons, having spent its Easter t holiday, returned on Monday last to its task of Y talking, legislating, and voting money. The ordnance estimates were immediately brought for- ward by Colonel Anson, the amount asked being & £2,434,417, showing a reduction, as compared with the ...

... HEALTH COIMITI'TEE.-YEStnDAY. he Il Ie Present-Messrs. Parker, (in-the chair,) Bennett, Bent, Pd Waithew, Lloyd, Hodson, Rimmer,, Hindley, Hornby, Godfrey,'Langsdale, Pernihiough;Chalmer, and Thomson. a-iThe- medical officer reported 158 deaths for the past. n, week, being a decrease ot 22 as compared with the pre- r, cedin'g week, and of 66 as compar'ed with -the correspond. iting week of ...

... BURDENS ON LAND. SECTION- XXIX. (Cent jaund ?? 23.) Tho Association now proceeds to notice some of the ob- jections to a land tax, or, ats Mr. 11'Callech calls it, aI tax uonlf rout, They arc willing, to adopt his ?? rent. It accords with that ailroady laid down by th'emn. Helays,- IlThle 51111 which tile Occupier of an improved farm pays to tho landlord is uniformlyl derived froml two ...

... 11 - . . ' . - -- - - - - . ' c I -X £ . On Tuesday evening a meeting of the supporters and friends of the Aniti-State-Church Association was held in It the Concert-hall, Lord Nolson-street, to petition parliament v for the separation of church and state, and to elect delegates to the approaching conference of the association, to be held in London on1 the 30th histant. The hall was well filled ...

... TIE NEW STEANI-SHIP ASIA. ur Palenr of F',idni- - lo UM -iour paPes' of' Friday we gav a br- ntc out, of this splendid vessel, whichl is to i briaded tothce Ian obl fleet of steamecrs carrying thc mnails between- lice t Is er and Haia Under thle direction of thle the BitishansI orth Amnericant Stcalln-paclket, Compa~n. ?? ,a new arive here, and from anl inspection of he, yeterdlay, wve are ...

... AccltDENT ON TIIE RIVER.-TIIREE lIVES LOST.-It is with the deepest regret we have to record an accident involilhg the less of tlleC livs, wilich took place on the river :1lersey, nt :Walton Bridgle, near Warrington, on Friday last, under the follo wing melancholy Lirctillstallces: Front the tlchtils gathered front patties who were present durinig the ouculrence, it appears that a pleasure boat ...

... MR. STEPHENSON'S REPORT ONT THE WATER QUEFSTION. Ma.. _ .1. . r o 11 11 I . ?? The report of Mr. Robert Stephenson on the best plan to be adopted for securing an adequate supply of water for the towin of Liverpool is now in the hands of our readers. It is the opinion of the eminecnt cngiliecr to whom this question was referred that tile Rivington Pike project is the most desiral)le, nuder the ...

... -xvvwiga ?? - = ?? The Prciidenit of the Republie reviewed the troops at I 'incems Oll onMonday. 1 Ic afterwards inspected the fortress in everV part. Ile vaix attended by, General1 Chlu crltaricr antd ?? officcrn of the stafft The ippe.j:lanee of the trooupS lm1 0 llial:ablv line. Secx ral ailests Nerle mlialde on1 F-atllnrdwav cvcnlli g at a hil: i ili the lite Soffilet, wxhere a soc:rtt ...

... r-mverial J.Urlialuent. r HOUSE OF LORDS. n FRIDAY APRIL 24. Their lo.-xlships sat for a short time only. Some poti-I5 tions were presented, and several bills forwarded a stage. HOUISE OF COMMONS. ITHUIRSDAY, ArnItil 23.1 ?? 1 1N' TIlE' UN 1EI i~ h 5 Air. J1. ,irmAiri gaveU ?? tliii (i thle resonumptien of1 the iluliate o nl thle lus0t ion of thle lion1. iiieiiib r fur N oirtii Lnnczisli~re ...

... Loral fiftteltitCe. Messrs. S. Bailiff, WV. Graham, Thomas Gilbertson, anti Nathaniel Cook have been appointed the overseers of ha Birkenhead for the next year. to OnI Friday last 13,000 persons passed through thle pay- 1gate, Woodside ; and it is estimated that 27,000 in the er course of thle day crossed the river. S& Mr. Baron Alderson, last week, fin Instrecting a jury in Ithe case of a ...

... -motrie, for ~v. W.Jeffdeclines to convene a public meetingh .aie, purposen of electilng a trustee for the Faraworth ?? Grammnar School.T The Prescot and Liverpool omnibuses are announced to tl 7.run twice a day, on and after the 15th instant, by way of Huyton, Rohy, and Broad-green. St 0 The' notorious Joseph Ady has been favouring the S 0 inhabitants of this district with his something to ...

... Oiotrict latelligruce. U PRESCOT AND ST. HELEN'S. c, MAD DoGs.-During the last three weeks there have been no fewer than twelve mad dogs destroyed in the t neighbourhood of Widnes, Penketh, Tarbock, and Rain- t lill. Great alarm has been in consequence created amongst the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. On Wednesday last the body of a male child, about three months old, was found on the bank ...