... . 1 -av . ?? .-f- . ?? . . YLLk.. AU .u et The question of cotton supply is one which wI .or becomes more peremptory in its importance by the de [a- lapse of time ; and we are, therefore, glad to learn of id that a private gentleman has, by his public spirit th n. and intelligence, been accomplishing far more w] ay practical good than could have been effected by WI to the tedious and costly ...

... RAILWAY INTELLTGENCE. br- Tilm ST. HELENWS CANAL AND RAILWAY.-The half he yearly meeting of this company was held on Tucstla, at 31it St. EHelens, Gilbert Greenall, Esq. in thle chair. Yr'om to the report, which was read by the secretary, it appeared lie that the traffic was steadily improving, as coulpared Iviti ilt. the corresponding period of 1849, the increase in tue 11t gross receipts ...

... I HOUSE OF LORDS.-TimlSDAY, AuGuST 15. THE PROROGATION. Parliament was this day prorogued by Her Majesty the Queen, in person. The corps diplomatique were present in great force, including the Nepaulese, Turkcisil, IRussian, Prussian, Austrian, French, and American Ministers, with the at- taches of different legations. The peers were all attired in their full robes. At twenty-five minutes to ...

... Diotrict jacimo. -1-11-11.111 ?? ?? -11.11.1.1.1-1--.. ASHTON. ?? FIRE IN A ASHTON. ?? Fr INASrITHY.-On Thursday eveniug last, between any 1 ,3 eight and ten o'clock, e fire broke out in a smithy situate there io adjoining Messrs, Bromlev and Newtdn's coal yard. it ap- more peers that on the above day Mr. Chadwick's enic had been :cu engaged hooping wrheels, and had had a large fire the whole ...

... .051 Si )st LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY. al nd TO THE EDITORS OF TIlE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. tt an GIENTLIsEME,-I observe it stated in the Chronicle of F N0- Saturday last, that the Earl of Hardwvicke had presented rc lry a petition to the House of Lords from the Guardian Society ii ;ld of this town against the small Tenements Rating Bill. Will IC as you do the Guardian Society the favour to ...

... Perhaps no change of such magnitude and im- n o portance was ever more precipitately agreed to L ft a and put into operation than that by which the Iy e delivery of letters was utterly abolished on the ti t Sunday; and perhaps no project of such impor- v e tance to a whole community ever encountered less D; of open hostility, previous to its adoption. Govern- F e ment had assumed to itself the ...

... THE HARVrEST. gab~ f Fortunately for this counitry, daily telegraphic j m reports of the state of the weather in different he, 1 parts of the kingdom, from which to deduce the I.. s- prospects of the coming harvest, are not nowpec ,h necessary, and, if they were gathered and pub- of r, lished, the public would look upon them with a s, degree of indifference forming a striking contrast bel to ...

... - Z77ortion f1cluo. F RANCE. 'The artillery of tile Nationa id Gard of Langrec have been cue- pended from their funictionls by the Prefect oiftile Haute Ilarnte, Pf in colesequee of their leeving, refused to assemble under arms g thle dlay On ?? Gnra atel pa'iocd thnrough the town. de(i The Natiojal Gar ?? roxse itru and Monosquel have bedIare.Teray tonwrfud to have bec~u newly3 shnir'1'cnd An ...

... FRANCE. When the war estimates for 1850 were presented and voted, the minister proposed to effect considerable savings In the expenses of the army, and to reduce it by 70,000 men. The minister, however, on second consideration, and acting on the advice of the assembly, thought that it was better to defer for the present the execution of his project. As his estimates were based on those ...

... The weekly meeting of the board was held on Tuesday last. Present:-T. B. Addison, Esq., in the chair; Dr. Winstanley; Rev. J. 0. Parr; T. Walmsley, Esq.; T. Birehall, Esq.; W. Ainswortb, Esq.; Messrs. Humber, Abbott, Diron, Taberner, Parker, Abraham, Bond, Dob- son, G. Knowles, Sagar, Holden, J. Watson, Sumner, Gaskell, Gornall, Nuttall, Satterthwaite, Taylor, Arm- strong, Noblett, Sefton, and ...

... 'ir SscsEwseus-A) IETR-Tho hamlf-yearly account~s of rd this company sitew that the receipts for the lialf year end- ji hle iug June 30 last, were £37,533 15s. 2d., and the oxpendi- all turo £22,977 Os. 8d,, leaving at balance of £1 4,556 14& 6, ni.u Ts5 applicable to interest and dividend. The interest on loans, fi .rc &c., amounts to £11,490 Ss. 4d., and the reserve for re. a ed newals of ...

... John Warden, for many years a Chartist leader in Lancashire, and who was tried at Liverpool a few years ago, with a number of others, bat acquitted, committed suicide on Monday fortnight, by cutting his throat. BENEVOLENCE TO A PAINTING.-The Archduchess, mother of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, arrived at Rimini on the 12th, to adore the miraculous painting of the Virgin (that which rolls it eyes) ...