... Flax setting has commenced most extensively in the north of Ireland. The erection of the new Custom-house of Belfast will cost £28,000. The subscription fund to the late Archbishop Murray's testimonial monument exceeds £1,000. The Earl of Derby will retain the Vice-regal Court, in Dublin, which Lord John Russell sought to abolish. The Rev. Daniel Foley, of Clonmel, has succeeded the late Rev. ...

... - - ?? -- - ?? ?? . HO USE ~OF LORDS. r 0 ~~~TUESDAY, APail, 20THt. 0 The house met at 6ive o'clock. e The Patent Law Ameindment Bill, and Bishopric of Qtebec a y Bill, were read a third time, and passed. q LI ?? LI ~~~THE COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. u In reply to the Marquis of' CLANRICARDE, d r. Lord DJERBY said the government hal 'JO Present itien- d d iou of ateleritng the law on this subject; ...

... I LANCASTElR COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM, I I - -..RAINH.ILL. I - I Thomas Eceleston, surgeon superintendent, has just O0 Ipresented his first annual report to the visiting justices. this the following are extracts:- such f In presenting the first annual report of this asylum, it deal has been thought desirable to pursue the plan usually too adopted by the medical offlcers of similar institutions, ...

... | ?? RAIKES,l ANDT THIE REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON. I There appeared in the last Preston Pilot, two paragraphs referring to an article in the preceding number of the Chronicle. We feel tempted to give our readers the benefit of reading, in extenso, these choice productions. The first, it will be seen, con- tains an acknowledgment that we have exercised great influence in the forthcoming ...

... je ; ?? .1~ itt On Friday last, Mr. Lumley prayed for an inj unction to as restrain Mdlle. Wagner from performing at the Royal Italian ~e Opera, Covent Garden, to consequence of an, agreement hel d by him, aud signed by the father of Mdll~e, WVaner', '1dated' 9th of Nov. 1831, by which the professional servioes' of the lady, were. secured to tier 'Majesty's Theatre. Thei ?? was for three ...

... Spirit of foe VVC,50. ?? - ARRIVAL OF AN EX.DICTATOR Is (From Mte Examiner.) shipping ?? busily getting ri of its patriot, e-sipn hsstohe'ne* wor~ld,-thie new world is at s rid of its tirants, and 'slippitig thtem to E ?? e sveeihas just' landed.- This 'at least is raciprou lt Y.-Not only do we now find all the' chiefs of libetalar mov i nzents and ideas exited by special and cruel decree b at ...

... on ei- Mr. Hume, in a letter to the non-electors of Gates. she head, ?? question you put to me as regards the vas interpretation or meaning of the clause iu the schenso of es, parliamentary reform that I have submitted to the house gl of commons, and especially that which relates to iodgese ; is appears to me to be easily answered, in the plain leaningl nie of the words used in the motion. But ...

... TILE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1851. SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. ITHE OVERNMENT AND THE INCOME TAX. I~~~ ~ -- ?? ionl. The retention or abandonment of the income Americ tax will necessarily be one of the first measures of puinUilP LE, the Government. If, in pursuance of the 1let the min the alone policy for which their organs are daily pre- out, WC ntlparing us, they determine ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, APRIL 19. Their lordships met at five o'clock. THU MASTERS' OFFICES. The LOnD CICANCELLOR laid on the table a bill to abolish the offices of the masters in chancery, and to sub- stitute other offices in lieu thereof. In order to bring the new scheme into effect as quickly as possible, but still with a view to the public interest, the bill proposed that from the first ...

... 1 T I The fortnightly meeting of the Local Board of Health took place in the Council Chamber, on Thursday. Pre- sent: The Mayor in the chair; Aldermen Brown, Shawe, Catterall, German, Bircball; Councillors Rodgett, Hey- wood, Walker, W. Watson, Birley, Goodair, G. Smith, M. Myres, J. J. Myres, Knowles, Spencer, Catterall, Billington, Livesey, H. Armstrong, Threlfall (St. Peter's), C. Swainson, ...

... Diotrivi :Krxuo. ?? ?? (For pt evous District News see 4t/ puye of Sup~emrenet.) Tb ALTRINClAM - T NEW POSTAL AanAeeiurEtENTS.-On Monday last, the thil new 1lu1s9l Oerougenients fur this district were brought iltO sev Opertjiotll ueder the superinteneldeue of the recently ap- ste Puiltetl district postmaster, Mr. John Balsbaw, aided by oe o Of tle clerks from the general offie,-tlhe most ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 18T1. ?? ?? ?? L , . ?? I ?? LX SU A. SAvLUS POPULI LEsX SVlt'lt 11.111 , ?? 1 - ?? . ?? . , .. ?? ., ~ .. ?? ?? ?? MIR. MOORE'S STATISTICS. Most men imagine that merchants are excellent all men of business-that abstruse calculations and intei nice deductions arc with them commonplace actu operations, and that they have extraordinary facility in the ...