... FRANCE. A decree decides that, in the course of the month of May, d the officers of all arms, and the functionaries of the war de- r partment, are to take the oath of fidelity to the president, a The ministries of the Interior and police are at present ' occupied with a matter which stirs great scandal, and will be shortly submitted to the council of state. The central commissioner of police ...

... 3 FAILURES iN DuaLIN.-There have been two or three P i small failures in the grocery and tallow trade, but the dC amounts are not worth notice, and in one of the cases T le the party proposes to pay in full. Another of the parties hi or involved in Messrs. Foxall's failure has been made bank- fy ill rupt this week, and the case appears a particularly harsh SC one. The name referred to is ...

... THREE FEMALES ATTACKED BY A SNAKE AT BOOThE. i- On Sunday evening last, shortly after nine o'clock, Jm three young ladies were proceeding along Marsh-bosle, Hack ~hy Bootle, to tie railway-station heteybsiedom-three Ike thing black, apparently coileA up, lying in the road. On out are approaching the coil they were Startled by the sudden ap- a we pearence of what they describe as a large snake ...

... 1.1-1 ?? -11.11, ?? ?? ?? . ?? STE the The Carponter Fiamily, performers on the concertina the 0sns and other instruments;, announce a conceit for Monday Toe cosevening next, at the Coneert-ball.-See cide, oi liiy Mr. E. L. Da~venporl end Miss Fanny Vining have been free re ;playing at tho AIphitheatre this week iln at round of po- thee 117od ?? play'S* The draina of the Corsican Brothers is ...

... ?? l-ll- l - --- -A^E ?? ?? - -.v ?? ?? ?? - ?? C0 . .. .. ?? ?? ?? -- and, According to the estimates just printed the sum of 000. £369,318 will bs required to be voted for colonial, con- the sular, and other foreign services in the current year. In the 1851 the sum voted was £424,633, and in 1860, £441,527. In the course of a trial at the court of eommon pleas, S to on Tuesday, it came out ...

... A,-~ ?? . ,land clanl [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] two. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 29. coni FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. nior The English market was steady, with rather a better was tone. French prices came better; but upon the Cape ton Y- arrivals, with no news of the Hydra and Megoera, sales were Cha made, and consols gave way & per ?? shares a thal shade stronger upon the arrangement of account ...

... TIHE LIDERlrOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1$52. 1.1 - 1.1.1 II L ,- P L L ?? ?? . , A ,, I ?? , .A .A s .t -S . ?? 5Ai~LtS POPU LI LEX SUPREMA,, ,,vvvevu ?? . ?? V AND I ILITIA B ILL. ?? .. . V V PARLIAMENT AND THJE IMILITIA BILL. -- of a The debates on the Militia Bill have done some f Mr. good. Dull and protracted as they have been, the they have served to dissipate a good deal of mis S ...

... ST. HELE2N'S. SEocCIOINO AccsDENT.-An inquest was heldo on Monday ?? last, at the Raven Inn, before C. E. Driffield, Esq., coro. be ner, on view of the body of Willialn Bradshaw, aged 33. The deceased was a glassmaker, and resided in Sutton. On Saturday afternoon last he was drinking, and whilst ia a state of drunkenness he sat down on the railway, near to the old station. His legs were across ...

... Om- On Tuesday evening, a meeting was held at the Royal yed, Amphitheatre, for the purpose of considering the subject coin of nunneries, with the view of getting up a petition to the Duld Queen, to be signed by the ladies of this town. The vere chair was occupied by John Cropper, Esq., and the pro- urra ceedings were opened by prayer. prom The CT0 llsiARN said the object of this meeting was a ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. I FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1852. S.LUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. - -- -- -- -- ?? - -- - ?? 1-w-- w v - ' S UT M MA R Y. On Monday night, in the House of Lords, the ste St. Alban's Disfranchisement Bill passed through Ph committee, the threatened opposition by certain inhabitants of the borough having been abandoned Po as hopeless. On the following evening, the bill was read a third ...

... COllESIPONDENCE. I ?? A A A W A A i; in REGULARS v. MILITIA. It be TO TIlE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. 6use, GENTLEMEN,-The little reliance that can be placed on arm a militia force was never better tested than during the as late American war, at the battle of Bladeneburg. The rish American General Winder had under his command no less ont than 15,000 militia and volunteers; he was ...

... TIHE WEATHER. To the great delight of townspeople, as well as , to the great relief of farmers, graziers, and gar- ddeners, a change in the weather has at length taken place. A peck of March dust may at If times be worth a king's ransom; but, unfor- 1i tunately, that is true only when the dust is I. not procurable, or when the king is not worth a r great deal to his people. Like all other corm ...