... The CO URT , t&c. brol On Thursdav, the ancient and royal charities of Maundy 24t1 :Thursday were distributed to 3 aged men and 34 aged I ;women, the number corresponding with her Mejesty's wif l age, with the usual formalities, at Whitehall chapel. The meac Zmost aged man lost year had roached his 102nd year, hut the lhe lsas since died. The most aged man who received the Ar .royal alms in ...

... _ ^ . . . I ; oin .£ ,s - 1 FRANCE..~~ ?? PARIs, SIUNDAY.-Thes second imporial'bali 'vas looked forward to with even greater interest thaR the first, and thesae efforts actively made to secure cards of invitation. al Independently of the ordinary love of pleasure which ac- tuates the gay soolety of this capital, an additional motive was found in the curiosity, excited as It was to the utmost ...

... TO TUB EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOLI aERCURY. +h , I- ?? h. 1In- 1,~ th. TO Til JLtfl-' . .. GEan IeN,;,-I forward the following lines, in the Somerset- shire dialect, for insertion, whenever a vactmicy should occor, in ournovwspapEr. The liies I have abstracted fron a nowspaper ef this countY, bearint dote Feb. 10, 1817. 4The exited by their perusal will, perhaps, be asted iby the iot'ormttion ...

... . CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATION SOCIETY; ?? t.. 6iu~lt i1l. , go PUBLIC MEETING AT THE AMPHITHEATRE, di YESTERDAY. .- at A public meeting of persons interested in the educa- m tion of the children of the poor in the protestant and in evangelical principles of the church of Eiiiland was la held yesterday, inthe RoyalAmphitheatre. ; The meeting N was called for twelve o'clock. The admission was ...

... -MI ULTUM IN PAVO. te A desperate attempt was rpade ?? lI~t, at Wek~o- ied Tele-i cuse hps alt length~ been decided gis h ew %Duke of Athol, who has to yWtlae'Iioets. 3 45Of the 102 electors for the borough of 'BlsO'ibuin, 7' estare ininkeepers, and 121 beesellers. WO A butcher boy In New York says that he has often heard aill of the fore quarters of t he globe, but- nevs ear any. lor person ...

... THE REFORMATION IN IIRELAND. MEETING LAST N'IGHT. ci The anniversary meeting of the Society for Irish Church gi Missions to the Roman Catholics was held last night, in tII the Collegiate Institution. T. B. HorsfalL, Esq., ?? b- occupied the chair, and in addition to the deputation fr-om VI the society, there were several clergymen end gentlemen si connected with the town and neighbourhood on ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY.: 'TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 18X. - . --SBrubo XB. 1 ji -,.MMA -Y. toaox The Queen, prince Albert, and the R1byhi read Family left their Highland residence at Balmow shou on Thursday morning, -at half-paut eight o~oloe~c, And and reached Edinburgh at ten minutes past Onm virtu They stayed nll night at Holyrood Palace. ~ O wher Friday morning9, at five minutes before eiglit, ...

... e COURT, &c. ts The Queen and Prince Albert, on Saturday evelllg, f honoured the first performance of Spohr's operL of Jes- it sonda, at the Royal Italian Opera, vith their precCliCC. t Yesterday the Queen was to hold a privy coeisil, at- a tended by the principal cabinet ministers and the great d officers of state. it To-day (Tuesday) the court will leave town for O-borne, Isle of Wight. ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC.-The traffic returns of railways in the United Kingdom amounted for the week ending 30th July to £373,863, and for the corresponding period of last year to £324,021, showing an increase of £49,842, or 13.4 per cent. The groes receipts for the eight railways having their termini in the metropolis amounted for the week ending as above to £176,721; and for the corres- ponding week ...

... LORD PALUfRSTON AT PERTfl. to T~he freedom of the clit of Perth was onfrred ~by the ' .gthe town heuci ?? Palmerston ?? B ris last i councilh hta t Ch:ity-hamerll 'there, in resnce 0? abouvdtt'b' -.ty )ns Tyeourrovost, ein presenting the bur sstckt, d.el io to some of the more promnieu t Points in the carerioftjia'e . he maleord, and conoluded by saayingI w., onlyfaad,' 3l that itw would have ...

... THE TIMES ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.-THE FREEMEN. The Times having, in previous articles, shown that a y schedule A and a schedule B, together with a uniform I t franchise of £10 in towns and counties, would form the n elements of a safe and practical reform bill, thus pro- , ineeds to develope its views:- g The more we consider the question of the franchise, the less are we able to see ...

... ?? by Auttciitg of W~ Oemfstlanensra of Inlansd Rovenue.) ,Numerous applicaitions'lhave been made, to fthe eorn-, missioners of inland revenue on various questions re- lating to the stamp duties on'receiptsl and orders for money grant ed by an set of the last session. The commissioners consider it-advisaible to print a; short statemeft, :referring to the principal points on, which their ...