... s---777777 TIE IVRPOOL MERCURY. t TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15, 183. i BALUS &OPULI LIX SUP_. IM cOnIC The Ministerial programme of the session, siblill orally announced by Lord John Russell in the -adop Hlouse of Commons, on Thursday evening, wa .oled; listened to with great attention, but produced whe very little exctement. The efect on the public wher a very useful and valuable one, eve togitbe add ...

... || A deputation, emanating from a meeting held at Man- chester on the 10th of last month, and consisting of gentlemen representing boards of guardians, ratepayers, and others in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Nottingham, waited on Wednesday on the Poor-law Board, at Gwydyr House, for the purpose of asking the board to rescind its amended prohibitory order of the 14th of December, 1852. Nineteen ...

... I IV. h - ^ -I h- -LSAAe vv e nave oetore us a Parliamentary return of the polu- hation and number of houses, according to the censuE of 1851, of the counties and towns of Great Britain retu-n- ing members . to parliament, and of those towns above 2000 inhabitants which are now unrepresented. From ;his paper we make some extracts which cannot but be rwad with interest, as showing that in any ...

... [BY ELECTRIC! TELEGRAPH.] th TeHURSDAY EVENINGe, FEn. 17. *t Ssccpperc.-Lloyd's books continue light of arrivals. BN OFENGANR.EE exohange ill the rate of dis-ev LB Lss F TuB~ttquSirT. BrrYTose-BDENos AvatEe, thi d JANUARY 2.-The birque Sir T. Boyton has been lost tbt lenear Asser, with 240 emigrants on board. All the Pas- relF 8 engers saved. FUNDS. STOCK AND SHARE MARIIET. de, English funded ...

... I SECONDEDITION. ?? ?? InTwn a-'OLOai. p.M. sHsadulex.Oviine, T'FlAleAY, Filn. 1S, Two O'arlotJK, P. M. - ~ LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. Tills DAY (ToseDtAr). Thle weather during thle week has been fine, and since VI~rday we have had seVere) frost, with a slight fail of snow. cot T'lb trade has ?? in a hesitity State. A good busi- Es, noess has beent done In wheat, both oa speculation and for Att ...

... THE EXAMINER AND TIMES. MANCHESTER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1853. ?? LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND T-HE, FRENC INVASION. -. n' :part tten-. The country has now, for many monthes been agi- of tbh tated by every species of alarmist exaggdration, and absei the most positive statements have been. put for wth both as to the certainty of war, and theo actual pre- prop parations in progress for-tbat, pprPose, ...

... The fall of snow bad been so heavy on Mfondaytnorniog that the oullntry was covered to the height of one or two feet, whilst the temperature was rendered exceedittgly cold by shlarp frost. All irntercoursie, unless hy tle railways, has been interriupted, and, as the corn and provision markets are very scantily supplied, prices have risen considerably,'to thle se- rious detritent of tihe ...

... METEOROLOGICAL RESULTS DEDUOBD FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT TRi LIVERPOOL OBSERVATORY, During the weekc ending Saturdav, Feb. 12, i863. Latitude,53'24'48N. Longitude,3'0' 1 W. STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. Time occupied in ?? q m I. falling. O o,., FEB. O.-Very small patches of blue s' y were occasionally seen till 7 p.m.; from 7 to 8 it was clear, and the remainder of the lay was overcast. Rain ...

... I The curtain has risen, and the chief actors in On the Parliamentary session of 1853 have made their appearance. On Lord John Russell devolved the duty of making the customary Ministerial expla- nation, and on him will in some measure rest the cal responsibility of the Government making good coi their claims to the support and confidence of the V' people. The nation bad looked forward with i ...

... A LADY'S VISIT TO APSLEY HOUSE, ?? (For the Preston Chronicle.) After waiting for many days, we at last got tickets sent to us to visit Apsley [louse. They were for one day last week, and a very rainy day it was! ?? make matters worse, no carriages are admitted into the court yard, as there is a temporary wooden building erected against the western gate, to receive sticks and umbrellas, and ...

... I ce : 1 . Some important alterations in the postal arrangements of the country will be made next month, it being intended to accelerate the day mail from London to the north, so that it will arrive here about an hour and a half earlier than at present. So far, this will be an advantage to the community as respects the postal communication between London and the manufacturing districts, but if ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14. LAWD REFORM. The Loan CHANCELLOR stated ties intentions of the govern- ment with respect to legal reform in a very long and elaborate speech, In which he first enumerated what ha&d been done, and what remained to be done, in tho way of chancery and commonI law reform. He next passed to the ecclesiastical courts, and specified some recommendations of a ...