... HOUSE OF LORDS (THIS DAY) The Earl of ELLENDOIOUGR put some questionsto the Government in relation to the war. The first was ,- t the expense of the transport service. A sa to £3,096,000 had been voted oln this account, Wveith he considered too large for the conveyance of 27,000 mu and 5,000 horses to Turkey. The saum paid this Year for this service was 21,000,000 more than the aniulult iY ...

... cb WuXl Varictt I AND EAST RIDING TIXES. FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1854. THE PERILS OF THE BALTIC.-I SVEABORG AND CRONSTADT. I THE bombardment of Odessa, the sailing of the allied fleets to Sebastopol, and the landing of the allied troops at Gallipoli and Constantinople, important events though they are, fail in arousing a degree of interest at all comparable to that with which every significant ...

... WAR BUDGET, NO. 2. THE supplemental war lbudget may be described very briefly. Already 3,000,0001. beyond the ordinary expenditure have been voted for war purposes, and have been provided for by a doubled income-tax for the current half-year. Besides this sum the CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQuEri requires 6,850,0001. for the prosecution of the war. This amount he pro- Iposes to raise by doubling ...

... IDISTRI.CT INTELLIGENCE.] COTTINGHAM. 1E The amount of money contributed in this parish, In- Mr. cluding Skidby, on the humiliation day for the soldiers' Skii wives and children, was £20 6s. 6id. East WELTON. give The day of humiliation was religietisly observed inl ?? this village, and the church was attended by a crowded coil. congregation. The vicar had preached a preparatory agai sermon on ...

... I l. i~ . : r. . ,i . . C@AOL tME IES-TEIRt DINA&GEf AND B4EANS OF SAYETY. LETTER It. GPNSTLHM.Er,-The title of my letters is thle title of Mr. a Mather's book. I should have quoted it. My impa-t tionao of the mechaniox of composition is the only apology. v I eaun offer for the omission. I Tbat'tthe govrirnaaent'inspeatiavi of mines, more espe- t, Ci2ll &ital nilnes, iosinefficient in the ...

... On Tuesday evosing last, Mr. Henry Richard, the a London secretary of the Peace Society, delivered a lecture of in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, on The present Lb war: i ...

... I - A ER RE-M TillE DISSENTERS AND UNIVERSITYf REF:ORM. This question, which was so ably examined at the public meeting lately held in this town, has since come before the House of Commons, on a propo ...

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... ITHE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. TUESDAY, MAY 9, .4. SALUS FOUTaLI LIX.8Ur-RE.fA-. ?? , .. _ _ ?? . ?? ?? , ,, ?? ?? . ?? -. . . Sl MA itY. - ~in The House of Lords met for, a short time on ar Thursday night. ...

... A RSIULAR SUBSCRIBSR (Manchester).-We can give youN o information. R. S.-Mr. Macready took his farewell at Drury-lae theatre, in the character of Macbeth. ANTI-CnVUC RBif.T-The rate is legal. Z. R. E. Y.-We must decline to give any advice in the matter, X. Y. Z.- We think it is not too late for you to cancel the indenture, E. T.-No; a man earning but ls. per week is not of sufficient ability ...

... I SLOW SurPOcAviON OF LONDDO P0°^ Professor Owen and the medical superintendent 4. roI6 general board of health, Dr. Lewis, have united n pro. testing against the misechevous preject of sovering the area of Lincoln's-ion.fields with buildings. Profssor Owen, who is cne of the trustees of the sqare, in givng several scientific reasons for the preservation of an open space near to a deasely ...

... . WIGAN - -I WICAN GAS CocPAsrY.-The annualmeeting of the proprietorsa of the Gas Company was held at the Townhball on Thursday, N. Eckeraley, Esq., in the chair. A dividend of ten shillings per h share for the half year wvas declared, being at the rate of ten per tl cent, per annum. A committee of management for .the ensuing 2 year was then chosen.' E BATE AT LEiuu.-A branch of the Manchester ...