... . ^ A - AS\#\A~s .AAS.P ?? - ..hO JOHN SMITH 01 ST. HELEN'S. 'C0, THE EDITORS OF THIE LIVERPOOL DIfRCURY. Gentlenmcn,-I saw in your paper a paragraph front the Mechanics' Magazine, relative to Johl Smith, of St. Ilelen's, being the filst man who put a steam-boot o01 tile water. It does not appear, by the letter in your last went's paper, that any. thing practical was done at an early period. ...

... . ?UO I . . I ?? OrMool Here Is aparadox: The British sailor, although the first to I: give a blow, is the last to strike I . 3 ThOe 'bank where the wild thyme grows has declared a divi. f' dend of ten acents. a Beauty is a rook on whieh''many a man makes shipwreck while b In search of the pearls which adorn it. A young physician askg of a lass to kiss her, she repled No, .sir, I never like ...

... I|~ Ofg3 no from Dioetnef%. Tucs RA. GsnvAvcs. -Several of the organs of the Spanish government are attempting to prove that the present constitution s amere collection of shams. Wepcarcelythinkthepoint worth disputing. One fact, however, we believe to be pretty satislae- torily established, and that is, that they are sadly In want of a collection ofreals I AN. AnSUaRAaBL ADMIRAL.-To show ...

... Government has issued a proclamation offering a reward of *1200 for the discovery of the miscreants who rmede the late diabolical attempt to upset an excursion train on the Derry and Enniskillen Railway. INCREASE os DauN3c'EiNEss.-The Cork Conslitltion, in reference to the number of drunkards brought before the magistrates of that city on Friday, remarks: Iteamperance appears to be on the ...

... 's The following curious advertisement has just appeared in r. the Linmerickr Chronicle :- An extensive landed proprietor at on the banks of the Shannon will make a wager of £500, id that he has the handsomest wife, the handsomest nine chil- re dren, and the handsomest estates in Ireland. Application is to be made to J. F. E. G. Eyre's Hotel, Glin, county k. Limerick. August 30. ...

... 4'FjDrtjffjT Entt figenCt. w - I T lE WA E W A R. FRANCE. The Russian GeneralBodiscoleftHavreon SundaYmorn- I ing, accompanied by his family, for Evreux, where; as already stated, he is to take up his residence. THE CAMP AT BOULOGNII.-The troops at Honvault are l now busily engaged irn making the military road along the sauds to the camp, ordered by the emperor before his depar. ture. It will ...

... REPRE3ENTATION OF WIGAN. Late on Saturday night, an address to the electors of the borough of Wigan was posted on the walls of the town, in which Joseph Acton, Esq., at present the mayor of Wigan, offers himself as a candidate for the suffrages of the electors.- It had been expected that Henry Woods, Esq., cotton spinner, would also have offered himself as a candidate ; but at the time of Mr. ...

... (Frose the Daily News.) t Russia has at last been invaded by France and England. 81 b The allies are in the Crimea. The landing took place at e Eupatoria, 60 Eoglish miles by sea from Sebastopol. The to t exact number of troops first placed on the soil of Russia li was 24,000 English, 22,000 French, and 8000 Turks. The h disembarkation took place under the direction of the fR I seconds in ...

... tno ri The weekly meeting of this board was held on Wed- ;e's nesday, at the Union Workhouse, in Mill-lane; Mr. Joseph Harrison iii the chair. Tho other members pro- me sent were Messrs. Alpass, Kirkus, G. Harrison, Light- for body, Siddeley, Siraw, Brown, Smnith, Mountfield, Ledger, ey, M'Gse, Wensley, Abrahamsn, Lunt, Appleby, Whitby, ar- J. Birch, Medcalrc, Pitts, and R. Birch.-Checques for ...

... .- THE PRl~GR~S. F 0 E, A.R. . Actual:fqat of aras terele save:been none durilg.the past week; bnt at e' I Ndte o- i'ieraratlon, come by every letter, public and private, .from 4ie Bflsgea, There seems to be little doubt but thatan expedition, OoD. sistingof 40,O00OFre oh, 20,OO'Englih, aud 10,000 Turki,; is at this, moment making Its way up.that *ater towardi Sebastopol,, or whatever other ...

... RORECAMBE. sO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTO' CHRONICLE. ?? am sorry to hear that a report is in circulation that the cholera is raging dreadfully at Morecambe. I have jtst waited upon a medical gentleman here to ascer- tain the truth of the report, who has testified to me of there being three cases of English cholera, inadvertently promoted by drinkling too much sea water, and eating too much fruit ...

... MISCELLXIEOUS NEWS. I eke of journeymen tailors at Newcastle, | owing to the ?? have been imported. in I paid Urilebrart is intensifying his views; he now I Mr. C3Vldaabinet with a deliberate intention to kill off 3s. charges thethe wrmy sent to the East. 4 lt 0holeraaris thrre ondent of the Cambridge Independent bol kiln French sauces just now the chief element is I snail JellYdian paper ...