... al The weelcly mectbia of this board was held onl Wednesday by dlast, ait the Wcst Derby Union W~orkhoutse, Mlill-laine, Mir. h tO Joseph flarrison fin thre chair, andl the other members present Sbr to were Messre. Edwards, Ledger, Smith, MoustlictioId, Kiricue, el of Alpaso, Daly, Morris, UEOue, G. Hlarrison, sidiloley, Ililinteo01d, tol ~r. Hoyes, Whisi h, Abtrahams, Louit, Appieuby, ShoawI ...

... ?? ?? i rA UinA jri hi v sjnrvuVJ. to MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY. Last evening an extraordinary general meeting of the above n5 society was held in the Common Hall, Philadelphia clambers, we Hackiin's-hey, to take into consideration the last annual report u10 of tho United Gas-light Company, read at the meetiog of the an shareholders on the 15th ult. Mr. M'Millan, president of ...

... ?? - ?? .. - ?? ?? ?? A N HoNrST EMIGRANT.-A respectable butcher, named by William Anstis, left a little village in Devonshire, called W Upottery, for Australia, in July, 1852. So prosperous lf have his circumstances become since lie has been there bi that a few days ago lhe sent home £134 to pay the Cl debts he had left owing, aiad money to provide a good as dinner for his croditors. Ho also ...

... CORRE tSIONDENCE. a STEAM VESSELS. TO TIlE EDITORS OF THlE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. r Gentlemen,-I see by a letter in your paper of the 6th istant that you have taken up the subject of who was the first person that navigated vessels by steam. That letter points to John Smith, cf St. flelen's, as the person ; and that his attempt took place In the year 1799, and which attempt failed. In or about the ...

... Some of our readers may not be aware that kn down in the far west there is a little fishing vil- coi lage, known as Mevagissey. The Royal Duchy ve: in which this particular parish lies is vulgarly ne called Paganlaud, and the inhabitants of the prv adjoining county, the proud Devonians, are wont be to exalt themselves at the expense of their neigh- lit bours. The province is written on the ...

... A pure white hare was recently shot near Morpeth. n( Pi ince Albert has subscribed £25 for at monument to at Dr. Jeuner, the discoverer of vaccination. it] e Mr. Asbby's flour mill, at Croydon, was destroyed by n fire on Tuesday last. Two brothers, named Page, weredrowued inthe Tbames, on Tuesday, by the overturning of a boat in which they were sailing. Alexander von Humboldt celebrated his ...

... In another column we publish the letter of a to correspondent suggesting the formation of a corn- du mittee to consider the expediency of providing a Su Reformatory Institution for this town; last week s also, we printed an instructive communication e- from an inmate of the borough gaol, complaining to, of the absence of such an institution; and enter- th taining, as we do, a strong conviction ...

... FRANCE. n PARIS, SOU0DAY.-Yeaterelay t a troops risturned to the yr., camp from the review. Th,~ emperor, attended by two f,, or three of his suite, walked rhrough the streets anid paid th, a visit to thre hospital of St. Louis. T his mnorning, at te' aeb O'ClOCk, his maijesty, accompanied by a numerous staff, re! rode out on horseback to the camp at H~oivault, where a ft grand military mass ...

... From the far North, where Napier's flag is fly- ing over the Baltic, and where the fleets and s armies of Western Europe are making war-from the capital of the little kingdom that is even now f being urged to take part in the neighbourings strife-there has just arrived an invitation to a t Peace Alliance written with earnest simplicity c and graceful zeal. In the commencement of what may be a ...

... ?? Lin, i.L ?? -t-t-iIJAr' SCOTTISIH CENTItAL.-We understand thataldividend at tihe rate. of 4 per cent. will bs declared at the meeting of shareholders ,f the Scottish Central Railway Company on the 19th ib stant. An increase of revenue, to the extent or upwards ol £X65U0, has taken place duriug the half-year. MEETING OP SHAREIIOLDERS IN THE CALEIDONIAN LiZ e N-On> Friday aftern. n last, a ...

... The Cork Eostninel, contains the followin g additional particulars of the wreck of the Cork steamer 5finerva:-I We have been able, from the statements of some of la the passengers of this ill-fated ship, to supply the infor- lmation in which the above accounts are deficient. t Three gentlemen from the establishment of Messrs. 3 Grant and Co., of this city, were on board at the time of c the ...

... flLXA jJit1 UUXIl'TTBB- The usual weekly meeting of the members of this com- mittee was held on Tu sday, in the public offices, Cornwalils- street, Mr. Alderman Langedale in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Fleming, Moss, Deckwith, Dover, Johnson, Halhead, Henderson, Godfrey, and Hodeon. Mr. Halhead remarked that during the prevalence of the cholera it was highly desirable ...