... ASSAULT.-Catherine Hughes, the wife of a custom-house 1 ?? residing in Tarlton-street, Everton, charged Margaret Et, H~ughe~s, also the wife of an officer of customSB, With assaulting I her. Defendant wae filood 20a. and coats. AP A Box OF WArTirHs.-C. 11losson, watchmsaker, summoned ur- James Dwvyer, who keeps a fruit stall in St. John's Market. Mr. I Aninlallt solicitor, appeared for the ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,.114. SALUS rotuiA LXBl SURBENA. THEA BRITIH ASSOCIATION. Our concluding words on thbomeeting of the C British Association must perforce' be few. Poli- tiCs, as Lord Hlarrowby truly said, are, like a jealous mistress, tolerant of no devotion to other tr pursuits. It has been no ordainry distinction for h( Liverpool to be able to receive the members ...

... SECTION A.-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCH. presidont.-G. G. Stokes, M.A., ?? Luo. Prof. Cambridge. vice.Presidentsa-Very Rev, the Dean of Ely, F.11S..; ReY. Dr. Lloyd, ?? Rev. Dr. Booth, ?? Rey. Professor wclker, ?? Rev. Dr. Whelvell, F.R.S. ; Rev. Professor Powell, ?? J. C. Adams, Esq., F.R.S. sgcretaries -Professor Stevelly, LL.D.; Professor John Tyn- dal, Ph.D., F.tRS.; G. Hale Puckle, M ...

... | On Tuesday afternoon, the eleventh annual meeting of the Ray Society, established for the publication of works of natural history, was held in St. Gcorge's Hall, after the proceedings of section D of the British Association had concluded. Sir Charles Lyell presided. Dr. LANKESTIt read the report of the council of the society for the past year. The report stated that the Lcouncil had reason ...

... TIlE ANTIQUITIES OF THE ANOLO-SAXON CEAEl'ERlES OF THE AGES OF PAGANISM. The follnlwing lecture, illustrative of the Faussett col- lection of Anglo-Saxon antiquities, now ini tho ?? of J~,seph Ma;er, ?? ?? ?? was delivered by TIoniial Wri;ht, Esq., II.A., ?? hon. ?? &, corrceponding member of the Instituto of France (Acad16eeic des lscriptions et Belles Lettrco), ina the Philhanrnonic Halt, ...

... a w, The following pence table, arranged for the transition of the £1 from 950 farthings to 1000 mils (reduced farthingsp, t: shows £ a. d. f. to be identical with the £1 and its mil- ly iesimals (£1.000), by computing l2j pence or 50 mila to ad thc shilling. it i, therefore, optional for any to keep accounts decimaUjy, even after the present farthing be .%declared a coin 1000 to the £1; the ...

... FRANCE. of Odes! Letters front IByonno of thle 21st inst. state that the Ior tran, empress left, Biarritz on Tuesday morning for Bordeaux, single accomipaiestd by her mnother, the Countess- de Montijo, for thle and her si~ter, the Duchess of Alba. On passing through their II Bayunne hier magjesty received thle authorities, and, WaS not COrP coorpliutented by thle wtife of General Biisonl, inl ...

... swn -nToQn I i- ..~il Muacuav OpmicB, TUUDsT, SErT. 12, NINE O'CLOCK A.M. [BY XLECTRIO TELEGRAPH.] THE WAR. A rumour that the Emperor of Russia has invited the King of Prussia to an interview is again mentioned. Judgin by the contents of a circular fromn the Prussian government to its envoys at the secondary German courts, the kingappears to continue his endeavours to prevent the minor states ...

... to an~ A case tried at the Middlesex Sessions last have week mnerits more than the common observation the p bestowed on the proceedings of criminal courts. The A youth aged 19 was indicted for theft, aud the neces records of seven previous convictions were given third in evidence against him. When this boy was the ti only 13 years old he was sentenced to receive two have days' imprisonment and ...

... WAT^ .IVERPOOL HAS DONE AND MAY DO. (Fromt ?? Charot t'V qf Wednesday.) l Liverpool, apart from its size and commercial import- ? ance, has specialties which invest its history and progress . with peculiar interest. It has rather the characteristics d of a colony than of a large English town. It has been I said to belong to the United States almost as much as to ii Great Britain; and certainly ...

... he ii ve, Many of our readers are puzziod, as well they may be, I ho at the vague applications which arc given to the term on Science in our day, and cannot reconcile them with 3 so, the more exalted use of the term. Thus, one speaks of 9 to the science of cookery and another of the science of a ith pugilism or tailoring, meaning merely the laws and prac- c itsepeine ar of tices by which ...

... The adiurniled annual general session of magistrates for the The adjourned annual general session of ma.istrates for the county of Laucaster was hold yesterday, at the Court-house, Preoon, T. 1. Addison, Esq., prosiding. The following magistrates were also prcent---Mlesrs. John Armnstronlg, Samuel Ashtou, Edward Ashwortl, John Barstow, Joseph Bushell, Roece Bevan, Edmund Birley, Peter Citerall ...