... LIvInRP0OL AND BIRKENHIEAD MARKETS. ST. JoMWS , LIVER1POOL. SBtItEHMEAD. ARTICLES. Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday, Dec. 30. Dec. 27'. Dec. 30. s. d. a. d. s' d. S. d.is. d. S. d. Beef ?? per lb.' 0 8@~0 8 0 oS 09 0 5@ 0 7 Hutton.. if 06.08 06..0S0 6 08 Veal ?? , 07..08 06 iO8 0 .08 Lamb ..fore qr. 2D0 0.00210 0.0 00 0. 00 'i ..hind qr. 106..00126.00 0 0.00 Frroh For~f, V b406. . 06 6..0 080 6O. ...

... Ti ji. IfGH STOWENT DOWN . ?? holdonp, formerly used as a ?? has liely b4L puriibased by S. Ml. Isto Esq.;'ex .wI j for NOrwicb;.aid :ji now being oonl*id'into * hapel ev P ?? of fac4omiodating 2000 peoii. Thisplace of tb , woi'hip will-.shortly-..ibe opened in connexion with-the ar B~ptist denomiuationl, and the Rev. Hugh 8towell Brown, . - of Myrtle-atreet Baptist Chapel, in this- town, ...

... e The Report of the Commissioners appointed to Ditto - examine into the state of the Indian Civil Service, Anb and to advise on the improvements desirable in l t its organisation, is now published; and inasmuch 051sf as the proposed alterations are of general interest, ast going as they do to open to public competition East e offices which have hitherto been in the gift of a Gres k corporation ...

... The folloving letters have obtained publicity without the sanction of the distinguished correspondents:- j.M.S. Britannia, Nov. 11, 1854. a My Lord,-Onthe 30th ult. anaide-de-campof minehad n the honour of informing your lordship that, after being confined to bed in my tent for nearly two days, I had a hsevere fall on my head, my horse partly rolling over me, d which, added to previous ...

... ha Tha ,net amount to be anticipated from the Irish income Rid, tax wa originally estimated by the chancellor of the ied, exchequer at £450,000. At the.close of the last financial LePt year; toe results, sofar as they were then known, appeared m- to warrant the expectation that as much as £480,000 fere would be received; Bad as a parliamentary paper, hen pra.arvppr ling which has just been ...

... DOMIESTIC INTELLIGENCE,. M1r. William Oweii,'son of Professor Owen, the distin- guisthed comparative anatolnist, is appointed to a juuior clerkship in the Foreign-offieo, Downing-s4tvtv, I FLOOD AT C0NJSTON.-flOUVS WASRED DOWN, AND MIRACULOUS OFcarg 05 TliE INl5T.0sxt3. -On Tisura- day and Fr'.day last, Coniston and neighbourbood were visited *.ith a heavy fall of r:in, which continued with- ...

... The Manchester subscriptions to the patriotic fund now exceed £24,000. It is reported that reeruiting in Ireland for regiments of the line:s proceeding at a rate Of about 800 per week. The Queen has mranted a pension of£0 a-ea o h widow of the late Tr. Kitto, the well known author of many. biblical works. The Earl of Desart bas iately served his Irish tenantry with notice that he would not ...

... T1E LIVERPOOL MERCURY. TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1855. SALuS POPULI LEX SUPr.EMA. _ \ S _ w _Esv¢ ?? -_s - - w --h _ _ I SU M MARY. The leading journal of yesterday announces that tu there will be no theatrical performances or balls al at Windsor Castle this season, the rooms usually g9 occupied for that purpose having been fitted up BE in the most splendid manner for the reception of N pi the ...

... SECOND EDITION, uwamrnr a, f ll- ThfRAf)Af. JAN. 2. EIGHT WMAM A .. M*lrGUaY OFFICE, TUESDAY, JAN. 2, EIGuT *'1L0CS, A [BY THE ELECTRIC AND IXTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH] THE WAR. The Pioneer steamer has been taken up by the Crimean army fund, and is expected to reach Balaclava before the close of the present month. denlsehikoif reports that up to the 23rd ultimo nothing of im~portance bad occurred. ...

... TOWN COUNCIL PROCNEDIN8. IthyAV Y-.l-AtIv 1 MONDAY, JAN1yAtty 1. A special meeting of the town council wees Weld this day' in the Counncll Chamber, Town-hall, J. A. Tobbe,, l~sq., mayor, in the chaiv,, fft- the purpose of appointing trtistees, lie., under local acts Of Parliament. The M0'?oit, before the ?? vf the regular busi- ness, VIthsl- the memerhes of the tue--si council a happy new ...

... . [BY THE ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.] tbe MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 1. Seb LONDON, Two, P.M.-No later news from the Crimea.. tion THE PACIFIC SQUADRON.-The admiralty have pub- mer lished additional despatches giving the list of men killed, ,,c and who have died of wounds-received at Petropaulowaki. forr WIND ANDWHATHERRPnPoRT.-London, W. ,unsettled; beei Stamford, Poole, Plymouth, W., ...

... __-11 ?? -1-- - ?? - ?? ?? TIaE CIVIL SE5SVICE.-Mr. H. Davidson, sub-collector at Ramsey, Isle of Mlan, has been promoted to be con. nlu troller, &C., at Westport. Mr. Robert Hicks, clerk at Ei Grimsby, has been promoted to be sub-collector at Ram- wi sey, Isle of Man. t On Friiday evening last, Dr. Fisher delivered a lecture, th in connection with the Church of England Institution, onl wO the ...