... MR. GEOIPGE THOMPSON ON THE WAR, ter- ass On '.Tonday evening, Mr. George Thompson, late M.P. for of the Totser Hamlets, gave a lecture to a numerous audience wer in the 6alford Mechanics' Institution, on the antecedents, re- origin, and probable results of the present war. The chair its. was taken by Mr. W. Morris, who, iu introducing Mr. le? Thompson, took occasion to remark on the rise that ...

... LIYEIRPOOL. The United States' mail steamship Baoliewill sail for New York this day. Letters will be received at the post-offiee till 10 30 a.m. till 1i 30 with fees, and on the Landing Stags till one p.m. Drning the late distrecs among the working classes in Liverpool, the Temporary Relief Fund Committee received £4,738. lis.; and, having had a bieance of X-588 leftin their hands, they have ...

... THE LUNAY rLAWS. Ntthtfdigon-r boast of ?? ' boast that Englatic is a free country, in which the at personal liberty of thze subject is surrounded and at guarded by protection as? strong that it is inviilner- PE able agatinst abuse, our Lum'0eY Laws still admit of, or open a door to, incarceratioD5' and imprisonments i of deep malignity and injustice. la In forme-r days there was in EnglajlO a ...

... 0 THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. flyin The most important intelligence from the seat of war, has cerD reference to the serious encounter, on the night of the 23rd, ut between the second corps of the French army and the Rug- the e sians. During the previous night, the garrison of Sebastopol on A established important works of counter-approach in front of the f the French lines on the slope of the ...

... THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL, We find that in last session Of parliament there b were presented 164 petitions against the Friendly Societies Bill, of which Mr. SOTHRn ON, the mem- her for Wilts, had charge, with an aggregate of 99,130 names attached. In the same tine there fa Iwere presented 268 petitions, With 156,799 names I attached, asking, not that the bill be rejected, but that its ...

... ?? ?? ?? . . . . . . . . . .. . . T. . . . . . . . . . . . _ _ E ?' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..EB ? - T ? : O.C ?E. . . . . . ?? - - - - WAR IN THE CRIMEA. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. 1 Private accounts from Odessa lead to the belief that Prince J1 Gortschakoff is preparing for a grand attack on Omer Pashl'aws8 position at Enpatoria. Orders have been sent from St, ...

... ;B(Str(tt News. ?? -- ?? r -- - - - - - - - e ASHTON. SLiNR BuTCEnss.-At the Borough Court, on Friday last, Bridget Beawick was fined XfI and costs for having the r carcass of a calf dressed ready for sale, which was unft for l, buman food. Inspector Goodall found the calf in James I Hoyle's slaughter-house, and it was publicly burnt, on Mon- I day week, in the Market Place. JuvVaNIEa. ...

... THE NATION ? aed Were all ranks of the ?? ive trated with a sense of their - f ( we and filled with a sinecre 1,f11' it> ity might be obtained by peoll-jf th? 0 to devote a day to natioial aur But a national name is not a %r tý, when the reality of worship ll-' i We formality is of no avail. 1,atom' ire showed how even the sincere c'i of of some portion of a conit % for the neglect or ...

... THE C-URCHWARDENS AND THE PAISH BURIAL GROUND PROCEEDS. Nor very long ago we directed the attention of L oar readers to a bill promoted by the Churchwardens of MInchesier, for the purpose of applying certain loro-s(ieceivedfrom the sale, to ?? and Yeorliir.e Railway Company, of the old burial 'lulid at Walker's Croft), to the repairs of the dithcdral. We then intimated that, although we held ...

... COMMITTEE ON TH.E STATE OF THE ARMY I. BEFORE. SEBASTOPOL. The attention of the committee on Friday was mainly occupied with the evidence of shipowners employed in the transport of stores and horses, and with further evidence a from Mr. Macdonald, who distributed the eleemosynary aid, subscribed in this country for the sick and wounded at Scutari, The first witness examined was Mr. Thomas ...

... The complimentary tone adopted by 31r. F-IRSý on Thursday last, in the course of his renarbs at the weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians, to the gentlemen who take such an interest in the cause of the poor, must have been g?atifi.ng to I individuals who feel that they are pursuing a judicious course with an earnest and honost spelt. f 3r. FARNA?.? appears to be equnally honest an3 earnest ...

... MUETING OF THE CITY COUNOIML A special meeting of tbe citv' ,,otl6iI wtb belti in the Tonw gi Hall on Wednesadty fore' Q111 ?? Nicholls, Esq. presiding. The towvn.c081 -eteprcedings of the various t omiee, ,,loy vvero approved. Dixon-street and P. Collier-street, 1,51a paveO and flagged, were declared to be VI ublic high , V WAYc' ~ S. Thie following streets in the township o L .fot~s were ...