... LOCAL INTElILIGENCE. PFroverbs about Honesty and Dishonesty is the sob- the mat jg* of the Rev. H. S. Brown's address on Sunday after- on, the inet, at the Concert Hal. on eta lomsi~I iged by the Lord-Lieutenant of the minrod ConyPltn ?? Greg, Esq., to be Other ?? Augustus Aspimall, Eisq., to Bradfi dast~iueat.~erth or Duke of Lancaster's Own great (Lgtifnr)RylLancashire Militia: William Paul ...

... - l 1.1 1 - . ?? ?? ?? . ?? .. .. ?? 1 - , ?? - - SHOT OR SHELL FORMED OF COMPRESSErD CLAY, CEMENT, OR ARTIFICIAL STONE, FOR CANNON. r TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-I this day successfully tested my shot and t percussion shells, formed of compressed clay, on the sands at Now Brighton, in presence of the artillerymen ia charge of the Fort. The cannon I used was a small one ...

... UP In the conduct of their inquiry up to the pre- of sent time, Mr. Roebuck's Committee have dis- eff layeda degree of abstinence which must be sati r ?? James Graham himself. They have Lc meddled with no affair which is not exclusively to our own; and the details which they have elicited di( of the mismanagement of the Crimean Expedition, HJ while there can be nothing in their publication sti ...

... METEOROLOGIOAL RESULTS DSDUCED FReOM o0eRVATIO0E TAKES AT TUB LIVERPOUL OBSERYATORY, Dursing the week andling Saterday, March 24, 1855. Latltude,5832448'h. Longitude,SO1 ?? STATE oF1 THE ATMOSPHERE. Ozone(O-1O),atDp m. eneeno | P.M Ozoue(O-1O),atOa s .u. J jco X; II Tlmnoccupiedin 1i °o o o falling. _ S~ P ~letigauge *I Go g8 g8 Is G 6 0it.abvegroucsd °: ?? horizontal 1 2 * moeionofair. IaR e ...

... - I The deep-sea cod fishing has not been successful this week, in consequence of the inshore winds prevailing on this part of our coast. A quantity of timber, apparently the cargo of a timber vessel, was passed by the Mona's Queen about five miles off Douglas Head on Thursday evening. The steamer Mona's Queen, which has just undergone extension at Glasgow, made the passage between Liver- pool ...

... I HOUSE OF LORDS.-MoNDAT, FEB 26. TIHE GOVERNMENT. Lord GRANVILLE, in reply to Lord Westmeath, stated that Earl St. Germans had not resigned the Lord-Lieu- tenancy of Ireland, but that it was true Mr. Horsman had accepted the post of Secretary for Ireland. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL Was read a second time, on the motion of the LOED CIIAN6ELLOB, after some discussion, in which Lords Campbell, ...

... LATEST NFEWS.. F'ROM OUR LONDON CORRESPCJNDENT. LoNr ,0, FRIDAY. Parliament rises this evening for the a aster holid.ass. it hias pleased the leader of the hOuse., on. this occasin, aosccord asomewhatlongerperiod tha- usual to the relaxa- tion of our representatives. Well, they deserve itýat his hands, for if ever any prime mn, ar ha his seat made easy, that minister is assuredly 'or &5ERSTON. ...

... TRIUMPH OF THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE. ell Liverpool, so long the very hot-bed of toryism in its most ultra form, gloriously retrieved itself on Wednesday, by re. oil )f turning to parliament a well-known local liberal,J. C. Ewart, e Esq. (brother of the member for Dumfries), with a majority tb of 1,469 over the tory candidate and Carlton nominee, Sir S. 11 George Bonham. This gratifying result is ...

... The usual weekly meeting of this committee on Tues- day last was presided over by Mr. Alderman Langsdale, the chairman. The other members present wore Messrs. Gladstone, Moss, Dover, 'Guiffie, Henderson, J. Holme, Crosthwaite, Nicholson, Haheald, End Beckwith. The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances reported various particulars of the' opera- tions in their several ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. TUESDAY, MARCH 20,1855. 8J0LUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. THlE LIVERPiOOL ELECTION. roM There seems to have been some doubt at first poul among the Liberals of Liverpool about the policy endi of contesting the representation of the borough ligh at the present conjuncture. We should not Sov- merely have doubted but have reprobated it our- T1 selves, had the Liberal Committee ...

... PQU9A 90oMITTE, I 'ise traoi weekly meetinig of this cotunsuitte was held yestetoy, Mr. Charles Turner in the tihair. The other members present wore Messrs. $hand, Palmer Gregeon, Chaloaer, Steele, Gladstone, Robinson, J. Holome, a1b- back, , Brocklebank, Rankin, Smith, Langadale, and :-tt ESINATION OP MR. RIGQIAM. Thberesigoatsoi of Mr. Bigiam having been cormouni- catedte the ommittee by the ...

... THE DUTY Or TIlE CO'TSTITUENCIES. It is said that those who have lived long in an unsanitory state are wont to deprecate the visita- , tion of the scavenger, and there seems to be a similar reluctance to sweep away long-familiar t; abuses, which are, so to speak, grafted into our national organisation. Yet here, in truth, is the root of the mischief, and unless we go to the foundation and ...