... EUTPerial varl(allient. 'HOUSE OF LORDS. of it FRIDAY, FEB. 9. PI r. The Lord Chancellor took his seat upon the woolsack a to CSfive o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from M Bath, praying that an address be presented to Her Majesty requesting that in the present state of affairs equal favour fo might be shown to Poland as to Turkey, and showing that i d this country was ...

... I SPlIlrIT 01''ITHE PRtLSS. I THE MINISTRY. (From the Morning Iferald, Coeoservatiue paper) The reckless and extravagant career of a goverrnmet3, without either principles or supporters, must soon come ito some sort of termination, probably a disastrous one. The first coalition dragged on a disgraceful, precarious, and wretched existence for about two years: the second, coalition has exhausted ...

... TIIB ELECTION. MEETING OF LIBERAL ELECTORS.AT THE MUSIC HALL.. Last evening a meeting (for Great George, Pitt-street, Rod., ney, and Aborcromby wards) of tho friends of Mr. J. C. Ewart, was heilt at the Music Hall, Bold-street, to promote the return of that ?? to the comuons hosae of parlitenent. Mr. J. B. Brancwer Was called to the chair. Amongst those on the platform Were Mri. A. C. Stewart, ...

... (FrOn thfe ArtiZaess for Febiruary.)fl in & recent aetiele we noticed the capabilities of Liver- thi pool to supply the country, in its present need, vwith I' offensive or defenstive hardware. Our fouiidries and forges de are the sources from which these supplies are mainly to bo drawn. Ou hps are bound together with iron, pro- pelled by iron, and, if Slot manned, are defended at least 2 by ...

... IORGANIST OF ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL. TO TIHS SDITORS OF THlE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-As an admirer, constant reader of, and subscriber to your valuable journal of world-wide celebrity, the letter signed Verax, addressed to the aldermen nd town council of Liverpool, inserted in your Impression of the 2nd instant, on the above subject, did not eseape me, nor will I now attempt an ...

... H.t- W- l ?? ?? Ra.. .. 1..- ?? ^ R--- b 0 d On Thursday night last, a labouring man, named a Stephen Barrett, residing in this town, fell'over the quay of the Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead, whilst in a state of d intoxication, and bad a narrow escape from. drowaing. . He was with difficulty rescued by two doak gatemewsa Owing to the strong inshore wind prevailing on Tburs- ,f day, the steamer ...

... (For the Preston Chronicke,) No. IV.-PERMANENT FORTIFICATIONS. When I was studying navigation, about fourteen years ago, there was in one of the treatises which I used a few chapters on systems of fortification, and I can well re. member that these chapters puzzled me more than any other part of the book. I could not at first comprehend why bastions, &c., were placed in the walls of a ...

... HOW THE BLACKBURN WORKHOUSE IS 1~ - - CONDUCTED. ly: ~ OFFICIAL INQUIRY. ld On Saturday last, Mr. Parnall, the poor law inspector no I-of this district, attended at the Blackburn Workhouse, ea 1Y frtepupsgfwkigafra inquiry as to the I ?? proceedings at the much..talkedof ~ball on the 22nd of ' ebruary last. The investigation ~~was opened at ten ne o'lcadlatdnal fu or.The first witness hu an ...

... ITHE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT CAVALRY AT - BALACLAVA. The following letter from Lord Raglan to the Duke of Newcastle; respecting the charge of the light cavalry at Balaelava, was read in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening. It throws much light on that most gallant but unfortunate affair:- t Before Sebastopol, Dec. 111, 1854. a My Lord Duke,-I regret to be under the necessity i of forwarding ...

... MEETING IN MANCHE8TER ON THE WAR. r-~ T DTTlY-TT- ESO. M.P. SPEECH OF jO)HN BRIGHT, ESQ. M.P. t in pursuancer of the intention announced at the close of a meeting on lbe sear, held a week ago at Newall's Buildings, a large number of gentlemen assembled at seven o'clovk last mn evening in the same place, to hear a fresh series of addresses A. on the same subject. B GxsoRGE Wa~soic Esq. (in the ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1855. SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. ~~.J ~W ?? ?? -W ?? ?? ?? . .A-. TH- E ELECTION. ad The election of Mr. Ewart not only does the tb constituency of Liverpool great credit, but will fr work for the public advantage to an extent which b( we can hardly yet measure. It is a -great deal that the first commercial port in the kingdom has rescued itself from the ...

... r. The death of Lord Ravensworth, and the eleva- Jr, tiou to the peerage of his eldest son, the Hon. Car B. Henry Thomas Liddell, have created a vacancy in cas e, the representation of this borough. Although n. of the years of the deceased nobleman far exceeded 01oi Bythose usually allotted to man, his death was GIS Y, sudden and unexpected. The friends of Mr. Lid- Yoi ce dell, to whom the ...