... The Daily News has published the following letter from a medical officer, dated Feb. 16 :- A considerable amounttof scorhutic disease continues to prevai among c the .trqpps on the heights before Sebastopol, Some small I supplie.s of preserved potatoes, and on three occasions I fresh potatoes and onions, have been issued to the men. I Some rations of lime juice have also been given, with a 0 ...

... ~~cefta~eou~,. [a. THE P.TRIOTIO F UND.-A Torouto paper states that thes i Six Nation Indians on the Grand River, deeplysympathising of with the sufferers by the war against Russia, have liberally ve and unanimously contributed the sum of X100 sterling re towards the Patriotic Fond. It appears from the same source that many of the municipalities of Canadaintended to petition i the Provincial ...

... E'rI?ýN OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MiUSEUMS ACT. the PAL? °S O Cabinet seems inclined to N tdrop Mr. GLADSToxE's Bill for the Repeal ci of the Newspaper Stamp, the House of Commons ?? b brought, by a little perseverance on the E art of the honourable member for Dumfries, to do bit of raI refonl. {Mr. EwAAT has made the aubject of public Museums ant Libraries his own; wia, begun some years ago ...

... 0 TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMES. I Sir, -I have no reason to be dissatisfied with your re- marks on the services of the Baltic fleet; you have done them justice, and I am sure officers and men will be pleased. . As to myself, you observe, If we understand the cas hrightly, Sir Charles Napier's objection turned much more .e on the lateness of the season and the uncertainty of the it ...

... L L-ATEST NEWS. ?? ?? .. LORD JOHN USSHELL AT VIENNA. VIENNA, NEDNE5DAY.-Lord 1ohu Russell was pre- w sented to the Emperor of Austria yesterday at eleven oi o'clock. Lord John Russell was present at the baptism ix of the young princess. cl VIENNA, WEDNESDAY ErVENING.-Lord John Russell had a long audience ,f4the emperor to-day. h A .e THU' WAR. Advices from Warsaw announce that the whole of ...

... ST. GoeoRG's HALL.-A performance upon the new organ cc at St. George's Hall is appointed to take place this evening, m before the mayor, the Council, and a number of ladies and ev gentlemen specially invited. In MR. JOHNx CAlnERa-The conditions upon which Mr. cc Carden were released. are, that he shall enter into a bond, m himself in X20,000, and two sureties in .£,000 each, to keep to the ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1855. SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. The negotiations for the transfer of the Birken- 0 head Dock Estate to the Liverpool Corporation g are progressing slowly. 'Up to Saturday evening , last it was considered that the arrangement was o all but completed, whip one of the parties princi- k pally interested shuwed a disinclination to proceed. b Further ...

... 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 ...

... Tar REv. L. EgE, of Aldlngfleet Vicarage, near Goole, York- sbire, has been appointed chaplain to the Ormskirk Union Work- bouse. THE LOCAL ?? tho last fortnightt! meeting of the Ormakirk Local Board of Health, a letter fromn Mr. Eawlinseon, C.E., was read, stating that in consequence of his. having bean called upon' by government to proceed to th O he s for be unable to attend the board on ...

... ?? TEWAR Pj R UECRIMEA. as THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. th A rumour was afloat in Paris, professing to have come from London, that an attack bad take n place on Balaglans; that the allies had been defeated, and that Generals Raglan, Canrobert, nd GouricZ had been killed. This was indus-ath triouely circulated, but deemed an ntter fabrication, which it has proved to be. It is trite, however, that ...

... viotritt NOTICE.--As Special Editions of The Examiner and Times are publishedfor RocrI'ALE and OLDnuAY, and also for STOCKPORT, AsnTOs, and STALYBRIDOE, containing the whole local news of the week of these towns and the adjoining districts, any Subscriber desirous of receiving either rf these Editions in preference to the usual general Edition, can have it supplied by sending his order ...

... The weekly meeting of this board was held on Wed- nesday last, at the Wirest Derby workhouse, the Rev. W. Badnall in the chair, and the other members present were Messrs. Wensley, Abrahamns, Jeffreys, Morris, Edlwards, Lust, Heycs, Shaw, Kirkus, J. Birch, Lodger, Mountfield, Smith, 'l hitby, Pitts, Medcalf, and G. lnarri- so .-Cheques for out-door relief were granted as follows: -Mr. Potts, ...