... DESTRUJTIV- FIRE. AT OLDHAM. fn V-A-A o e nrntn a A. q r0- Mi-P f-rm h-nl- mnt Mn On Wednesday morning, a destructive fire broke out in Highfield Mill, belonging to Mr. John Chadwick, by which a large amount of property has been destroyed, and about 150 people will be thrown out of employment. The factory is situated on Featherstall Road, the north side of it facing Uin Nook, and the south ...

... ggy' Tennyson's eagerly-expected volume of new poems is about bon- to appeas. twat Mrt Choales HIalle has been appointed its musical instructor e to the `Royal Branches, a cirunistance which, it is under eye stood, will require his residence in London. love A statue of Allan Ratusay is to be erected in Edinburgh, who where a memorial to the poetical barber has long been a desi- aere deratunm ...

... The Donald M'Kay, with the Australian mail, would sail from the Mersey last evening, with 000 passengers. The Donald Al'Kay is the last new vessel of the celebrated Black Ball' line. Twelve commissioners were elected yesterday for the town- ship of Birkenhead, all of whom are pledged to promote the transfer of the Birkenhead docks to the Liverpool authori- 5 ties. Mr. Laird, the large iron ...

... 'T7xvirtito. ?? 48&. An Income-tax Reform Association has beennormed a Birmingham. tty Jung Babadoor, the Nepaulese who visited London some ;ed years ago, has set out on an expedition against Thibet. og At Rome it was said that orders had been sent to Mon- me signor Franchi, the Papal Nuneio at Madrid, to demand his m. passports. ed Dr. Eastona has been appointed to the chair of Materia on ...

... I 'CORRSPONDEi tiw 4-R vtsv,,v vv v o A s-.Ir tsr To ~TIU EDITORS Or TOSS LIVOprp.F ?? DI an~ Gontlewen,-Ths attempt recently tiimde ,y, tire manufac. ~oj as tiiriitg interest of Manchester anti othor towns to dlenutla this Iia' ggreat commercial emporium of tal imipost isgaily aqi~iiired by' f y*purchase, and afterwvards sreticonedl by prctoriptive right, after IC l-thle lapsj of centories, ...

... #EPEAL OF IRE NEWSPAPER ST4MP - -. DTY. at it IREDUCTION IN THE HRICEI )OF t 1Ut THE LIVERPOOL MERCUJRY, Y PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. nd id The Bill repealing the Newspaper Stamp Duty et received the Royal assent on Friday evening a P week, and will come into operation in fourteen I dd days from that date. We have, therefore, to 3w announce, that the price of the Liverpool us fercury ...

... THE CALORIO ENGINE. s Captrja Eriesson has addressed the following letterto a - New York paper. It will be seen that he has not aban- ?? doned the calorie ongine; that Nvhileracclanical difficulties h- prevented the satisfactoryapplicatidn of the principle, f.his faith inthe priniple itself remaiB unshaken; and that .h is still opgacd, with unwearied assiduity and with un- courage, in the ...

... ?? ?? , - - ?? - , THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. TUESDAY, J.UE 1-9, 1855, SA rVS P4ruI LizX SuPrEs.iMA. THE TICKET-OP-LEAVE SYSTEM. When our Australasian colonies refused to submait any longer to the mother country inflicting upon them that social pest, convict labour, and it beE caaie necessary to provide some substitute for the punishment of transportation beyond the seas, the Government introduced ...

... ?? ?? I .. . .. - Ig- The scheme with which the Liverpool dock trustees went to Parliament for extending the i a docks northward has, been virtually rejected by P a s the select committee of the House of Commons. a Instead of granting the four millions asked for E resby the promoters of the bill, the committee .nk yesterday ct down the amount of money they nd will permit to be raised to £6850 ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENC -l STATE OF THE SIEGE War Department, June 29, 1.30 ?? Panmure has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him The French and English are proceeding with tbeirapproaches against the enemy's works, and are erecting new batteries, to be armed with heavy guns. The enemy continues to repair the damage done during the last attack. ...

... - - ,a n ?? Tho ontly metig o thecit aoncil wee held on Wed- laesday, in tbe Tow, Hell; his worship the myr(ejmni Nicholls, Esq) presiding au ?? Th miue Io proceedings of vatiuscomite eeI Trea ?? Meli, hecrkof committees, in the absence tl of thea townxclerk. 1 THE B5RIDGEWATER CANAL, Cooncillor HAWORTH esaid he wished to call the attention of the nitisence roinmiltee to the Bridgewater Canal. ...

... imnperial varliatent. HOUSE OF LORDS. a TUESDAY, Jusrtr 5. to The Lord Chancellor took his seat upon lhe woolsack at wil five o'clock. del THE TURKISH CONTINGENT. Pe] In answer to the Earl of Ellenbornugh, del Lord PAN MUBE said he very much regretted the delay an, which had taken place in forming the Turkish contingent, a be, body which he believed would be of very essential service to ale ...