... SEBASTOPOL-ITS DOCKS AND BATTERIES. 0a SDXXT'I iil110. i Iho Mr. Thomas Milner, in a letter to the Tines, gives the led following particulars - in- The plan for the Sebastopol docks, the most costly laie and difficult of its public works, was devised by M. Rau- ert court, a French engineer. But his estimate of the ex- ost pense, 6,000,000 roubles, startling the authorities, they gas accepted ...

... .-BRRaO ACCOMMODATION. + f tho official committee on 6-rt L- The - S of theoffcial committeeonbarracl k a e, eashsmel nthe sam no binac cchheseps n ThE l P -m r the army has been Published The commtteeom mende an opinion that the accommdhatioel couitledt poviedr hib -racks has been greatly inamdeo hfithaerto provided in th 5 rakrom b COton both for the comfort end &:Tnvenience of the soldiers ...

... {litA.A. BO A BA ?? - - f.- I w Wu U (From the United Servie' easCette.) 83 0 CORRECTED TO TlE 3STi JULY, 1855. 87 0 40 ?? are mentioned, the last-named is that at 40 0 ' whichthe ?? of the reelent iestationed.1 lestLifeGuards, Hyde-park. 40thN.S. Wales; Galway. 48 0 2nddo, Windsor. 1 ?? ; Templemore. 85 aRoyalHarseG'rdsRogent'sPk.S42id Turkey; Stirling. ?? G'rds, Liverpool,143rd Madras; ...

... -f MISCELLANEOUS. NEWS. At Barcelona 3,000 mules have been purchased for the Crimea, and 800 of them have been sent off. ADULTERATION or FooD..The committee beard fur- tber evidence last Wednesday. It bore out the statement ale of previous witnesses. on FATHER MATHEWf is noW in Liverpool, the guest of ns eMtabliseW. Rathb His hearth is yet far from being re- he Mr. Hodgson, ship carver, ...

... IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS. In a letter to the papers, Mr. Tidd Pratt, the registrar of friendly societies, draws the attention of the members of those societies to the more important of the provisions of the now act, which is to come into operation on the 1st of August. I By the 18 and 19 Vic. c. 63, all the previous acts re- lating to these societies are repealed, except as to subsist- ing ...

... Extent.A ?? n Ll'an . I 1 T~,- Ia Taeetl LACSIE COMRI L ?? Socox w.a s~ ileie in connection with this society wes held last evening, Wee thle society's office, Brazenose-street, Mr. Cheetham in the ver~ aicr. The accounts of the pest year were approved, and the cilicars for the ensuing year elected. James IKersleew, Esq. Inq M.P. is the President; Mr. George Pilk-ington, treasurer; andtiq Mr. ...

... ;, Qaartor ?? 7s. SO . . . -u THE LIVErRPOOL MERCURY, TUESDAKY, AUOTJST 28, 1855. SAIUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. MUUMUULU The effects of past misgovernment cannot be afford I entirely eradicated even by a complete revolution number in the form and spirit of government. Whcn the bewilde oiH order of things has been swept away, and a which havoc o new one has to be constructed in its stead, it is of ...

... TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION AT SHEF- FIELD.-TWO MEN KILLED. I - it Between seven and eight o'clock on Satiurday evening, a yet n terrific and fatal boiler explosion occurred at the Tower an! )r Mills, Blonk-street, Sheffield. Tower Mills, the property Pe it of Messrs. Samuel Parker and Son, is a large building, oftl y castlelike exterior, divided into numerous rooms, ar- d it nished with the ...

... Ling CAUTION.-.BEGGING IMPOSITION. ator TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MEROURT ntutl Gentlemen,-! have ascertained this morining that two xend are going about With a bogging Petitoprritgoben X in behalf of a deaf and dumb child, a candidate for admie-oso itato tethis school. I beg to caution tise public against these mem float T1heir statement is untrue, and their use Of MY? namem totully on. ...

... o vean I wi t 1 , e Prison building is not a favourable sign of the times. v Prisons, however, are interwoven with the institutions of o the oountry; and perhaps there is no institution into which o more practical improvements have been introduced within ti the Jast quarter of a century than into that of penal I establishments. Dr. Johnson, in his 'London, tells us tht A single gaol, in ...

... i - , ?? PARIS, JULY .81,-There isi n'litiig new from the teat of war. Some exoitement si[s here in CeOnsCqL oco of As extre M aiity succesq of the' new loan. You are aware of the amount wwiibh has.been signed. The house OJRotlsschild signed last Saturday 760 millions francs (the th've± amount of the loan), of which he paid the tenth arwt don. This has created some sensation, and is a eavy ...

... I iluable wpitle-1 Lamciift oe-ves;trywasbheld on ad nt oter mmbes pfeentwer Mesrs. haw the tonr Thelr Brdeydare Stbol CentWodui' Iartw Owe, 3aseble ?? .Joee, Hughes, W. emote Jtcrwod ?? lii ientlal. Msr..Gardner ictimated that inpursuance with insttucioits aid be recelvad from the commrittcooappoletoel onl thesaubjeatof roctora there. fees ft, h~ ad attended before the auditor sill objected ...