... I DISTRICT- 1NTELLiGENCE. : i BEVERLEY, gyfsSTR SERVICEs.-Quinquagesima Sunday.-. yxrnipog Vinnette'and Psaliis; Henley in A; Te Deuns nd Jibilate Chants; Sanctus, Ebdon li C; Kyri, Said Bn Brf at- Afternsoon: Psalms, Handel in ; Me g- 1.firat aid Nuno Dimittis (services) Kelway in B pinor i Anthem, Incline thine ear, Himmel. MroHAl~tC8' IN TlI5.-Ian~t Tuesday evening Charles Breretouw l ...

... At the quarterly meeting, yesterday, *TheMhjoii, A. Bannister, Esb., presided, ran there I was a full board. . ie V1CE.PRES1DENTS.-The 'Mayor desired Al4ermaii Blundell, as the second senior alderman, to take a seat; at the end of the table on his left. There were then, at - the opposite ends of the respective tables, Aid. Dr. Ayre Rh and Alderman Tall; Ald. Thompson, and Ald. Blundell ; bh ...

... - II - ?? - . ?? . .. v_ a s; . . . ?? ?? ?? THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. -RUSSIA e AND THE ALAND ISLANDS. th Our Paris correspondent states his belief that 8C Russia has agreed not to re-fortify the Aland so Islands. It is said, he adds, it is probable that BP, Prussia will be admitted to the Conference, only on ro condition of uccepting the propositions adopted nul by the allies.-Times. co se ...

... THE ,QUEEN'S SPEECHI;t Her Majesty entered the House of Lords at ten .X r minutes after two o'clock, and at a quarter-pastl two delivered the following speech:- Ls My Lords and Gentlemen, Since the close of the last session of Parliament l n the arms of 'the'A~llies have achieved a signal and I ir important success.. Sebastopol, the great strong- dhold of Russia in the Black Sea, has yielded ...

... TOWN COUNCIL PEOOEEDINGS. WliNT)NliOR A ssn DI5NG WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. TO The adjourned meeting of tine couvjcll was held this day, Jolhn au Stewart, Fsq., the Mayor, in the chair. thi TOWN DUES. 055 Refore the commnceeto h riayhtno ftedy l 'lbs MAY(F. rose and gaid-lleforo the besloess of the council slsucoostleneiecdh I wsishentorcaslldtre utrtention of the council to I a subject nbrsh ...

... e. . . ;; ' I1 - 7., \ ' . I A ?? h STORY OF THIE SIEGE Ox, Ri.g On Friday morning, Dr. Sandwith, the sole sojourner in f Klrs who hasi yet arrived in LEgland, 'wvsentertained by his fellow-townseavn atf ?? to a publib breakfast at the Station Hotel. The. Mayor (A. Baunistir; Esq.)'ecupied the chair, and therevwas presentiavery largI , nuber. both of ladies aind gentlhen- After the usual loyal ...

... VWav rerb I THI XIVERPOOL MERCURY. W.DI'MSDAY, I RUAF.Y 1S, 1S6. . ?? ?? ?? , ,. . ~ _ A S U I-1. A R Y. In the 'House of %iords, on Monday evening, the I &l'I6f Cardigisn:nd the Earl of Lucan Ali- Plabis ed df the iumputations cast on them by the rep' )rt 'of the Govsmument Commission of Inquiry in' dhe 'Crimea, to -,which they have replied in let- te) :a 'addressed to Ilord Paumure. ,The ...

... Oi THE ALLIED ARMIES. D CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL,, Jan. 21. w At about half-past 9 last night some heavy firing was heard beyond the Tchernaya. In certain states of the at- ol enosphere, and at a distance, the sound of cannon seems ti deadened and Prolenged, and persons in the English camp d l tiought they distingishecd volleys of musketry. The firing c edid not last long. This morning it eves ...

... SCOTL ANDS THE SECRETARY OF THlE HIGHLAND SOCIETY.-We ob- to serve that Mr J. Hall Maxwell has had the distinction of to C.B. conferred on him by her Majesty. His services in con- rise nection with the collection of the Agricultural Statistics well pri' entitle him to the honour.,1t5 INTEREST ON LANDED SEcURITIEs.-Several of the pub- asc lh bodies here, who lend most largely on mortgage or was ...

... go .--TABLE-TALK-O SAMUE - - Eu. TABLE-TALK9 OF SAMUEL PROGEMS. IS E RS K I NE. ty V'hen Lord Erskine heard that somebody had died worth two it hundred thousand pounds, he observed, Wcll, that's a very ;y pretty sum to begin the next world with. ,n A friind of mine, said Erskine, was suffering from a con- tinual wakefulness, and Ivarious methods were tried to send him- to sleep, but in ...

... |ISCRPS FROM PUNCH FOR FEBRUARY 2. | A LTItERARV IxQuiryv.-l'roperly and literally spgakiti, ought not Longfellow's publisher to be I .eiigmaii ? A PUFFIN(: AiVI:tllSEMr.NT ItArt'ONAi.rY AN- SeVliii ?? \VlnettM:igalZiie salutl we takle this year?' 1The big.rgest ill Cr onisi~iilt. OQelrci.\ IriNroli;lArION,-'iXO are requested to con- tradiet in the strongest miniier possible, that the small ...

... Tforrolloadellre. - JACOB EISH SHELABY. TO TItE EDITOR OF TIER BELFAST NEWS.LETTEIR. Sin-May I request the favour of your inserting ill your cohlumns the subjoined correspondence, the publication of which has been rendered necessary from the unkinl attacks on Jacob lsh Shelaby, by some local prints. It is my desire that the public should formnll ?? judgment on the case thus brought before them ...