... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1850. ?? POPUi LOX SUPB.iXA. ULCUULU VL ..iV We again recur to this subject for two or three stated by Id reasons.Iq h irtpae some of the state- meeting, tha ae-ats and assumptions of Mr. Lowe, the Vice- £50,000 to President of the Board of Trade, in his speech in we wight. en the House of Commons, when moving for leave to the, shipping introduce ...

... ?? OF TE WEEL SWEEDISH DISCONTENT. TheSwedes, it would appear, are diontented with the ales. They hoped to see Russia humbled and weakened by the war. They wanted to see Poland- by the plunder of which, the Muscovite became arrogant and dangerous -once more fairly traced upon the map of Europe. They longed, moreever, to regain Finland. They were ready to fight all along. They coruld have ...

... THE PEACE CONFErIENCES.-The cocnferences are to be opened on Monday next. A dinner of thirty covers Is ordered. In the evening there will be a grand r-unaion at the Foreign. office; 600 persons have been invited. ARRIVAL OF THE TURKISH PLENIPOTENTIARY. The steam-frigate Sane, which left Constantinople on the lath, arrived at Marseilles on Thursday, with Ali Paeba, the Turkish plenipotentiary ...

... This cause, which has for many years excited interest in Lancashire, owing to the great amount of property in- volved, and-the fact that upwards of 100 persons are in- terested in it, and have been paying for years to bring it to an issue, with the greatest confidence of success, came on for trial on Friday week. The only account of the proceedings we have been able to meet with is the follow- ...

... & RUSSI&2Ni IMPERIAL 3&UIAG&E. A letter from St. Petersbargh, of the dOh, in the Coe tuioamer, says:- The marriage of the Grand Duke Nicholas with his cousin tbe Prseese Alexandra Petrowna, of Oldenburg, took pace today. At early daw the firinL of cannon and the ringing of bells announced the oprening of the fete. Althorugh arL offlcialprogratrime of the proceedings hand been publiahed, it is ...

... I INSTITUTION OYF CVIL iLNGlNFERS OFIBLAND I The oradiary. general meeting of this InstitntiOfl W5; hael on the 12th instant, 4, Upper Sackvilli.atreet. - BrcisAD GaIFr~iH, Eeq., LL D, prenided in the clair There were present the following members: -Mr W PorD don, Mr M B MellInus Mr J EHill, Mr P Burtche'l, Mr 0 B liourne, Mr P Harding, Mr R H Fritb, Mr T Brpzill, Mr I H G Byrne, J C Bower, Mr ...

... WOODSTOCO. LECTUItE OX SCEO'ED Musto.-Oll Etriday tile 15tlh instant our ?? Sobool Room wge filled with a crowd of the inhabitants -anxious to hoar a lecture on the History of Sacred Musiic. The Rev. G. J. Brown was the lecturer and the church ohoir, with a few of tile school childrenl efficiently lcd by iJr. Essex, illustrated the several epochs in the history. Coiiminecing with an ...

... P. ROYAL BIOOICS hO l'NTAL.-ELiAtICTION OF A StlOioN -- A special eourt Of gover ors wacs coltvetted tit the boetrd rorot t t thte lo10iitai oil Tuealdty 11st, for tile JtLIrpose of tilng up ttle ?? itl the ?? cal staff Causeld by the resigntatioln of Mr. mal litee, of lonukit stroet as sUttrcgo1., Tiiie wiet tm toU tiididattes, 31 c. Vines of 1riats tcet ftid Mrl. .1oxhay, of LoLidon. The ...

... 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 ...

... THE PEACE CONFERENCES. The Mlhoiteur of Saturday announced that the X first sitting of the Congress would take place yesterday' (Monday), at the Hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. , s On this subject yesterday's AMoi'nisr Post had a leading ' article, to which umusual prominence was given. The r tollowing are extracts:- it The Conferences of Paris open to-day. Their issue can- i not ...

... Rocal aittl pioallauratto Nzwo. ? ?? ?? ?? dnrHE WrIATuEa, FIZIDAY.-London, NV., frosty and line EdinburgltW., veryfine; Diublin,W., floe; Amsterdam, W., cold and cloudy; Cowes, N.,,loudy; Harwich, N.E, cloudy; South- amptol, N.W., fine; Portsmouth, N.W., fine; Plymouth, E,, fine and very cold; Liverpool, N., damp; IHolyhead, N., fine tand cold; I-lull, ?? foggy; York, N., cloudy; Glasgow, SE. ...

... CATAsTROPHE AT THE7 SHIRE- EaLL, CHELM FORD. .- I Le Abouttwee o'clock yesterday, a sad catastrophe, sc' > companied with the loss of one life and the ?? of y several other persons, occurred in this town, by the falling nof a part of the central stone staircase at the Shire. Hall, owing to' the heavy pressdre-of 'the crowds' ?? it, who were. 'edeavouridg to reach the Petty Session room to hear ...