... ?? - -1. .. . .. - - -- . ?? ?? - ., ?? .. ?? w [jBY T5L% ELECTRIC ANID INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.J 5 MILITARY NEWS. The Globe says- M~ajor-General Mitchell, C.B., who co11maended, the 6th regiment during the lat two Kaffir 'wars, and ftns since been chief of the staff in the Turkish contingent, proceeds to the Cape in command of a brigade. Althougla not absolutely decided upon, we believe it ...

... . The many cheering expressions of sympathy and } approval which our revelations of the darker side tc of Liverpool Life have called forth from clergymen ob and other friends of religion and public morality be might well enable US to endure with composure! e raisrepresentamion of our motives, and miscon- is struction of our objects, on the part of the is ignorant, the frivolous, and the ...

... OOUBT, J~ We The Queen and Court remain at Osborne Hou'e. *The Duchess of Cambridge and the Priticess Mary have f lieft London on a two months' tour in Get many. Sunday being the birthday of the Duchess of Kent, tho morning was ushered in at Kensington by the ringing T of pe%'s on the church bells, and hoisting the royal standard. On Mouday evening her royal highfleW5' I London and ...

... WEDNIESDAY, AUGUST 13. tby lie Theadummred meeting of the council was held to-day. ell The uoinfut- of thle gardenis aild church exoendeture corn. tb Mittees er read and confirmed without obtervution. WATER COMMITTEE. firI The roeceedings of tho water cemrnittee havir-g bean read, Mr. iMoLT inoved their confirmation. Indigso he said the a -tiblect of wvaterisupply had been a matter of gre:at ...

... ._ _ _ _ _ a TO TIlE EDITORS OF TIE LIVERPOOL MERCURY e Gentlemen,-Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, I happened to be walki g on the Birkenhead dock wall, when I witnessed a melancholy accideit. It was the drowning of a young man; and it is in connection with this that I have now troubled you. There were two boats on the spot, but their efforts were in. c effectual; and immediately I saw ...

... DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE IN THE ! M4OLUCCAS. I The Indian snanil brings ndiicc.3 of another of those aisco dreadful'earthquakee; for which Ternati and the adjoining irs.;- localities inithe Moluiccas re pioverbial. An eruption of hand the active volciano on the~ island of the Grreat Sstsir ?? lon. 125 150 E, and lat. 3 50 N., has oceurred. The fitlnorth western pelft'of the isilaild pf Grepst,. ...

... WIND AND WEDATHER REPORT-Augustl1. IAa-e.W 4--. IZ&- n ar--. . LL Amsterdam, W., fine; Boston, S.W., fine; Brighton, S., fine; Bristol, S,, cloudy-, Cardiff S W. fine; Cowes, S.W., cloudy; Carlisle, .S.W., cloudy; bublina S.SW., fine; Glou- cester S E fine e Griat anmsby, S.W., fine; Holyhead, S., fine; Hull, as.Wt fine; Lancaster, S.W., fine; Leeds, S., fuie; Derby, kind ofine;hLeicesternc ...

... WARD M5EETING. A beein o te lecor o te ecndWard, called by Ic advrtseen fomth TwnConclwas held in the cc Onth scto o Cunilo LinBaillie W. Bender- Ta] sonwa cale toth chir MrG.Allnadvocate, acted as D Clerk to the mneeting TVie CLReas rea acertified copy of the minute of the Council of Alh ins. and of the advertisement calling the B: meceting, transmitted by Mr Angus. A Mr JOHN M'PHERSON, ...

... THE, E VANGELICAL ALLIANCE IN GLASGOW. A conversational meeting, introductory to the Conference drc ofteEaglcla~acwshl n Tuesday night i n br( teCtHalGlso. Aogteclergymen and other thi a getee rsn er h e.D rmmacher, Berlin; 00 e RvPrfsoMatAbrenRe.Dr Paterson, Sun- 0 r Ar fre .,rose; Cals Gaussen, Re.tuln;R .MFiRqm a Liverpool; Ho. and Rev B.WmolLno;Ho.adt 7 Rev. L. Noel, Rutland; RvDrSenL don; ...

... CYMMER COLLIERY AC;CIDENT. AnfTlIATIwNI' IwfnTnvQT ul ADJOUiSNEitI3 1QUEST. [ColSTXINOED ,FROM THE bUIPPLM~ENIT I a ,On the ?? of ?? on Ituesday nftern~otn, ti jenkin jolles and Wfilliam Rlees, two of.iihe aolliers deputed to II, examine the minie, corroborated the evidence of thle lest wit- el ness andspok genrally) 0 ~the bad vientilation of tile colitery. dri IBoth the witnesses stated that ...

... BRITISH ASSOTATION F OB THE I ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, . The 26th annual meeting of this learned bodyioumnfetbeed its Bittingo on Wednesday at Cheltenham. under the presidency of Dr. Daubeny, F.R.S. The directors of Cheltenham College ptaoed that building at the disposal of the oflicere of the aseeo eation, and it was found ad mirably adapted for the purposes of the meeting, the various olaes ...

... . s _ L I a - L A -7 _ - - L es ?? at The Constantinople correspondent of the Times, writ- 9 iting on the 4th August, Says :-1 In the afternoon of the il :yday before yesterday Her Majesty's ship Gladiator, Cap- ir istain Hilliard, returned from the Serpents Island, where re sh a ensent to inquire into the exact nature of the h Ri 1ussian occupation. She found there fifty Turks and S eight ...