... f 17-- Ito -a _ w ter, (From, the Times.) Su tO Dr. Livingston empties out the African cornucopia with £ the great effect before the commercial public of Manchester, St, Pud toried in a circle around him, and looking o mas a crowd les, of children looks on the cleating oat of the interior of a c lich Noah's Ark. The precious contents come tumbling out tth in rich profusion upon each other, ...

... 1, e 4, % ,% It oECONI) EDITION41 k AMERICA. 1, RRIVAL OF THE B~rI}H AND NORTH AMERICANI t ill ROYAL MAIL STHAM-SIIP AMERICA. 'a Thbe America, Captain Lot, arrived in the Mersey early this morning, bringing from Boston $954,279 and ~- 14,45 sovereignsm and from Hfalifa £5000. ?? dates s. are from New York to the 15th inist. -s The Canada arrived at allaifax on the 18th inst. On the 24th, at 1 ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1857._ ' SAL1JB POPUYLI LUX SUPREMA. We do not remember that the House of Oom- h mons ever made n. more thoroughly unprofitable a investment of time, eloquence, and statistical S Ingenuity, than in the grand debate on prospe- ID tive finance which was happily brought to a 0n close on Monday night, From first to last, the Pt whole thing was a ...

... IT . THEC B}ALL.oA HINeaT FROM THE ATIw'PODES.3 . I a The colony of Victoria has just obtained the c .~ royal assent to certain electoral provisioo3, form-. ,ing part of the new eonstitution, by which votec - by ballot Is formally legalised and reoognised as an Institution of the British empire. T~his is a. be great fact which remains a fact, in spite of the eimitation or remoteiaea of the ...

... THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE-ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF PUPILS. mu M .- ?? ?? .1 ?? . .. ^ . I ?? - ^- %AA 1 W A v A1 A.J. The annual examination of pupils attending the various snhools in connection with this institution commenced on Monday last, preparatory to the Midsummer vacation. The first day v as devoted to the examination of the girls attending Blackburne House, whict; took ?? in presence of a ...

... THE MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DGCKS BILL. i1 .- ?? .- . . 1 ?? ed The committee on this bill wet oa .1onday, Sir James t G-aham in the chair. t ' ;Previous to the commencement of the proceedings, Mr. 71eerovether called the cbairman's attention to the illness of Mr. Shuttlewerth, and the difficulty which en existed in reference to proceeding with the evidence. He 1 us thought their evidence would ...

... te an, the ADVANCH IN THE BANK RATE OF' Tgar INTEREST AND DISCOUNT. use The commercial publio have been taken by surprise at lall the resolution just adopted by the bank directors for ba his raising the minimum from 6 to qJ per cent, for all de- Lo ' of suriptlons of paper. This alteration applies to loaes on I our stock -as well ai disrounts. The inflitinel oh, trade and ret of brsiness ...

... FINANCIAL RlEFR\A ASSOCIATI and THE FINANCIAL REFORAi ASSOCIATIOY. TO)Tl f'~t OFi 'CitE LIVERYOOL 3~~ ?? Ie o Y a t- W.-t(l oil t' ~e i~ruposai ofte et IiI iiiueal Reto.tIn Aso,oiatiunu Thetietittohle. wo rin put vreat krcvow e thle via thu pre.v. ?? t).etI by t he G~wenni'eit ; but, fii IIs ?? retivI lant, tux to the %vorkmtg 1Otto i iio~: opuoiy.i 'iha II thu ir Priot. t cause of ...

... [La- Tas GLsaSow Poiso~rzto CAsEl-Miss Madelein ro mteh on ld h (ssae in a recent number ?? on suspicion of I Wel baigamnsee osnt e weetheart, a young I its FrnhgnlmnnmdLAglewaq formally corn- aid niau io VIith h Crqwa authorities atdibrh l oa* far as th etv is concerncd, the groud ftecag the are undrto obe that Mdiss Smith wsaxiutoca t mnd 'Aingelier off, in consequence of having ...

... MULTUM IN IARVO. Cheap concerts for the people have been commenced at Winchester and Southampton with grt.%t Etocesu. The tea trade. it appears, re satisfied with the con. ;o cessions made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Tbe duty for tbe current year is to be la 5d. per lb . Three tbousand tons of stone are now being depositedg ,f every week at the breakwater on the south aide of the I ...

... A PAIR OF POLITICAL ANAOURONISMS. IW- - :e We have sufficient respect for Mr. Smith 0 O'Brien to regret very sincerely that he should t a show any signs of a desire to emerge from that b 1- position of decent and useful obscurity as a n] n country gentleman which best becomes his limited s i- intellect, his estimable private character, and his fi Le unfortunate antecedents. Otherwise, we can ...

... RIVINGTON WATER. 10 THE EDiTOBS OF itB LIVEIRPOOL MSiUInBy. ( Gentlemra ,-The town it thoroughly alarmed. Blvi in E 3 water is declared polseonus. Chemists of unquestiluable ablily prove that it Is fall of ?? matter in a state of decay. Wo call an analysis by even an ordinary chemist in questioiiroi fo airmple a point as the determination of organlo matter. inhimtr would be absurd. I shall, ...