... VI The following report on the Liverpool Observatory, for ea [1- the year ending June, 1867, has been addressed by the8 T ia astronomer to the observatory committee of the town of n- council :-gl 'or It will In all probability be remembered that serious 11 .,j doubts were entertained by many persons, when the w lot observatory was first opened, as Ifsthe advantages likely A too be derived by ...

... SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES TO GAOr FUNCTIONARIES. un T AAa . - ?? A AA . - . M . . We should be very glad if, among the number- at less social ills and individual grievances which M are at present attracting the notice of Parliament RI and the public, the question of retiring pensions £' to gaol officials were to receive a due share of fo! attention. The existing legislative enactment on sp ...

... PROPAGATION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONGSTI THE JEWS. __ Thle annual meeting of the Bristol and Clifton Branch of this Assoclation, wvici has for its object the propagation of Christi- anity amongst the Jews,'¶Vas held on Tuesday, at the Victoria- rooms, C. Pinney, Esq. presiding. .The attendance was toier- ably numerous. The meeting having engaged In prayer, The 'CHAIRMAN rose and ?? Christian ...

... LATEST N E IV 8, yEsT1rElRDAY'S DESPATCHES. y IrrTSti AND IRISl MlAGNETIC TELEG1RipI ] 13 E L G I U -J Brussels, June 23. '[lie laarriagC of thle Arelhduke ?? lrktiel, o&f t11e Emlperor of Austria, with tilh Princess tciglot(e. daigh1terl of tile ?? of the Belgians, is ?? fixed for July 27. II US S I A. St. Petersburg, June 15. (lanid Duke arrived to-day, and will take the J;tion oa ffiairs ...

... At THE ESTA'BLI.SHED CHURCH. The Rev. Henry AMoore, vicar Of Ju1lianstowin, has bleen appointed by tile jarqcuisof Droghedn his lord- ship's domestic chaplainn T'he Queen hes b een pleased to present the Rev. J. Phipps Eyre, M.A., to the rectory of St. Maryle- bone, in tlie CoUity of Middlesex, and diocese 6f London, the same beihg void by the promotion of the lioln. anld ev. JohIn Thomlas ...

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... SCOTCH BILLTS BEFORI?2' PARLIAMENT. We have just received copies of four of the Bills recently laid before Parliament by the Lord Advo- cate. The first is the Bill for the regulation of the care and treatment of Lunatics, and for the provision and maintenance and regulation of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland ; the 2d, the 1 Bill to regulate the distribution of business in the Court of Session ...

... ELECTi RIO TELEGRAPH. .. CHINA. The Chinese who murdered the.captain of the French brig -Anais, has been executed by the French Admiral in the Chinese Seas. SPAIN. Spanish papers give contradictory accounts of the state of Catalonia, which, according to the most favourablestatements, appears to be far from satisfactory. Numbers of workmen are out of employment and starving. Food, is scarce and ...

... THE VICTORIA CROSS. The subjoined memorandum for the parade at the distribution of the Victoria Cross (the Order of Valour) by her Majesty, in Hyde Park, to-morrowv, was issued yesterday: CEREMONIAL OF PRESENTING THE VICTORIA CROSS. Horse Guards, June 23. MEA1OANDUM FOR THE PARADE. Infantry parade to be formed at 9 o'clock, cavalry and artillery at a quarter past 9 O'clock, in lias of ...

... LEICESTAR TESTIMONIAL TO SIB JTOSHUA IV.AL~fSLEY.I Yesterday, in the market-place at Leicester, a 1t testimonial, consisting of a handsome piece of silver plate, I togother with fn address signed by nearly 7,000 of the ladies Z of Leicester, and another signed by about 6,000 men, electors e and non-electors of the borough, was presented to Sir E Joshua; Walimeley. its late representative, by ...

... Not since the Imperial Crown of France was placed on the head of Napoleon III. by the vote of 1852 has any Political event unconnected with foreign affairs so roused the attention of the world as the elections which have just taken place. The results are now sufficiently known. In Paris the Government haQ been defeated in three dis- tricts out of ten. General Cavaignac, formerly Chief of the ...

... Every lie, great or small, is the brink of a precipice, the depth of which nothing but Omniscience can fathom. A rapid mind continually struggles, the feeble one limps, but a great mind selects the surest point, and upon these it stands. Recreation is a second creation, when a weariness has almost annihilated one's spirits. It is the breathing of the soul, which otherwise would be stifled with ...