... YO1KSHIRE UNION, OF MECHANICS' INSTITUTES. The annual meeting of the delegates from the various institutions comprising the union was held at the Auerm- bly-rooms of the gymnasium-hall, Hudderstield, on U Wednesday. EdwaXd Baines, Esq., president of the minon, occupied the chair. 0a Mr. Jamea Role, the secretary, read the report; which showed that the receipts of the union were favourable tb ...

... IDEFICIENT WEIGHTS AND MEAStTRES.I II the pi the Yesterday, P. A. Hamilton and J. H. Turner, Esqs., co as- sat in the Crown Court to hear informations against the persons charged viih the use of improper weights, ap- measures, &o. Mr. Superintendent Edwards and the W two inspectors of the weights and measures department qv ad. were in attendance to support the informations. The be ren ...

... mTr-a., t -. on LL'J~~J~F. P±L~*the I THURSDAY, JULY 30. to'ei Their lordships met at five o'clock. of ti The Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Guide Bridge tion Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. mon rant INDIA. ?? The Earl of ELLE5WIOROUOH called attention to the the omission of the proclamation of the Governor-General of we I India, dated the 16th Milay, declaring the intention of ...

... ROYAL AND MEROANTILE TROOP SHIPS. a (From the Morilvg Heraqf.) a It is scarcely fair to rail at tie Admiralty for not having at at once at its command as mary steam transports as could ad take an army to India to put 1own 30,000 mutineers, or he to decry Sir Charles Wood fot not having a store of coal nt at the Cape sufficient for the Eapply of 10,000-horse power or machinery to run some 10 ...

... 0OURT11 &a. t' The Court still, remains 4 Osborne. The Prince, B Consort returned from Brussel6 on Tuesday, landing at aB Osborne. He took rai to Plymouth, where her Majesty's h raht Fairy had come over from Osborne with her ,- ?? and family on board to meet him. .r The Queen has appointed Miss Horatio Charlotte Stop- .o i, 'ford to be one of the maids of honour in ordinary to her 51 It Mn ...

... THE JAIVERPOOL. ERmURY. . FRIDAY, JULY 81, 1857. ?? POPVLI LBX surUMA. 8UMMARtY. The adjourned debate on the second reading for of the Superannuation Bill (brought forwlard by can Lord Xaaa) was resumed in the House Of COnM- oft mons on Wednesday, land the, measure received -Am the supoort of Mr. Dlraeli.. it was, however~, uni strongly -.opposed by the Chancellor of the 'pa Exchequer as ...

... HOW TO REACH INDIAiIN A WAt. The subjeot of routes to the East, ilwaya~an A .interesting. one, has risen..1nto vital dmportance to h |since the revolt of the Bengal army. Strong of b .efforts are being made- to induce the Government don .to sunabion. and subhidies the project of the to s Euphrates Railway; but An Old Indian7has ,.published a letter to Lord,.Daimerston, in which, C ;after ...

... - I- . . .. - - The weekly meeting of this board was hold on Wednes. day last, at the West Derby Workhouse, Mr. H. Edwards in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Lunt, Medoalfe, Sagar, J. Bireh, Almond, Hayes, Whitby, I Shaw, Mawdeley, Roberts, Pltts, Morris, Ledger, Roscoe, I Taylor, and Wensley. - Cheques for outdoor relief weae r granted as followas:-Mr. Potts, £100; Mr. Olney ...

... ENGLAND'S RED VENGEANOB.. Album M.e Ifr - -n-o (F Srom uae Afonk Post qt Yesfeta yJ a The curtain has not yet fallen up'o the first aot of the great Indian drama. Delhi stil held out on the 17th of e June, and the mutinous assassins who a few months ago D, were British soldiers, with their puppet chief, still defy t their masters from behind its walls. They halve even had at the audacity to ...

... SPHEEH OF LORD NAPIER ATP AMBIDWGI, NEAR BOMMON. t The festival of the Alumni of Harvard University was l celebrated at Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday. It was a f brilliant affair. The first congregational church wrs E crowded to exceas. After the re-election of the old I board of officers, Mr. Everett delivered the address. I Mr. Winthrop then rose and aaid he was about to I introduce Lord ...

... THE FAMISHINT CORN PORTERS. en The following memorial to h ee a.sge yesterday by 240 persons in the course of about an teg hour: id- To THE WOSS5IITPOL THPE MAYORt Or LIVXRPOOL. Pt ISe 1This memorial is presented to you by the daily labour- l'S. log Corn porters of Liverpool, and Is Presented to your DSt worship fox a two-fold reason- Firat, to oask you can you h111 afford a temporiry rlif ...

... I The usual fortnightly meeting of the select jestry wst held yesterday in the boardroom of the Parish Offices,e 33rownlow-hill. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided, and t the following other gentlemen were also present :-Messrs. t Woodruff, Shaw, Bairstow, Whitby, Cook, Syers, Jackson, William, Chesney, Owen, William Jones, Crawford. Luff, Crfitchley, Denton, Syred, Taylor, Hand, Crellin, ...