... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. WEDNqSDAY, AUGUST 5,1857. ,&LUr POPuLl LEX SUPREMA. S AUMM AR Y. In the House of Lords, on Monday evening, a Lord Paurmure brought in a bill to authorise the 3 Crown to embody the militia, if found necessary, a, during the reoess. The estimated expense was £200,ooo. Adverting to the army, Lord Pan- . mure stated that it was proposed to add ten s battalions to its ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONtDAY, AU0 3. Lord MOaTE&oLn preseuted a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth, against the Mersey Con-. servaucy Bill. EMBODIMENT OP 'THE MILITIA. Lord.PANrmnu moved for leave to ?? in a bill, em-, powering government to embody and call out the mi'lltla- at any tnime between this and the 25th 'of March next, withouthavi-ng to oall parliament together againi. ...

... I - II. __ _ o _oZ A x.g .1r ; TUE EMPEROR AND EMPaRSS Or MPqr . rived on Friday at Osborne, on a visit to the Queen. Thursday was'theaibfr rtlf ?? Boyat Highness Prince Alfred. Last week the birth of 843 boys and 830 girls, in all 1673 childrea wre eg riterqd in L Ardo. ' - ; The Sooiety of Autiquaries of Vienna has decided that henceforth l&Tie. pwa bye ad, pmted, as megrs The widow of ...

... T7NTTrT A A Ts ?? . INDIA AND CHINA. We (Times) have received, in anticipation of the overland mail, files of papers from Bombay to the 14th of July; from Calcutta to the 4th of July; and our private correspondence from Hongkong to the 24th of June. INDIA. (From the Bombay Times of the 14th Jify.) In the last fortnight we have probably passed ' the flood of the insurrection, and may now hope ...

... D) - -in The passengers that arrived on Wednesday last in the Bi s, Atlantic steamship, from New York, presented an address WE d to Captain Oliver Eldridge, expressing their thaults to ml him for his uniform attention and urbanity towards them du e during the passage, and expressing their admiration of w! hi4 professional skill, of the courtesy extended by the 60 r Officers, and of the ...

... PETITION FROM THE QUEEN AND PRINCES. OF OUDE. The following is the petition from the Queen Dowager Ur and the Painces of Oude which was presented on Thursday le by Lord Campbell to the House of Lords, but which their St lordships declined to receive on account of an objection 1L having been taken to it by Lord Rodeadale, because it did as not style itself the humble petition. A memorial to ...

... SPEECHIES OP SIlt JAMES GtAIIA.l2 The first stone of the new docks for Crlisle on the - Solway Frith was labi on Tuesday last hy sir James Graham. There is a railway from Carlisle to Siiloth The dock is to be tour acres in extent and 36 ie t ieep, and when the harbour is finished there will be two feet more ,2 water than in Liverpool. Tle company have cicli sod eight more acres in the vicinity ...

... ITOXTETH'-PADRK BOARD OF GUARDIANS. I e The weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday at W Ifthe public offices, Toxteth-park, Mr. G. H. Horsfall in di the chair, and the otherimembers present were Messrs. re Ewing, Robinson, Briscoe, Mercer, Alpas; Pickup, and e Batten. de o Mr. Gougl, governor of the West Derby workhouse, A e attended before the board and reported that there were S in ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1857. SALKI roeULI LUX NUPREiA. The sojourn of the Court In Scotland will notowij exced six weeks. Her Majesty, the Prince Con- palittla sort, end the royal family will leave Bnckingham Al T Palace for Balmoral on the 24th instant, and pbdoas returna to Windsor Castle on the 16th Outober. probeei On Wednesday, the Duchess of Kent arrived nanced at Edi ...

... THE AKBAB. GBATIFYWO TR)EAT TO THE BOYS. The committee of the reformatory school frigate - Akbar having placed one of her boats at the disposal of the public for the convenience of visiting the ship, many have availed themselves of the privilege. All appear to go away delighted with the cleanliness, order, and comfort of the vessel, the contentment end happy faces of the lads, the politeness ...

... *11 (By E. L. Yates, late of this town.) Monday, December 15th, 1856.-This being embarka- l tion day, the ship was in a complete state of bustle and dry uproar, and the shouts and cries which met one's ears were sa bewildering in the extreme to all unaccustomed to a sea- sel faring life. Men and women were shouting, children cry- Tm jog, the pigs squealing, hens cackling; and'ducks, geese, in ...

... -3-oi.o1e rtwe%. The Boston Courier says there fs a dilemma in the coqurt at Boston, as in the House of Commons. In England, as to the pro. naloe suggests treading on his corns.i NS The opinion that the heat of the equitorial latitudes is what has produced-the blackness of the human speides is not confirmed b y the fact that the inhabitants of Van Dieman's Land, living in aeliarth a cold as ...