... The desultory discussion on Indian affairs which 'I arose In the House of Commons on Tuesday night Yea will prove of infinite value to the country if it ago catl serves to arouse the Government to the necessity froi of meeting the present crisis with an energetic co promptitude which we cannot say that they have to yet sufficiently displayed. We do not undertake but to say that Ministers are ...

... en [BY THE ELECTRIC AND INTORNATIONAL T&LEGRAPI.1 mt nin Mr. John Wilson Croker died yesterday. The James Baines and the Champion of the Seas were in- passed on Saturday evening, the weather very unfavour- he able. he The non-receipt of the Indian telegraph leads to an he impression that the steamer from Calcutta may again ;ill have been detained by order of the Governor-General. The last and ...

... - top Le At the Well', assizes. Samuel Dunsaon, was convicted brol ~of a rape on a lit~tle girl under ten years of age, and sentea- T Aced to 20 y ear,' penal servitude. user !a The potato diisease bus ?? made its appearance at the aUttoxeter, and, it is feared, will yet prove seriossly detri- plie mental to the crops. n '~The Proprietary Mill at Lincoln has proved a failure; met ~ ...

... cI le THE LATE DOUGLAS JEBROLD AND THE WORKING CLASSES. To TlHE EDITORS O0 THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-i perceive that the Literary and Dramatic La Society have announced a performance at the Theatre 'a Royal for Thursday next in aid of the Jerrold Mlemorial ' Fund. and that the members are acting under the Isanction and patronage of sr. Charle Dickens and his wgited colleaguen. learn ...

... Deduced from observations taken at the Liverpool Obser- vatory, during the week ending Saturday, Aug. 8, 1867. Latitude, 68' 24 485f N. Longitude, ' 01' 1 W. 50]3 Ti Caleltdiogauged i 23 e - 3tc.ahvoground 1 ?? I - w 8 a rI Daily horfintsl I 8 28 o .a meton ot ar. | . es S a.o Si Extreme prea. w - .Ro T r A C e * sure on sq. foot. a , 0 Ca I N N -p W i v|, Di 'io 4 i 0XBr e |RQH .- OK; | 1 sV ...

... THE LIVERPOOL NMERCURY. FRIDAY,- AUGUST 14, 1857. SALUS POPULI LBY, SUpRtXA. BUMMA;IY. In the House of Commno ne, on Wednesday, the Smoke Nuisance (Scotland') Abatement Bill passed w through committee. It VY was agreed that the Sale L of Obscene Books Preve rition Bill should be re-a committed-Mr.. Roeb uck characterising the 2i measure as the most pri 3posterous ever sent down U1 from the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... This i A STRUGGLE FOB A LIVING. . denot TO TUIE EDTORS OF TUH LIVERPOOL MERCURY. peopl X Gantlenmen,-That very many have experienced the op. midst pression of an injudious administration of the Income Tax the 8 Act is acknowledged by all. I venture to intrude upon your c., time and space, to suggest the necessity for some pubdo effort to get at some system of estimating profits upon trade as ...

... . . , ?? . . . .. ?? ?? ?? 1 ?? - - - -. ?? .. . Tar COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT ASUTON-UND~rtLYNE. flu ~-On Saturdasy, the aedjourned inqlairy on the deaths of co tu39 personsa who lost their lives at the colliery explosion Btu at A41htou-undor.Lyne wins concluded after a long inveg- ?? tigaition, and the examination. ol witnesses, who deposed ?? tat thy osidered thle air in tho pi was good. Tue to ...