... Thk usual fortnightly meeting of this board was held pi yesteraay at the workhouse, Brownlow-hill. The Rev. se Rector Campbell, the chairman, presided; and the other V members present were-Messrs. Woodruff, Shaw, Bair- ti otow, Denton, Syers, Williams, J. Jones, Critchley, Craw- V ford, Syred, Jackson, Richardson, Owen, Cropper, W. hi Jones, Mellor, and Smith. C WORKHOUSE COMmITEE. tt From the ...

... The James Baines and Champion of the Seas clippers, Captains M'Dornell and M'Kirdy, left Spitbead at 1 p.im. on Saturday in tow of the powerful steam tugs (which f took them from Liverpool to Portsmouth harbour) Reso- r lute and Blazer. The James Baines took oat Lieutenant- Colonels Ingram and Legh, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonels Burton and Turner, Captains Hawkins, Harene, Venables. Jones, ...

... MB. BRIGHT FOR BIRMINGHAM. W -rib or We fully share in the satisfaction with which o n e Liberal politicians of all grades, and many who h a nare not Liberal in any party sense of the term, ala' have anticipated Mr. Bright's reappearance in try at the House of Commons as member for Birming- IsIl a ham. We gladly hear of the renewed health and wh e strength of one of the ablest and moat upright ...

... PRESENTATION BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMEMT TO AN AMERICAN CAPPAIN. St On Wlednesday, a meeting of the Local Marino Board was held at the Sailors' Home, for the purpose of presenting di to Captrin L. D. Hcdnes, commander of the American II ahip L. Z., a handsome telescope, aw a token from the L British Governmeat for the assistanco generously ret- gl dered by him to the master and crow of the ...

... When the admiral had returned to his anchorage a naval court- martial was held on board the Sybille upon Commodore Keppel and his crew for the loss of the Raleigh. The report of the officer sent to survey this spot rendered this trial almost a matter of form. It was chiefly remarkable for a speech from the commodore, who appeared with his breast quite covered with orders and medals, and never ...

... The DUKE OF BUQCLEUCH is now staying at his seat at Beaulieu, in the New Forest. This is the first occasion on which his grace has visited Beaulieu for any length of time. The name of the seat has been altered from Beaulieu Abbey to Palace House. It was here that Margaret of Anjou and Perkin tyarheck took refuge. On Tuesday, after the trophies from Sebastopol had been deposited in their ...

... THE EPITOMST. e L.The Globe contradicts the report that the Persians d refuse to evacuate Herat. d In forty.twvo years, between January, 1815, and December, 1836, as many as 4,4,73,39personshave emigrated, a of whommore than 2,708,1 03 emigrated in the last ten years. ,, A portion of the railwayfrom Cairo ?? has been completed, and it has been ueed for conveying luggage .and mails, a At the ...

... SECOND EDITION, MOP,2V1NG CHRONICLE OPFICE, TELEcGRAPIC DESPATCHES. THE ITALIAN INSURGENTS. MARSEILLES, MONDAY. Intelligence from Genoa, of the 8th, reports the execution of two convicts, and the continuation of excitement in the bagnio. A plot had been discovered, the object of which was the escape of the prisoners by means of the murder of their guards; and an attempt had been made to ...

... MerLE MORNING CIIRONICLE. LONDON: SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1857. In the Houss of LoRDs, last night, The Lord Chanc'llor took his seat on the wool- Sack at five o'clock. Lord CAMrMsUL presented a petition from (Thpar, in Fife, against the L.unatics (Scotland) Bill. The Earl of SHAFT; SBTJPY presented a Petition from Birm ngblam, and another from Dalton, York- shire, against the trade in opium * and ...

... EXPRESS FROM DENMIARK. [FROM1 OUR OViN CoRoFlESPODFNT.] COPENHAGEN, AUG. 10. Nothing important has occurred here, or can take place until the Holstein Chambers meet. Petty intrigues on the part of the Cabinet, and the most beggarly scheming with regard to its mem- bers obtaining certain Danish and foreign orders and titles are so despicable, that I will not trouble you with them. Russia is at ...

... fee pIRNPALITLES QUIES I TION. THE EmPEROR'S RETURN. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FRO1 OURX OWN CORRESPONDENZT.] PARIS, WVDNESDAY EvENING. Tl 5planati, n given by Lord Palmerston on Ibe Prinucipalities question, transmitted here by telegCOpb) has given great satisfaction. The French nation is entirely with the Emperor ?? mattelr and it is considered as by no means the lesst of lis triumphs. The ...

... FOREIGN It!ELLIGENO. -- - - 1- : s ~FRANCE. The prisoners Tibaldi, Bartolotti, and Grilli,'oaias Faro, accused of intending to assassinate Louis Napoleon, have been removed from the prison Mazas to the Coneiergerie, where they were visited by their respective counsel. The conference between the prisoners Bartolotti and Grini and their counsel could only take place through an interpreter, as ...