... GLEANINGS FlR;M AMElUCAN PAPERS. I I o;s The Hon. Johp, Wentworth, mayor of Chicago, has ,ion been fined $25 ,or committing an assault and battery rst upon a lawyer 'awamed Charles S. Capieron. the The De~ser'a .tZews qives the following description of late one of the Mormon sisters :- Sister Mary Plhillips, Of rid. Keysville, Davis county, is now eighty-four. years Old, ded evjoys good ...

... THE TWO StCILIES. NAPLEs, AruGUST 6.-I am sorry to report that as the season advar.ce. the malady of the vines increases and becomes rnoo general. Notwithstanding this, howevor, oit has beer, ordered by a raiuisterialo riservatissima, throughout, all the provinoces, to put a now duty on wine, under the, name ` leoolo Transitorio`,-transit tax., It is everyw hero regarded as a most arbitrary ...

... Rk., SPURGEON AT TlEE SURREY MUSIO-HALL. ior t B(Prom tild HOrning Post of Te8Wa.) Bf e The immense cr'owds that gather every Stunday morn- Statb t Mr. Spurgeon present a phenomenon whicilti deserves a enlCR 8careful investigation. The present age 'is marked by a fro n great demand for popular disconrsing ; '.loo public affects wel to be extremely fastidious about the recomplighment and e t ...

... TOWN COUNCIL.PROOEEDINGS. . SATURDAY, AUGUSTr 8. o;thidama The adjourn~ed meeting of the town council was held a tank, 8 this morniari in the small concert room of St. George's brick an' Ball, his Worship the Mayor, F. Sliand, E~q., in the The filter chair. joined toi THlE MIERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL. was cons Before the commencement of the regular business, estimate The MAYOR rose and ?? matters ...

... 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 ...

... eli On Monday afternoon last, at two o'clock, a lamentable oh accident took place on the West D-rby-road, near the lo Zoological Gardens, by which Mrs. Garner, wife of M1r. J. John Garner, ironfounder, of Wood-street, in this town, by was killed on, the spot. It appears that Mrs. Garner, r.) accompanied by her sister, left her residence, Belmont- te road, in a small pony gig, for the purpose ...

... TE lTORIES AND THE RODNEY-STMEET WARD I -- ELdECTION.I TO THE EDITORS OF TUB LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-Your paper of to-morrow will no doubt contain an account of the unopposed return of Mr. Charles .M0zley as a member of the Liverpool town counoil-tho first Jew that was ever honoured with a seat in our local parliament. It has been a matter of great surprise since the caudidateship of Mr. ...

... ' THE TOWN DUES. a TO THEI EDITORS OF THE LIVETIPOOL ifERCUAY. g Gentlemen,-In the report of the proposed agreement dbetween. the corporation and the promoters of the Mersey ?? Bill, ats regards the transferof the town dues to te nw tustI d no obsrveanynotice relative to the exemption of the freemen from the payment of town adues. Can you inform me whether any change is intended, 4or whether ...

... MERSEY ROWING OLUB REGATTA. ls, The first regatta in connection with the Mersey Rowing I ad Clubcameotrffon Monday lsst, atltookFerry. Considerable s in Interest was attached to the proceedings from the fact that t, ae eome of the best rowers belonging to the London, the Now- b c- castle, and the Manchester clubs were going to contest with a mn the Mersey Club for the several prizes. The river ...