... Oa Thursday evening last, Mr. J. J. Lees, of Manchester, delivered an address upon the propriety of a voluntary Maine ft Law for England, in the ReohabItes' Hall, Blackburn. The Rev. F. SXsIrtaX, M.A., was called to the chair, and said It that be congratulated the auditory on their having another public 19 ?? to further an object which was pre-eminently calculated P to achieve the well-being ...

... The Times sketches a new plan for telegraphing by steam invented by Mr. Baggs, a well knowP electrician, and which, if carried out, is likely to effect a postal revo- lution. Electric telegraphs of all kinds are either worked bj voltaic or magnetic electricity, the current of which along the wire is alternately transmitted and broken ac- cording as the circuit is completed or interrupted, by ...

... I TlESTIMONrALS TO FISHEER|, THE PRESTON HERO. I ^ . . ?? - It has been our pleasing duty, on previous occaslons, to chronicle the courageous acts of James Fisher, the sbipwright, who has been the means of rescuing fourteen of our fellow-creatures from death by drowning. His recent exploit-the saving of Jane Kirby and her child from the fate of a suicide and a murderer in the river Ribble-has ...

... The weekly meeting of this board was beld on We4ne-i day last, at the Wsst Derby workhouse, Mir. H. Edwards I in the chair ; and the other members presentwre essr a Lunt, Roberts, Vedgslf, Ledger, Freuc~h, Abrahams, Sagar, Roecoe, I. Edwards, Birch, Shaw; Wenaley, Parkin, Stone, Heyes, and the Rev. Mr. Tattessall. Mr. 0ough, the governor, reported the number of paupers in the workhouse to ?? ...

... r The weekly meeting of this board was held on Wednes- day, at the West Derby workhouse, Mr. H. Edewards in the chalr. The other guarolane present were Messre. Ledger, Abrahama, Sagar, Lunt, Wensley, Tattersall, Pitts, I. Edwards, B'rch, Parkin, Roscoe, Almond, IRoberts, Medcclfe.-Cheques for out-door relief were granted as follows:-Msr. Potts, £120; Mr. Olney, £31; and Sir. Lytbgje, £24. !Ir. ...

... ft. At the LodnUiest College, on Saturday, the £60 scholarshi a awre to Mr. Samuel HL. Bebreand, of Liverpool. The Right Hon, Lord Broughami as al 6OtVe~ir Of hig recent visit to Leeds, has kindly forwarded to James Kitson, Fsq. (president), for presentation to the Leaes Mechanics' Institution and Literaxy.Society, copies of the ?? whole of his lordship's works-a valuable aed most ...

... FRANCE. i The .Presse, in its weekly comumercial review, gives a S veygloomy account of the state of trade in Paris and the provinces. WE PAause Nov. 16.-Prices have remained heavy to the e close of the hoarse, and the depression ooutintieali. allli sorts of securities. dii The Clourrier die Pat-i announces that one of the largest cousmiesiou and export houses of Paris hits sosl- i Pendell its ...

... -Q - - : T-X T:I .. nJIBOT ~ ANINDIRECT TAXTION ol SiA ESSAsY. i ln Wherever theraxints acominnunity, be that community rhat it may, barbarous, semi-barbarous, or civilised, there w will be found a head, a chief, an ciecattie of some descrip. Gp tion or other. one man or a body of men raised above -his ts or their fellows, for the purpose of maaaging the affairs of be the people and the ...

... {3orrower) grffleg. I The best cough drops for young ladles is to drop the practice of dressing thin when they go into the night air. Dear pa, what relation to you is the little baby that was left on the steps of our door? He is my step-son, child. Somebody says that politeness is like anair cushlon-theremay be nothing in it, but it eases our jolts wonderfully. A wag, on hearing that a ...

... A4 ?? ?? ,- -- . .. At tle eeky metin ofthis board; held yesterday, le chairnrmnioe _J. Thompson) presided.- Mr. M. Red- ?? mnovd pursuant to notice gvnls clta ?? be appointed to inquire into -the medical nanago'llemlt of the workhouse, and in doing so he declaimed all ill feelinlg towards the present surgeon. He adopted that course in order to set matters right, both as regarded them-. ...

... Mr. Paid! Young, who is a great favourite in Liverpool, had gat will give Icis Peep at Life to-morrow evening, in the entered ,Concert Hall, Lord Nelsoa-street, when he 'will appear no bent at the Saturday evening ocincertB. they w COLLISeON ONe THE MsE ?? morning, behind while the screw Steamer Alps, from Constantinople. was Wartes *proceeding down the river to the Huskisson Dock, when THEn ...

... The followic6 are thte annual reports for the year 1857 :'of the governor and chaplain of the. liverpool Borough 2 ?? at Walton, addressed to the Worshipful the Mayor, ; the. Recorder, and others her Majesty'W justices of the es peace for the borough of Livverpeol 3d - . t THH8 GoviiB~oD'S 1BRPDT. Gentlemen,-I haveO the ?? to lay before yoa my 6, report for'tho official year ending 30th ...