... FORLEIqN :?N. ELLI., x FRANCE. The Paris paperFConstiEutioI F re n c h G o v e r n m e nr ?? ?? s ta te s th a t th e ir e anc ovement is at present occupied in do- visit means of preventing the disasters which arise in France from bad harvests. A table has been pr- pared showing the price of the loaf in Paris fiom 1801 to 1855 in which it is considered that the 2 lb. loaf when below 35 ...

... FATHER GAVAZZI'AT BIRKEN- H HEAD. THE CONFESSIONAL IN BELGRAVIA. If ) - tr Last evening, Father Gavazzi, the celebrated co Italian orator and reformer, delivered a lecture in a. the Argyle Room, Argyle-street, irkenhead, on hi 3TIhe Confessional in Beigravia.I .he audience was III numerous and highly respectable. he The padre started by saying that he would prove he the confessional to be ...

... John]on, C..nt.. Roberteoji the B6dPrk, J. IL Tuner, and Hosý h Ir toll . I I 1 2 .11 9 The ?? ltherefore ceel-ned by a majorit ofif3 IS. r anto M hr. K'tcheq moved that t.he.com;mitt o g an( ? ? , ?? of gas Ol's epl.ly be al3 added to this committee. This step wo Stll ?? desirable twelve nro-ths ago, but Mat-.' ' ters wore not then prepared. Everything now was am i working order, the men ...

... it th LADIES' DRESSES. was i We have received the following, which is neatly The I written in a lady's hand :- poor TO TIHE EDITORS Or THEi LIVERPOOL MERCURY. 0051k Gentlemen,-Unaccustomed as we are to publicity, Se we feel it our duty to .take notice of the attacks FOIRI that have lately appeared in your paper upon the Ass_ articles of ladies' dress, crinoline, &c. For our part, Sen we think ...

... THE ESTATE OF THE LATE t MESSRS. HOLMES. s (From Mona's Herald.) I Nos It ~~(From Montz's Heraldr.) J. R. ?? Tuesday, a meeting of depositors and creditors yous %I of Holmes's estate was held in St. George's Hall, X., ~fDouglas, to receive a statement from their committee Frede ii of the pre-ent position of the estate, and of the pro- Palcy r. ceedinigs adopted. Captain Murray presided, and ...

... A PAR{K FOR THE PEOPLE. I NEWSHAM ESTATE. aisw.vwrmoi= 'ut We understand that the finance committee ye nd of the Town Council have appointed a sub- of committee for the purpose of taking the r re necessary steps preparatory to laying out the ur Newsham House Estate as a park for the ?? ia- benefit of the inhabitants. All must rejoice to that there is now a prospect of this long sc ' oked-for ...

... Una. ie. POLIICAL DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH IN RODNEY-STREET WARD. TO THfE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-I take the liberty of condemning through your columns the deseci-ation ?? in thisward yesterday, by the delivery of voting papers, &c.,to the burgesse. I think al )et. the name of Mr. Job is a sufficient guarantee that he was not a, party to this breach of the fourth ...

... l - ?? ?? _, s _ ?? ._ Nr~ - l - - - ,. ?? the TREFORM; IN PAINTINGS. Oh dy. TO 'Tr1'E EDiTORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. m51i Gentlemes--In thsese day3s of rof'orin 4nd activity di1 ;up and down, I am surprised to e .one little reform de escape the notice of the progressionists. I mean in ge: t: the selection of paintinga, considered in reference to is public morals, at our. exhibitions. In ...

... It is strange that among the multifarious nat Royal Commissions and Parliamentary Com- Wi inittees appointed on any and every occasion wri by legislative vigilance, no demand has yet exe been made for a thorough official inquiry into wer the moral, social, and economical results of WOT the abolition of slavery in our West India que f possessions. If ever a complete and compact On body of ...

... 14 of Last evening, in the room of the Yovsng Men's or Christian Association, to an audience of about 100 of persons, Mr. Henry Groves, in along address, eharao. terised by impulsive eloquence, gave his impressions at of this revival. ed Mr. Groves is connected with the civil service of )p- the Madras presidency, and, being in England oh ) business, he proceeded to A. erica, and spent three ke ...

... MULTUM LN PAR VO. Yesteray., Alderman Wire was sworn in to the office of Lrd Layor of London, with the usual 5 I ere11 nuiets. A.plication is to ebe nmade to Parliament next Ssession for powers to onable tics authl-oities of Ul's- ll gow to open and work tbe .seam of coal said to exist 1. uncdrneath ; Glawgow Gree. ?? wveelr, draughts of the 42nd, 71st, 72nd, and 93rd Ilighlauder; tef t the ...

... Bal Without affecting any Republican austerity, t we must plainly say that we dq not like the tll elev,ation of the Prince of Wales to the wi unearned dignity of a colonel in the army. so F We aro quite willing to pay for royalty, but m1 we demur to paying for it in this particular tas way. The Prince of Wales has done nothing pr, to merit a military rank which is the appro- par priate reward ...