... LORD BROUGHAM?4T, YORK. ?? committee of theY,0rk_ -Institute A' opisr Sulencezand Literature,a apd oab~ot,100t of. the friends of educationschlol ]? meeting,. on, Thurday, evening relast, in the Festiyal o~o~noqer~t-rq41o.f -th~at. cityi.the a immediate object,bq ing topromote the ?iterests of, ' the above institution. -The Rev. Canon Hey.pre- o- sided, and among the speakers were Earl ...

... The usual weekly meeting of 'this board was held lY yesterday, at the Public Office, Park-place. Mr. G. s-8 H Horsfall, the chairman, presided, and the other le members present were Messrs. John Wilson, Moss, U Siddeley, Baynes, Grindrod, Henry Layland, William ? Layland, Miller, Josiah Wilson, Craig, Johnson, it Hughes, Ogden, Harrison, and Johns. n Mr. Gough, the governor of the West Derby * ...

... :ii1 TO THE flDITORS OF THE LlVERPOOL AiIMRCURyo II. Gentlemen,-I will be obliged by your favouring me with s) the iussertion in your paper of a tow statemeots relative to the its banitary Asuensumeut Act of 1854 ia reference to the cart- be owners of this town. Our late mayor stat-d that tis .eG was sm brougiltinsto 'xistceowingto a 11o0plalsit fronm Ar. Nowasids to to the council, stating ...

... LATEST A-N TELE GRAP2HIC NEWS. fo The Gapsett of last night announces that theb Queen has by letters patent granted unto the lx *Prince of Wales power to wear the insighii* of a the order of the Garter, and to exercise all the privileges of a knight companion of that. a order in as full a manner as if he had been si, formally installed. B The Buryalus, with Prince Alfred on board, arrived at ...

... 0 Alderman William Preston will this day 4t receive the reward of his nineteen years' assi- duous and faithful municipal services, by being d unanimously elected to the civic chair. Like the present mayor, Mr. Preston is not a man of osterttation. He prefers a quiet and use- ful course to one of pomp and show ; and whilst we may not expect any extraordinary ,e public display during his year of ...

... TO 4Y IINFANT CHILDREN. A pleasing sadness flutters at my breast - To see those sparkling eyes, Those pouting lips so oft caressed ? I'm glad, but cannot still the sighs. Your merry thoughts and romping play Gild the enjoyment of to-day : What of to-morrow? The sun has never shone more fair than now Nor clouds have been so bright; God ne'er did nature more endow, Nor clothed her in more ...

... THIE DUTY OF REFORMERS AND THE TOWN COUNCIL. TO TTIE BD[TORS OF THU LIVERPOOL MERCURY. an Gentlcmen,-ý-The efficiency necessary to secure an 1 the stability of our municipal institutions musit be, an Y a subject of anxiety to all thinking minds. That an s eofficiency cannot be secured unless suitable repre- pc n sentatives are elected by the wards, such representa- it tives also seleotisng ...

... #- th, i The fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday, at ev4 the Parish Offices, Brownlow-hill. The Rev. Rector cot Campbell presided, and the other members present th( were MIessrs. Denton, Owen Smith, Cafferata, be Turner, Williams, Bairstow, W. Jones, Jackson, par- Hughes, Chesney, Whitby,, Whitty, Melly, Peck, sic y. Gair, andByford. tio The minutes of the workhouse and industrial pa' ...

... All civilised Europe, with England at its head, has indignantly denounced the recent ex abduction of the child Mortard from his la, parents under the Pope's auspices. The d ia- leaders of the British religious world who at, 6s- lately met in this town, forgetting all theo- ye logical animosities towards the race whioh a ca r5- common Chiristianity had so long excluded le, st from political ...

... ire- The usual monthly meeting of this aesoelatien was held yes- 64,1 vod terday, at the eemso. Water-street. In the unavoidable ab- N, ire- Beoce of Mr. Clift; the president, the chair was occupied by Ssui [ed Captain Dixon.: A large number of the members were present. he The secretary, ?r. Thompson, read the monthly report as Ban iee follows:- I .d 'Since the meeting of the members, In the ...

... licJ ALS3jt to ices TO THRDIRECTORS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH tla COMPANY. nry Gentlemen,-I h'ave to acknowledge the receipt ofi .t a lter from your secretary, dated 27th ult., declin ol ber, ing to grant me permission to test tile Atlantic cable, t log and conveying the directors' refusal to entertain any lo1 proposal which, after that testing, I might be pre- S. pared to make for the re ...

... M4RSEY DOCKS BOARD. Thewealy astnieofthe Hiersey Docks and1 Horboar foa~rd was hoeld Yesterday at the Dock-( office, R?3vainle-baildings. Mr Charles Turner pro- sided, ant -, he other members )resent were Messrs. Smith, B ill, Arnild, Tobin, Hubback, Anderson Mondel, L?ekett, Rankin, Langton, Rountwaite' Bmal, Evani, Brocklebiank, Graves, Hutchison' Laird, G?iastono, and Shand. On the ...