... .YLI - ?? ljiYLERPOQL INSTITUTE. This institution has taken the first position in this district in the number of its pupils who passed the recent Oxford local examination, as the following table of passed candidates shows:- Seniocs. Jnsiors Total. Liverpool Institnto e. .. 4 . . ' . 13 Collegiate Institution ?? ?? ?? ?? 9 Royal Institution ?? ?? 0 .. 1 1. liev. W. C. Greon's school 3 6 ?? 9 Dr ...

... The weekly meeting was hold yesterday; present- Messrs. Dover (chairman), Shoil, Beckwitb, Cros- thwaite, Anthony, Avison, Bowring, Gladstono, Crellin, Barton, and Stitt. The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisiueces reported various particulars of the operations in their soveral departuientl during the week, fronm which it appeared that 122 nuisances complained of by ...

... C4: -N - Iffl .: .- sATURPAY, vAiwur~ 2 0,'.1859.j It 'is asserted by the leaders of the present strike of the building trades in London that one of their chief motives of action is the declining condition of the work- ing classes as compared with their employers. The laboureti they say,'is being ground down day by day through the oppressive conduct of the rich, and trade is in so wretched a ...

... THE LIFE-OF GENERiAL GAlIffAtDl callaON THE ATHIEtAUKt.) a Garibaldi is the son of a sailor, and was born at' Wh Nice. With characteristic simplici~sy, he assures us h that, his father' arnd mother were tbe- best, in tle my wvortd,-that as a child lie weptifor hours because of ,he. had broken the leg of a grasshopper,--and, as ia Of heay, saved a poor woman fronm drowning; thar,w~hen cat ,,t ...

... 9 fp c - w -OVv ?? CM15f ?,-tc ?-fcfta. (ESTAVLISHED ANNO 1737.1 BELFAST: TUESDAY, AUG. 16, 1859. THE news from the Continent is not very impor- tant. On the 14th, a statue of Napoleon I. wvas inaugurated at, Milan, and in Paris, ?? same hour, Napoleon ILI took leave of the prin. cipal officers of the army of Italy at a banquet given in their honour. The projected fortifications of Antwerp by ...

... TIMF. OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGHB TFjI UNDERUIENTIONED PLACES.-AUG. 1859. ?? The abbreviations within parenthesis-(Cal.), (S6.) (a G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-signify Caldonian, Scot je Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North Briti Edinburgh, Perth, and- Dandee Railways reipetis and intimate that the trains start fros the termW these railways in Edinb argh at the hours stateL Aberdeen, (S. C.) ...

... Plat 4nifffifffurf. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20. The following telegrams have been received:- PARJs, Friday.-Thle Moniteur of this morning contains a decree to the effect that foreign shares and securities may be negotiated at the Bourse, after two-fifths of their value has been paid up. Previously it was necessary that seven-tenths should be paid up. The Mcniteur further announces that their ...

... PROFESSOEL ANDERSON IN AUSTRALIA on Things Theatrical at the Antipodes. TO T3H EDITOR OF TR A ERA. I Melbourne, June 13, 1859. Sir,-Thiegc have changed in Melbourne as they have in Sydney. The Theatre Royal has gone from Mr. Coppin, and the Princess's is no longer under the management of Mr. Black. The entire aspect of Melbourne has also undergone a transformation. Shops that were occupied by ...

... ATLANTIC CALE. LEAVES FRO3 TEE JOURNAL7 OF AN AMATEUR TELGEXA . |: (Concludedfi l'i-ulay'sHerald? To chronicle the decline and failure-,of -the Atlantic cable, as of any undertaking in which one hls taken aivab- sorbing interest, is a tedious -and unpleasing task. To the writer it is so, because the leaden dullness of the narrative! clogs; the Venergies; to the reader, because of the repulsive ...

... To the Editor of the Glasgtow Herald. Sins-In the Herald of yesterday I am grieved to observe another glaring and daring robbery of a large surn of money from the counter of the Clydesdale Bank, under the very nose of the depositor. Such acts of theft show a dexterity I on the part of the plunderers next to sleight of hand; but cannot a remedy be' supplied? Might I be permitted to ?? such as ...

... PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13. In the House of Lords, after several petitions had been presented, and the Royal consent given by com- mission to various public and private bills, the Queen's Speech was read by the Lord Chancellor, as follows My Lords and Gentlemen, We are commanded by her Majesty to release you from your further attendance in Parliament, and at the same time to ...

... j&cotlann. SIR RODERICK MURCHISON. —This eminent geologist is now in the Highlands of Sutherland examining the succession of the rocks there. He has made two or three ascents up the mountains in and around Ichnadamph. He is accompanied by Professor Ramsay. HERRING FISHERY. —The herring fishery in Scotland up to Saturday last was a failure. The weather had been fine, and there was the prospect ...