... stre STARTLING NEWS FROM QUEEN CHAR- fou LOTTE'S ISLAND, TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURtY. JOl Victoria, 23rd August, 1859. Dn Gentlemen,--I have now to advise you that the Rai Americans have landed 400 more troops on the Islaii Gil] of San Juan, and are busily occupied in putting up two fortifications, one to command the channel be- C tween there and Vancouver's Island, about 200 ...

... | The political campaign in California which closed U, with the election last month was conducted in the most rancorous manner, and was prolific in personal for lcontroversies. The most deplorable and fatal of D these was that between the Hon. David O. Broderick, Anm (and ?? States senator from the state, and the Hon. an lDavid'S. Terry, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Judge Terry v/as ...

... The loss of this noble vessel, with upwards of 400 persons on board, including passengers and crew, and a cargo of many hundred thou- sand pounds in value, is one of the most deplorable events in this year of disaster and death. By this melancholy wreck, upwards of 400 persons have been hurried through a death of agony to a grave beneath the waves of the ocean, at the moment when they supposed ...

... I CASTI&liSTREET WARD! I A puhlij mceting of the ?? of this ward re favourable to the return of Mr. T1homas Woodburn i as a representative of the ward in the town council PI was held yesterday afternoon in the Common Hall, In Hackin's-hley. M~r. Atmbrose Lace preaided, and i amongst others preeent were dalesre. Hull, Bannor, fo HBirdswell, Lovndes, Whitmnore, Marshall, Gill, t Payne, Pein ...

... LORD DERBY AND HIS iRISH .TENANTRY. The Dublin E vening Post 1,ublisbes a letter from a local correspondent, upon whom full reliance is placed, giving a statement of facts in order to correct erroneous impressions caused by want of information as to the real position of affairs on the estates of Lord Derby in the south. The letter thus vouched Tipperary, September 24. Sir,-I mentioned in my ...

... The French and Austrian plenlipotentiarius have at length come to an understanding on the non-gin .f fair Zurich's waters, having respectively signed a treaty of peace without the slightest consultation with the re_- presentative of Sardinia. This fact, taken nll c0nhjilla tion with the sinister rumours of the past week, respect- ing exorbitant demands by France upon Piedmont, and the just ...

... PUBLIC MEETING AT MOSSLEY. A public meeting was held at the lecture hall of the Mossley Mechanics' Institute, on Wednesday evening, to assist in raising a monument to the memory of the late Mr. John Fielden, for his exertions in procuring the pas- sing of the Ten Hours Factory Bill. The large hall was nearly filled upon the occasion by a respectable audience of operatives and others. Among ...

... FRIGHTFUEL -INHUMNIY TO A! OiLb. ii' ; : L,-i ' i .i ...

... of Portsmouth has raised by public subscription and ug presented to its mayor a chain of pure gold weighing Se- 32 ounces. he The loss on the Preston baths and wash houses for Ls tho last year is £EM3S, for which sum the town council ont will make a call on the overseern. ?? Lancaster, the question involved in the forth. ild coning municipal election is whether the cow faire ashall be held in ...

... WhIvilool PtvfJtvg, ,u 4 SALUS POPULI LEx sUPRwj. VI tI S UM MA R Y. se hi DOMESTIQ, A private telegram received in this town 1i from India states that the disbanded Euro- d, pokeant togop tad accepted the bounty and consented to go to China. bi In order to induce skilled mechanics and V handicraftsmen to join the corps of Royal(ii Engineers, the authorities have it in contem- OJ plation to ...

... I - _ - Aa o o£Bailway. ?? Hlf-yr.'4 Bamo Miles NameS l Wee. 1858. Total. 3898. opn I~la4r and Ba~llymena.. 113 313085 16785 16220 oB'hee4 L. & Cheshire.. 2731 2849 399B8 499123 3 DuBstl and Exk eter . 718 71 88 588 16385 635 UuneoP. n A J * t3510 14161 1212 1115 9 1O6 3 ?? 1231105 1.. 1 418 . 1 Cornw& ll 133 313 4OJ5 3783 Ga Corhu and ?? 1 647 28 438 4193 62 D.r I'rsk rasae. 6- ;'!051 ...

... The future progressive policy of this large and populous town depends in a great measure on the result of the elections to take place on Tuesday next. The ?? are quite alive to the importance of the contests, and will leave no stone unturned to ensure success to their retrograde politics and stop. clock politicians. If the Reformers are equally true to their principles and equally zealous in ...