... 'I MUOWC1PA¶LECTIONA TIE I I - VACANT WARDS. - Owing to the pro motion of Mr. John Stewart and Mr. Woodruff to tho hollsour of aldeormren, two vacactioe have occurred in the municijal representa- tion-one in South Toxteth and t ho other in ficotland ward. The election is fixed for Friday next. Mr. Clarke Aspinall has consented to come forward for Scotlanrd ward, and there is little doubt of ...

... I.. .A,. LBY ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC TELEGRPIPs.j A despatch announces that Prince Alxad second son of, tho Queen of the NetherlandE haasner suddenlyattacked vithseriousillness. ElerMa h est who was at Toulon, is recalled to the Hague sty The Mfoiasng Hcrald states that another b.o gold, valued at about £)350, has been recover oE the wreck of the Royal Charter, and it is seill hrons that the ...

... Prince Napoleon's tiny steami yacht, whichl he pur- chased from Mr. Righy at Holyhead, has arrived at Cherbourn, and is the object of special wonderment. There have been heavy feoods in the south of France, and the damnage, especially at Grenoble, has been very extensive. Troan the coast of AfricaV we learn that the Mein- phis, American slaver, hald, it wvas supposed, escaped the American ...

... ,X. . -lavev ?? - 11001 j*erfu ?? r9* A..L1 Vd EDmuLI L'X ^UPEMA. SUMMAARY. DOMESTIC. Although the Chancellor ef the Exchequer has been some months in office, it was only on Saturday last that the Right hlon. W. HI. Gladstone went through the necessary form of taking the oath of allegiance ii ller Majesty's Court of Exchequer. The Anti-tobacco Agitation is progressing. After an address the ...

... I General Pennefather, who has entered upon his duties as the successor of Lieutonant-General Sir H. Smith, intends to fix his residence in Manchester. Yesterday being the anniversary of the Prince of Wales's birthday, the event was commemorated in this town with the usual marks of loyalty. The royal standard was displayed f Iont the Town Hall and the other public buildings, and at intervals ...

... LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW; OR, HOW DOCTORS DIFFER Dr. St rang, tho chamborlain of Gla'govw, may be very properly collated witih Dr. Hunae, au incumbent UZ Liverljoel. futh are ablo iusen; both have pre. sented ,haborate statemaents. GlaSgowr is estimated by l)r. Strang to contain about 400,000 inhabitants, enclusive of the suburban population, auoountin6 to about 40,000. Liverpool is Eet down by ...

... NEW INVENTION IN RAILWAY a SIGNALLING. v TO THlE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCU1Y., In your impression of the 21st ull., under this u head, it is stated that Messrs. Palmer and (o.. a Castle-street, are the agents for Messrs. Ackers. a Whitley, and Co. This is not the case, nor are we their agents, but we are the solo agents for i'Mr. Batty's Patent Realecting Railway Train Signal, which was ...

... LATE ST G. .. A TELEGRA0PHIC NEWS. Colonel Crichton Stuart, Ml', has been AI)I)oi ft d Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrlshire. Tho Temora steanmer from London to Delfast arrived at Falmouth yesterday, with boilers bur;t,. ISOtJTIIAZJTON, FRID. Y E VEN 1N~. -'lrhO ?? steamer, fronu Now York, passed Iluret Castle at ten p.U1. WAR OpricE.-The next annual examination of the senior and junior divisions of ...

... The ship Florefidd 111ghtingale was yesterday after- noon telegraphed off .ittle Burbo, with a signal of distregs flying; but x subsequent telegram announced P .tat she was hlove to about five miles off the Bell Buoy. A btrrque was telegraphed at 2 25 p.m. yesterdny r as ?? har 50(Litt-le Bnrbo), . with a siggnal of' dlstttl5 l.ing. At ct 35 the sea was e making a cleapn DPeaofh over list ...

... it is said that the Horsfall party, whioh claims for itself the exclusive right of nominating the mayor and aldermen, wanted, at the Tory caucus on Sa. tarday, to drop the names of several of the retiring aldermen, and.put some of their own nominees in their places. The retiring aldermen have the right to vote in the election of the new mayor, and on counting noses It was found that without ...

... TEST[MON[TAL TO MR, E. ?? SALLIBURY, LANEZ YT.P. F'OR UHE~lE8!1. art Liet; eveniing, thel large MHusic Halal, Citet er, w7l'i ftii (1)11 itply of wie h ',bu 20ad0 pe~r. en, .Oi-e i. b p~hcim l o te ori IIfg ci el Cl, i-li Iad at' ,)]A hi to 'fv LIleS tie pi e'stetaci Iml Itta ni~ii ietCCIII Pirv1ce V, of plate to 21r. L:. Gi. si'b' , bit m1.1 for that Of city. Amongst. tb-3 g- uttena'c pre- ...

... MISTAKEN REMEDIES F1OR BRIBERY. We commented the other day on Lord re Brougham's plausible but unsound proposal hi to suppress electoral corruption by extreme th severity of punishment, and we stated our ax reasons for believing that the true remedy for the evil is not to be found in the statutory ev threat of penalties which public opinion is not re prepared to enforce. We have now before tr ...