... Catholic Schools Lancashire.—The ram of £11,902 U was grated the Koman Catholic achooli in Lancashire during the 1359. The total amount for England was £132,790 2s. lfd. * The Licensed Victuallers' Ball will take under patronage of the Mayor, at the Town Hall, on Wednesday, tho 23rd January— Tickets, 10s. Od. each, may L«e obtained at the usual ' Places. '1 hb Merchants' Dining Rooms, ...

... CAPTURE THE ACCUSED. (From the Freeman's Journal of yetttrday.) Josepli Dwyer is now in the hands of justice charge having made one of the most daring and diabolical attempts to deprive fellow creature of life for the mere purpose of pecuniary gain that perhaps the world ever heard of. Indeed, it would be hard to oonceive anything greater than tho excitement which was occasioned throughout the ...

... MONDAY, DECEMBER 31. BEFORE MR RiFFLKri. Tor Toor Cox.—The reporters awe requested acknowledge the receipt of from Meatus. Alien Brothers and 00. for the poor box. A Drunk and Disorokpi.y Bxrvant.-Mary Clarke, a young woman who had for some time been living as domeetic ■errant at house of Mr. Tooke, of Palkner-square and street, was charged him with being drunk and disorderly. making use of ...

... THOMAS WINSLOW IN NEW CHARACTER At the Polioe Court, yesterday, the man Thomas Wlnalow, who fifjured so conspicuously in a murder trial which caused much excitement in this town some few month ago, charged two females, named Margaret Jane Hieglns and Elisa Higgln*, sisters, with having robbed him of gold mi-h and appendage). It will be reonllected that these women were called for the defence ...

... pm-jwol HJnwg. LEX 8U Pit A. DOMESTIC. The directors of the Bank of England yesterday increased the rate of discount to 6 per cent The approximate returns of the revenue for the quarter, and alio for the year just ended, were completed last night, and must on the whole considered satisfactory. The net increase the quarter, in comparison with the corresponding period of 1859, will be about £1 ...

... «*!» . the and add*m of the tar publication, but m a guarantee of his good faith. Beoeived for Ihe Volunteer Press Guard from Mr. Pruddah, £1 Is. INQUIRSR.—The mode drawing has already been publicly announced: il is to draw all the tickets and the blanks. We advise our correspondent to attend the drawing, whioh oommences to-morrow at the rooms, in Bold street, where he m«y witness the operation. ...

... MONDAY, DECEMBER 31. Wind at Holjhead, £. Akrtvtd.—Guidalquivcr, M Lellan, from Lisbon—Alice BulL Hickey, New Orleans —Sardine, from Wexford, with wrecked goo.la (torn the Lydia—Aurora. 8-HLRD.—Deo '2a : for Woodcock, FaJermo—Punch. Foster, Geuoa—DuoLeat of Lancaster, Bordeaux-John l'.itaon, Owen, Bueuos Ajres. Dec. 30: Nova Bulla, Clark, for Bombay—Bragunza (a.B.U Ncvin, Oporto—Arcuva Ferrie, ...

... The Akhbar of Algiers gives en account of visit paid Mr. Cobden, at the Hotel de I'Europe, in that city, on the 21st instant, the representatives of the Chamber and Tribunal Commerce, acoompanied y.. 1 numerous body of merchants and traders. M. Solhaune, President of the Chamber Commerce, presented the visitors to Mr. Cobden. . M. Martin, President of the Tribune Commeroe, happily interpreting ...

... IST JANUARY, 1861. two places are mentioned, the last named fa that at which the Depdt the Regiment is stationed. CAVALRY. Slat (let bat). Birr; Life Quards. Regent * Pk. fifed tx.t.l. ; Do, Hyde Park. 22rd (let batl. Malta; Prk*rst Hone Guards, Windsor. 2nd hat), Malta; Parkhurst Ist Dragoon Guard* Madras; 23rd, (l3tbat.) Beugal; CLat'm. Canterbury. (2ndbat) Malta; Walmar. 2nd Do., Bengal; ...

... Hall—Thurton's Entertainment. Qaeeo'i Hall, Bold-street—Society Fine Alti Exhibition Paintings. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffiee-plaea—ExhiMttoa Pain tings the Liverpool Academy. Mayer 1 Egyptian Museum, Colquitt-street—Open dally (finl and third Monday the month free). Royal Institution Museum, Oolqultt-.treet-Open idly (first and third Mondav the month free). ClaTton Hall—The Carpenter Family. ...

... COTTON. . (From the Broker? Circular.) The total import into this port during the present vear has amounted to 3,168,669 bales, being an increase of 459,997 bales as compared with last year, and of 834,276 bales as with that in 1858. The export from this port amounts to 531.150 bales, against 382,960 bales in 1859, and 289,450 bales in 1858. The stock in Liverpool as declared this day is 545 ...

... TELEGRAM FROM CHINA. Fordow Office, Die 30. —A telegram, dated St. Petersburg, this afternoon, has been rooeived from Sir John Crampton, stating that intei;igenoe has been rooeived by the Russian Government from the 18th November, confirming previous bat giving no new details. The statu) quo, was oonsiiered to be satisfactory, had not been modified to that date. REUTER'3 telegrams. FRANCE ...