... Last evening a public meeting wa3 held in Hope Hall for the purpose of affording liuforimatlon awith respect to the constitution and operatlons of the .Rdinbturgh iedloal-rdissionary louiety, and to in. augurate a branch of the society in Ltverpool. It may be stated that the object of the society, whicb was inititutted in 1811, Ia to promote the propagation of the Gospel amongst heathen and ...

... SALUS POPULI LX SUPRUMA, DOMESTIC. The Queen has formally signified her fr wish that no celebration of her birthday sc should take place this year. ni Last evening, Earl Granville laid upon it the table of the House of Lords a copy of I the modifications which have been made in St the Revised Code. It is now proposed to S grant 4s. a year for every scholar, on the o1 average attendance; and a ...

... ADDRESS OF THiE POPE ON THE TEM11PORAL POWEC . Tie oeicial Joxnrso eof uhhoer give- the Allocution deslivered by the Pope at thb canonisation onl '1ue'day teek, in the Uhuich of the Minerva, of three martyrs *f Japan 14 Xotbing ceriairly could be more asreeable to my LCart than tie cernmony of which we are all wit- -.zee, and which inc:ease; the number of the sor- vaoti of God and the saints, ...

... LATEST, AND TELEGRAPHIC NEWS 1ll GAZETTE NCEWS. fe J. C. Pakenbam, Esq., has been appointed her Fe Majesty's consul in the island of Madagascar. h The appointment of the Hon. H. G. Elliott to ti proceed on a special mission to the King of Greece w is gazatted. to A notice from the Foreign Office states that the a passports of Brltish subjects visiting Switzerland are ti no longer required to ...

... THE ST'ATE OF MEXICO. Acommunicationby the last mail from Vera Cruz, a in the Debats says- It ls only now that the Sival a. tion is beginning to assume a definite form and that t1 it can be understood. But, to understand clearly o what is going on, tis necessary to be acquainted with ox the ground on wsich the operations are taking place, a To say the truth, there is no Liberal party In the b ...

... ?? - Sk d.L ILB IRHE LIGHT OF BICENTENARY I I -- - STARS. I MESSRS. MAOFADYEN AND MELLOB. OHAPTIR U1, thsBehold, Ye fast for strife and debate, sand to smite with th flat of wickedness. When that wretched creature Riohard Cromwell had retired, (by the way, why do they not canioniseI him?)I the Readers of the dominant party, ministers and ias men, met in London and passed a series of ...

... I ~ -- I- I NEW WATER StAIPLY.-Tho cottage property in Bolton- street, Grimshaw-strect, and other branch strets, is, we understand, about to be sup lied with water, for domestic purposes, by Mr. James Waey, Spring Vale. We hope the Water Company of Darwen will at once endeavour to let those. aupplied by them have better water, so that there will be no cause for the people to complain. PE'rr ...

... THE QUEEN will leave Windsor for Balmoral on the 1st of May. She will pass through Preston, and proceed by the Lancaster and Carlisle and Caledonian Railways. THE GUILD.-We understand that the Guild Committee of the Corporation have decided upon holding two oratorios and two evening concerts during the Guild week. The oratorios are to he the Messiah and Elijah; they will be given'on Tuesday ...

... THE LAST ESCAPE OF THE NASHVILLE I It appeara from the latoet accounts from Fortress Monroe, as welt as from Beaufort, that the reported burning of the ffashriwit steamer by the Confederates at Beaufort and the later rumours of her havinD been captured by tho Federals are aliko untrue. Sho has once more mabo her escape, having succeeded in running out of Beaufort har. bour ?? night of the ...

... I ITALY. ADDlESS TO LORD ]?ALMEl:STON. Tusl:U', MArmC 17.-A committee elected by theinhfbi' r]?t.s of Foggia, presided ovcr bv tho prefect, hsa reolved ,;t sending an asldrtss to JLord p'almeraton, thanking h~im fer the vwords he sy'eke in tho Houso of Clommons durnog ths rec'o?4 dirsiission on Italian nffairs, eand prayiog his lard~hIP. in tho interest oE Italy. to continue iu the same & ...

... !TrB DI8ThPM8 IN NHOAM&1p.E. I ELA ODzinU.-At the fint moetiz of the newly ?? board of guardians for this union, ',eid on Btnrday morn- leg, the rotumo of the reileving office Ghowed that no fewer than 7,429 persons belayn to the Blackburn da- tri bad been relioved der?^g the weel, at a Wost of *417. 9s, being an extess on the previoni wee's returns in number of 143 and in osat £32. 16a.; ...

... ,LMIG1ZATION TO QUEENTLAND, Mr. H. Jordan gives the following Information, valuabls to intended emigrants to Queensland - In the firstplaco ib may be stated that under the arrange. monba of the colonial government a limited number of respectable persons may now secure free passages to this fine colony, whithor they will be convoyed in first-class his, well found with provisions of the best ...