... ,tryad uulmob meeting of the town council was b' ~~yes, mnt the counci chamber of the Town Hall, erd em Hoime, the deputy mayor, prodding. TOI. FANNIE COMMITTEE. gs of the finano ?? com. The psrceeudingons to increase the wages of Mr. B se or5ison, of the building surveyors depart. *Jansesfro 30s. to 403. per week, the consideration n:r;of was postponed at the last monthly council, i;suant to ...

... I - SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MEROCURY. Gentlemen,-Wo, the workmen in the employ of Messrs. Haigh and Co., do publioly acknowledge the gift of the Saturday half-holiday, commencing on the 7th of June, under the following conditions ?? commence on Monday at 7 am., anad on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 6 am., leaving off each day at 5 30 p.m.; and on ...

... I 'IJE JAPANESE AMBASSADORg I V181T To LIVERP90. I The members of the Japanese Embassy, who, as already stated, were invited by hts Worship the Mayor to pay a visit to Ilverpool, reached here yoavrday morning 9hortly before one o'clock. They . came from N eastle-on-Tyne, where they arrived on Monday nlght, and on Tuesday proceeded to Inspect the North 8eaton Colliery, where they were met by Mr ...

... FRENCH DESCRIPTIONS ENGLAND AND ENGLISHMEN. Generally speaking, the correspondent3 sent over by the Paris journals to the London Eibitionhave farnished the moat disnal, repulsive, and exag. gerated descriptions of England and of the manners arnd morals of Its people. Some of the letters written by these Freunh gentlemen after a few days' acquaintance with London Are evidently the pro- ductdon ...

... TBE EDUCATION COMPROMISE. The revised edition of the Revised Code, on which we had occasion to comment some weeks ago, has now been formally accepted by the House, and we have only to hope that with all its imperfections the new system may be found a decided im- provement on the old. There was nothing, however, in the debate of last Monday, to modify the regret which we have already expressed ...

... The news which we publish to-day may create excitement on a first perusal, but with one or two exceptions each item has been anticipated by those who have care- fully noted the military policy recently adopted by the Confederates. Ever since the retreat from Manassas it has been evi- dent that the Southern generals had resolved to alter their plans, and to retire into the interior of their own ...

... TEIS DEMI-MONDE 0F PARIS. The Court of isaizes of the Selno was engaged on Taesday in trying a man named Dexbeliner, aged 41, rscently cashier of AL Billet, stockbroker, on a charge of appropriating to his own use the large sum of 1,092,734 francs, entrusted to him by his employer. Two other persons, a young woman named oerrelle, aged 25, with whom Dexheimer cohabited, and a Swiss, named ...

... I | BY ZLEOrBR TEBLOISBAr. HOUSE OF LORDS. I MONDAY, MAY 12, The Lord Ohancellor took la seat on the woolsack c at five o'clock. e THE DISTR 8S IN THE MANUFAOrURING ( DISTRICTS. The Earl of SnAPT MBUnr said he wag anxlous to I put a queatlo4 to Lord Granville, of whloh he had I given him private nolloe, upon a subject of painful t but general Interest. The house was aware of the d severe ...

... I . . RAGGED SCHOOLS. TO TE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-I am desirous to correct a mistake made by Mr. J. N. Stolterfoht in his address on Xagged Schoole. He states that there are bat two sohools in Llverpool registered under the late Indus. trial :chool Act-the Soho-street and a Roman Catholic Institution-whereas there are three-the Soho-street, the Roman Cathollo School, and ...

... CIRCULATION or TMX LIVERPOOL MERCURY a Ourt contemporary has sustained his well- ?? reputation. We mnut admit tht, If Y he ~be not witty, he is wise, and that his dim- Le oraetion in better thanL his mannersatmost g 'dqual, in fact, to his boasting and audacity ie until he Is fairly confronted. The meanest of k creatures have an instinctive sense of danger, LY and fly from it If they can. We ...

... .. * .. . _ .-DI..TION= By XLECTRIC AND MAGNMI10 T grarxa The report of further prooeedings In lunacy being taken agnst Mr. F. Windham is unfounded ajeerslle.59ty his purchased 22W half-arown xhl- bitlon tickets for the members od the household. Notwithstanding the frequent showers yesterday the total number of visitors at the Exhibition, up to six pm., was 23,345, of whom 12,378 paid. The ...

... SYNOD OF THE PRESBYTERIANI I 86CHURCHI IN ENGLAND. On Tuesday, the Synod of the Presbyterian Church In England was opened, with the usual solemnities, In the Presbyterian Church, Regent-square, London. The Rev. Mr. Ballantine was the moderator. The Sywod was honoured by the presence of the Rev. Dr. Aug, of Geneva, the hisorian of the Reforma- tion; the Rev. Dr. Rlevel, the moderator of the ...