... WALLASEY LOCAL B t4 I ba monthli meeiima of thi. - I 0 monthlY mee.1g of tbe t ovening, at the publiI cfices he in the chair, and the other ronf-m, Xr n. 4 MeFSas, Flshwlck, Hill, Mrsharl'' Dre~etQN &nd Ioaa. , ofisft E i,, GAS AND WATER Mr, Marbhall, In mhoving the coz,6r proceedings of this Oommilttee e atfo mended that the Walary of Mr' Bd Isoot, of the gas and water rates, be lc eoll ...

... I PIEwPARING A FAMINE. -,j From diffdrent parts of the country lettera ame being written to newspapers and agrioul. tural journals, complaainig sorely of the Increaing ravage. of insects. Some writers reply that this in only a juit and Inatural punishment of man for the' prolonged and systematid'destruction of small'blird, whioh do more to keep down the pliiie''of inssoti than can be ...

... SXIimpL ol USXvUhA *. 8SAWLS POPULI LEX SUPRBAE. DOMESTIC. The marriage of the Princees Alice with Prince Louis of Hesse is to take place on the 1st July. The ceremony will be per- formed at Osborne. The Queen, being desirous that those who had the labour of erecting the building for the International Exhibition should have an opportunity of inspecting its con- tents, has kindly and ...

... SALUS POPSL LXW DUPRS . ~ ~ ~ ! _ _ . SUMMARa. ; I_ .W DOMESTIC. A Congress of Clergymen and Laymen is to be held at Oxford, in July, under the p.residency of the Lord Bishop of the DL)io- 'cese, with a view to consultation as to the best means of promoting the practical effi- eiency of the Church of England. The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the present condition of the ...

... -i.-MATIQNAL ASSOCIATION | FROVOTIOI OF SOCIATL SCIEJCE. 'existmeoo n Thur~ay, conjointly with the Ui4og:ib to. i International de Hleicfaisanoeewhich now holdsifts cond third eiession. The association stilIL claims Lord to ts Broughsam as iti presidenit, and, under his auspices it men enee0 more comes before tho pseblia with every Miy, peotisef soceaf ilyachevin lteei~alottd t mk. t'5 In the ...

... A new Masonic ?? was opened at Todmorden, on Thursday. The degree of doctor of music will, says the Datly N.v8Z , be conferred upon Meyefbeer at the Cambridge Commencement. The Prince of Wales will reach England in a few days. He arrived at Malta on Thursday. An extradition treaty llas been successfully negotiated be- tween her Majesty and the King of Denmark. A fire of considorable extent ...

... I DY zLOrtrO TILIGRAPH. HOUSE OF LORDS. TRUR8DAY, JUNE 5. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at five o'oloolc. COPYRIGRT OF WORKS OF ART. On the motion of Earl GRANVILI1, the Copy; right (Works cf Ar!) Bill was referred to a select committee. SOOTOC UNIVERISITIES. The UnIverstiles (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill and the Red Sea and India Telegraph 0h mparnry Bill were reoa a second time. ...

... (F.om the Special C'62inaissioner of ?? Dailg Teleyraph.k June 2nd.-Blackburn is the town in which the relief system is seen working most distinctly; and it is there also that we can watch the working of the calamity itself, less disguised, and, -I believe, less aggravated by atten- dant circumstances, than in any other town of Lancashire. The population is about 63,000, and of that number ...

... ag . -atest ?? ?? -A. ?? iBY BRIISH AND IRSH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH] MAIL NEWS. The Caltcuta, with the China and Australian mails, passed Jubal on S snday. The advices from Melbourmeare to April 26tb. THE m NISTERrAL CRISIS. The Globe denies tha.' the issue to-night is the question of retrenchment. The reill question now under debate is whether the head of govern. mont shall be Lord Palmerston or ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY. 3 The peaker took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. obertson took the oaths and his seat for Shrews- bury, in the room of Mr. Snaney, deceased. AUSTRIA AND VENETIA. - Mr. FREELAND gave It notice that on an early day after Whitsuntide, he should I call attention to our relations with Austria, and also to the state of the Venetian provinces as a source of dangei to the ...

... _ _ HOUSE OF LORDS.- MONDAY, JUE: 2. The Lord Chancellor took his seat upon the woolsack at five o'clock. FLOATING BREAKWATERS.- Lord RAVENSWOUTH asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether her Majesty's government bad taken any steps, or intended to take any steps, for carrying into effect the recommendation of the select committee of their lordships' House in 1860, upon floating ...

... Ilm. WALTER, M.P., ON NATIONAL EDUCATIONY. Tho 51st annual general meeting of the National Society for Promoting tho Education of the Poor In the principles of the Established Church was held on Thursday at Willis'S Itooms, King-atreat, St. James's Squaro, His Grace the Archbishop of York presided1 and on the platform wero the Bishops of London, St. Asapb Lchcfiehl, and St. David's, tho Earl ...