... RETROSPECTIVE ?? - BY A WANDERE. A good deal has been written lately on the subject of the wholesale destruction of our small birds, and the Liverpool MeArcuyr has not been found wanting in the endeavour to convince the English farmer of the fatd that when waging suecessful war against the £ birds he *aa not lessening the number of his enemels,t but actually diminishlng yearly the ranks of his ...

... I a The best friends of Italian freedom and a the worst enemies of Papal and priestly nmisrule could desire nothing better in the tf way of a moral spectacle than the con. o trasted proceedings which have been simul- o taneously going forward at Turin and at Rome. In the dignified firmness, the pru- d dence, the moderation, the patriotic self- restraint shown by the Italian Parliament in the ...

... 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 ...

... AN IOU VOYA AN . ADVENTUROUS .NOYAG,.] On Tiesday last, Mr.'Hen. ?? mcd 'merchant, Trongate 'acompanied by his ftbehlnh- prol law, drove from Bohesaay foirth. jurpose of 'tklki :OV issuall boat, intending to visit some of the Islapds qr top the Kyles of BUte. The' dy' belng fine *hei the an II started, nothing of .1itpottande occautkd during their prh outward trip to mar. thirx eonjoynmeitj ...

... LUSpool LaX UPWM SALUS ragm ~ urAdA Ur, bI tDOMESTIC. aS Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of a her Majesty's accession to the throne. In leaccordance with the expressed wish of the 5n Queen mno public demonstrations in honour le of the event were made. 41 The House of Lords did not meet yester- day. ae In the Commons, Lord R. Montagu I inquired on what grounds the French to Government ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGEN I ADMISION OF VISITORS TO T R EASTzr1N.-The Great Eastern is now,, v GB will remain so during the Whtturktidit ho sad Steamers run every 15 minutes from the day of the great landing stage. An aneoon, soth end the arrangements for visitors is ?? an W toe column. CHES r VOT.tNTERS-.l5hh Coutca Cheshire R. V.: EnsIgu. J. G. Carter to b ° t vice Woodward, res.; J. B. Cotter, gent. ...

... 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 ...

... FORTIFICATIONS . The subject of Monday night's debate is I one on which no prudent man will be inclined to dogmatise. The question of fortifications is at all times full of per- plexity, and it is doubly so at the present moment, when the relations of the arts of attack and defence are constantly shifting. It must always be difficult to determine, first, how far it is wise to incur certain ...

... Vil lo~ w rgi' ;SAI-S sputa KB;AM- ; B U mM A. Y - . I: DOMESTIC.. Mr. Edwin Jamzes will no longer: be 'able to ! boast, in ' replying-' to, seuious eharges against his. 'h 'nesty, that 'he is still 'a lmenibe* of the English bar an!d the her' 'of a patent of Queen's Counsel. The iLokd& Chancellor has directed that the pitent shall be cancelled. The Opposition has' raked up another case ...

... 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 ...

... Papers from Bombay to the 24th of May, and from Calcutta to the 15th, have come to hand. We take the following summary of news from the Times of Indfa of the 24th of May:- The Beechworth, 1265 tons, Frain, masster, while endeavouring to work out of Bombay harbour on the night of the 12th instant, grounded on tse south. vrest point of the Caranja Shoal, and is a total wreck. A portion of tle ...

... ?? MEXrOo, MAY 9. Sir Charles Wyke and Captain Dunlop arrived in this city on the 1st of May. The latter will leave for Vera CrOz almost immiediately. We have very uncertain information of the doings of the French troops. If we are to believe the Mexican papers, Zaragoza's despatches, and the re- ports daily circulated, prodigies of valour have al Y ready been performed by the Mexican army, ...