... THE MERSEY DOOKS A&D HARBOUR BOARD BILL. Yesterday there was a very large attendance in conimittee room No. 12of the House of oomeinus, ?? consisting of gentlemen conneoted with verpool, for the purpose of heariug the further proceedings relative to this most important bill. Admiral Dunoombe and the other meatbers took thvir seats with their usual punctuality, but the aottuenment ?? yv thQ ...

... --III - aElertUMM 8EIUT-WF.4EK.LY SUMMARY.. I DOMESTIC In the House of Lords, on Tuesday, a debate took place on the conduct of the Government in issuing orders for the deten- tion of the Confederate cruiser Tuscaloosa in Simon's Bay. Lord Chelmsford, who iiatro- duced the subjeot, contended that the term- porary seizure of the vessel was an unwarrant- able stretch of authority, and ...

... I On Tuesday evening, anadjourned meeting of the delegates from the different trades appointed to arrange for a working men's demonstration in the event of Garibaldi visiting Liverpool was held at the Co-operative Stores, Camden-street. There were only about a dozen delegates present, the sudden alteration in the plans of Garibaldi having probably affected the attendance. Mr. J. E. Jones took ...

... I In accordance with an address of the House of Commons, the Government has just laid before Parliament very full and comprehensive informa- tion as to the harbours of refuge already being constructed as well as respecting the more exten- sive projects of a like kind which have been pro- posed. The return made to the House of Com- mons consists chiefly of a document of remarkable interest as ...

... ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP JURA. The Canadian mail screw-steamship Jura, from Portland on the 26th ult., arrived in Lough Foyle at 10 10 p m. on Saturday, and, having transferred all the mails except those for London and Liver- pool, proceeded for Liverpool at 10 60 p~m, all well. She arrived in the Mersey on Sunday. The Jura encountered heavy easterly gales for ten days. [TELEGRAPPH COMPANY'S ...

... IL d The captain of the Federal cruiser Kearsage has a- lddressed the following letter to the Marquis of I Clanricarde- h My Lord,-Mly attention has in several instances been e directed to the debates in Parliament, of which the e United States sloop Rearsage has been the subject o matter. The remarks which your lordship in reported ). to have mnade in the debate of the 5th instant have led e ...

... IV DIA, UHIINA, AND AUSTRALIA. I The advices by the overland mail are from' I Melbourne to February 25th; Hong Kong, March E 1st; and Calcutta, March 10th. INDIA. The Patna conspiracy has ended by the capture of all the ringleaders, and the latest advices from that district pronounce everything to be quiet. The HurkartU says- Some excitement is being caused by the prohibitory order of the ...

... I THE TICKET-OF-LEAVE SYSTEM. Sir George Grey's Bill for the Amend~nent of the Penal Servitude Acts has been in its turn amended by the House of Commons, and there is now reason to hope that it will intro- duce a real arid effective reform into our criminal legislation. In spite of the strenuous opposition of the Home Secretary, it has been determined, by the substantial majority of 148 to 120 ...

... i RAILWAY TRAFFIC. Week's total. Half-yaer'stotal. Belfst ridN. ounies1884. 1863. 14. 1863. Miles Belas an N Oontea2088 207 28053 25584 133 Bristol'bied Exeter ?? 8166 5752 74990 75335 121i Caledonian ?? 17582 15514 151768 135556 248 Cornwall ?? 1607 1316 15622 16183 531 Cork ourS Bandon ?? 350 406 4662 4554 30 Dleeside ?? 293 266 981 1052 17 Dublin & Belfast Juno. 1234 1293 17575 17831 63 D ...

... LATEST I TEIEGRAPHIC NEWS. - _ nr REUTTER'S TE LEGRAMS.] ti FRANCE,. V cI PARI,, APRILj 22. ti j1 &,,er~e has been heavy. Itentes quoted at ti -f. or 2.5c. lower than yesterday. a * - ?? THE BUDGET. ti PARIS, APRIL 22. si J/-(7fIl', of this evening says the discussion on 41 tb Dudgt has been portponed for a few vdays. cI t lil probab~ly be found necessary to prorogue tbe ~CrP9 Il-fsislatif ...

... mRgaTII COMmITTEE. .: - - r ' - X The weelily meeting- was held yesterday. Pre- I nt (ithe eblatreDover, Hey. wortb, , H%dodok, Wil~laui~ Whieatl ry Harrion,, RidleyMe adw, WsA1, ?? ttt, Jo ery Berto.. A deputatia fromt New Exchange nildings Company, consieting of Mr. 0. Parker, the chair. maM.Squat~y, solicitor, and Mr. J. Botilt, had n intri with the committee in reference, as was ...

... n The number of vessels lost from running on shore e in foggy weather has been so great of late years, ,e especially in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the g coast of Newfoundland, where the mixing of the t warm waterbroughtnorthwardby the Gulf Strea& .d with the cold water flowing from the Arctic regions produces dense and continual fogs, as to render it e a matter of the utmost importance to ...