... 'At the weekly meeting of this board, onrlhnrsday, Mr. Councilor J. D. Hughes presided, and the following other members were present.:-Messrs. MiiA, Joseph Wilson, John Wilson Leyland, Carter, Trevitt, Shellde, Boots, Grindrod, Aebington, Scourfield, Willinms, Bolton, Miller, and Hunter. Tho committee appointed to examine thetestimonials of the candidates for the situation of medical officer, ...

... THE ~ FINANCIAL B I SOOA T - IO1 0 I he anaual'culngat of thifs asoolation was held 'by huat t-hing in the Hoert a, Lord Nelson. o,. street. Mbi. Charles Holland presided, and' the 'npo following gentlemen were also amongst those on esea the ~atform: 'Siir John Bowring, E. 0. Green. deti ing,V.I Coaossham, J. & Partridge, J. H. RBaper, gres 0. T. Bowring, J. B. Jeffery, Owen Williams, poil W. ...

... LATEST AD TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. A despatch from her Majeety's chargd d'affairen tl * Japan notices twvo additional instances of,, buaans and hoapitable treatment, by the Japanese uthoritiiao and people of shipwreced crews, and i painsl taken by them to preserve or recover property or gear belonging to etranded vsasale.- ge COMMERCIAL. w LONDON. TUESDAY. i; The following were the sales reported on ...

... SELEOT VESTRY. | REPORT UPON EPIDE~fMIC FEVEIL The fortnighitly meeting of the Select Vestr was held yesterday, in the boardroom of the Parish' Offices,1Brownlow-hjl. Mr.oChurchwardsn Denton WORKHOUSH3 COMMIITTB1B. T he proceedings of the workhouse commiten e anlud peset a cmrendChnrtowardent than tende of Mr. cunt for 1,l lirono beWtt , yd ndr of Mor. Ralkin for padding two lunatic Bylns tc ...

... I - . .. The annual meeting of the subscribers to th,e Ladies' Parochial Bible and Domestic Societv %;ie held yesterday, at Elope Hall. The atteudarcs which consisted chiefly of ladies. wvas not larc, The Rev. Dr. M'Xeile presided, aud those present were the Rev. Dr. HIrre 11iw seoretary), the Revds. W*. R- *Imie I' j . Pain, Si. Sampson, A. Gore, and llult; Mr. J. J. Rowe, &c. The proceedings ...

... ALARMING COLLISION ON THE BIRI(ENHEAD & CHESTER RAILWAY. BO On Saturday evening last, an alarming accident se (fortunately unattended with loss of life) took al place at theB Aington station, on the Birkenhead tb and Cheater Railway. It appears that a coal train ra which left Chester at 6 10 p.m. reached Bebington tL about 7 40, and was in the act of shunting or th crossing from the up to the ...

... Last evening, about seven o'clock, as some workmen were pawsing through Parliament-street, they observed smoke issuing from No. 2 room of Meser. Gyton's warehouse, In the occupation of Messrs. Dean and Co., and ueed for the purpose of storing corn and jute. The warehouse, which is a large block of buildings, with a frontage in Parliament-street and runs back to Greenland- street, is skirted by ...

... CHESTRH ELECTION. THE NOMINATION. The nomination of candidates for the represen- tation of Chester in the ensuing Parliament took place yesterday morning, on the Roodee, the covered Deo stands being divided into oompart. ments so as to form the hustings. The centre compartment was apropriated to the sheriff of the city and other of orls, the compartmente ad. joining on the right and left being ...

... CORRESPONDENCE' WINDSOR ' BUS NUISANCE. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY, Gentlomen, -Permit me through the medium of. your. extensivoly-clrculated paper to call the attention of the Messrs. Busby to the disgraceful manner, in which their Widseor 'buses -are 'cosdpted. It is renlly very annosing to eit on those supposed Conveniences, *htle the poor brutes who are, pullg them are going ...

... | CORRESPONDENCE . I . PUllLIO HOUSE LATE HOURS. rTO TsUDITORSS OF TE8 LIVHPoOOL IIUROOky. Gentlenen,-If the publlo are to receive any musoe- rate bedertfromay lntDicating drink houses Itsehould bdeloaingat ten o'elock at night and not opening unst eight next, morning on the six days, sad on the Sabbath either nbt open at all, or from hail-past twelve to two, for the labouring man, to get his ...

... -'TB- PROGRESS OF FEE LABOUR. THE COTTON TRAbtE ' h ,A paper' has jqAt been laid before Parli&- i inent which thro66' much'additional light on n the,.progress 'of ,fsee labour iIn the production ir of ' he- thre6 great articles of cotton, coffee, g d 'sugar. - The fcts shown in this paper L- are of the greatest intereit at thin peri~od of & transition, when the most important of all Y these. ...

... THE NEW lOUSIP OF COMMON.I PLACE. REPRESENTATIVES. L l Abingdon.__ . .Oolonel Lindsay 1 Andover .. H..on. D . FortBoson.,. Mr. W. Humphrey .. Anglesea. . S.. :irJ.P.'Bulkeley .1 Arundel .. Lord E. Roward. ..,1 Aebburtob .. Mr. Jsrdine.. .. 1 Ashton-under.Lyne..Mr. Miluer Gibson.,. 1 Aylesbury ..Mr. S. G. Smnith ..1 Mr.N. M. Rothschild 1 Banbury ...