... LOCt0GAL INTELLIGEXCE. I~ ~~ I .. Mrs. W. B. Gladstone will give a, ball on the let' of Jiuue for the introdctiocn to society of her second daughter, Mica Mary Gladstone.-Afrning Feat. T'In UcION CHAnor.AnLlr 'BWlr,.-Themihority of 93 who voted against the Union-Chairgoability B~ill on M~onday night'consisted wholly of; Conseir vatives.- Mr. J.''O, };wartj Mr. 'ibiretall, andMr. Laird voted ...

... LATEST AN TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. OOMMERCIAL. f4 LONDON, TUESDAY. The following were the salea reported on the 0 tock exohange up to one o'clock to-day:- n BiITISH AND FOREiGN RAILWAYS. lriotol and Exeter 4 95 CaledoniaD, ,, ,, ,,n,, . .,1521 Great Eastern. 48 7 a Great Northern B . , . . 13 0} c Great Western .,, 731 Lancashire and ...

... -'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. ...

... WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, EIGHT O'CLOCK, A.M. PLACES B. T. W. FE D. 1. IR. S. Nairn . 29.4862 s. W 4 2 S.W. a 1 Aberdeen.. 29B6461 s.s. w 7s. s.w r o0,19 2 Lv tb . 29,433 62 S.W.4 41 s. bol.. 8 Aidroasma. 20.84 50 s. i 8 .. .. r 0 0.io 8 Greeuc'tle 29.0G 50 W.S.W. ...

... I~, - - THE' RI RPE FATC OPBRTSHTAATI, To raise the enormous sum ,of sixty-fire to to trade and inc'Jvenience to -the taxpayers' is the'qdeation' whiih' the - Chancellor of the Exchequer'hai to s'o ve'n :his present a-ad in: all hisfothir budgets.- -In 'former times, little was thouhitof the*'eifeots of taxation on the convenience of the taxpayers or the prosperity, of trade, so long as -the, ...

... MPMEY DOCKS & HMRBaU) BOARD. The weekly meoting of the Mersey Docks anl p., bour Board was hel yesterday, at the dock o' e Revenue-buildisgs. Mr. R Brocklebenkpreidi,4 nr the other members present were -3fassm Fer;, Farnworth, Anderson, Hubback. Beazzle. lik Steel, Bold, B. Turner. rletcher, Bolt, Tobin, ArrZ Forwood, Busholl~and Littledalo. WOR8S COXMITTEF. The proceedings of the works ...

... THE GAS OMPABIY'S NEW BILL. VD,'n EDITORSn OP TRIO LIVERPOOL MBIBOU.4Y. Gentlemen,-I beg to enclosle you copy of at 'letter I have this day received from Mr. Willani Barrell, solicitor to the joint Committee for op. poig h above bill, and shall feel obliged by ycrISeing theflame in your paperof to-morrow. I tr wIl b noted with pleasure by those who hbave interested themselves actively in the ...

... AflaMIlnRr, MAY 5. The underurentloned, officers have been thie day pro-' incted to the remit of assistant engineers of the firot class In ber Majesty's Kleat, with senliorit of the 2Dtih Api-Mri. Richard Sellessr eMING lii~odhu ADMIRALT-Y, MAY 8. The-undermentioned officeti have been this day pro. minted to the rank of staft-commiander in her Majesty's fleet, with sen13ority from the 7th ...

... DAIRWEN. SUDDEN- DEATH OF A WomAN.-OunTlesday last, another sadden death took place in Darwen. On Tuesday noon, a little before twelve o'clock, a woman named Mary Ains- worth, wife of Thomas Ainsworth, carter, residing in George-street, was seized with an apoplectic fit, as she was passing along the street in the direction of her home. She was seen by two women who were passing at the time. ...

... D)ARWEN. ' PERFORMAMNCE OF SACRED Music-On Wednesday j evening, a selection of sacred music was performed in the I Independents' Meeting House, Belgrave-square. The chorus comprised the members and friends of the congre- a gation, assisted by the meeting-hlose choir, and the fol- lowing principals :-Miss Clarke, of Glouccster, soprano;: Miss Carrodus, of Keithley, contralto; Mr. Duxbury, of d ...

... ,pARLIA'EN[ARY INTELLIGENCE 11 HOUSE OF LORDS.-MOND.1Y, MKi 8. STRIggS ,S1D LocK OuTS.-Lord Sr. LrONARDS called attention to the subject of strikes and lock outs, and laid ,pn the table a bill for establishing councils of arbitra- ?? bill was read a first time. cut11rs oF JusrTc-.-Upon the order of the day for thle t ird rca-ling of the Courts of Justice Concentration B1ll, Lord RllIEDSDnALE ...

... THE SALFORD COBDEN MEMORIAT I On Tuesday evening, a meeting of working men was called ag In the Salford Town Hall, to form a working men's organl. at sation to assist In the erection of the statue resolved to be I put up In Peel Park to the memiory of the late Mr. Cobden. Lis The Mayor (Alderman Wright Turner) took the chair, and rn In opening the meeting said it was exactly a month since ae ...