... ELECTION OF BIRKENUEAD COMMISSIONERS. Last evening a reeting of the ratepay'rs of obirkenhead wag heldaintit 0Workmai's Hall, for . the purpose of nominating eight oommieionera.to be elected at the annual oeection on Taesday next 2 in place of those who retire by rotation. Mr. 3 Thomas Williame, of the firm of Orowe and 4 Williams, timber merchants, was called upon to We may state that the ...

... ENGLAND. Tan C oUrT.-Her Majesty, we are happy to say, is en- joying excellent health. During the week the Queen, a-t - companied by some of the members of the Royal family, , has paid frequent walking visits to the Royal gardens and 1 the Duchess of Kent's and the Prince Consort's Mausoleums t at Frogosore. On Friday, for the first time since the death i of tho Prince Consort, the Castle ...

... To the EDITOR of thA ABEDEREN JOURNAL. U Sir,-Will you allow me through the medium of your b columns to offer a suggestion in regard to the Public Build- iogs Scheme, which, were it adopted, would, I venture to b think, materially lessen the cost of the Building, and at the s eame time afford facilities for opening up the front of u Marischal College, which hae so long been desired by the A ...

... VWmJ NFISDA^Y. November 22, 1805. T1IE French Government shows a pacific tendency in i) the various schenmes proposed for the reduction of the pr ariny. Notwithstanding the revolt in Algeria, it ap- fo pears the withdrawal of the army from Rome permits pC this reduction. It is reported that France has taken ds offence at an American remonstrance on Mlexican mat- de ters, and the French ...

... WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1865. ^ a ?? v--- The first Report of the Royal Commissioners ap- pointed to investigate the origin of the Cattle Plague, and to suggest the best remedies for arresting its pro- greis, has not been received with public favour. They have been most diligent in their researches, and have collected a large mass of information, which de- serves serious attention and may be ...

... SELLING FE\TAN NEWS.-Last night, about ten I ,,CjOcj ItA blind man was arrested in North Street for offering for sale a number of slips purporting to con- I tain the latest news from Dublin ?? the trial of the State prisoners and of the escape of Stephens. The slips also contained a letter headed Dublin S Castle, Friday morning, Nov. 24th, and directed to . Dear O'Downell. Tbe prisoner-who, ...

... TEE ESTABLISHED CHufroti, I TEE Rev. It. S. Close, of Newtonles-Willows, York- shire, England, asd formerly a ornate in Dublin to the late Rev. Dr. Fleury, having received a valuable apointtment as rector, after laboring fur twelve years as curate in the parish, was presented on the 21st uP. vith an address and beantiful silver inketind as a token of the esteem in which he was held by the pa' ...

... I LMER OF CPTAna WADDELL TO EaRL RmsUSm a. Tim LiverpooZ Daily Post publishes Captain Wad- deltl' letter to Earl Boardt, on the strength of which he was liberated:- Steamer Shenandoah, Nov. 5. ' To the Right aon. Earl Rasoell, LB .B. Minister for Foreign Afi~ird. 1$ My LoJD-I have the honor to announce to your lordship my arrival in the waters of the Mervey, with this vessel, lately a slaip ...

... by AINArwar, Nov. 4,-The Freemaocns of this city st have addressed the followsing letter to the Pope, at m, in reply to his Holiness's diatribe egaist Free- ;tl masoDry?- :e f MOST EoIY F&Tara-Following the example of ri- segeral of your predeceesors upon the Pontifical d- throne, you have thonght it compatible with the r- honor of the Roman purple to etigmatise in the eyes 1S of the world a ...

... Ie (ESTABLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22, 1865. By the arrival of the City of Boston, with New York advices to the 11th inst., we learn that the passing of the Constitutional Amend- ment Act, necessary for the full restoration of the Southern States to the Union, had been an- nounced. A paragraph in the news now to hand informs us that Earl Russell had been informed by Mr. ...

... LAST evening, the thirty-eighth annual meeting of this society was held in the Corn Exchange-the MAYOR of BELFAST (J. Lylle, Esq.) in the chair. There was a large and most respectable attendance. The meeting having been opened with devotional exercises, a The MAYOR said ho was happy to see so many C friends present that evenieg, but he would like to see a a greater interest being taken in that ...

... [BY 3tA.GXZTIC TELFGR4AP. ] IVWIYS-LETTER OFFICE, l;lcdesda-y Mraoq. '1 THE MINISTRY. The Post says-' If ?? qaestion of Reform is to be adjourned, as it probably will be, Messrs. Hors- man and Lowe would add immensely to the weight of the debating power of the Treasury Bench. If, on the other hand, Reform be uroe], we do not sea where the Ministry can gain anything h ut additional weak- ness. ...