... ; Fs e l AT la- ?? I I r .LAN C;ATIEL IO1MI L i I COxMMSSiO-. . . he conmisgionerM ?? the :iuquiry jl; te .o'lockwe~erday morniing. PHobeirt Hodgjoq ?dlodef the Lord1 Neliesi :Inn, Chine-lane,' 'aldt atidnf-tli 'morning of the eleoiof ni ~age'' MI' Pecy'Wolilaatoni exa, :niied the-pr d his. house!' and wnoo ?? WtnS intr.. d d tei h rm d' siid to the stia.ger yiThis ip So-nd-so nwth so ...

... EXT:OADfltRY R AFFAtA IN SHEFFIELD. The-parochial ?? police authorities in Shoffield were on Thursday engaged in investigating whaat appears' lt b 'a most singlar but deteraniuea attempt at sdlf-starvation-- Bin attempt made under the most. peculiar and distressin Arouninsbaaces. Some time ago a man named Wo aton, with his wifoi and three children, weot to live iii G60r street The husband and ...

... l1:WALTH COIMITtUE. l1 '1711Pd wolfy me ,'ing of this ao-mmittee wis hold yvteNptrie/y9 ln th~j coaunoil chamber, Town, Hall, VI-, iltwfilog preolsidig, 'I'to other members pre- 0010 Wr44 Oir, Alderman Dover, Messrs. Glad- 1nu, huwilloi,5i Whitloy, Bairstow, Barton, WililtyV, telMltAdow, Iftgheos, Harrison, Stewart, ?? ;wud Dr, 'l'rylor. LE C'sOMPLAINTS AUAINST THE NIGHTSOIL CONTRACTOR. Mr. ...

... | REFORMATION. b ri TO THiE EDITOIS. OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. b Gentlemen,-The Tory prints complain of the dermonstrationa,' as we have fallen into the way f3 of calling meetings of the people, which were formerly called mote or moots, because they were 0 to determine whatrnust or ought to be. DiscussiOn, i they assert, ie impossible in such assemblies, con- r. sequcutly the assemblies are ...

... I 0 i ll~TO OORRESPODNT8 | we oanno inderiake toreturn oommuonationeof whioh we de not avail surselve5. Cominnlattlons should always be legibly written in ink and on ona side of the onplpyr mln length Inoreases tie difficulty of finding faee for ehnm. Whatever Is intended for Insertion . rauaS be authentioated by the name and address of She writer, not necesearily for publi'tion, but as a ...

... CHARtACTEUisTEc ANECDOTE or ABRAHAM LINCOLN.- A New York correspondent tells the toflowing story of President Lincoln :-Frafilliln. W. Smith, a Boston con- tractor, was tried by a court-martial and found guilty of pocketing a thousand or more dollars out of a contract with the navy department for supplies. The report of the court-martial was sent to President Lincolu for his examination, who ...

... AGRLCUILTUR1E. = - .. TuE aItNTIS Hop C0RoP-The Kentiesh Gazette says: - The accounts from the plantations which we hare re- ceived up to Saturday evening are on the whole favour- able. The rains of the past weak bave refreshed the plant on lands where moisture was wanted ; but heat is very much desired to mature the c:op already formed. In most of the best grounds the plant has made a ...

... Ia _ SUDDEN DEAuns FROM DIARREHa&.-We have this week to record several deaths that have taken place from persistent diarrhcea. Some ef the attacks have been very severe, carrying off their victims suddenly. William Barnes, aged seven years, residing in Back Bridge-street, was taken ill on Thursday vaeek and died on the following day. A person named Samuel Sutoliffe, aged 38 years, residing at ...

... BRITISH UETTRES DE CACIEMT. The following letter is published in the Doily i Sir,-I have just. been witness to a painful scene. Walking on the pier shortlybefore the departure of the packet for Holyhead, I saw a gentlemanlike young man violently pushed and dragged along by three rough-looking fellows. Struck.byso unusual a spectacle I turnedand followed, and soon came up with them. The young ...

... MODERATE REFORMERS AND . I TED, NATIONAL LEAGUE. We leamn that Mr. '-Bainos deolines to attend the Reform League meeting which is shortly to be held at Leeds, on the ground that he does not go so far as the conveners of the meeting. In other words, Mr. Baines does not concur in opinion with those of his constituents who hold, with the League, that manhood or universal suffrage would be a ...

... TlHE WEATHER IN THE PROVINCES. I Piuling Tuesday night and Wednesday heavy th rains fell almost continuously in all parts of York. Ric shire. The land is so saturated with the late rain. he fall that all the rain of Wednesday is expected to CH run off the land, and another flood is apprehended. ml All farm work is entirely stopped, and the general th outcry is of fears of sprouted corn. ...

... T IE C E THIE CHtOLER L~ There were 13 admissions yesterday to the sheds at Ashfield-street, 3 deaths, and 1 patient dis- charged cured. Total adnissions, 454; dead, 225; cured, 168; leayitg tO1 eases under treatment. The new admisiAis' were from the following places :-Porter-street, Chisenhale-street (4 csses, a woman and her three children-she died in 20 minutes after admission), Woodstock ...