... I I AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF TITE JAVA. LovxsR'oOa, Saturday. The royal mail steamship, Java, Capt, Moodie, from 'Boston on the 2nd, end Halifax ont the 3rd, reached the Mersey shortly after two Wo'lokr this afternoon, bringing ei ghty-nine passengers, but no speciel. A Washington tdelegaml Of thle list Dee., says :-1 It has been ascertained positively that the committee on ban~king end currency ...

... I HTE LANCASTER ELECTION COMM1SSION. LANCAShI, Friday. Mr. T. J. Ilnrstowo and Mr. R. M. Newton, two of theu Condueissioiers appointed to inquire into tho existence of hribery and corruption lat the last and preceding elec- tions for the borough of Lancaster, resumed their investi- gaticn in the Shire Hall, this morniug. It will be recol- lected that the inquiry was oponed in August last, and ...

... LATEST NEWS, ?? TLzEszU. AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) New Yosa, Jan. 23, Evening. The House of Repreeentatives has passed a Bill pro. hibiting any person who took part in the rebellion fromn practising at law. FRANCE. THE CASE OF LAMIIEANDE. PARIS, Jan. 20. The Gazette d.s TIribunaix says it is asserted that the English Goverment has made au application for the surrender of Lamnirande. ...

... TORCHILIGHT REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE OF I MR. JOHN BRIGHT. Last night, a somewhat novel scene was witnessod on Cronketshaw Common, Itoehdale, nearly in front, and within a stone's throw of the rosidouce of Mr. John Bright. Many thousands of persons, chiefly of the workiug-class, had assembled on the common, under the auspices of the National Reform Union, to show their ...

... THE RECORDER AS.A DOMESTIC ECONOMIST. AT the request of the Mayor we insert the interesting and amusing letter of our learned Recorder, which appeared in the columns of a contemporary yesterday. We can excuse his Worship for having overlooked the Morning Paper for twenty-four hours so early in the year, because we know he had no intention of slighting its modest preten- sions, and many besides ...

... NIW RAIILWAY SIGNAL. TmE last new thing in railway signals is perfectly oriil, and promises to be the most popular yet brorglit out, A tube is inserted ii the roof of each carriage, and is pierced on the aide nearest to the passengers by a slit, just wide enough to take in t he edge of a card. Outside the carriage, and of course connected with the tube, are a detonator and light-signal, ready ...

... i - LORD MACAULAY ONCHARTIST . . - PETITIONS. & (From the Scotsman) v `Tn following letter by Lord Macaulay, hitherto 0 unpublislied, is, though written nearly 21 years ago, still so appropriate at this time, and otherwise so r. characteristic, that it will be read with general g interest. It was addressed'to one of his constitu- 3- ents here, his Lordship being at the time member 5e for ...

... HORRIBLE TREATMENT ?? T w,-llt A SocxlNG story comes to us from Hereord a an idiot boy named Johnny Hards, who WM ssal have been found dead on a bit of straw in l owing to the gross cruelty with which he halt treated. An inquest was held upon t ?? b ; Which witnesses deposed that the poor boyh ?? a shirt washed for twelve months, and th'at he i been seen in a cold cellar almost naked, haviu,, ...

... T - A - . .. ?? In addition to the operations already comnnenced for the re ief of the poor in Full, an effort is now being made to provide some relief for the destitute poor residing in the old town. On Friday a meet- ing, convened by the Rev. John Scott, M. A., the incumbent of St. Mary's, Lowgate, was held in Mr Dutchman's sale room, through the kindness of Mr Dutchman. There were present ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. I A Nnw Yonic telegram of the IIth instant announces that the Legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia have rejected the Constitutional Amondment. That is to say they refuse the profferred compromise of Congress, and prefer to remain unrepreseuted rather than submit to 'he terms of the amendment. It is believed that this action of the Border States is largely attributable to ...

... LATEST NEWS, [rREn 's TEIzEon , AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) Naw Yor, Jan. 8. The House of Representatives has passed the res). lution for the impeachment of President Johnson. The Innman steamer City of Baltimore arrived or, to-day. PRUSSIA. BMaDw, Jan. 9. Baron von Werther, hitherto Prussian Envoy at Maarid, is spoken of as the future representative gf Prussia at the Saxon Court. It is ...

... LEEDS, JANUARY 12, 1807. DEATH OF Mit. D]UNOAN MACFARLAN.-We have to record thu death of this gentleomirs, which occurred at Airduaddy Castle, Oban, N.i., on the 4th iust. Mr. Mae- farenn carried on for upwards of thirty years a succeesfal busiuess in Glasgow as a Scotch tweed masnufacturer and merchant, having won for himsel]f a reputation for in- provinag thie fabric of an importantlbralule ...