... I LOCAL INTELLIGTSENCE. _ 1 DEFAULTING RATEFATERS.-At the borough police court on Thursday le-a, a number of ratepayers were sum- moned for non-payment of Local Board rates. All the cases, except two, were settled out of court. Orders for immediate payment were made by the magistrates in the two cases. LANCASHIRE PATENTS.-John M'Vitie, of Preston, for certain improvements in mules for spinning ...

... FOREIGN MISCELLAN Y. ?? - - . .. . I . I -. Wild boar bunting is being carried on with great suc- cess in the forest of Orleans and in other parts of France. Servia is moro warlike than ever in her popular tone and outward seeming. Troops are being reviewed, commis- sions granted in hundreds, and drilling carried on without remission all over the country. The Vienna Gazepte calculates that as ...

... | AR. BRIGHT AND MR. DANnY SEY;Bl1?1 I . - . . As mlght have been anticipated, a second letteri, been addressed by Mr. H. D. Seymour, M.p .lv*. M~r. John Bright. Mfr. Seymour says: c(i; Morley appears frow. hisg second letiter ?? to liab mitsunderstood what I wrote to him, and It explale to Mr. Bright follows: lt Athenmum. Cleb, yan. My dear Brlght,-I am sorry to be oblige& to trecb you with ...

... (From the Lancet.) Recent legislation has so thrown open the shipping trade of this country to competition with the world that we can only regret that there should be anything in the hygienic condition of seamen that would seem not only to justify, but to call for the further interference of Government in the way of defining and enforcing upon owners the provision of such articles of diet and ...

... THE GUN ACCIDET A i I - -. . .BIDSTO-N. 1r -.-AJJvW- . 1- 0h SaturdaY's Mercury we publi6ed ia be of a melancholy accident which oaf nt Friday'afternoon to Frederick Iigla, a 176 years of age, son of Mr. RHdgsm B;- rd merebant, residing in Shrewsburoanfd ; The deceased and his brother, iithtf de oung men, named William 1iUi, eeidj h- Mdwrard Mttils, aitect and surve~, 2 it head, and Charles ...

... LIYVE'RPOOL MARINE SOC.IETY. A 8eneral annusl meeting of the members ot this ooclety was held yesterday, at the Clarandox-rooms. Mr. B. Derbyshire presided, and amongst those present were Messrs. ?? Frost,'iun. William Marddn,'B. Brocklebank, H. 3?onsonby, J. 'Mrn, W. Eggington, . L'aeo;* Captains Downward, J. Tasker, anhd Pleother,- ?? ?? T Vhe CRAIRMMhaving referred to the loss vhich tht ...

... A MILLION DEATHS -, ,: r 0 ?? FAMIN-E. V gritt i .Und eitbheabove'tartlidg h'eading'the Piiedd'of Idfca. of'lWov. 29 writes as 'foUowl :- Mr. i' Raveinshaw, coiiinissiop'er',of Oriasa, has Aeutt'q the Bengal Govermnent A -seport of the famine in atht province. Never'has so heairtz!idiga'pioture 'been drawn.' Ai offlcial'-whose bias, ifitx must lead 'him, to .ton'e' dovn !the h'orrible ...

... - WIRRAL PHII~HARMi. ' QC.IETY'S NCERT. . The third concert in connection with the ?? ii Phil]harmonim Society for the -pre nt 6nn'took' Placj lost evenig,- in thpkehbdMuul-Hall. e T~helroom waa rouw #1,'byalbrilhn'ut. and coritical.9 . ,avu e.Sc th'merits o'f foriner; coiicesrts'- * iia Fse~ten, aea ,all'.unprejudiccQ frequenteras . r will av hey, wer'e'not of meau'ordef~-ths conqert' . l ...

... I T7ORY RECIPE FOR IS~) A; ~ e !1 ?? have ?? to. lbelisve;, (says . :he Daq, I Tdrcroph) that the'present Cabunef l6.'ivegWQ ?? importhtnteasIBUresforthethOroiigh) pacification of Ireland. In tha. first plaoa.it'.is reposed to, trafer all the endowxneuteofthe Protestant seat to the Buppor I thzBrdt' Catholic Church. 'Dr. Cullen is ?? the t incomemnow allotted to Arobbiahop:Trepoh, . andt so ...

... IIfC~ORRESPONDENTS. We v ten I ed ktorsturnoommountirtlo ot which WOe do haest Va1 OUPSoelvesl Commanncations should mlwayp tiedegibly *ritten in ink, and an ocm side of thre MEu~ a,TmWoBR.-Sh* iB not. Rpanpee'~cn engthnrae the ditterculty of fike-ndin iL 0* ?? ecoleoiono2 nchan iudividual wademy tearLivrpO ?? no Scuh Ew .T~hochfiren 2 th decasoddaugters wil1 take '.-lhere too -uhaeve in ...

... FtOWAGE OF SHIPS. l of, t, -1e Committee of the Association for the Pro- ,° 'ctUOll of Commercial Interests as respects W Wreaked or Damaged Property has Issued a vain. 1r7, able report on the stowage of ships. Both in this pao; and in London the stowage business is in the. aot hands of stevedores-themselves fairly competent tof men, but who frequently leave the actual work brts to be ...

... .On Sunday evening a fire occurred at Dundee, which, if not for magnitude, at least for intensity And dangerous character, has been exceeded by Dope since the burning of Messrs. Kirkland and Son's woodyard some years ago. The subjects of the conilagration wer~e he mill and adjacent pre- mnises in D~ouglas-street, Lower Pleasance, known, we believe, as ILower Pleasance Mfill, and belong- ing to ...