... MR. JEFFERY qA EARLY I aCLOBINO . .t, The renowned Christy Minstrels tooktheir fare- on well of Liverpool for the season last evening,,when )li- they gave en entertainment-to which Mr. J. R. ste J eflery lent his pxatronage-in aid of the cause of. t he Saturdeay half-~holiday and general early ?? of m ovement. dt. James's Hall was crowded inx ev eryw -part. Besides th usual progra mme of songs ...

... I A BSRGHON THREAT NIG TO 13ROOT ~A SOLICITOR At Marlboroukgi.street (London) police court; on Tuesday' M. Joseph Strm'gfield, of No. 5, Ellen- borough l'ark Weston-super-.ere, Somerietehire, surgeon, was brought before Mr. knox, on a war- rant, charged with sending a letter threatening to kill Mri. William Watkine, of th6 firm of Watkins, Baker, and Bayfit sclioitoro, No. 11, Saokville- ...

... DEPARTURE OF THE DUKa OF EDINBURGH FROM GIBRALTAR The Gibrata'r Chronicfs of ?? savi The start of his Royal Highness the Du1e of Edinburgh yesterday for the Antipodes wasl attended with all the pomp befitting the occasion and the peculiar circumstances of the departure of a royal duke to clrourm-navigate the world. in the forenoon his royal highnees, not as a simple post captain, but as a ...

... COIRRESPOWDENOGE. THE DEPUTY TOWN-CLERKSHIP. TO TH19 EDITORS OP Tnz LrvzBrOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,-My name having been mentioned in the papers as a defeated candidate for the office of deputy .town-clerk, and it beig tstaed in some ot them that the choice made by the commlttee is to be contested in my .favonr by a clique, allowv me to say that no clique was iormed by myself or friends6 and that ...

... I I INSPECTION OF TEE BOTROUGH POLICE POUCR.- The inspectioa of the borokgh police force by F Colonel Woodford, Government inspector of con- t stablaty, will take place in the Old Camp Field, Everton, at one o'clook on Tuesday af ternoon next. a The men will parade in battalion order. h MR RYDER'S BEBEFiT.- Ur. Ryder, who has been starring at the Amphitheatre for some time, will take his ...

... I SECOND- EDITION. W . l~~BY TB^WBJL 1 gal action in the Tichboa baronetcy ca's s ' en commsenced, sald on #rppliewtou vice ahast> or Wood has appodted keevrs peodig ChanceL. the suits. _ a [nRXUTWS TELDGRAMIBL] .YOIlKJ Ju 27, six r.K, l -beK ?? o r >eeire in{ I h. goht = , . u OD Boston, and en Out; 'it nada a few Iief Lonelliatory speaches. Closing pries: Gold, 1, Sterling exchange on ...

... mTHE GRAND PRIX PARIS.I PARIS, JUNE 2. Since racing was nras established in France our neighbours have never witnessed such a day as the present, when the Grand Prix de Paris was run for in the presence of three crowned heads, some half-dozen royal princes, and many European nota- bilities. The day was intensely hot, and all Paris seemed to have turned out into the Boij de Boulogne. All the ...

... TVO ORRESPONDENTS. -Weoanotmlnndertake to returaneonuntcattons6o5 wslotls we do Rot avail ourselve. Communications ahonid always be legibly written In Ink, antd on one eide of the F- ope o length increaes the deliflty of antdlog Vpoe fo r itenx Whatever Is intended for inmetuion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily Jar publeatlon but ts a gurantee ...

... I LOCAL NIRWS. ! . IENi AT A GLASWWOKBS AT ST. HnsLE'S.- i On Saturday afternoon, & fire broke out at St. Helen's in a buildlng used by Messrs. Cunning- I ham and (Co., ?? manufacturers, as a warehoulle, prokn ondetai1f. The damage done tothe premises stock in estimated: at £fOO, which Isifully covered b Insurance In the PitCeniX Fire Office. The flie as Supposed to hare ,'been oecasioned by a ...

... I THBESTEAMBHIPJ~rnEAT EASTERN. ?? . : . ,I ._nENW .HE CLAIMBS Ol' T, CREW., The case of the Great,,Easteirn, uider arrest at, Liverpool:n sevyeralwarrnts,wa, opened in the Admiralty Court on Tuesdsy, o i a;p'plication, and rieinmed yesterday iorning att sitting of the court. . The srlearbisa numbering betWeen. 400 and 509, had ieti'uted. oie suit for wages, and la0ned damiage. for a wrongful ...

... SEMI-WEEKLY SUMMARY, I DOMESTIC. fi The Qaeen held a Court at Buckingham b Palace on Friday. G A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday h It is rumoured that the renewed movement 6 in favour of increasing the representation of d the six largest boroughs in England is giving I the Ministry much uneasiness, and that if the h proposal is adopted by the House of Commons si an appeal to the country ...

... l DI ?? tDA?TS. I The fortnlghtly meeting was held yejterady at the relleviyg .effloes, Hampton-street. The members present 'weri-eesrS'W. Bneuderson (oha man), Looekvins, Woodochei Beettil.aghto , Ti oball, Jaokson, Galans, and the ltov OA.Ai raham.:;-t' ' ?? ' N r iddi'g' te attr,~eprt'd henumber of ?? the' workhouse on the 20th nit: to be 828; adminited since, 61-.bgrn, ?? disobrged, o2; ...