... The notice paper for the quarterly and f monthly meeting of the town council on Wednes- day contained a formidable array of business, much of it of considerable importance. From the outset, however, it seemed probable that very inconsiderable progress would be made ; for what between the depressing effects of the almost in- e sufferable weathtr and the attraction of Mr. Glad- stone's ...

... ' I l):D.l'CED FIUOM OSERlVATI(3NS TAKEN AT THE LlVE;RlOL OB 3EiIVAT'031tY. L',tilude, 5' 3124' SN. IA igitudO, a- 4' l7W : llI~iO~dET'i'i. T3M'Iiii';ATUilL. Mionthi 3~ ?? ~ ~ ~ ~ t Ae-gost. I nch Ijich. Incl.' Deg.' Deg. lseg. Deg. tonhiay .17 29.9i 2r.82 251.503 65.4 l60.2: 64.3 00.7 i'lesdav.18 29.Si 2!0.7(i 29,782 64.4 t0.4 60.4 00.0 WIe'dIyl1 :10,07' '2.85 291.t).5 (i4. 6 63.3 68.9 t0.4 ...

... TlHE GENERAil POS-OFFICIE.I I'V1ec PostmastcrGeinerald's Report for 1s;7, re- , cenlly 1'jItlsliilied, enables is to forni ill: idea of the t vast alnd increasing propoltiolis which the Post- ffice lies taklell, of the gleat and varied work it tlct's, and of titi' priicilile 111)011 Whicwh it is donlle. lb.' grwtlil of the business of tins department is sounething quite niarvellois, anti is in ...

... I P P B. G. 0. (the Rsv. Lord Sydney q Osborne) sends to the Times a letter on tlbet ili of pulpit cowardize. He states at the L7'tq that thasi himself none can be More s5 955ak from experience, from study of preak^je441 congregations, why it is the pulpit i any power which it everpossessed. a t losjz voted to be trials of patience, and theC kns a are inclined to cry out, 'If we ca tive ...

... MATRIMONIAL HOAX IN THE I ISLE OF MAN. A few weeks ago an advertisement appeared in a Manx newspaper, emanating from a Rochdale manl who was in search of a wife. This advertise. ment was observed by several young gentlemen in Castletown, and they banded themselves together for the purpose of playing a hoax on the wife. hunter. Enlisting a young lady into the con- spiracy for the purpose of ...

... I IRELAND WITHOUT A STATE I CHURCH.. (,Fon Irreland and MOr C(huirchese, by Jice My object is simply to inquire what would be thb probable reaults of an act of Parliament sever- ingthe connection between the Church and State in Ireland, and placing the clergy of all denomi- nations on exactly tlhe seame footing? Would such a measure, if carried, strengthen or weaken the Government? Would it ...

... AAIE'R*I('AN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. TbIherccomnmnendajionls(f Presi(lentAndnewv Johnson for the amcndnunt of the consti- tution of the United Stateft will notbo likely to have nmuch weight, at the present time, ,With the Scnate ?? House of Represen- ta~ivcs, to whom theyare officially addrovsed. It is a stri]irng instance of the degroe of xipparflt separation beth Ieen the functions of a g. ...

... The Rev. J. B. Millson, for 21 years the pastor of Chapel-street Chapel, Southport, has resigned in consequence of increasing deafness. Mr. Thomas IV. Serjelut, of this town, has been p pointed superintendent to the Liverpool Lock Hospital, vice T. Oulton, resigned. Mr. Pickering, Q.C., has been named (says the IPerial eRew) as a probable successor of the late Mr. Stephen Temple in the office ...

... IMPORTANT DECISION. A very important oint in reference to sales by auction was decided y Sergeant Wheeler, LL.D., at the Ormskirk county court, on Saturdiay. Mr. James Platt, auctioneer, of Southport, sued Mr. Thomas Bentley, broker, Wigan, for £13 1us., the sum at which a hogshead of claret bad been knocked down to the defendant's wife at a sale which was conducted by the plaintiff at ...

... COIRRESPONDENRE . 'To Titi II £CCTu~l'i 'CC7C Till ICCII' ''161( 11. 103T1. fly 0l'CtlestuiIC. The Ifie'r ut 8oiitiIhp M'f, exte'.nt I ,I CI ~zfor IlI.'Crly iC 111115 latf' tile 1,1CC, Ps wd'ifCCidCI. I fl CICI t cf C itis aiovouritIC ivilconfl11 plceCV, CCC ICIICC- %prot~I C~ nCAi.ICIUoIIICIICICC CIrwidu a to the aIllil4 o tIte~ M~ ILOC Ill LE ICCIC11 dw1CC ,I, 'I dilCI jC1 litI ...

... I WESLEYAN CONFIBRENcE FRIDAY, JXULY A1. This is the ninth conference held in jirerp, the last occurring in the year 1857; and, 8bQ the circle of places inviting the conference not b enlarged, it will return to the town again at the end of the next eleven years. Upwards of 0 ministers who were present on the last occur here are now deceased, and many ensiel ° well-known names of the past are ...

... I School holidays-events usually loolvad forward to with pleasurable anticipations-ars becoming something very like a nuisanco in Liverpool. A short time silicn, a new arrangement of holidays unas partially adopted in this town, the vacntions being made more frequent, but for shorter ternis. Had the new scheme been enforced in all the local scliools, it might have proved generally acceptable; ...