... At the usual meeting of the health committee, held yesterday at the Public Offices, Dale-street, the members present were Messrs. Bowring (chair- man), Pearson, Holden, S. G. Rathbone, Campbell, Harrison, Fowler, Wbitty, and Dr. Taylor. HEALTH OF THE TOWN. The Medical Officer of Health reported that the number of deaths registered in the boruugh of Liverpool during the week ending Dec. 19, ...

... Licauteiant.General Hodgson. wvo larn from the ; iq toeiel Niii1e 6.azette, las ?? the following general *rder r'le lieutenaunt-general cor- Manding the trcupm in Ci!ylon and the Strnits Sie til .nii t naifit again desire that no oicer nder his (eummind wiill apppear at balls or other Iaeties e:;cept iu uniform. If an officer of the army is aichsrrnedor unwillingtoweartbedresT preecvibedby ...

... I CORR SPONDENC: WOODSIDE FERRY. that'_ isted TO THRE IiDrORi OF Tn LIVPOOL K1rARJRS. yang Gentlemen,-I think that the contractors one aow and all ought to protest against the raising of the ured price of the contracts, not simply because it affe0W I of their pocots to the extent of *.few ahiin~sa year, but because it will not serve the end in view. hat will they gain by augmenting the fares? ...

... THE ?? LE tffux. SAWVS rPOPULI LEX surReA. DOMESTIO. We give elsewhere the latest information respecting Mr. Gladstone's progress in forming a new Ministry. Parliament, it is stated, will certainly meet on the 10th instant, and the swearing in of members will be completed bythe 15th. The convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province 'of Canterbury will 'nened at St. Paul's Cathedral ...

... TESTIMONIAL TO TME RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. Since the close of the election for South- west Lancashire, a wish has been frequently expressed by working men and the Liberals generally of this division of the county that a fund should be raised for the pur- pose of presenting a substantial testimonial to the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M.P., as an acknowledgment of the eminent ...

... ANOTHER MUNIFIOENT GIFT FROM MR. PEABODY. Mr. George Peabody has addressed to the trustees of the Peabody Fund the following letter, announcing his Inten- tion of giving another £100,000 to provide suitable houses for the poor of London, making a total of £;350,000 pre. sented by him for this purpose My Lord and Gentlemen,-I be8to 'acquaint you who have so Inudly undertaken the manlagement of ...

... THE BIRMINGHAM POULTRY SHOW.-We observe that Mr. J. Robinsoi, of Garstang, has succeeded in obtaining a prize for Dorkings at the poultry show held on Tuesday, at Birmingham. LYTHAM PIER COMiPANY.-The accounts of this company, for the year ending October 31st, 1868, have been published. The total expenditure on the work has been £7493 3s. 10d., which has been raised in £5 shares. The revenue ...

... Corrcspoub cue.1 WC ien eno way hoeld ourselves responsib~le, for the opiceioicsqf oc)r- re-esondictits. We offk, a fair field for all, tcid shall 7 ever refuse izi-srtion to tellers, frese'tvlioiocerer they ate' coote, utnlesys they arc either to~t eelltq ir c'leeault, scnreasecafcfy liogq or tereoealtqal csee-d .a ROS'KELI, AND ABRlOWSlIT'rlS BANK. TO Tilt EDITOR tOF TIIE pilRES~TON ...

... The Premier has received a commu-arnd from her Majesty to dine at Windsor this evening. Tbe following new appointments were made yesterday: -Lord Dufferin to be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan- caster, Mr. Sullivan Attorney General, and Mr. Barry Solicitor General, for Ireland, Mr. Lawson becoming a puisne judge. The most important places still remaining to be filled up are the Secretaryship of ...

... A NEW BREECH-LOADING I RIFLE. Another and a Very important improvement has recently been made in the breech-loading rifles by Mr. Newark, of Coventry. It has successfully passed the tests of the ordnance comrmittee, and hex been referred to e snb-committee for the purpose of being still further and more severely tested. The qualities which the new weapon has shown are precisely those which ...

... THE CATASTROP'HE ON THE I1OHIO. The following are some of the incidents, E- tracted from a Louisville paper, in connection with the shocking catastrophe on the Ohio river, caiused by the colision of two steamboats, some details of which we have already published:-- A ladyr on board the steamer United States asserts that as she and her husband were moving toward the shore, in the water, she saw ...

... I CORRESPONDENWE. .STAR SHOWERS. TO THE EDITORS OF THlE LIVERPOOL IdEROUlty. (len tlermen,-I observe that in your and other papers mention is nmade of the annual display of meteors for one seight only, flow is It that they are not visible during two or three nights? Has. cloudy weather prevented their being seen? or has some change taken plece aire~ the year 1832, when I saw them, with very ...