... .Ar = . t*t; .. . --7 - ,, . -- g WJ GREAT BAND OF 11OPEE DEMONSTII MTON. A band of hope demonstration, on a much larizer scale than ever wa-s witnessed before in Liverpool, took place yeeterday evenin: at St. (eIor cc's If-ll. t It was promoted by the la lies' committeo of the Liverpool Temperance Union, ai-isteA hy tlln I general committee, and it is only doing them 4 justice to say that in ...

... CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST TRE BOATSWAIN OF THE CALUMET. Yesterday, at the Liverpool police court, the following case was heard before Messrs. Castellain and Brancher. Thomas Breei wa.s charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in his evidence taken on the occasion of the late judicial inquiry into the loss of the 81sip Calumet, in the Bay of Biscay. (This inquiry was given at ...

... and 'Jhe hiail in aid of the Society of Friends of sin- IForeigners in Distrese, which will takeo Place on [Iovo Tuesday next, at the Philharmonic Rail, promises to be onie of the most attractive festive gatherings of the Present season. The b nevolent object of eOM, the ball wvill give an additional. zest to the pro- Irce, ceedings, and, itishoped, occasion alarge accession to the hinds of ...

... I,, lE THINKING PRINCIPLE. e,ast evening, Dr. Hitchman, of this town, gave another of his present course of lectures on the philosophy of the human mind, in the hall of the .Free Public Library, to a nuneroue and respectable alldicece, including the membors of the Phreno- logical Society, weveral clergymen, bysicias, eirg~eolsr, and others. Tire Ilev. W. tt' Traylor, LLI, D., occ upiedl the ...

... THE MARRIAGES OF FIRST COUSINS, The report of the London Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb contains one statement important for the information it gives, and for the further inquiries which it suggests. Researches in Americat and Europe indicate the fact that a large proportion of the congenitally deaf and dumb are the issue of marriages between near relations, ant ?? between first ...

... DISTRICT _EWS. WyATS ALL, TusiloAiRn Or GUARDIANS AND THiE P11OPOearn AuirsuTrO 'To 'TilEWolrssriuei:,I-Ye!Slerilay, ?? meeting of ?? of Guardians wats held for tire purpses of conferring scith Mr. Nitcholls, rrclritect, tourhib'g that ropoisaed ?? to the~ W~rrt. house. Air. Coaens prcesidled; and there were also present Messrs. Creen, Strongltlisili, lHolden, J. Brewer, jun., ritepheos, ...

... LICfF1ELD ELECTION PETITION. [Byp our in-n Reporter.] LICInI[Flui), Thursday. T[he trial (If the Liehileld election petition, by which Major As-n o eks to ungeat, Coionel I)Yott, an the ground Of corruIA prarticee. Was rostliftl 1thi m10iling, helone Mr. dstilet wiles. ?? b all wats again crowded. The voiniiiol [or [ho petitioner wore My. rowell, QjC., ?? Mr. Alacnaiara ;for thle cespoiident, ...

... DISTRICT NEWS, WOLVY~ERLAMPTON. F IRE A' THrE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY GOODS STATION.-At nine o'clock on Friday night, a large bottle of vitriol, on the deck of the Great Western Railway Goods Station, Herbert Street, caught fire, but the flames were extinguished before any of the surrounding property could be destroyed. The bottle was covered with twigs, and lying on the top of it was a quantity ...

... THE TURN-OUT OF COLLIERS AT ROWLEY REGIS, During last week there have been several private mcek- ings of the men recently ensployed by Mlessrs. Wright antl North, but now on strike against the introduction of the tonnage system. In some instances the vacant situations have been filled up by the firm, hut we understand that the new hands left again on Friday last, for the same reason as ...

... SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF AGED AVOMIEN. I The forty-fourth annual meeting of the Society for the Relief of Infirm and Aged Women was held yesterday, in the Sehool Room, Upper Priory ; MP. John Cadbusry in the chair. All the other members of the society present were ladies. The followiug report wvas presented :- The comnittee present their forty-fourth report to the frionds and supporters of this ...

... I The quarterly meeting of thle Borough Magistrates was held yesterday foreoecsN, in the Council Cic accbrr, Mloor Screat. The Meyor (Aldermant lioliasid) in thle Chicsr. ?? Sturge, Mfanton, ~oodirick, Avery, PhllpS W e. Holdy E. okyte, S. Buckley, J. D. Goodman, J. uiraicainl, ?? Vnder.sec orl. J 1sTCES RsoeT.-TlcA report of thle Visiting Jueticee Stated that the state of tle priso.,n ...

... ICURCH OF THE SAVIOUR CONGREGA- I TIONAL GATHERING. The annual gathering of the congregation of the Churci of the Saviour ?? held last night In the foawn Hall. A large collection of pictures, scientific apparatus, curiosities, and other objects of interest, occupied the floor and galleries. The work of varlous elescliptions leurt by Mlessrs. Ellington was extreniely beautiful and interesting. ...