... THE WATER RATES, ox__ I__ MJanufacturers and other large consumers of P' water in Liverpool will be gratified by the F statement that the water committee contem- P plate reducing the charge for trade purposes PC from Pld. to 7d. per 1000 gallons. Ths hng f will meet the objection recently urged b deputations from the sugar refiners, rice w,: dressers, and others that local trade is placed be ...

... I J-DL Uluut L LkIUK. LETTERiS TO THE EDITORS. INCOME TA)X-. Gent ?? there no association to wxilh eu,-c so gr subscribe, whose duty it is to~endearoilir to get rid of the ~ existing excessive power wielded by the o~licials? Most improperly a temptation is gist before, the officials to surcharge the taxpayers' returns by gi% lug a a percentage on all income tax collected oi sirreisergs, d ...

... -IELEMnON Cs: Boavuow AUJDITORs AT CARINAIVOSS. of 4 -Ur. J. H. Thomao, clerk to the guardians, and Td.Thomas (Minynant) have, been elected auditors ye ' ?? ~t SUDND&r-AT P3ooTLx.-Shortly after mid- Mi .-day on Wedaedray, Jane Cope~, a widow, living at Ti T o ,York-street, Blootle, was found disad in her 'b kitche-n, a email quantity of blood at the same time TI ri flow! fr the posw. It ...

... TilE GREAT STRIKES IN - LIVERPOOL. Una- ?? ~hing ,hops THE DO0CK LA.BOUJRIRS AND THE ithe, SHIPOWNERS' ASSOCIATION. to yer There is still little change in the position of 5 yer affairs caused by the great istrikes in IUverpool; if l LMU anything,matters yesterday weren trifle worse t1.aa Vend- beoe. The number of sailors on strike was di tn increaseed by some hundreds, many of the ship- W, and ...

... 3M. GLADSTONE ON THE EXTEN- SION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING. Wm D& Yesterday afternoon, a crowded public meeting co was held in the Egyptian Hall of the Marisio n i '~House, London, withs regard to the extension of w D university teaching. The Lord Mayor presided, to and amongst others on the platform were f Prince Leopold, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, and Ur. T Gosohen. The first re-solution proposed was ...

... S,. PrVnsaBunR, JAN. 31. Official roportsocf 3esterda,'6datefromAstracban a state that no fresh cas e of gickness has occurred at I Wberalcke, or the- villeges in the neighbourhood, s At Sslirorao four persons (lied and one was taken E ill on the 2Tth arnd 2S3'hinstant. All ho had been, I t iu contact with,. the sick ur deod had been isolated. t and all linen articles burnt, the Red Cross ...

... .L-LU G Vu LAD fltL. IVEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Iv. The chart represents the western counnries of Europe, from Norway to the coast of Portugsl, and embraces Great Britain and the British IseE. It also includes the North Sea or Gernman 0 njnar, the Bay of Bis-ay, the bMtditerranean, the At;antc, with the EngLiEh Clhatlnel. Bristol Canined, and Irish Sea. ,~ I , - , I I I L/ * EXPLAINATION. t- The ...

... Be ?? WOR AbD WAGES I XA fl-rr, z slop WARRINI GTON WIRE aught The fo]lovirg ?? 3a bee 'D ortey. us for pLblication:; owed TO ?? ltyL.pts, ough 1,W Evsataee street Warn o ,tl~o Sir,-lWe I.g to (1 your att e, taken froim th;e L~paMr~r lor it. 1879 (ubieb we eniclose), an~d, s long esteemed member of curasaceia. n a M of Is at stake.. ' e (aii uipo u t3 ,eI S not qualifed ffirnihiaon ...

... THE ZULU WAR ARRIYAL OF LATER PARTICULARS FROM. THE CaPE. DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING. Sbortly after five- o'clock last night the Union Cornpan3'as royal nucil steamer Asiatic, whilh had betn chartered specially to come home with mails left behind by tie flunrobiri Castle, was sighted off PiynOrui h SUnid, and thei mail tender at once wenrt ?? to meet her, The c kptaiu reported having met sit h ...

... TE ZULU WAR, W ;D NATIVE CO.NTINGENLTS D)ISBANDED. EXPECTED ZULU RAID TOWARDS i at le ?? h MEASURES OF DEFENCE th I- ?? 4 BY ?? vents MADEIRA.' WI 1- ?? FEB. 4. SE TaWile the latest information received fully con- V firms the disaster at Isandula, the total loss on that 1 occasion is less serioms than at first supposed, and kr is now es5timated at from 250 to 300 men. Cololel hi Wood's column ...

... THE PT, , IN RUSSIA, Sr i',sFpBc, PEa. 2. An official telegram received t-0-day fjesu Astra- chan states that on the 31st of January there vas no fresh case of plague in Wetlianka or the ne43 G Ev bourhood:. At Selitreno on the 30th January thet:e Ge were eight sick, and two deaths had occurred On ml the ?? day three more persons were attacked PCo ann three died, thus leaving six still ...

... 131PERIAL PARLWHENT. I -- - It HOUSE OF COMMOMS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. The Speaker took the chair at 12 .10 LOCAL PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. Cross from is Southport, and by Mr. Rathbone from the Rev. r. George Butler, Mrs. Butler, and others, from Mary n Furnivall and other ladies residing in Liverpool, and from iohabitants of Liverpool, praying for the icremoval of the ...