... 0,0 ?? !j The annual meeting of the friends of the Liver- j >; pool Shoeblack Society wtas held yesterday, ia the J no rnaver'spalour at the town hall, the mayor (Mr. yv : T. B. Roydetr) PresitCtg. D. t The report of the committee, read by Mr. W. K. j er EVanF, the secretary, stated- El At tie c'rnwo'tcernelit of the year there were 60 bays (t so tlhe b.S-S of the iristtcot in, and 2'9 had ...

... PRESBYTERIAN CATIIOLICITY. I e The Presbytery of Liverpool, repres-enlting the wa s Presbyterian Churchof EngbLnd gaveawelcome e c illustration of breadth and liberality at their ext meeting on Monday last. As is well known, no frc 2 Presbyterian Churches in England have endow- At 1 ments-not even the Synod of the Church of as t Scotland in this country, with its four presby- I teries and 17 ...

... LOCAL NEWS Co1!1N AND WIFS v. Copna.-Ia the Queen's se tach Division -este.rday, Mr. Pollock moved to I set aside the finding undcr a writ of inquiry tried before the under-sheriff at Preston, on the ground s tinit there waas misdirection by the under-sheriff. A and that there was no evidence to warrant the , anount of damages given by the jury. Their 0 lordihips decided that the case was one ...

... w le The weekly meeting of the health committee was held yesterday attthe Municipa Offices. Mr. A. i- B. Forwood presided, and there were also present 3s Alderman Boyd, Dr. Gill, Dr. Bligh, Messrs. Forrest, Nicol, Huntington, W. Williams, Smith, Fowler, s and T. Hughes. ~b HEALTH OF THE BOROUGH. I- The Medical Officer of Health reported that the 3 number of deaths registered in the borough of ...

... BVILS AND BEQUESTS. r The will (dated March 24, 1872) of the Right Honourable Sir William Cnodeno-gbh Hayter, I Bart., late of No. 19, Hyde Park-terrace, Cumber- land-gate, who ?? on December 25 last, at South Hill P'ark, Bracknell,Berks, was proved on the 20th I r ultimo, by Dame Ann Hayter, the wi' dow, the sole e executrix, the personal eete being sworn under £0 0,000. The testator gives to ...

... COTAPLALNT BY A JURY. ent irn- At the close of the business of the Court of j epsa assage yesterday marLing. the registrar (Mr. the Prudence) handed to the jury 5s., or 54. each, for son their services in trying the last cause on the list. ase, The claim in this cause, the only one heard yester- wer day, being for less than £10, the payment to the yes, jury was upon the lowest scale allowed by ...

... I TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION | IN LIVERPOOL. O O ?E 3A KN i'IL LE D A'-ND SLY E T EL PER1>0KM INJUREIK) On Saturnlaya terrible boi!er O)p 2. renidt c ' in the loss of rne life, serious injury t 17 rerson-. and great destruction of property. o .rx-d : ror the premises cf 7Le*ssrs. .Jager a-:i S n sugar refiners. Thu works are Eituated at ?? corme; .1 J Bur1Jngtcc-st.,ret and V auxhall-road. ivi ...

... 1 1 the The Irish national anniversaury banquet was lic1ds ra6 last evening, at the Adelphi Hotel. About 120 at. gentlemen -at down to an excellent dinner, serrel in Mr. Ludlow's best style. Mr. M. F. Duffy or presided, and Dr. J. Bligh occupied the vice-chair I .p- Amougst those present were Mr. J. O'Connor Power, ad M.P.; Rev. Canon Walshe, Portland, U.S.; Fathers he Hall, Tobin, O'Rane, ...

... tnt, AWITH COLONEL PEI.RSON. 72 The following is an extract from a letter, dated are Ekewe Fort, Feb. 4, received from an officer in the 1he Naval Brigade with Colonel Pearson at t v00. Elsowe:- as Vhzat a change has taken place since I last wrote! t a be Thoc we had just arrived here, after our successful a r of actiou at Inzanzuus, and were only waiting to hear L the from the other ...

... WORK AND WA.3ES. BLACKBUIR7'N WEAVERS AND Tax REDUCTION IN WAGES On Saturdby afturucon a crowded meei I operative weavtrs wis held in ?? Blacktga Exchasnge to corsider thei itentt4 of the Banciat.m niasttrs to reduce Iwages by 5N further .3 PerIceI - Mr. David Holmes, of Biirtley, pr PesCie2 .were given by repre,,eutative8 frum- Bla rtj s | resten), Burnl~ey, !)&rwret, Accringt(n,Blacd tw dI ...

... X MEASUREMENT 0F DAYLIGHT, and It is greatly to be desired that a good and simple and method may be found of recording and measuring ,nd with some accuracy the variations of daylight ;era throughout the day. This would render the mk weather record more complete, and it has an im- , portant special bearing on plant-physiology. An ale- attempt of the Hiad has lately been made by a ing German, ...

... SPECIAiL TELEGRAMS, &C. I Mr. lutt's lherlth continues to imcprove, but he is t t t ut (of dtzrjoer 'i he Dora, arrived at Queenstown from Pernam- buco, reports i at rroa';lpux %TrL ragiug thUre, and the disease brdke out am o;)g the crew after sailing. One rnast Cifd. At a rtetinig cf the Iudersdcrie]d Chamber of Ciom-nerce. yebterdav, it was resolved to support the aprllecstiou for a royal ...