... THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF LANCASHIRE. The gale which raged yesterday throughout the north-west coast of Lancashire and Yorkshire has done much damage to property. Several hundred acres of arable land between Keighley and Skipton were inundated, and the Lune overflowed its banks. FLOOD IN THR RIVER IRWELL. Consequent on the heavy rain of the last two or three days, the river Irwell at Manchester ...

... I aAFGHN WAR zr. PLTF.RSBURG, DEc. 31. The I0alide Ru.sxe to-day p2'lrnhes a telegram from Taslkntd repcjing the ariva there, on the 2rd ?? lst, o} the Afghan. 8lr4uZ Naik -hlahmet K^an, brother f the late Shere Alt, and his co usin, the ?? bihan, ageompamend by a suite of eight persons. Tbey fied fnrn Osbtsl after the fightingwih p.recedei5 GeneralB& 5rO, 's tenry into the city, sed ...

... I MBB[,EY DOCKS BOARDt The ?? 0t' o h hese D-he aDo- IHarbour Beard 'was neid 3eszerds ?? ig 'ffic, ReaU W:~fli. M. T. P. Hornbl Pr-- it sided, and tieote members P',7wo.rn Mcelfl30 10 Brcoklebamk, Bar , ro.B'iY11' Iat ahi a~t B3raniche, B. BaLIoC. w` n s .ti Nekin,Hlt mn Harris.on, Turl cr, Jardine, GIynn, taktLt, andWiiaO rtA)rlSIGAUND r t3fv'VC7 la The confj.raatiun ofth brct yiS Mof ...

... * ? SU M .. YeI The revenue ?? ir the year oy- pired last night shew a total gross prodaco for the year of £S2,CJ70,017. These iigures tas compared with last year, sh-vw a net decrease on the ( !uarter Ljust expired of £45o:8,003, but a net inruease on the whole year of £ ?? It is said the Liberal N ne Hundrod of Liverpool have succeeded in findiag a colleague for Mr. W. Rathbone, EI.P, ...

... I SPECIAL TELEGUSI &o. b _ . . ,Ycstearday msnring a German seaman named was broleght ashore at Poplar suffaring from f ho ethb wounds in tbe head, caused by another 'x seamean. R.yd 3loien, while at asa. his Yester2ay morning a disastrous fire was dis- by covered raging ip the deur mil'3 of 31esers. Hart- li well, near Sndbury. Alitoogh the fire brigallde were tea3 speedily en the spot, th@ ? ...

... TER MELMSEY TUREL SCIhEHE. I The letter fromr Mr. Alfred Holt which we publish to-day is certain to give a new impetus to public interest in the Hersey tunnel scheme. It is uadoubtedly one of the most elaborate and thoughtful decu- ments yet printed on the subject: and, as the matter treated of affects in no small degree the comfort and welfare of hundreds of thousands of people, the unselfish ...

... LATEST l kELEGRAPHIC NEWS HtWO OooN.Dsc. 31. well Q~ueen drove out yesterd ay af ternoon WWIt SPE It rincess L-ouise and the Princess Beatrica. -Thoe Hon. Mrg. Jl'dliers Lad thea honour of an tfrview with her Mfejeaty znd the royal family G.- jrday. nk The per. Canon- and Dirs. rrothero had the vW' F sour of dining with the Qaeen and 'she royal DuAl ily yesterday. ago0. Ar.Gouhy te ...

... TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MIERCURY. Gentlemen,-This question is now coming seriously to the front; and being one of great local importanoP, it is desirable the public should be botirinterested and informed, and also prompted to discuss the subject. New lights appear and new views are generally advanced in the progvess of an open discussion. In wbat I say I shall not be able to avoid ...

... ILETTERS FROM MR. GLADSTONE. MR. GLADSTONE AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. The following letter from M1r. Gladstone to Mr. Jolly, in acknowiedament of an address fmota the Grewich Lberal Association,has been published: ?? My dear Sir,-! received with gratitade the '-drts&'wh you, with Mre. Green and Me. c5cenaug,5 have been good enough to subscribe, on, the Dayt of the Greenwich Liberal Associatiov, ~ ...

... Thursda being New yea's Day, 13.e as TI uhealth ~icomnimztoc wa weekly weeting of the*.lth rpt -, *le held yesterday t e F nO'P p ied, dale street. Mip Ai au dpesided aef 5, Mousin r. 8A 5 pr. lOQ Diu COMe of~ Dr. were Awo Prese' Pr. Mess a 4 A. DI'f.lgAdrmnHg.,BL does, 78 indiey, JacksOu , D. of G*ves, Simpson1 nd g. Smifthe TEE EEALTH OF TifE TOWN.- The Wmedcl ?? of health repored of t ...

... THE LIFESBOAT HRLVICE IS1 379. Year by year the rork of the National Lifeboat InstitutiOn becorcts mere aed more ex2ens ive, ad tczifflcs tb its Sreat importasce. The follovintg li uO Ecsaicrjs rende-red on the roast3 of the United ]lUrgdcm by ita lifeboats to shipwrecked crews estaiie succinctly the success snd unabated bravery ?? Persevernrce of the lifeboat ?? Sarh Ann, of Sa?3derlend, 10 ...

... ThlE TAY BRIDGE. [HAT PA'kT CE TEE IBRILGE WEICH HAS FAILED IS SaOWN IN THE PLATE BY TWO CROSSES PLACED OVER IT.] The idea of bridgieg the Tay, and so conneetiug two great railway concerns, the Dindee and Perth and the Edinburgh and Northern, was first sag- gested in 1845, whcn a high -level bri1ge was projected near Newburgh. This scheme fell tbrough, as did also a similar one in 1865, and a ...