... ToxTnra Bomnn or' GuARDrANs.-At the weekly meeting of this board, held at the Parish- offfices, High Park-street, yesterday, the members present were Messrs. J. ,Holder (in the chair), I Campbell, Hood, Edwards, Paull, Dixon, Pratt, Beckett, Morton, Ellis, Abercrombie, and Russell. Mr.Cartwright, master of the workhouse, reported that there Nwere 643 persons in the honse, as against 659 in the ...

... oTRUE ffRISH NATIONAl LEAGUE. DEMfONSTRATION IN LIVERPOOL L A public meeting in coaneetion with the con- .ferenoe of ddelegates of the~iverpoo~branchesof the Irish Natlou -ue of Great Eritian which was : held on Wednesday, took place last night in the . Hallof the CatolioTatalAbstinenceIiteof the Cross. St. Anne-street. Dr. OKeefe0 , of idarides presided, and there was a lar's attendance, ...

... T NEWS. ILATES .1 THE ,COURT, ?? Wisuson C aazJuO.; TbeQneen drove out yesterdav ?? , c-R. cornpanied by the DukeandDnchessofCofnuangWtb -and the Princess Beatrice, Her Royal Highness the Prncess Beatrice, -yesterday afternoon, received a deputation from Eton College, consisting of the Rev. Mr. Warre (head master)andMrr.Wr.DtfordUM. A (0flbbc of the rmasters), when they presented her Royal ...

... I NOTES ON A TEMPERANCE ; SCAPER.; e l *IL-OVER SEA AND LAND. Be-is, Hasia JUNE 281 A . 1 lain told, air, wrote I a hesterfieldin one 8 of bis inimitable letters to his son, that yoU are p ?? to travel, and that you .begin by H Hol- land. Sows, who are fellow Avcgeura on this , temperance scamper to the cofine of the land of '-he midnight sun. begin by Holland. There is Ano record of ...

... TR sor rDoS Os' THE LITTISFOOL ME&RUPY. Gertleinen,-It having become necessary that I I should see the accounts of expenditure upon the paving of certain streets, I ventured the other day to ask the City Engineer to be allowed to see the accounts of s::ch exserditure. I am sorry to say my modest request completely astounded the engineer, who told mne I might just as well ask to be allowed to ...

... FOREIGN S. TEE AFGHAN FRONTER REPORTED RUSSIAN ADVANCE' ON ZULFICAIL (extom-acEaszcoN-D LrHONow OT1HIS T=MS.) JAGDOBKiBATENT (vn. M M-xn), JULY li. lt is rummnured that the Russians have advanced in forceeto Zulficar. They are-treating the Persian territory as though it were Russian. The F~rontier M ission is about to move to -the vicinity of'Rerat, whithier-the Engineer officers have already ...

... TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURYT. Gentlemen,-Your correspondent E. B. W. -alias ' Sunday Opening -has again rushed into the press without considering whether he has facts or not. IKindlv allow me to again put him right onthis question. He says in his letter of the 1 11th inst. that almost the entire body of the work- ing men refused to support the movement for open- inc. I say I ...

... I THE COURT, &a. Wuoson CAST=, Juan II. The Queen drove out yesterdav afternoon, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, ?? and the Hon. Mr x and lrs. Dalrymple with a visit at the Her- mitage. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High- ness Princess Beatrice, left the Castle at aquarter before ten o'clock this morning for Osborne. The suite in attendance consisted of the ...

... LATEST AMERICAN COTTON AD) VICES. NEW YORK, MONDAY. The spot market at 'ewv York closed dull and Itz. per Ib. lowir. Futuires closed at a decline Dn the day of 4 to 3 points, with an easy markcet. The sLoL inarkot at -New Orlelan' closed quiet at Saturday'. rates. Futures closed steady at 2 points drown ior Juiy, 7 and 6 for August and 'Septemiler, arid 3 to 4 points for other -o-itrons. At ...

... | TO1KE DTOR OF-TM LtVPOOL 2MKCTUZY Gentlemen,-A short time ago I saw a state- ment in a correspondent's letter in your paper quoting from Tae Architcat of May 30, 1885, as follows:- The net returns fn the Nash-grove dweflings for the poor of Uievrpool .is 5 per cent. Rentals.ZOjae room, 2s Pd. pertiWeek; two room;, 4s.-3&d; threi.roosros 3d. per week. From the appearance of the blocks of ...

... r IMeetings were held in several towns in the South of Ireland, yesterday, in reference to the Munster Bank, and resolutions have been passed declaring that the liquidation of the bank, if forced, would be calamitous to the agricultural Iand trading interests of the South of Ireland, and urging that Government assistance should be ex- tended to the bank.-A deputation of Munster Bank ...

... EDICATIONAL ENIDOWENTS. To tiT 3DrfM OF 07 TM LtVXHFOOL KNEEUIT. Gentlemen,-Tam told the Government intend to proceed with the Welsh Intermediate Educa- tion Bill if arrangements can be made to find time to carry it through Parliament in the present session. I hope this can be done, forthe measure introduces a new and a valuable principle into our legislation when dealing with the pressing ...