... FUFY YFERS OF LIVERPOOL PROGRESS. I SOME EVENTS OF THE REIGN. In connection with or series of articles on progress in Liverpool during the pat half cen- toryp-a period of deveopment which has nxever been eqkaled in the previus history of this city, and whbich has no parllel except, it may be, ins the United States - we I propose now to recall some of the leading1 events which in the annalB of ...

... MR. CHAMBERLALN AND THE MHANCIESTER UNION\STS. Mr. Chamnberlain yesterday received a depato, tion at his residence at Highbury from the Mn- chester and District Liberal Unionist Association, who presented himn wth an address, assuring him of their high appreciation of his services in the cuse of the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland, and promnising their hearty support in anye ...

... TO TErE Enpros OF THES LIVERPOOL MrCUr. Gentlernen,-VillJ yoU kindly allow me a word inrefeirence to the extra crant to be brought for the second time Lefore the Council on Wednesday next? I would not object to be taxed to provide a treat for old people and children. but will not the bulk of the money be spent on feasting a select few, whose names appear five or six times everv year as having ...

... IIIEPRAL pARI.I MONDAY, JUNE 6. LEADINGINCIDENTS HOUMs oV COxxOIs, MoNDAX NZGar. Very few of the-members have returned to tbeir Paelizmertar duties to-dy, and those who have come back bave spent the evening very quietly in supply. There was harbly anybodv in the Howse when tbe Speaker took the chair at four clock. Front Opposition Bench was quite empty, and remained empty for some time, until ...

... | LtOCAL NEWS I Mea T. ]E ISN8Y's MVUNMCE GWr.-The spiendid Jubilee gift of E20,000 by Mr. T. I. Ismay in aid of the old and disabed ssaiors of this city was the subject of general cowmrtion and highest in every circle of the city yesterday. We understand that the members of I the Liverpool Mercaistle Marine Servioe Associ- to, in whose hands MT. Ismay proposes to leaV the diepensation of his ...

... SCRIPTURE READERS SOCIETY. I The annual meeting of the friends and Fup- porters of the Liverpool Church of England Scripture Readers' Society was held yesterday aitemwoon at the Law Association Roorm, Cook. street. The chair was occupied by the Bishop of the diese (Dr. Ryle). and ?? those Dresent were the Revs. Canon Fergie and Canon Postance, Dr. Porter (Southtport), G. IL Spooner, F. B. Tyer ...

... DISASTROUS EXPLOSION IN MANCIETE TWO PXE8OS KILLE AND MANY IWFJED. A farfic explosion occurred yesterday at the large chemical woas of MJ . Robers, Dafe, and Comp6ny, CarraCOO*, Manchester, by whicla eomom dadmage was doae to the surrounding PrOPerY, while two 1v;, so far as aso&rtained lat evenmg, bad been ls=t, and a oonadaubje ?? of peons injure. The wvmk are sitated near the Bridfeenter ...

... IFIFTY -YEARS OF LTVMMP | PRoGBaE. THE9 RAILWAY SYSTM~L No aspect of nationsa progress duing the rin of Qeen Victria is more strag or . n~ig tha-that prsned by the rby, zyem ofthe-oomant. Twlv years pori to her llayesty accession, there were only 25 miles of ?? railway open in the wold, t eng gsbockton with Darlig- ton. Now, in the Unitedi Kingdom, the number qof ni~esoretr er-trscis 20)0 en0d ...

... WESLEYAN LOCAL PREACHE RS ASSOCIATION. ANN-UAL CONFERENCESI The business of the -39th aggregate meetingof the Wesleyan Methodists' Local Preachers' Mutual Aid Association was commenced yesterday in B Brunswick Chapel, Moss street, when about 200 delegates were present. The president (fr, 1i. E Atkinson, Leeds) took the chair at half -past nine e o'clock. Among those present were Mir. S. M.P.; ...

... I pMLIP BOURKE MkRSToN.t I r 'By the recent death of Philip Tiourke mazbon litersture lot a melancholy figure and =ne blid Poet's own circle lost a eympathetic fered_ Nearly all that is beat of Mrstun as a a;anandasa write affectionately ?? brief and beautifial nmoir whic, Pr*r William tharp nas prefixed to a volnme of the poet's Ibort stories. If it is tre that the interest felt. by the ...

... P. ARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURBDAY. The House-of Lords reassembled after the Whitiuntide ?? Hyde Park Corner (New Streets) Bill was read a third time and passed. Several private bills also passed the final stage. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. The House met to-night after the Whitsuntide recess. -The House weet into Committee of Supply, and on the post office vote Ur. Bradlangh questioned the ...

... I I BY MERLIN. a No. XXVI. O THE COMMON SNIPE. (Scolopux qallinago.) i, The common snipe is one of oar well-known birds, y Is generallydistributed, and, as its name suggests, it v is abundant. Drainage and better farming generally rhave done something to restrict the breeding haunts of e this bird, but it still probably3nests in every county in 11 England, and abundantlyin those ...