... ~Ie LonDo, MMpo id -.&y *. C -inet to0 amsmic the Sp O N& 'poo-44 Is fe to~ subitted to d, . disus hc ou lie ZeeekO anyt heeincresed. m -on oess~h optimia. The Zwe itdhc'ag= @fhUi (he ith M. PlquetV be Raya 'Wh (Jr% ?? dther ame the Rusa prss foemodt in Aame btb-e_ flulearit U Zontie, ot of d ibwhich Ir molbrdt ltmbedbed bj RusMianlyt gotd; f the Leere h i alarm Inhe iey ha-thne bi aid other ...

... OUR MUNICIPA gOVERNMNto. at TO TES- U SO3S ()T0? lO LVXPOOL NSecUar. rq Centlemen,-Evidently Sir J. A. Picton does th to; find it easy to settle down after the victory w lkieh he and the Finance Committee scored on bv ihe 11th January over the Leaseho;ds Committee. be N'ice since, to my knowledee, he has appeared in I pr print, and in his two deliverances he bas exhausted P &i the ...

... I 1 1. -- I - 0 OOITRT NEWS. c Os ozw,%,n 17. The Queen drove out yesterdy afteon, 38 attendedf by the Countes of Errol and Miss Minnie Coane., Hf er Roval Highness PS:nes Beatric, attended by the Honourabie Lady Biddalph and the Le cuouable Lady Ponsonhy, honoured the Rev. a W. HL and Mmrs.Bnrsaby with a visit at BEst nCower, and ius-eted the artiles collected in the it Women's Ind-tri ...

... e . xcms TaMa1axe THEE EUROPEAN SITUATIONT. J PaS, FeB. 16. n: i, In the course of his spaeeh to a meeting of el eieitor~s at Gap, yeterday, M. Fioorens alluded d4 to the positon and policy of France in the foilow- ol ing terms :-Frsnce wishes for prcgresa in denw- racy, and this progress can only be realised by . pece We desie all Europe to do justice to * u loyalty, to our institutions. As ...

... ,wr~a Imot 1,11 ltvatl a ,- SAL us PoruyILEY wS urBEX In the House of Lords, yesterday, the County Courts Consolidltion Bill, framed 4 A -i t 3, - .. A 1 . - . - . , to put the various statutes relating to st county courts in a convenient form, was G, read a second time. The Earl of Dunraven M called attention to the sweating system in, practised in various trades at the east end a of ...

... BOOTLE TOWN CO[NCIL. y5 The adjourned monthly meetin of the Bootiet Mon Town Council was held yesterday, at the Town mug HlteMyr(r lemnJ oad i1typrsdn.TeewralopentAdrn en, 'he THE LATE. MR. HENR&Y MUSKER, t he The MAToR OatalcInL- hi:4 seat said that. before jot commencing the ordinary business of ?? ;ho it would perhaps meet with the apuroval of the is: Council' if be were -to express on ...

... I _ - - That the weekly entertainments prorided by Pa the Liverpool Sunday Society are greatly appre- res ciated by the citizens of Liverpool was fully Ar demonstrated yesterday afternoon, -,when, not. Ml withstandinz the uninviting state of the weather. Ml the Rotunda Lecture Hall was crowded with an (hr audience chiefly composed of that class of people ano who, owing to the pressure of ...

... I -E The Evangelization Society for Liverpool and off neighbourhood holds its annual meeting this after- ~ noon at the Common Hall, Hackias-hey. H. At the Congregational chapel at Dnanoow, 31 prayers are being regularly offered for tb Re W L. Scotts the vicar, who is dangerously ievb At the monthly meetirn of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, on Friday afternoon, it Di was stated ...

... - ~ ?? K The Paddock Millb, Huddersfeld, occucied by Tr Messrs. James Crosaland and Sons, woollen mann- : facturers, were completely burnt out on Saturday H: morning. Thedamageisestimated at 612,OD. of a Fu B CN -, LivEn e40 BARuic-Te ovvaers of IA the Liverpool barque A. B. Killam have received information of the wreck of their vessel, caused by J.- a lire which broke out during the usevaze ...

... A BRITISH STEAMER SUNK- BY1 COLLISION. er al ' NARROW E *r- The Pacific Steam Navigation ConreOY1 *ir Royal mail steamer Johti Elder has &sDna id at Liverpool 17 men, being the crew ol -Y the Enzlisa steamer Spearsnan, which was 6=3 or by collision with the steamer Mon kseatouin d' ly harbour of Lisbon. The Speazman was Ivin's; id anchor in the harbour of Lisbon on the 9th LZst it and the ...

... e OFFICERS OF AUXLIARY FORXES. 1 ?? - - - - The Press Association is officiallv informed that the following officers of the auxiliary forces have passed the examination in tactics held in January last under the provieionas of general order 138 of 1883:- NORTHERN DISTRICT. Field officers and captains as laid down for cap- tains before promotion to majors.- YosR-Major J. A. BEaton, 3rd ...

... PmOWER XOSION. j . I An esplosion occurred yesterday afternoon week at Sbe extensive gunpowder works of bessrs. Wakefield, Ostebecknear Kndal. Thefinished gunpowderhad been drawn from the grinding mill, ind when new itorial was being plaeed into the mill an explosion took plaee. The bnte of fire caught the fioisbed gun- g powder. and the toill Wvnt off vith a report that SI v 53 heard miles ...