... I COUNCIL MEET INS.' ' ?? E4. ~~SALFORD. A special meeting of the Salford Town Council Nx'as hell on Monday in, the Town Hell, Sir W. H. Is- Baiey, the AiL'yor, preoiding. hle lie DOTHl'S CatARIlr: ALLEGE5D BLACKMAILING OF TH11 vY 11O401IE'1NTS. g, Mr.T uddatrt drovw attenition to the conduc~tof one of the ?11distributors of Boothb's Cliarity, who had gone out of Td his way to mucke a very s ...

... TANCASaIRE AND CHSInsrE ANTI4IYARIA, 01 At a mecting of the members of this Society, iT1 Friday vevening, in the Chethlacm's Library, Huiit's ti inkIt;. Mlinoheler, presided over by Mr. J, Holne Nfchol.-oIn, Lienlt.-Col. Fishvick, ?? read a papsr doscriutive of Tonci luall, Middleton. which' dated bark!l: to~n ,tbe E iizabettiau period, a view of st which he C e hibited as it ?? in 1865. rr Mr ...

... I a.BY OUR SPECIAL COICRESPONDENT.1 WET AND COLD. C The heavy rains that fell so generally last week C over the Nortlh and West of England have been E succeedeil by strong and bitterly colidwinds from e thle north and east. These will, of course, have a a mo)re or less checking effect on grass and corn, A aun in fact on everything that is growing, and shouidl htley continue for any length of ...

... The prosecution of Mr. Ben Tillett was commenced at the Central Criminal Court on Friday, before Mr. ,Tustice Cave. Mr. Ben Tillett was charged on various indictments with havilig on the 18th December, at the Horse Fair, Bristol, incited persons then and there present to unlawfully assemble and commit a riotin the said clty on December 23 against the peace of her Majesty's subjects, her crown, ...

... J. B. (Peel). -No doubt the place ie very pretty and en'oyable, but its merits have been de3cribed:man, times, and are now very well known. APOLIO.-Yon cannot do better than invest shilling or so in the pnrchase of Cassell's Gnaid> the, Cvil Service, wvhich will give you all the ?? ;nation yon want. Your second questionis aaswtwe in the Lawyer column. IxIunsr.ZST-A Marked Man, by Ada ...

... LOCAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. MTE IA.Y cRop. Ide In North-East Lancashire the hay crop prospects have itmproved considerably as the early meadows have been cut, and the hay safely housed, while late meadows are now Cutting up better than was expected owing to the rapid bottom growth. WVhere hi' the meadows are cleared the aftermath is springing i tm rapidly and a good second cropmay be looked ...

... NOTES. I SAINT DAVID. 1 [3891 Perhaps it may not be uninterestiug to your 3 readers to give a fewv jottinge from the life of St. David. IThe maay good deeds and the wonderful miracles as- signed La him are too numerous to be given in detail. I (4iralcus Camnbreusis says: - David, or, as Iis countrylmenll call 'him, Dewi, was born at that iplacO sineo called Saint Davids, inl the year of our ...

... The special correspondent of the Press Association, telegraphing from West Hartlepool on Wednesday, said: As the polingidaygraduallyapproaches within a reasonable distance, the parties are redoubling their efforts. The difficulties of gauging the probable issue of the contest are very great. Both sides are, or profess themselves to be, confident,whilst any attempt to forecast the result by ...

... I T. ?? Articles, with i11ustriations, ont and Wensleydale, with references to Broiu-,h_ an L Appleby, appeared on tbe following dt4:Yy4 11, 25, und Jlune 1. (2.) -No. at t . WADE. -We do not know the nu-me of the toabIi~h,, The editor of Nature, London, would probably bi able to give you the information. A WVELCOM1E AND A WAPUN ING. To .TuE EDI'TRui oU THY MNL.cHE.-:TEI EEI Sir,-Will ...

... NOTES. LANCASHIRE AND THE '45. L3791 In the, report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission just issued there is a collection of letters, not previously printed, whiah give a contemporalneons acoount of the raid of the Young Pretender on this country in 1745. They appear to be for the most part the letters sent by- spies to their empkyers, and they give a most graphic and vivid picture of the ...

... SHIPPING FEDERATION ANXD THE SAIlORS d A'ND FIREMEN'S U-NION. I THE CASE FOR THE FEDERATION. in The following important manifesto has been issued se by the Shipping Federation: 1. On the 5th December m last a manifesto was issued from the Wada Arms by St I the United Labour Council of the port of London, directing all shipworkers to boycott certain lines of ! ships until the owners give an ...

... 'Mle Quenl. 1%itli tile (zarow-itl1i, the Prince and 10 ?? of littenherg, arnd P'xinvess Alix of llfs~e :nd suite. left t]:e ('aistlo at 10 20 yesterday niuridig aidl diove to Windsor terminuis where a 51)wial train %vas in waiting to convey them to Ports- mnou.t, en iutev for Osborne. Front Gosport the ltxv;-t XiiUty Weln to cross to the Isle of Wight oin bl:irl the Queev's yaslit. Ifer ...