... MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. AT THE COURT, ATHEN'*I'M, GEOROE-STREET, Nov. Manchester. Hour of meeting. 29. 11. Barker, druggist, Manchester, final dividend 12 29. Burt and Co., agents, Manchester, last examination.. 11 J. Collins, brewer, Manchester, assignees Davie*, plumber, Manchester, assignees 11 29. F. Law, corn dealer, Manchester, assignees 11 30. J. (iee, cotton spinner, l)ukiufield,last ...

... [bt express.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. The mercantile advices from INDIA are of rather an • unequal tenor from the ditferent presidencies. At Bombay the demand for cotton fabrics had improved, and fuller rates were obtained, though not corresponding 1 with the rise in England. Holders did not press sales. ; Freights were very high, owing to the activity in the rice market. The rate of ...

... THE sPrIN 9tb Z har ?? good not to open the 'eiisning-session off parliameint a by the 'Qtietu iti perion!-,tliattille royal speechli %ill be read by e~ilrni~sioers -'iupon many previoiss Occisiolls. SHer, Majestyons degiris to prolong the Btay of the Court as ongo as possible at ~thie lCastle, before proceeding to Bockiagh~am; Palace for the season, in order Oiat their Royil.Higlinesses ?? of ...

... DINNER OF TEIL OPERATIVE ANTI-CORN-LAWV ASSOCIATION. Time mleeting of thle woj6kiag-t-lcosee, upwards of five thousand' in tintlier, ink plawe fin tie Pavilion nit ?? Ri vllu the ?? talilled ho the wives, daugb-r lets3, sit'trs anti friettds of 11e lichearingL conisiiunlity. 'I'ne Paviiioit was equal ly spleendid a id riisi antr as on ' tse prevedieg evening. ' The chair wa' filled by Mir. P ...

... f ?? ly.- IfJ^ ..S . -Pls I (frost the Caledonian Mi'ercury.) It is stated with apparent confidence in. the best circles for obtaining information, that her majesty is disposed to carry out her late royal father's principles, to effect which the Melbourne ministry are to retain oltice (subject to modifications which I shall speak of by- and-bye), invested with adequate powers to carry thoss ...

... - COIARGIE OF FORGERY.-YCsterday week Joseph James Mooney, a man respectably connected, was brought be- fore the magistrates on the above charge.-Mr. Mooney was for several years managing clerk in the office of Mr. H. Gaskell, solicitor, 01rigan; le has left such situa tio nerlytwoyeas, nd urig tattime lies hod a strange and ?? linfe. ?? nnowhpresents a miscra- having forged and uttered a ...

... I - -- - Rocal Eittelligence. I MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, At ?? Coramissioners' Rooms, Saint James's Square, Back fing-streetd, anolester. lid. JAN. 11. W. H. Beeston, Manchester, audit & last exam. lo --12. J. Hayes, Manchester, lant exam. lo - 15. J. Flanigam. Manchester, last exam. 2 - 15. Matkin and Baxton, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, cst exam. 11 _ 16. Chadwick and Chadwiek, Ashton-under-Lyne, ...

... SAVAGE ASSAULT.-At the petit sessions on Wednesday, held before William Hall, Eeq., and Holbrook Gasketl, Esoui Peter Oaks 'aas charged with having committed a violent assault upon William Henshaw and his wife. It appeared by th eviene that on Monday evening the complainant, a labaurmin man, had a quarrel at the Red Lion public house with the doefendaint's father and brother, and in ...

... jfli0EcI~a11ec~u~. ?? I I - I The Commander-in-Clhief hasordered cricket-grounds to be laid out at each of the barrack stations thiroughlout the United Kilngd om for the nse of the officers and pri- vates. The Vice-Chancellor and the heads of colleges of the IUniversityof Cambridge have signed a manifesto against steeple-clasittg on thle part of resident students. For ourselves we hare ...

... THE GUARDIAN AND THE EDUCATION _ - . BILL. )n On' Wednesday, May 3d, the Manchester Guardian Is said:;- - Although thoroughly sensible of the serious defects which existed in tile measure as originally introduced into of the House of Commons, we must confess, that we have of heard with pain many of the objections urged against it,- objections, which if pushed to their legitimate conclusions, ...

... Z- - ?? iovoorrit~~fpt. I i r LONDON, PFRLDAY MORNING. Our readers will be glad to learn that the health of Viscount MIelbourno is quite re-ejtablished, and that it is confidently stated by his frientihekwiU forthwith re- stunc hisattention to public busiA.9s, It has, howe-er, becn thought adviseable, in order ta fkrfect his recovery, that his lordship should have the benefit of a few meore ...

... gorecgtlc -Enteltigence. I - I I MADAGASCAR. By letters which have been received from Madagascar, within the last few days, we grieve to find that the storm of persecution against the Christians continues to rage there with unabated fury, and that the miseries of the country, under its present infatuated government, are augmenting beyond belief. A large part of the island presents a most ...