... OFTIIIEVES IN GENERAL . EFron ile )?xn ltxiners.] IN complinment to thie police, we talk of the escmpe of Ste- phelson, but more strictly wve should deScribe it simlly a de- ;ssst~o'e, such cs the Me wing Post mIigilt illsert in its list of fashidon ble chan!res. 1ne Etlir, 'lideed, wears no cha racter of escapc. Afr. Rowland Stephelnsoll set o Ol' or voyage across the Atlantic by a direct ...

... NESW BAILEY.-AY. I 'Thoznos Hop7e wtas coniilitted for trial, for stealing tWo brass taps' roite O it e loi net-ae brnseyl~ Mrooss tl was charged wvith illicit distillation. Mr. Boys, the superdisor, stated that on Saturday, aboutt two o'clock, lie w ent anl a coacb, accompanied by'soni1c tpol°ice ofcers, to the cellar of the prisoner, near the Cleck Face, in Nvewton lanle; and on breakisg ...

... M THE IRlONT MANUFACTURE IN ENGLAND. il _ (From tIle Jo'snal du Commerce.) ai At a time when the committee on trade have devoted so S ;much anxious attention to thie subject of the introfuction of' G Eeeg ish iron into Fr.nce, the fo..ow ng accurate statement, t which has beel furnis'ied to us by a correspondent, of the improvement is the iron manufacture ,n Engiand s nce5 COl ihas been ...

... AuOrelfalWOU0 Elitelliornrf'. I The tinei mentioned for the 6Openi~o h iepo and Manchester railWay is thle muiddle of the year -IS30. Shares in that undcrtakiing, onl Which S70 has been paid, Denow at a prelaiumi Of 46 to 5i) pe Cent,. The best thing, that can be provided to extricate persons in dhangcr of drolvning, from tile breaking of the ice, is t. cmmo iladder ;-a coninson pole wvill ...

... TI . MANM 1 CELSTER TiMES. I SATURDAY, j,&NUAIY 24, 16'W9ci WI: InI tile first numrber of this Journal w ad e i lieving hat Refrml ill Parliiutlf It could not have pa taken, place one wekbfrei Ihud have bestowed th( uPOn all classes of. his Mlajesty S subljects,wtotm distinction of, sect or party, Itl nietrerlgos0 and ciiietwe Shall not occuelpy much of' the U11 attention of our readers inl ...

... I p The Act of the 9th George IV. Crap. 14, entitled, An s Act O0RelinilIg a vLe .ttell Mte.oranmdunii necessary to the Validlity of certuln Ploouises and l4,lgigelile)tA,' call e into e sperlLtion on Thursday. By the last section it :s prov ded, p that no acknowvleiigell.Cnt or pronise sols Lte ternied suni:- 11c cnt to takie a case OLit of tiIe StatIte of Lilitations, un css cit be in Wl ...

... MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE It will be remembered that about four weeks ago, we no- ticed a somewhat strange rumour of a person having been drowned in the Infirmaly pond. The ruinour-arose from the circumstance of a bitch having for several days together kept wandering about beside the pond, and occasionally howling in a piteous manner. Crowds assembled about the place watching the strange conduct ...

... I . - NEW BAILEY.-MONDAY. A miscreant named WI~iliasr Copper, was committed to the sessions, under Mr. Peel's recent sIfterAtion of the criminal law s, for throwing vtriol upon tile person of a ian w:tb lhomn he had had a serious quILlTel. Tlhe law as it llow stands mikes this oflence a felony. The colilpailtilt's face was shockingly scarilied, James Burns, a man wilo hasbeen convicted of an ...

... I At a numerous and highly respectablc meeting of the t catholic sssociation of Ireland, he!d atthe Great Room, Corn Exchange, Dublin, on Thursday, the 8th day of Janl 1Bj9 9 Philip Mc.Dermnott, Esq. Mf. n;. in the chair;-It was smoved by Michael Staunton, Esq. seconded by Dan 'e -O'Conneil, Esq. Al. P and unanimously resolved, that tise - marked thaiubs or the association be given to the ...

... NATURAL ArPEARANCES IN JANUARY. (From the Companion to the Almnasscck.) SNIOW AND HOAR FnosT.-There cannot be finer subjects for the microscope than the cnstals of water, of which ,snow gand hoar-frost are composed, and if beauty, as has been maintained, consist in regularity amidst varietv, snlow-flakes, seen by the aid of the microscope, must be considered bighly beautiful. Their variety is ...

... ITHE DEAR PAIR OF SCISSARS; OR, PILFMRNG IN HIGH LIFE. (From e SaiwTdqy Prcc:.) Amost extraordinarycircumstance occurred in the au- Itumn, which has since been the subject of marny signifcant ewhispers; for though great and anxious eliorts were made to prevent it fronm be~ngU ineutioned, it was known to so 1 man;y pesons in the frst instance that it was impossible to Dkeep it wholly concealed. ...

... DINNER OF THE L:t z, DliNEROF HELICENISPD)VICTUALLERIS' SOCIETY. *The gentlemen who forias this societdietgthrnth Town Hall, Salford, on irusa latY.e Abouete 25inted together in the large room, Anbbt oreinon 25 f thned 'ante-resins After dinner 210n srbis onn assn x ceedingly wycli by several professional gednntemn vas sompax flied bly Mr. Wilkinson on thle grand piano. Tisel accompa- - sea, ...