... 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 ...

... BRUNSWICK MENING IN CHESHIRE. On Tuesda y, a meeting of thle frecehoiclers Of Cheshire was held at Knutsrord, for the purpose of originating an -address to thle king, and petitions to both liousess of parlia- rnsit, against any` further concessions to the Roman catho- lics. At elcven o'clock, the meeting assembled in the assembly~roomn, at the Gcorge Inn, when Sir H. Mainwair- ing Mainwairinlg ...

... SCOoL FOR INFANTS, CHORLTON ROW. I Oi1 Monday an examination took p aceoc h vr on children wvlio receive instruction in teSchool for Infants, ii, Saville-street, Chorlton Row. The attendance of visitors WAS particulauiy large, and the examination of the children, seemedto gie the all great gratilicatiol. The little Pu- as illai of tem uner thee yersto age~, gave pleasing proos o ihir lo~em n ...

... AMERICAN PRESIDEN'T'S DRESSAGE. Both houses of the congress of the United States met on Monday the 1st instant, at Wlashington, and made the usual preisimnary arrangements for the commencement of the session. On Tuesday the 2d, the president, by his private secretary, transmitted to both houses of congress his message, of which the following are the most interesting passages: I TO THE SENATE ...

... AFFAIRS OF POlRrUGA, | ~~~(Fromt the Journ~al dc Paris. )1 The question respectingPortugal, notwithstanding the war I in tilhe Eist, the occupation of the Morca, and the inquie- c tude in the rest oL Europe, has not ceased to fix pabtic atten- tion. This episode, Which belongs More thall is generally s Imainusbtled to the great drama of thc day, wiAl be resolved ati the mcetin3g at w ich thc ...

... Arwo alm .I' GIBRALTAR.-By the steam-bOat Geonge the FOtW411 we have received Gibraltar paper to the 20th inst. The fever had nearly disappeared ; a few days previously, the cases being reported two and thrce, and the deaths one; but to- wards the 20th a, number of persons retUrning From the pure air of the neutral ground, a fe w of them were at- tacked by fever. Osi the 9th Dee. Snew eases 5 ...

... THE MANCHESTER rIMES. I * 4e, ----- FRIDAY LVENING, JANURy 2, S29. l - I ll~~~~~ l N another.part of our paper We have given extracts pi from the American President's Me + ige to Congress. nu It may be gathered from this document, that the Tariff is likely to receive some modification, so as to w render it more acceptable to some of the States to th which it has been especially obnoxious ...

... IFAILURE I , OF REMINGTON, STEPHENSON AND COLEMAN Nothingecould exceed tie state of alarm and confusion into I wlsich Lomsbard.ots'ect was thrown ion Saturday, by thd re- port that Mr. Stephensou, one of the partners, liad decasoped 'with securities to a very large, and cash to a still largerJ amount. The suspensson, of payments at this house, whichl h'as been long one of the mlost opulent and ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...