... THE REFORM ACT.-WHIGS v. TORIES. y. The simple-minded amongst the Reformers, as well as R the timid and the time-serving, who would fiain recun- he cile private interests with public duty, are apt, the one rr- class to believe, and the other to say, that there is some- Er. thing in the specious but most unfounded assertion, that by it matters not whether we have al Liberal or a Tory id, ...

... 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 ...

... - - 11 The postage stanmps which aro to como inlo 11t0 Oil Mon- day next, will be punireascabla at Overy post-ellice in London, anli all licensed vendors of stamps. Staml)s if two )iIc0s will bo issued-ponny mnd twopenly stunlis. Tbo peiny stamps will be proited in black, the twopenuy ii bhie ink. At oach side of tho covers directions respecting the rates of postage, the pricos of stamps, &c., ...

... ABOLISH LIFE CHIMNEY.SWEEPING. I - - I e'rrmr Tlhe Timueuu.) r An attempt is now making to call attention to the t[ evils arising from employing children to sweep chim- ag neys, acid to obtain some legislative enactment which to shall pit an end to it. It seems as if no person who isc really considered the case could desire to perpetuate the fel existence of ?? a business; but it is kept up ...

... THE ANCIENT DXALECT OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. dy. Council Room of ite Literary aend Philosophical Society, ion Georae-sureet, l'fetic/iester 31ayS, 1840. ter. The members of the Literary Section of the Literary the nd Pbilodwhical Society of Manchester will feel much led oblige4 v information that can be communicated to te- them onrthe several points herein stated, respecting the 'ant ancient ...

... . POLITICAL PARSONS AND MOUNThBANK | i DOCTORS. The folleawing letter from a professional mountebank to a pulpit charlatan, takea from the Lamser's Com- mon Plact Book, has aizused us so much that we h hope it will equally divert our readess, in whose fi minds its perusal may peshaps raise certain local asso- a ciations to which we shaU not more ?? allude.- o Edit. Mtercury. 0 Drua IiaOTuEn, ...

... __t_ A betrlp t Itrtrury. SALUS DPUrl JLEX SLtPREJUA. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1840. Thle amatur editor of the Slandard, whose scurrilous ;and ittlse asparsj~,ns wre repelled in our last, returned to ,the charge in t'e Standard of Friday, in order, as hle r-i( ears, 1 to ealposit the calumniotis spirit displayed by tis hal ItowAvrdIs-one if thiespeaklers at tle Ampihithea;tre~. Ile ea inise to ...

... I ?? i I EllivErial parlialnelit+i ?? I HOUSE OF LORvDS. FRIDAY, MAX' 1.-Lord Seaton's Annuity Bill was brouh o rm h aoinmis, aiid reed a, first timue.- L-ird Nottae li o h table the sixth annual repart of thle Pooir-law Comntissioners for Enuglanld and Wanles. 'jiesnins, MA1Y5._Esrl F'Tzwi55 ?? gave notice that onl thle Z~Sif j Tst. lie shuelad ?? that it is exe dlient to re-cuitider ilie Ian ...

... IQUARTERLY MEETING OF THE TOWN IlCOUNCIL. I The quarterly meeting of the council was convened on ?? the rooum usually occupied by the coIlmis- sioners of police at the Town Hall, King-street, for tse t Ilowie' purposes:-'irst: .s approve culbe proceedings of ths hiandceand Watch C;ullinnttee. Second: to con- sider a recommendation of the Fiounce Cuommittee that a salary of £25 per annum should ...

... I - - - - - -~ :1 'IfPEAL -PARLIA OjS_ __ ?? ODS._. ?? . triday, May 1. J~uss~sS o ~rn ~0us,~Am ng tile petitions were to,~c'ai pregented by Lord L~Ydlsurst,'froh Sligo, against the ~pen~ ofa coportion; and ho gayve notice of mollion t6 eclude that to~vnfron schedele A, and insert it fin echedulc ?? Tlib noblo lord thon begge'dleavo tonk Lord! Melbonrnoe whte ehad any, bjedtion to lay on the ...

... A POLICEMAN MURDEIRBDi AND ANOTHER I ., DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED. ., ; HUDDESr1ELt, APnn~ 29.-A horrible; circumstance occurred in this town yesterday, which. hs' caused ex- cessive qxcitement. A gardener of the name of Tait, who recently resided with Mr. Rawson, of Halifax, originally from the highlands of Scotland, weas in Huddersfield yestor- day, and going up to aflorist'sstAil, inquired the ...

... (-ore- u1 ! irce. On. =ec n no eec fa nillaw haere-netsw :air LIEPrLASIECOEB ob- RS TteEDTR of tile L IVERPOOL MWERCURYT. ?? attended the pubtla exhibition of drawiags foe' mdthe above building, and joining In the universel approval, lay, dig- I a Interested perbons oftecrnlte' hie wsnrrs~t eatse ant Architect located bere, with peci adcop rssii eadt em copinganddepreiang the meritsof the bei ...