... PRESENTATION OF A SILVER SNUFF-BOX TO MR. DAVID W.ARD BANKS, It - th On Thursday night a party of nearly forty gentlemen con- IC nected with the AManheister Harmonic Society, met over JI a festi've supper at Haywardl's lotel. The object of their r gathering was to present a silver snuff-box to M1r. D. WV. ir Banks, the accomplished professor of music, and thih lo contductor of the Aii. H. S. ...

... | I C . ROnBBsY.-At the sessions, on Monday, two men of notorious character, named James Clegg and Simeon Dearden, of Castleton, were charged by Superintendent Fowler with having stolen four pieces of calico, the pro- perty of Messrs. James Smith and Sons, manufacturers, Bacup.-It appeared by the evidence that on the morn- igg of Tuesday week the waggons of Messrs. Barrow- crough, carriers, ...

... correopoin. . Coae~pouJe~tcc. I 7lle Ji'rtll-rs no not holdu tnenlclees reopo;ft~efr the oellti- voelts conltined in the letters of their Correspondents.] FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND TAHEITE. CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE AND PEACE. To thle EDITORS of the MlIANCHE.S2'ER 'I 'IJES. Silts:-Much diversity oI opinion has prevailed among the friends of missions as t6ithe best mode of rendering efficient aid to the ...

... The Patriot of November the 7th contains the following,. which is eminently entitled to the consideration of every dissenter. The clause referred to is inserted in the poli- cies of most offices, and, in the present state of ecclesias- tical affairs, can scarcely fail to be a source of serious annoyance and injury to the nonconformist body:- We transfer the following from the Morning Chronicle ...

... The Buckinghamsliire meeting of anti-league leaguers is rich in transparent fallacies and self-conxtrndictory statements. li such be the talk what will (he writing be, -,when out of their great fund, the ammunition in tho old stocking as Col. Thompson calls it, they duluge the country with their tracts ? We utill a few specimens, and place beside them a few remarks: MR. OREAVIM. It appeared ...

... R1DRE-sS OF GRIEVANCES BY MOVING ADIEND- AMENTS -ON SUPPLY MOTIONS. When it became:known that a deputation from the Complete Suffrage Union was this week to visit several towns in Lancashire in furtherance of the proposal -of Mr. W. S. Crawford, member for this borough, to seek redress of grievances by moving amendments on motions of supply, the friends of the movement in Manchester, with ...

... BEWARE OF WARI The present state of relations between France and Grcat Britain, gives the friends of peace much occasion for alarm. 'The French, still feeling deeply their de- feat at Watcrloo, and the occupation of their capital, after all the glory' they hiad gained in the wars which followed their revolution, seem to be burning for reta- liation and revenge, and cager, with or without ...

... KNU TSFORD. OnL Dit-We believe that the Proprietors of the Man- chester and Birmingham Railway have it in contempla- tion to form a branch line from the Alderley Station, vil IKnutsford, to Northwich. Theo land through which it would have to pass has been surveyed, and report speaks favourably of the project. Grand ?? seat of R. G.. Leycester, :sq., of Toft Hall, has been, during the past week ...

... (forre-5p o II I) ol cc. [T1ieEEAditors (O n0ot/old tilemselves respotaiilerfr the 6eirti- vilenits contuained.-i the letters of their Correaoizoaents.] SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION .RAILWAY. To tlhe EDITORIS of tle MSANCIIFrSTLR TIMES. GETNTLEXNIE::-Y'arious reports having bcen circulated on the subject of this line, tending to induce a belief that the directors were not intending bond ...

... MIANCHESTE rTIMES, AND :Kanxcasbircalls O ?? Exarnnfier. SATUR DAY AUGUST 10, 1844. 1 - - . - - I S TIuE ELECTION FOR DUDLEY h1as terminated, as was t expected, in favour of Mr. Benbowv, an old man of e seventy, who had the benefit of all Lord Dudley s y influence. At the request of a number of electors, who 0 wished to record their votes in favour of a free trader, Mr. William Rawson, of this ...

... MANCI-HESTER rTiMES, AND X jntsfre alit~ QTfe~fjir ,EXallfiler. I A TURDA A UG UST 24, 1844. 1 Tsin VAR-cily hassomewhat abated since our last publication. The bombardment of Tangier too much resembles our OwVn exploits in China anid India to allow of any ?? from our side of the Channel, other than wvhat might be founded upon thiat pretence about the balance of powlve,' which no onebuta ...

... - 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 ...