... At the usual weehly meeting of the board, held on Tuestay ra last, the following members were present :-Messrs. Roberts, (il fo the ohair,) Roskell, Smith, Gregson, Robertson, Mould, Parker,- of Bliaw, Leatherbarrow, Tarleton, Bradshaw, Peers, Birch, and CO Williantski A greater number of persons applied for relief than had ever so bocn known on a former occasion, there being upwards of eighty ...

... REVIEWS& VWP MAGAZII4ES AND SERIAL'S FOR DECEMBEB. ofue ?? BENTLEY'S MISCELLARv.-The interest excited by Coprs ae tssed fe Captain Spike, does not fall off this' month. Ail a narrator piage CE of matters connected, with Lisa sea, he stanlds alono,-even, worL Marryate cantapproscishlin. 1The ponie of the Earth is nhra -a now translation, by Lord Nutput, of Schiller's celebrated InUd aballad ...

... Cardat ftehifyacte. the sqi tue St. AioUSMINE'S CHURCHr.-We have had occassion tons ilid obsoerve, during the last few days, the deep anxiety fetpa rho by members of the congregation of St. Angustine's, tha 1gi e- the void caused by the lamented death of their late re- the spected pastor, the Rev. Dr. Tattershall, should be fled V up by a gentlemran of equally high standing in the Church, a of ...

... j -gp ABLE: STO MS IN LIVERPOOL, a SAND STonA.-After an extremely hot day on Saturday a l e last, a remarkable storm visited Liverpool, commencing cor with what' we dannot better designate than a sand storm, wh because it 6trongly reminded us of the representations rec ic given, inillustrated worksof the whirlwinds ofsandssofre- ter e quently experiencedin the deserts of Africa. Soen afterfive ...

... MANCIHESTER tiIMES. PARILIAMENT is prorogued without any indica- tion of the future policy of Government, the Queen's speech having been so fiamed as to say nothing, notwithstanding the disclosures made as to the practical application of the Poor Law Amendment Bill. Probably it is as well that ministers have made no premature declaration on that vexed question, for it requires deep delibera ...

... | DISTRICT +I ASHTON -L E. TaE REessLnR OFS Vorrns.- he Iuintier of one on the Ashton borough register is 907. 'The .erals have made 43 objections, the conservatives none. For the county there are 72 JMY clalia nd not one objec- tiori, a circumnstance wvhicb^3I8 plot eccurred here since the passing of the Reforma' ~ Tl~e register for the county contains 1030 voters on W ne Na¢w HIGHWIAY RSTE ...

... I 'i RIOSITIES OF MAT'IMON | - (Fi-om theo hercujrp ?? At Steyniln, in Sussex, in 1798, Mr. Wolgar, aged eighteen, to Miss-Langley, aged-eighty years. Almost all the population of the place attended upon this extra- ordinary wedding. At Oldham, Lancash0ire, Dece i 807, Mr. Joseph Jackson, aged seventy-three, to ience Bardsley, aged sixty-four years. The hap if room was the sixth swain the lady ...

... _ - . W4ASH. SPECIAL COUNOiti MEmiir,.;! On Monday afternoon a special meeting orthe Council was held, in pursuance of public ntice, for. the purpose of appointing a person, on behalf 9 the C nciJ to lay the infornations under the recent wui55ndBAic. when, we believe, the town clerk was appoted i only a formal one. L CLBf TO T3 .D AtIseRTES.-he Town Council of Wigan, ctiug ?? advic6'of the ...

... -- I cases'l On Wednesday, a meeting of the owners of property in instals the vicinity of the Royal Infirmary,. and other gentlemen, coutin was held in the lloyal Hotel, the object being to hear soin seeont explanation in reference to the plan tor removing the baths, talyih and for throwing open the entire area around the Infirmary; condit and to take steps ill farthernce of the same. Among ...

... IMANCHESTE.R AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Tetetehal-yrly meeting of the Mahe. Steranti sea~rte a Leeds Railway Compay was held on Wednesday, at the has beten I ' laue ?? town, and was attended by a vecry objet w S large body of the proprietors. H~enry Houldswoeth, Esq. further .oJB'e e chair~man of the board of directors, presided. Ourselves to n The O1A]HiacoAN, having glanced at the nature of the busi ...

... I X . ?? The resolutions of the meeting held in the Man- v chester Core Exchange, and of other meetings in I England, expressive of a strong desire to preserve d peace with America, have had a noble response a from o1u' transatlantic brethren, The following tai address, with nearly 400 signatures, including a great number of the first-rate firms in the city of p New York, was received here ...

... MANCHELSTER. M The annual election of town councillors foir the different wards took place on1 Monday last, and for the first time since J the borough was incorporated in 1SSS, excited somtetiiig jw like a general interest amIOUg' tbe burgesses. This has ieen S owing chielly to the formation of the Ratepayers' Assochation consequent oin the .s. rate, that body, hiliig deturmfille' to ri oppose ...