... 1W1ANC4E Sr'r it, rr'[F[JE2. . ~ ~ I ; It will all come at last like the breaking up of great frost, said Colonel Thompson when Lord John Rusell,, in the belief that the people were apathetic on the question, ceased tt6bring forward his annual motion for parliamentary reform. It will all come at last like the breaking up of a great frost, said we when Lord Melbourne de- clared that none ...

... DISTRICT INTEL:AGENCE.l, ASH TO N. FRtEEHOLDERS' BUILDING SociarY. A deputation from Manchester, gf g committee of that society, visited Asliton-ulider-Lyne on Mond,,ay evening, for the purpose of explaining the objects of't'he:institu- tion. The meeting took place in the school-room, Stam-. ford-street. The chair was occupied by Mr. Mason. The meeting was addressed at some length by Mr; Owen, ...

... Tire SHARE MARKET. - Clhester and Birlkeuihead, i r58-f; ditto, £220 shares, 24 4 prem ; Grand Junction, 247; 1], New Quarter Shar-es, 73 plein. ; London and Birmiirg- I 'n ham Fifth Shares, 204'j prem.; Manchester an d Leeds Fiflth I I Shares, 12 prem. ; Ditto Exteusion Shares, 44 pre. ; Man- ( dl chester and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 74 prelil.* Midhuid, ...

... Al R. E N T WISLE, -M.P. InI ethics thle law of compromise is unknown. There is one riglht and one wrong-one truth and one false- hood - but no intermediate partaking of neither. Compromise is a thing human, physical-a thing born of that necessity which weak men admit, and, admit- ting, crcate. Compromise is the game of the mere politician, not that of the truly, great leader whose life is the ...

... STATE EDUCATION. I I Mr. Edward Baines, of Leeds, in his fifth letter to Lord John Russell, states that the full amount of day-school accommodation that could be rea- sonably expected, in England and Wales, in the present social and industrial circumstances of the people, was for 1,937,292 scholars, and that there are already schools calculated to accommodate 1,876,647 scholars, subject only ...

... VARIETIE S. he I-fey Majesty And( Prince Albert honoured the performnsece berd Iof of the F rench plays with their presence on Flriday Evening. Ven ?? The stun allotted by the Commissioners of Woods anti tlxie ?? to the Earl of Haddhigton for the loss of his interest Qi inl the park of Holyrood is I£30,t74. 4s. 8d. led11 01 Sir H1. W. Barronhas fifty nmon drainilghis Gaultier estate. Mr,. ?? ...

... TESTIMONIALS TO THE EXECUTIVE OOU CIU | OF THE LATE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. r It will be recollected that, at the great meeting held in a thi townon th 2d Jnll~ylast, for the purpose of dissolving r' the Anti. Corn-Law League, it was determined to acknow.. d ledge the exertions of the -various members of the execu- tive council by the presentation of some public testimonial. *~On that occasion ...

... coaranssoNEas' MIEeTING.-The usual monthly meet- ing of the Commissioners of Police was held on Wednes. day evening, when. Mr. William Higgenbottom was called to the ?? law clerk, Mr. Higgenbottom, having read the minutes of the last meeting, and the same being confirmed, Mr. Sykes, clerk to the commissioners, read the accounts, which were ordered to be paid. He then read a commendation em the ...

... A. meeting of the committee was held at the Town Hall, v on Wednescay last, Alexalller Kay, Esq. in the chair. The kt 3 following report was submitted and adopted- tC Bteport of the Progress of thle varions works at tile Public Park#, b f fauchester. a: CONTRA(CTORS WORK AT HENODAlC -The whole of the tile a draining, amounting to above fifteen hundred rooaB statute mea- n sure, is completed. ...

... (From thP Nonconfornist.) In all human contests, tinif is evelything. In little more than a week the preuie Will have made the an- nouncement of his intentions 4 the subjbct of the corn laws; and lie is at this moment *ithint signs of the times as they arise, and including each ofdm in the balance of determinaticn at which he finally ar es. He is cool, collected, and able; not unwilling, ...

... ASHTON-IJ ND E R-LIYNE. Tuis MONTHLY CATT LE Fu ki ?? the monthly fair was held, when there was a good show of horned cattle, which fetched high prices. A moderate business was effected. MEETING OF SOLICITOIS CLERIS.-On Monday even- ing the clerks employed in thle solicitors' offices in Ashton and Stalybridge, held a meeting at the Globe Inn, Ash- ton, for the purpose of' discussing the best ...

... At the close of the last election for the borough of Wigan, the free-traders brought heavy charges against Lord LINDSAY and his friends, on the ground of the extensive system of treating which had been practised during the contest. Most people were willing to be- lieve there was some truth in these allegations, the borough of Wigan being, in its electoral charaeter, perhaps not even excpting ...