... is The Lancaster and Carlisle railway is expected to be coin- It pleted by tbe Ist of July. The Blhicburie and Preston railway will be opened on or abont the 1st of May. Great exertions are being made to effect this. tl WEST-RIDING RAILWAY.-A petition is in cipculatios in , Bradford, imil has already been most numerously antd re- t spectably signel, praying the house of commons, to pass the 6 ...

... PaRZES FOR PLOUGHING. - On Wednesday last, a arge number of persons assembled on a large farm, at PilswOrth Moor, two miles from Bury, belonging to the Earl of Wilton, to witness ploughing for prizes, given by Mr. Hampson , agent to the Earl of Wiltou. Eighteen persons contested for prizes of thirty shillings, twenty shillings, and ten shillings, besides which, the men were treated with ...

... - ci ASHfTON AND STALYB3IIDIJE. POST OFFIcE AnHIANGEMENTST.-The Commtnissioners of G police, in the town of Stitlybridge, Ilave directed their law tl clerk to draw `iiP It tilu!iotitd to thle Postumaster-Genera], it praying that there may be two post deliveries in Ii day, and d oneion at Sunday, andil also thakt there may be a mail depar- C tore at such an honr as will. meet the mnid-day ...

... A RESIONAT1ON.-The Hon. Captain Gordon, Mi.P. for Aberdeenshire, aninounces to his constituents that he hlls seen it his duty, in reference to the present measures of government7 to take his stand on the side of protection to the native industry of the country; and, in ordertoleavebhimself free and mifettered on the subject of the coriulaws, has re- signed hsis seat at the admiralty board. ...

... The suhbject of capital punishiments is creating a deep and in1eceasing interest in the public mnind, and we rejoice that it is so, for we believe that society ,levter comlits a grenter blunder tdln 'when it pubt toe of its members to death, A receut case of 1pblic execution att -Mullingar, in Irelind, has attracted great attention, and is calculated to dlo much to hliasten the abolition o1 ...

... O LDHAM. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.-On Saturday-last a girl of twelve or fifteen years of age, whilst nursing a female infant of seven months old, was at play with other children in the middle of the road at Moor Hey, Side-of- Moor, whien Mr. Fawisit, surgeon, suddenly rode. up at rather a quick rate, he ordered the children to go out of the way, hut they seemed to take no notice of him, and ...

... MIRJPLOR OF PARLIA.MENT. (From our Pr-ivate C'orrespondent.) The monster debate ont the corn-laws tind commnercjiali yefono ~Isill crawls lazily over ti te ground ; endI if in inference wera~ to 1)e drawn front thle litincher of members leaping op 0 to e at-it thte eve of the SPAEit proirtises to hle intern i- 5: na',or it leatst to go ott innil wivi have had (155 speeches. It No doiebt the ...

... 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,. ?? ...

... 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 ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE . J. LONDON, FBIDAY EVENVING. d MONEY MTARKET. Thursday Evening. The English stock-market has been a scene of great e bustle and activity to-day, and prices have again im- proved nearly I per cent. The Chancery broker was a purchaser of a very large quantity of Consols and Ex- chequer-bills, and his operations were followed by others for considerable amounts. Some of the ...

... IKNUTSFORD INTERMEDIATE SESSIONS. The adjourned sessions of the peace for the county of Chester commenced at Nether Knutsford on Monday. There were no cases eliciting observation, but they were numerous. The calendar contained sixty-nine prisoners for trial, a number considerably above the average, taking into account the very limited interval that has elapsed since last sessions. The court ...

... MANCH-IESTrER TfMES. ?? Intelligence from India, brought through Austria by the Times' Express, will be regarded as favoerable or unfavourable according as people beleve the causes of war there to be just or ir unjust. There has been a formidable battle, like that of Waterloo, of three days' continuance, with i- great numbers on each side, and much mutual ;e destruction of life ; but unlike ...