... TESTIMONIALS TO THE THREE OLDEST SERVANTS OF THE LEAGUE, A meeting of active friends of free trade, and the prihcipal officials of the National Anti-Corn-Law League, was held on Thnraday evening, at the rooms of the League, for the pur- pose of Inesentige the three senior servants of that bofd- namely, Mr. Walters, Mr. Geo. Senior, and TMr. T. Pattisoh-i with tokens of their esteem and ...

... re ROYAI, MANCHESTER INSTITUTION.-PRIZE IIEDALS- 10 The council of the R-oyal1 Ilstituition ill this town have )t awarded the l-eywood gold medel for this year to Air. R. e Ausdell, of Liverpool, for his picture in our exhibition, en- titled Returning from Deer Stalking-Scene iu Glenlyon. .olt is grntifying to adid that the Heyood silver medal was, 00on W esiiy last, awarded to our ...

... UNION BETWEEN THE SECESSION AND I RELIEF SYNODS. le (Fron; the dsbedurghi ifitness.j ?? following is the basis of union agreed upon betwixt agthe committees of the Secession oand Ilelief Synlods :-The se committee, after carefully considering the m atter, were n- unanimously of opinion that the two religious bodies whom :S. they represent,-the United Associate Synod and the I Synod of Relief,- ...

... CELEBRATIoN OF THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS. The rejoicings in Mlanchester, in commemoration of tile repeal of the corn laws, took lrace on Mdonday, the day appointed by the mayor foiithat purpose,, and which, in, compianceiwith his a ohpsuitbeelations, warea aos aeneralh ofia the og oeotrimtepl dawiich was t r ecmeate ased a generl holidy troughut ite boroughs both of Msan- chester and Salford ...

... What, threescore years and ten I-laughed a child, with eager loolo- Ol, good my mother, there'll be time-nay, close that weary book I Hark I very sweet the oncel sings upon the old elm bough, And my trusty hound he waiteth me-I hear him whine e'en now ;* For I've promised lie shall scour to-day the beech wood by the burn, And rouse the c oey from the brake and the hare from out the fern Oh ! ...

... El FECT OF POVERT1Y MUD AND MORALS. I ?? ?? r._e ?? 1t'ros 'lie Use of' mte t. o Ilhe Mind. P Br- CGs~oeee: eonz r ir Insufficient or improper Ibo lhoug h ouh, perhaps, ti to maintainu a foevrislh and lilie jife, wil disorder the l1 nervo:us functions as to i ode Onto ctiou to such a la dagree that inoral purpo 'can e sistently fol- a] lowed out. Those atfection together, w anld enable ...

... ORDER OF UNITED ODD FeLLOIVS.-On the lst inst. the Duke of Clarence Lodge held their anniversary at the house of Mr; John Silcock, sign of the Queen Anne, Chancery Lane, Great Bolton, when about sixty of its members, and a number of friends, sat down to a most sumptuous dinner, provided by the worthy host and hostess. After the cloth had been removed, the chair was taken by A. G. M. Robert ...

... PUBLIC CHARPIIE'S. ROYAL INFIRMARY AN'IJ LUNXATIC' HOSPITAL, August (i, IS 16. Officers for the next week :-Plyicia;s. Dr. Ainlosiortlb Surgeon. iMr. Wilson.-.lltrs visitors to, ;I1 ?? et the eitrosary- MAessrs. J M1. WellS, ?? Wihelre:i , d.IVi i sisteld. Hlenry W.'hitmiore, U, C. Whitiilohalni it. ?? J. WVhiltvortl, aoid Johii Wilson. An account of Patieltts dischlarged and adimitted at ...

... 'f The Wesleyan Conference for 1S40 commenced its sittings v at Bristol onl Wednesday week. The devotional services were conducted by the President (Mr. Stanley), M11r. lleec, 3 and Dr. Dixon. Forseveral days previous to the meeting n of the conference, the preparatory committees held tbeip 1 meetings, at which several interesting facts were detailed. We extract one or two of the more ...

... K- ; - OLDHAI PROJECT OF A P'UDLIC PARlt.-It is well known the Commissioners of Woods and Forests determined some time ago to award a grant of £1000 to the inhabitants of Oldham, for the purpose of providing public walks for the recreation of the working elasses, on condition that the town would raise a similar sum for the same object. It is strange that no steps whatever have beeb taken to ...

... 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 ...

... ??ELAND. At~EAL AiSSOCIAT se es Old Ireland has gahied a: recruit to ithle asperson of thle lion. Cecil Lawless, a on~~~ the i Lord Clenicurry, who this day sent in l. ahso(acom- t panied by a handsome fee) to repel o heoal force yprinciple. The accession of Mr. Lawnless is considered as a fair, equivalent flor the defection of Mir. Sinith O'Brien, *-although the latter could boast ...