... M ISCELLANTEOUS EXTRACTS. DINNERt SERVICES IN TILE 0IL-Ci Ti.ME-Dinnier services ,hatve greatly altered Since thce days when. ,neais and his ell banld of Wandering Trojans wvere perplexed by the oracular ucr lpredlimcti, that ttbt ev ?? tleir tables,' hoit folund.that tic fact,~ gave thle mcectaciig prophiecy it very innocent interpre- fo tiaition their tables were hunge rakes. Our Saxon ...

... VA R IET I ES. a. R- TheI, personal estate of the late Bishop of St. Asaph has ~ybeen estimated for duty at £-10,001). S. Mr. N. P. Willis, the well-mowen writer, is about to become La tile literary editor of the New York T1ribtune. S- The Queen of Spain has conferred the cross of the order a- of Charles III, onl AL Alexandre Datnas. , Thle D urhamn coal-owniers have advanced the price of ...

... EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.- MEETING OF THE BRITISH ORGANISATION. s The report of the conference, in our last week's paper, was j brought down to Friday evening, and we now furnish our readers with a condensed account of the most material reso- 1 lutions which have been adopted subsequently. The sixth session was held on Friday evening. It was I .then determined that there shall be no money ...

... 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 ...

... I-- No statute of modern. timies has better- clainms upon public attention than tihe act ,which was passed last session, for the mrute easy- recovery of small debts And demands in Eng- ln. tsobject is to establish courts oflaw throughout the country y in which justice hall be aiministeredl cabuply, - uniformly; andcxelii1sy by judges ?? qualified f yr their office by a professionsal ...

... PICKINGS FROM OLD MANCHESTER NEWSPAPER-.No. X. e A SA1FORD 1'lnannu.-Maneiester, April, 3 (1709). It is reported from Salford, that atl attempt hath been made d to take away the botly of the late John Grindred, executed at !X- Lancaster, and hung in chains at Sallord, aforesaid, for li murder, pursuant to his sentence last assizes. All well- )st disposed persons are shocked at this account, ...

... ttp?flbEnc2. The Editors do not hold themselves respornible for the sentioents avr contained in the Letters of their Correspondents. to sI THE EARLY-CLOSING MOVEMENT. n ti! To the EDITORS of the MANCHESTER TIMES. hi DEAR Sins :-You will confer an extreme favour upon ni me, and those young men with whom I have laboured tI since January last for an early-closing movement in this 6 town and ...

... onbcn(c. I 2The ?? do not hold theinsslres respansible fbr the sertintents contailned in the Letters of their Correspondents. t CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. To the EDITORS of the MANCHESTER TIMES. t GEsNTLrEPN :-WMay we be allowed, through the medium of your cotisistont journal, to caution thle public agaillst some parties who are going about the town selling what they term the best East India gul. ...

... DiR. VIAUGIHAN'S LECTURIE ON PERSIA. o Ui e On Tuesday evening, the Rev. Dr. Vaughan delivered, at g ,- the Mecllatics' Institution, a lecture on aicient Persia, as v e ilinstrated by the ruins of Pcrsepolis. The lecture ?? e s delivered in connection with the Mianchester Sundaly School ui Union, aid ?? attended by a Ilarge aid(l respect ble aun M d dieuce. Dr. Vaughan said thit the subject ...

... I -- - The New York Correspondent of the Nonacon- formist gives an account of a very interesting case relative to an escaped slave, and of the im- portant decision of the judges before whom it was tried. It appears that in the last week of October the brig Mobile, from Savannah, came to. New York, having on board a runaway slave froni the State of Georgia, confined in the hold of the ship, ...

... X , ALTRINCHAM. CHARITY SRrO0oNs.A n Sunday a collection was made in the AltrinchanxChurcWor the sufferers from the fire at St. Johns in Newfouiindnd. '4As one of the officials was going roi1jd vwith the bdo he cagse to the seat of one of the Altrincr publicanri o it apeared, from the search he was making in all zocket s the collector approached himl, had evidently lost his iney; he, how- ever ...

... ASIHTON AND STALYBRIDGE. Oe DECREASE OP CRIME.-.-Thsere Vwas not a single case of felony at tle Ashton petty sessions on Wednesday last. SHORT TISIE.-NO defilite steps have yet been taken by XI the neanafacturers of Ashton ani its neighboutrhood, as to working less hours, althotugh ill appear to think itdesirable. 1 MONTHLY CATTLE FAIR.-Oi Thursday the monthly cat- tle fair wats held, when ...