... 4 Mrief (9,Ftonicler of *e simnes. I _ The white fishing on the west coast, for some days past, has been very ?? Advertiser. It is said that 17,000 sacks of sawdust are annually con- sumed in London for stuffing dolls. The parishes of St. Margaret and St. John have agreed to devote £38,000 to intended improvements in West- minster. A match has been made between Henry Clasper, the celebrated ...

... 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, ...

... WARiRINGTON.. BIRnKNHEAD, LANCAsHIRE, AND 'CESienIE, JUNC- TION RAILWAY..-,This line of raiji'ty, according to the act of parliament just obtained, was to pass over the lower end of Bridge-street, wl e a station was to have been erected. It is now, hoi'fer likely that this route !will be abandoned, and the line'ftaken acrhbs the north end of the town, near the Blue Coit,School, if MI feces- ...

... l We are glad to learh from various quarters tiat the failure in the potato crop is fear from being so great or so widely spread as was at first supposed. From Yorkshire, an intelligent farmer writes that not more than fiom five to ten per cent. of the winter potatoes in his neighbourhood, have been tainted with the prevailing disease, and as regards the district of central Yorkshire, ...

... CORRE SPONDENCE. ew TO IREADERIS AND CORRESPONDENTS. cee di, eEVANGELICAL. ALLIANICE--The letter of Homno arrived too late for ng insertion tlajs week. a i TanL SCRt A'WIG-O-LSTE!N QUESTION.-The article onl this sub- ie ject, from a lisaubtugh correspondent, ssill be inserted in our benext. . bel M~hADAME VEaSTRss.-We are unable to answer the question Iof a al C'onstant Reader, regarding the ...

... I Fzan AT HiEip FOLD.-On Saturday evening, a little after nine o'clock, a barn belonging to Mrs. Aked, widow of the late Mr. Edmund Alked, of Heap Fold, was ob- served to be on fire. Nearly the whole of the contents Were consumed, which consisted of hay, cats, and wheat, upwards of 7,000 stones ii weight rhe fire engines belonging to ?? ?? of Eeap Bridge, and one from Messrs. Op0ensllnv;'1t ...