... I RSAL -- TOWN COUNCIL.- 56,; A- special meeting of the members of -this Council was le-. held In the Town Hall, Salford, on Monday morning last, R1. irs p.Lvro~eEqmyr ntecair,-..amongst other it~bsnsfrteprps o eemnn h expediency lil- t alamn~o pwr o as uch further onyasmybedemdrquisite to. liquidates in. COURT OF ItECOTID. tech Mr. HULaSa said he had sought this opportunity of ex- the pl2n ...

... jorciga lintelli-Mice. . NARROW ESCAPE OF TILE IKING OF SWEDEN.-SioC/I- ollrn, Nov. 27.-Yesterdav, at noon, an ill-dressed young m~an appeared at the palaee, anda, with violent gesticula- tion, required Colonel Peyron, his Majesty's chamberlain ea duty, to procure him, audince of the King. The chamberlain declining to do so, ha threatened the colonel with a pistol, which le drew from his ...

... 3ocal IntelligTCec. of MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. i the Cdbrt of Bankruptcy, George-Street, Jifancheater. ax. Diu. 11. J. A. Braver, Manchester. dividend 12 jr L J. Stuttard, Manchester, last exam. 11 11. R. Shorrocks, Blackburn. first Sttun 12 _ 12. J. Bolton, Ashton-uinder-Lyne, divinend 12 4At the Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool. -Drc. II. Breed and Eceleston, Liverpool, to audit I I 11. p. ...

... W I GA. N. ELECTION Or A TOWNN 'COUNCILLrO.-On Saturday a court was held before Mr. Alderman Taylor and the ward assessore of Queen-street ward, for the purpose of elect- ing a person to~fill ulp the vacancy recently caused in the town council by tile death of Mr. Samuel Wigans' one of the councillors for Queen-street ward, cohen ou thle court being opened at nine o'clock, votes wero tendered ...

... BANQUETT6 iii. bOBDEN AT MAIAGA.i -; . , .. 1:1 :Tt-, .S ?? , .- .. . , I .. ?? I' ; ;(F-oss'tkec~ciaodxr.*ue,,}; : ?? A we an6lur do ed - iour' num ber of yesterdabs I splendid banquet took I'~l on MoyVvn~las i f masters of'the:elevratl English econioimist Mr. Cobdenf in the salghe'ettiemneif nd magnilicent' hotel shtircsisl about to beopenned in the ebuilding da Campos, ea beauti vful ...

... ,is A special meeting of the Manchester Town Council was held on ire- Wednesday morning. The mayor, Elkanah Armitage,Esq. pre- ive The proceedings of the various committees were in the first ve place read by the towu-clerk. It appeared that steps are being ion alien to ascertain whether a better supply of water cannot be !Terol)tained for the maretes; that 'Mr. Noton has been instructed to sty ...

... No. XIL.t ct 'We cannot sound the universe, but wye have thrownalg ri fathom line into it, anid have reduced the distanicels of the Oj stars into precise figures, the trule valule Of syhicic is too great F itto be apprehended and appreciated by the intellect. We j e know not the age of the earth, but wye heave put its hardest i, i6 rocks to the question, and have compelled dlumb, niani- ti ...

... I MEETING OF THlE ELECTORS OF HULME. f Onl Monday evening Mr. Bright mnet the electors of Hfuhme, ait the Shakspere Inn, York-street, at which hiotiC there is a large room, caplable of Containing, Nvhen closely I packed, fouir hundred electors. Such, however, was the a anxiety to be present, that this roonm wais not Only Ciowdedl g to excess, but an adioinlinj rooma, together, with the ...

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... FOUNDATION OF A NEW CHURCH N EAR BRADFORD ROAD. de, [th, CunWednesday the Ten Qhurches Association laid the sen foundation stonleof their fifth edifice-a niw ~llurehsto ere ~e dedicated to St. Philip. Amongst thiecomipany we .uoticed ni- the Following clergymen: - The Rev, the Archdeacon, rat Revs. H. Stowell, J. P. O'Leary, J. H. M'Guiire, C. G. lay~ Hulton, Rt. Butler, H. Deck, It. Parsons, ...

... VARIETIES, D51s It is now understood that parliament will not be convened the for the despatch of business before Febmrarv.-Spectctor. ter, The Mayor of Clonmel has interdicted the performance of Ont- Jack 3 Shtpard at the theatre of that town. ,e- ie The Tines anuo1nces that the period of military enilist- the- ment is to be reduced to ten years. Has the failure of re- hid cruiting led to ...

... M1ISCELLANTEOUS EXTRACTS. Ax ODD SOUaCE 01r TecsrInATrIox'.Tlie thing tb~t gives Iide the highest spirit (it seelus absuird but true) is a (lose of ,&Its; but one can't take them like chamupagne-Byropi. SILENT FooacE. -Here are mnny who will be reatly to think that light is a very tame 'aml feeble instrument, be- I 6ttuse it is noiseless. Au earthquiake, for exausple, is to them am Incic more ...