... LANCASHIRE. Thb Incrbasb of Disthbss Manchester.—A meeting was held in the Town Hall, yesterday, the Major, E. Armitage, Esq., in the chair, to consider the state of the poor, and the propriety of establishing out-door relief by means of soup-kitchens various parts of the town. There was very large attendance of the clergy and gentry. Resolutions were agreed to that soup-kitchens should be ...

... Dkvokkikt, Dec. 31.—Rear Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart., hoisted his Hag on board the Caledmin, 120, Gipt. M. Dixon, the 29th inst., commander of the ordinary and superintendent of the dockyard, vice Hear Admiral Sir Samuel Pym. whose period of service (five years) has expired.—Thetis, 36, Cap'.. 11. J. Codrington, sailed on the 30th for Portsmouth. Her crew were paid two months'waves in ...

... DUBLIN, December 30. The provincial journals re-eived to-day attest terrible amount of distress. Exaggeration is one of the strange phenomena attending such a social condition ours ; but there can be little doubt that misery is intense —almost universal—and threatens to assume a ■till more alarm, shape as we advance into the year. There is not a barony in three provinces where food is not ...

... Commrrct anV aa c. I WOOL.-Tho imports of w-ool into Lod1o1n during the soeek ending Thuraday have been 439 bolos, of wllich 376 soert from Sydncy, 49 from Belgium, and 14 from Hobart Town. Thle Market for Colonial was steady. COTTON .-On Thursday the ifti anchester cloth market was so unsteaoy in price as to make it quite imnpossible to quote the value of any description of goods. The ...

... Portsmouth, J ax. I.—The Atkoll, tr.-sh., Mast.-Com. Pearn, arrived ;his morning from Bermuda, which port she loft on the 12th ult. The >nly ship of war at Bermuda was the Vindictire, 50, with tie flag of ...

... Ja*. 1, JM7.— The tJUStees of tile late Rev. JohnJU&e lave (riven th* a pr emiual of about JOW. will this vear riven for the b «t dissertation the following tnbieet The fltiwe* it the time of Ctotot's in relation to the moral, intellectual' ocial, and politartcondftio® of fie Hwthen. The dissertations are te sent one of the traaOm (t»V Jbe-C'hancetlnr, the Master « 8 G orthe s *'* er ...

... DUBLIN, December 31. The accounts from the provinces add very little to the general information. There has been a lull after the vehement expostulations, mingled with strong colours too dark for truth, which ushered in the Christmas week. The most violent sorrow must have its pauses. From the north, south, and west, the cry of destitution still comes, but in a more subdued tone. Government and ...

... THEa MA -TL x ' CORN-MARKET, Ftitoy. The frost continues very severe, and the inlnd naltviat impeded. . - Our market this morning opened with great excitement, aud an advance of 4s. to 5s. per quarter oa Foreign wheat va, generallyrequred. This elecked tbe demand, which appeare very good; but only a moderate ?? resulted, at an tin. pruvenment of 2s. to 3s. per quarte..- Barrel flour and whole ...

... .:COMMMCIAL OW. - BRflITISH FNDS.--(CloIs Prioas.)hw Mend. Fuo.w es. Thur. rdSZE5, Bank Stock, 7 pas ?? 298 206 206 2015 3:Pr Cent Consols . Ilitt0 tor Act!0ennt ?? 93 94 94 'IecCets Pefduced .. ?? Ott 94 t 91 Long AUns Jan. 5, 1860 ?? 5 India Stock, ?? India Ponds' 1I,000 P. P.. M1l M Excheq.-biill, lid Per diem. Spin. PlM. 1m p. ps 0m FOREIGN UflDS. siorng Prices. Mona.2de. Wede. Tu.Lwe85W ...

... MONEY AND SHARE MALKET. CITY, SATUDaY REvNNG,. A perusal of the items of intelligence received by the overland ex' press seems to leave no favourable impression on the mind, of our merchants as to the state of the Indian markets, which, in fact, as ar as we can judge, were less active and remuncrating than at ite I date of the previeus accounts. The large bullion freight, some time : expected ...

... M ;ONEY- MARKET, AND CITY | ' ? IINTELLIGENCE. CiITY, FRIDAY, EvENmm': The funds have' declined;during theweek. We are not surprised at this: the pressure must ulti- mately come somewbehre, and it will unquestionably affect the funds.' The more immediate cause of' the fall is the gloomy financial position of France, and the steady rise in the price of provisions, and especially of corn, during ...

... A LOAN ON RAILWAY SHAREZS. On Friday, Mr. P. Scanlan, Mr. W. Killick, and Mr. R. Flight, were brought before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, in the custody of John Forrdster. charged with conspiring to defraud Mr. MargetSon, carpet manufacturer, of Aldermanbury, of 1l00. On the 30th November, Mr. Scanlan was brought to Mr. Margetson by a Mr. Fennell, as a respectable gentleman who wanted ...