... The weather has been delightfully fine since our last, ant Yesterday morning we had several most refreshing and Ld seasonable showers, which extended over the whole island, A lo and will, we feel assured, do much good to all the growing Che crops, which are represented as standing in need of des be moisture. J During the past week our market has been moderately me In supplied with fine fresh ...

... The attention of the public is earnestly invited to the following brief statements respecting the Bleer- shop Act :_-1 (G. V. Drury, Esq., magistrate, Shotorver-park, Oxo eno says,--- The Beer Bill has done more to brutalize turoep ?? English labourer, and take him from his family and fire. 2. side, into the worst associations, than almost any measure that could have been devisled. It has ...

... ca1t l~nteltlae¢rre. PARLIAMENTARY REGISTRATION, 1049. a We beg to remind our readers that the period is fast t' approaching when steps must be taken for securing their d votes on the lists to be made the present year. The fol- al lowing is needful to be now attended to.- ti COUNTY VOTERs.-All persons having qualifications Fl for counties,it not already correctly registered, must give I not ce ...

... MEETING OF THE BURGESSES OF . GREAT GEORGE WARD. r THE RIVINGTOtN P5IIKE SCHEME. e , 6 A meeting of the burgesbes of this ward was held last n [ ight at the Great George Tavern, Upper Pitt-street, to take into consideration the address of Mr. H. G. flarbord, a and determine on the bert course to be adopted with re- i, ference to the late proceedings in the Town Council b relative to the ...

... 1 ad THP RnsToRATioN.-Tuesday last being the anniversary of the restoration of the merry monarch, Charles the Be- Stcond, the bells of the Parish Church rang a merry peal tle on the occasion. e- PREFEUMUEST. -The R1ev. John Thompson, B.A., of on Trinity College, Dublin, and late curate of Walton-le-dale, has been presented by the Lord Chancellor, to the vicar- age of Easby, near Richmond. id ...

... ;FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, &i WEST I* RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY, EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. t On Wednesday last, an extraordinary general meeting i of the shareholders of the Fleetwood, Preston, and West I Riding Junction Railway Company was held at the Town l Hall. The meeting was called in pursuance of a requisi-l tion, signed by twenty shareholders, desiring that a ime.t. v ing should be ...

... TH WA TE9RLOOi°'D~I:NNER. -a POMONA GARDENS. The commemoration of the battle of Waterloo, on Monday ? (the 18th June), by a dinner and fdte to the pensioners, and ? ,j. other veterans of Manchester and its neighbourhood, who served at that ection, so famed in story, was a most jute- resting and successful affair. The dinner and fdte were given at the Pomona Gardens, under the superintendence ...

... MULT&uz Iu PIN oavo. Bury Ohorl a According to the weekly ratnm-s of the nm ?? lished on Frilday, the amount of notes In actual circulation In Lanei I the week ending Saturday, June 9, including seven days and Ditto other bille, wao £19,188,227, a decrease during the week of Maur Ditto - £249,101; the amount of gold and silver coin and bullion in Om,i the hands of the Bank, £14,652,762, an ...

... - To Ulfr. SAMUEL HOLIME, TOWN COUNCILLOR. ) Put not your faith in princes, is a maxim y of high authority; put not your faith in peers I may now go side by side with it. The Shibboleth of party is now clean gone, and no more can you ex- claiim, Thank God, we have a House of Lords, in ts the sense you have been accustomed to do. 'The t lords are wise in their day and generation, wiser ...

... : I FLEETWooD.-The harbour of Fleetwood, it is stated by the engineer engaged there by the London and North. Western Railway Company, now the lesseesof the Preston and Wyre line, has been greatly improved during the last three years. It still, however, requires an expenditure of about £10,000 to complete the works. The increased traffic during the last two years is shown to have been ...

... Il TH 11~~~m . ?. (From the New York Sun.) Many years ago I happened to be one of the referees in a case that excited unusual interest in our courts, from the singular nature of the claim, and the strange story which it disclosed. The plabntiff, who was captain of a ship which traded principally with the West Indies, had married, quite early, with every prospect of happiness. His wife was said ...

... THE COUNTY EXPENDITURE.-HITTING THE RIGHT NAIL IN THE HEAD. A perusal of the proceedings of the Court of Annual Session held for the county this week, will afford much instruction and much gratification to all who feel an interest in the improvement of our sys- tem of County Finance. The Finance Committee, whose exertions for some time back have been directed to the enforcement of economy in ...