... EAST LANCASHIRE.ma At the adourned ?? meeting, bn Friday, pan: the directors carried their point in registing Site attempt to vain place auditors over their heads by givring them amos to the takt minute-bock and mots of the board without subjectiag thent goat to therespololbility of directors. roep TeCAIRMAN, having declared, unequivocally, the determination of himself and soma of the other ...

... COMMVRUIAL -AND M.ABRBT&. COTTON--LoztrrooL, MARCH 2-The market to-day was very dull indeed, 4,000 bales were sold, iacluding 1,200 taken 1 for speculation and export. MANJHEBTBR, MArCH 2.-Though the market for yarns and cloths is comparatively quiet, there continues to be a manifest do- sire among bayens to execute the orders that have been standing over in the expectation ofa considerable ...

... I 0 GREAT MEETING AT 'IRE FREE-TRADE HALL, MANCHESTER. A briet description of this meeting, one of the largest and most influential ever held in the Free-trade It Hall, was given in the Daiy reses yesterday. 0 Amongst the gentlemen present were Richard Cobden, Esq., MP., John Bright, Esq., M.P., Alexander-Henry, lo Bqq L M.P., William Brown, Esq., M.P., James Kershaw, rI Esq., M.P., Sir ...

... 0OMBRCIAL JIND M4K-ABTS. I PRODUCE MARKET. MUwoxxUG L&i4B, ImABOH 18. ir ComBn.-The Important feature in the market tod I d ordbeenineare nativ Ceylon, the firet an d on e clainea o foo da o yenr By oa ioto 11andon terns heol ataholow bM ?? a 'Y all. sbout 3,000 begs sold, but we think the neret utn , int e C-Wear oa trns~on t quo ete t uott - eabe givenlis Me, and this shows a decline of oa. ...

... HzPPING _INTBLLIGENCB. (In ?? aES., 4Zq'aI Oaledcnia, of Guernsey, from St. Domingo to the United Xingdom, bao'been lost on the ooasat oS St. Domingo. Currency, Kom, from LiTerPool to Caieutto, PUt In ktr. H~a, Kppe, ?? to MarselesW,wa stranded on thes Iotad of Porquarollae Feb. 20, aned is not 5~~. thfqa;Y firom LTerpool to St. Thorns , was towed up thismornngha~ig b WWItIll dismaated to ...

... I QOMBRCI~fL AND M4RHZBT. RRODVE~~~T ilAlt.-.Thi public Whes d&olarsdf~t~nnw(us da~) are not lagsy ,0 bg aTto,8,0 asle9g LOoya'na-There has beelba farther decline in this article, late on Sauda Obago, cod OzdblnrY native 057ton said at 48,., and bseq It 20bgawere sold 11to arrive' before the ?? 43a. Today the market has appeared to be mare firm at ftao., btw aire, without business to report. ...

... CIVL EXPENDITURE OF CEYLON The Ceylon Committee bave made a Second It contains minutes of evidenec and pspset~ to the eommnittee, but no opinion. We are not gotin to commit ourselves by a crude and hasty *udgm.D on a supeerficial perus~al of 550 folio pages.I dte tneantime, as a specimen of ite contentsl, Wec sumi the evidence of Philip Anstruther, Esq. (6fl1 Colonial Secretary of Ceylon), ...

... 5HPPJPINGAJVTXLLIGZNOB. (Wra atOe~upadstS 5 h~p~n Qseeo, e 164' UI.' - CASUALTIES.I Bells, Gillespie, sailed hmene five weeks ago for Ireland anrd North Ainoriomy and has not since been heard of.- Shields, May 6. Lady Sale is on shore above Warisung.-Shangliss, Feb. 20. AaRWyZD. MAILS. DD o Lsbon ay1 o ?? .. ue a India Till Southampton .. ?? May 28 o India VI& Marseilles ?? 0 o Boston and ...

... .ILPI'It.NGIXbINTELL (lfnout c0at Cendeulatste 8 hipprg Gusette; and'q,- yd,% Llw, CASUALTIES. . Brazllian, Vower, f'iom Demera'rafor LIerpo6l, putia here yesterday, leaky,andwitliherground tierof augazilwashed . Yea:io Tumor9 ' 4Cqib % hhputbiea kr,. Elirondelle, ierriere, froi NeoiaidAast fioraey, for this poit, was in contact last night, about five miles S.W. ei the Nm Point, wihthe Talbot ...

... --T g-od JO-AO. VI> hat Th itudltr jtlitoi olwn up DrI PsAae from Adam Smnith; a* deeiiit~y Of its seeatianse cn ?? n general, with the design of Proving that, let, hoee Severe mud decdesleWAY he its C0310*101ttion of the Or Jews I question, It will proesad. from no xztuosenau ~Wo thet the paymient of taxes cam be. avoided by any portion of tz4 thia comimunity, end from no deiref to' ...

... SATURDAY EVENING. ' 'Very little business has been traysasoted enl the stock Exchange to-day, and the English hunds pri cipated in the general dulness. Consols ogenedaa de cline of I since yesterday. They were rat eald 94j to A. falr money, and 941 to j -for acocounta which negotiations were effected for some time;bt later in the day they rallied, and beftme 941 to for transfer, and 941 to ...

... .RALI WA YE. FUIDAY EvmqXWO. The share market Was firmer to-day, especially for Great Westerns and London and, North Westerns, I hc mrvdrepcieyt 4 and, 112, leaving I of ac 1 . iger ha ysteda'srates. Midlands imprvedS~s, ad Brwike lsoslightly advanced. In te qutatins f oter ~nea Wher w riot much aleainrrnh hrswr itechanged., 1S it. EX BIIct RtAILWAMh Closing pyloes. Sal. St5@0Abordeer. .-1 t o ...