... MR. FAIRBAIRN'S LEOIVAES. On Monday evening, Mr. William Fairbaýrh, C.E. F.R.S. delivered, at the Manchester Mechanics' Institution, the ?? it, of two lectures, the subject being Steam; its'properties and application to the useful and industrial artsm There was a numerous audience. The Lord Bishop of Manchester pre- sided, and in taking the chair said he could hardly think of anything more ...

... A VIEW OF HEITHEN MYTHOLOGY AND OF FRE RMASONRY. BY JORN TAYLOR. granD (ContinuWd from ?? MOrcry of Fridy, Marc1 2.) whicl As the primitive ?? a-,i masoni figures, th hi the triangle, the cobe, the straight line, the circle, the Thebv sphere and cylinder with the cone represented by the appev compasses, and the circle with its tgent line, 'vere z i placed in the sky utder the names of til ...

... TOWN COUNCITl PROCEEDINGS. - Ir1 V I llf-r t7 WEiDNESDA&Y, MAnciI 7. O Asehlmeigof the council was sumimoned for fun Taoseday, to takev into consideration tho thruc ?? now A, before p~ariainentt and pace such resolutions mnd jus'rec- was tions to the Committees or otherwise ase might he neces- a sary. Owying, to thle absence of the nsrayor, the town-C clerk, anti thle chairman of thu dock ...

... Nicholas of Russia died just when the quarrel U with which he was more personally identified than fa princes commonly are in the wars they undertake X had arrived at a critical point, and the first in thought suggested by his sudden departure from to the scene was clearly one of relief and congratu- fe lation-whether well founded or not it behoves m us to inquire. The late Emperor of Russia ...

... The 1ith annual ploughing match in connection with the t above club came off oai Friday last, at the farm of Mr. Richard 6 Jackson, Noctoruma Owiug to the fineness of the day, a large t number of spectators were on the ground, and the proosedingd . excited considerable Interest. A large field ou Mr. Jacksons a t oxtensive farm was kindly appropriated for the match, and I staked out In sections ...

... I Last evening, Mr. George Dawson, of Birmingham, delivered a lecture On Peter the Great, in the large room at the Corn Exchange; the Rev. E. D. Rendell in the chair. The audience was very respectable, and tolerably numerous. Mr. Dawson commenced his discourse by saying he would not take up the time of the assembly with the early history of Peter the Great ; and, rapidly glancing at his ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. I {&A_ Ax A..A - a _ _ - t -l -1 ! After a discussion on the Ticket of Leave System, and on asy- lums for criminal lunatics, The Earl of DERBY asked what arrangements had been made for carrying on the business of the colonial department during the temporaryabsenceof Lord J. Russell. Efficientarrangements were more necessary, ewing to the events which had occurred in the ...

... The last official act of the Emperor Nicholas was to recal Prince Menschikoff, the man who certainly redeemed his blunders as a diplomatist by his skill, courage, and indomitable perseverance as a general. Whatever may 3 be the result of the operations of the allies, the historian I must always find room for a special chapter devoted to l Arenschikoff's stubborn defence of Sebastopol. But he ...

... l GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE MONTH I - - OF 'MARCH. (From Glenny's Garden Almanach for 1855) POTATO PLANTING.-There are many ways of doing this; dibbling them is the most common. In field cul- ture furrows are ploughed, the potatoes dropped in, and ! covered with the plough by turning over the earth on a furrow close by. In garden culture, we recommend drilling four to six inches deep, and ...

... THE EXAGGERATIONS OF THE el TIMNES. || We have been favoured (says the Manchester Guardian) with the perusal of some letters written by an officer in the British army, now in the Crimea, to relatives in this neighbourhood, dated the 9th instant, from which we take the following extracts:- , We have heard, by telegraph, of the change of Mlinis- try, and we are now all surmising as to who will ...

... -:VESTABL-SHMENT OF POLAND. , .. -ore ?? matter upon our ?? ?wingto the pressure of other matter upon our columns ,,a un?,ble Our Wednesday's impression to give more ace werc sua? aryof the points contained in the Rev, Dr. then .a see, delivered at the meeting held in the Town ball 0one e vening, for the purpose of considering the all ? e oland asan independent state in her relations r We now ...

... le PUcBIc LuloA.-The followiegisastatistical return of books a )a issued during the past month:-Hiitory, C4; biography, 65; C ) topography, 11; natural history, 9; natural philosophy, 17 ; t td theology, 16; poetry and dramin, 37; fiction, 207; political 4, economy, 0; BOo arts, &c, 0; general literature, 10 total a B issue, 4'25 volumes, se ResuLT or A CARtousAt-On IVednesday last, an inquest ...