... MR. FAIRBAIRN'S LECTURES ON STEAM/ BOILERS. i On Wednesday Week, Mr. Fairbairn delivered his 'second ah I ecture before the members of the Manchester MeetojEis.; pro Institution; a numerous audience, includirig seeral ladies, WO the Lord Bishop of Manchester, Mr. Thoeýas Bazley ,And the Othir gentlemen,, being present. Mr. £rifver Heywood pro. val aided, and briefly introduced the lecturer -Mr ...

... Roal i% Altallaurotto CLERIcAL,-The Lord Bishop of Manchester has licensed the Rev. Win. De Courcy Ireland, B.A. to the stipendiary curacy of Leverbridge, near Bultona-le-Moors, on the nomi- nation of the Rev. Samuel Pagan, the incumbent. THEATRE BOYAL.-Tho equestrian drama, along with performances in the circle, continue as the attractions at this place of amusement. Mazeppa' is to be played ...

... TO RIEADERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. Letters intended for Saturday's publication ought to be received et not laf? thanThursday; and those for Wednesday's, on Monday. In We beg to impress upon our correspondents the necessity of as brevity in their communications. The shorter a letter is, the more certainty is there that it will he inserted. Many interest ing communscath.ns have to be put aside ...

... The result of a trial at Durham assizes shows that awoman may rob with impunity if in her husband's company. The present session commenced on the 12th December, Ond the number of public acts passed in the period is six. The navy contract for 50,0001b of tea has again been taken bs'Messrs. Stericker and Co. of Fenchurch-street. On Tuesday morning the Bishop of London consecrated. a new ...

... THE FACTORY -ICT. The long-contested question of legielatiw ?? 11 l ference with factory labour, was ?? ti 5 been definitively settled by a comaproeaise tory alike to millowners and their opelatir-, b 1850. That the bill then carried b)y Lard ?? =n, has worked well, we believe is addmitted,-I great body of factory owners, and iin seriol, ?? tempt to disturb its provisions has heen 11111' ly d ...

... atari The advanced or flying squadrou about to sail for the the Baltic will consist of the following ships:-Imperieuse, :- Euryalus, Arrogant, Esk, Archer, and Conict. Their mae orders were to sail yesterday for the Downs. To each of the clii- screw line-of-battle ships about to proceed to the Baltic a steam gunboat will be attached, and to assist in manning Jos. them five additional marines ...

... M .nrFTER EX?tMINER AND TimmS OFFICE, WEDNESDAY, Foul A N- (BY BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) YEcNNA, Tvs26DAY MORNING.-The protocol was signed by the plenipotentiaries on Saturday. Since then every thing has gone on favourably. (By Electi Telegraph.) HOUSE. OF COMMONS, LAST NxGHT.--(COOCLuDR.) Mr. POLLARD URQUHART seconded the motion. Mr. HORSMAN, on the part of government, consented to the ...

... ?? xArJP1qTVR LAST NIGHT. . MEETING IN MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT. The fourth of tko current series of weekly meetings to con- Bider the general policy and the commercial and social effects of the present war, was held last night in the Peace Society's room at NewRll's buildings, in this city. As before, Geo. Wilson, Esq. presided over the meeting. The atten- dance on this occasion was good. In ...

... IsoesaF ttoIa.L.- Another of the old melo-dramatio otvariws, Timour the Tartar, was produced on Monday tigt at ?? purpose ofintrodneiing,aft.r E iest1leof theorigial bills of theplay, Alltbe horses. This Ierraitdly! toe of the best pieces of its class, and it should cot be ?? as something curious, that it was brought ftit, It tie first it~slace, at one of our great national theatres, f ...

... I-T MIUITARY HOSPITALS. The following is a nominal return of deaths at Scutari Isitels &c. as reported to the commandant's office by the Rol authorities, from the 26th to the 28th Feb. 1851:- Sergeans C..Dunbar, 1. H. Artillery, febris; Thomas Leahey, ,57th regiment, anasarGa; rge Wars, Royal Artil- lery, lIs.Ws:W. Hardy, Sappers and Miners, febris; Jas. Breve, 39th regiment, dysentery; Samuel ...

... tbe Yesterday (Feb. 28) Constantinople was shaken by an !use, earthquake which, had it lasted long, might have been heir reckoned among the calamities of the human race. At five 8 the minutes past three in the afternoon the shock was felt, and 8 10 a it lasted, as nearly as can be computed, about half a kig minute. The motion was not the slow wavelike movement C [ Of which marks the ...

... TIlE EXAMINER AND TIMES. MAYOHESTER, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1855. The CHANcErLoR'of the EXCHEQUER, on Monday c night; explained to the House of Commons the lead- T ing provisions of the bill it is his intention to in- a troduce for abolishing the Stamp Duty on News- j. papers. The speech of Sir CORNEWALL. Lawis was 1 an able and lucid exposition of the arguments for a relieving the press of its ...