... PERILOUS POSITIOX OF SOO RAILWAy I ~~LABOURERS. A correspondent at Chicago, telegraphl o, bhe 21st ulb., sends to the New York papers ?? following special despatch from St. Paul's _ Gloomy news may be anticipated from Minno,,te, S he track layors on the extension of the Winona and St. Peter Vailroad were approaching the western Sta tine at the rate of two miles daily, when a terrible storm ...

... DISCHARGED PRISONERS' AID SOCIEMy The annual meeting of the Manchester and Salfsri c Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society was held in the ?? Parlour, at the .lanchester Town Hallonlvedueeday. Th. . Earl of Derby, president of the society, occupied th, chair. Among thosepresent were Sir James Rardelay' i Sir Wm. Fairbairn, Mr. J. T. Hibbert, .P., Mr. C. a Cawley. M.P., Mr: J. A. Bremner, and ...

... 3MR. CALVERT ON SHAKSPERIAN | RREVIVALS. on Saturday evening, the representation of Henry V, at the Prince's Theatre, after a' successful run of twelve weeks, was brought to a close. The theatre Was crowded with a highly appreciative audience. At the close of the performance, Mr. Calvert, I' obedience to loud calls, came before the curtaiu, and delivered a short address. He said that he should ...

... I MX. GLADSTONE, ON on Saturday, the Right Hun, W. E. Gladstone, M.P., uresented the prizes to the succesfu ?? gNE LUverpool-College. The Premier's visit excited greet iso- No terest in the town:- strei Apologies for unavoidable absencer were intimated from Pu Lord Derby and the Bishop of Chester. priso Mr. GLADSTONEH, who on rising wag again loudly tre ohliered, said:i Thirty years have ...

... ilAMING AMDENT AT A SALFORD TEA I ?? PARoTY. I O71 Wealesday, an accident-fortunately not ao serious in its consequences as what first feared-occurred in the Salford Mission Hall, 1 Ordeal Lane, the floor of the room having fallen in while a tea meeting was being held. The Proceedings began shortly after five o'clock, and at twenty minutes past six, just as the tables were being cleared, a ...

... THE COLEECTION OF TITHES AT SALE.-THE I{ - RECTOB'S EXPLANATION. A meeting of the inhabitants of Sale and Ashton-on. Mersey was held on Wednesday, in the Sale Institute, to protest against the recent proceedings in collecting the rectorial tithes in the parish. Mr. W. Crighton presided. The Chairman having opened the meeting, Mr. GEo. RooKxlmoved the first resolution - That this meeting ...

... THE REV, HENRY ALLON AND THE BISHOP OF MANCHES!TER. The Bishop of Manchester has written reply to a ltteratdressed to the Tintes and Examiner atid Times by the Ie.v Henry Ahlon, of London. The Bishop says: Nothing oould be further from my wish whon I quoted NrM tho Rev. Henry Allon's very able lecture on eigious Reasons for Disestablishment than in any Way to misrepresent him, or to ...

... MANCHIESTJER tTY COUNCIL, A Becia l meeting of the City Counoil was held in the cunc;i Clhamber, Town E&il, King-street, on Wednes. t° to bpprove of the proceedings of committees, and for hey transaction of other business. The Mayor (Mr, scldrnaau Booth) presided. TPE ACTION AGAINST DEOTCTtVESy J, INGCrA called attention to the result of the action jto Court of Rlecord against Detectives ...

... DEAN STANLEY ON SOCRATES AND THIE CRURCR. The Dean of Westminster lectured on Wednesdoylnight on Socrates at the South London Working Men's Insti- tion, St. George's Roud. The chair was occupied by Colonel Beresford MI.P. ; among those on the platforii was the Bishop of Manchester. In the course of his lec- ture the Dean alluded to the Established Church and its uses, simply trying, he said, ...

... THE, WRECK OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE. - On Tuesday an official inquiry, directed by the Board of Trade, and wvhioh had occupied the two previous days, was concluded at the Greenwich Police Court before Mr. Patteson, the magistrate, and Captains Harris and light, nautical asseseors, into the circumstances attending the total *reok of the Royal Adelaide and lose of seven hWes, while on a voyage from ...

... I , A meeting was held in the Town Hall, King.sbreet, on Tuesday evening, to inaugurate a couree of special temperance meetings which the Manchester and Salford Temperance Union purpose convening during two months in the towns named. Mr. E. JACKSON, who took the chair, said he believed the question they were met to consider was the greatest before the country at the present time. He presumed ...

... THE WEEKLY TIMES. THE JMANCHESTER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1872, A SPEECHI from Mr. LowE, at Swindon was a real oasis in the dreary waste of debating out of session. Ie rebutted Lord SAuIsBURY's Sarcasm of the Radical tribute which a Liberal Government is accused of paying as a species of political black mail. Of course, says Mr. LowE, we do nothing we think wrong to please any part of ...