... On DMonday the Blackpool Libera, AssciAon held its annual soirle in the great pavilion of the Winter Gardens. About 2,000 persons were present.-Mr. PxmnD RyruNOS, M.. for Butnley, nmoved the -first resolution, which expressed ths onuviction that the polioy pusued by her Majestyr's Government during the last four years had been detrimental to the beet intergest of the aountry, whioh was ...

... Eota ano oibtd. vI DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.-At the Diocesan Registry, on Tuesday, the Biashop of Ma chester licensed the Rev. Charles PAkes, B.A., to preach within the dio- eese of Manchester; also the Rev. Louis Henry Ransein, B.A. (Camb.), to the stipendiarycurasy of Elton. MANCHESTER bPRING ASSIzEs, 1879.-The eommissionf for holding these mssizeq will be opned at Manolester on. Wednesday next ...

... ?? Ad em ?? I : I ?? 1s :- . . . I: ?? . II I At list the Town Hall 'look end the 6%iillod maehine are at work. We heve waited ;n long time for them-;t : i6 more thin a yean in ce the haii wps wioned-afid the Izeoute for the I dely being that the contractora wsera amxi6us to introduce. evezy- lnown improvement, fand S make the work as perfeot's..pssible,-9we, areg disi d pored to be very ...

... LOCA L NOOfS. I Ido not knowwho Mr. Charles M acolmWood, our; prospective deputy ohief constable, is, but with all respect to Captaiu Pall And Captain Torrens, I like him. all the better beoouse he has been' selooted out of about 40 candidates who bosr the rank of oaptain. Mr. Wood, I believe, his held some command in the Bombay poliee, and therefore may be preaumed to be fauy alive to the ...

... -I Information reached Liverpool on Saturday of a disastrous colliaion by which a vessel wae sunk nud all on board, with the exception of the captain, perished. The collision took place between the panish steamer Yrurao Bat, belonging to Liverpool, and the sailing vessel Lancashire Witch. The former, under the CDIU. mand of Captain Ugarte, left the Mersey onthe 13th inst. for Havana, and when ...

... LIBERL MEETMING AT SHEFFrELD. Messrs. Nu della and Waddy addressed a meeting of the Liberal eloectors of SheffieldonWednesdayin theTem- perance HOal. The chair wm taken by Mr. Alderman Mappin, J.P and there was an attendance which orowded the hal in every part, hundreds being nnable to be present. Great enthusiasm prevaied throughout. The following resolution was proposed by Mr. W. SxuIT, and ...

... RAILWAY ACCIDENIS. Ai extraordinary accident occurred on the London and North-Western line, between Crewe and Warring. ton, onTaesdayafternoon. Aheavily-laden goods traiu was proceeding from Crewe to Liverpool, via Dittom Junction, and when asoending a steep incline the couplings of a wagon broke, the result being that a number of wagons ran ?? with a tear- fal velocity in the direction of the ...

... SM EDWAViWAT .J - A1.RN EAEASAY1.B A Ov' Mota, m :: g of Inabr~ ehrhle In th louth.FMtirn EailqCma el StEdward Waina, P. heBBdR MMno bhe wi° ghotbe ea edtoturn ate Hotoflce Vitbelhdorg ;tha Iabacholdej t|heibe im ewbe ttbc . La Lestioi b.Smaatheior d.fl wfae thofae and as Infngtq orkt A-bout In o tthedMC whic: : Aftir EDW lon Antem paa b atmnih ?? meetingrt, uhofr income ed M ro ?? A oN of ...

... SALFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL S SUNDAY OPENING OF LIBABIES AND 0005 A. special meeting of the Salford Borough Co t hold in th Town Hall, Bexley Square, oa e F for the purpose chiefly of considerig a nunberol rials, both in favour of and againsb the oenin public libraries ad museums on Suudayg, T (Mr Aid. Reobingon) presided. The ;esigostioii John Hughes Brown Co u 'ce asi Connei l been accepted o ...

... oar__- d__H A The FrenohlChamber of Deputies on Monday dis-, aussed the Ministerial programme. M. Sensbd having sabmitted his demand for more apeoifdl explanations on the part of the GovernAent, M. Dufaire replied, affirm- ing that the Government reoognised the decision of the countiry. as indicated in the senatorial eleoctionq, in favour of the maintenance of the Republi, aid 'as ioa- firamig ...

... A. SpiRITTALISTIC IMPOSTURE. The NXe York Herald reports an expre of spiritualist $e&cnWe at Boston b' four sceptoal journalists, who attended the meetsg tor the purpose. The operators were Nelson and Joanie Holmes, whose tricks and praotice had -a considerable effetifimpless ing the late Robert Dale, Owen with the phenomena of tpititualism, but had for years disappeared from publio view in ...

... THES WEEKLY TIMES. SUMMARY OF THI WEEKa FOREIGN. The Bulgarian Parliament, which is to be oomposed of 286 deputies, will meet on the 18th inst., and the session will last for six weeks. MoNaAsI, who reoently attempted to assassinate the King of SPAN, WaS executed at Madrid on Saturday morning. A ramour has reached Vienna from Tiflis that Pa rising has taken place in the district of Batoum and ...