... TIL co- IE knH IS :woil ii BY' O IV R S P E C I A - Ki -E T CH ES B. Y . L- 'C O, MeI I S S, I O N E R OU R - OIWN A R T I S T. II. In our iast paper we gave, a brief preliminary Aketch of the coalfields of Lancashire indathe immediate nei~hbourhooid, and described the method of sinking to the coal seams, ;a the consfruction of the shaft preparatory to the wining of the mineral treavijes ...

... PERILOUS VOYAGE OF AN ATL&NTIO STEAMER. A BLACKLEY PASSONGER'S NARR.ATIVE. Mr. S. White, manager at3lessrs. ?? Cawieyand Co.'s m printworks, Blackley, near this city, was a passenger ,s on board the disabled steamahip Sarnia which, after a v- voyage extending over nwore than a month, was towed is into Qleeoustown on Friday. Mr. White reached home le on Sunday night, looking none the worse, bat ...

... ?? ;- -. - ?? I .A N -D F 0 P. T E: -EA L t j . ?? -4 ?? ..d1 fl, -t E S, ?? X , . a BY OUR 8-K R T C E E S SPECIAL .:OCd.MM-ISSIo-Thr. BY'OU1~~,- I ?? Ye4 C) ?? . 0 .1w x &I RI, t I 8 It i,, A few. evenings ago the good people df I .itetidforth, a halleit situttetd iibou't titlday btetween Stoekpoib iihd Aldeiley, weie stai'tlec b'y the ?? that the old halls the bitie tirashim'.d relii o1 ...

... The prosecution of Mr. Ben Tillett was commenced at the Central Criminal Court on Friday, before Mr. ,Tustice Cave. Mr. Ben Tillett was charged on various indictments with havilig on the 18th December, at the Horse Fair, Bristol, incited persons then and there present to unlawfully assemble and commit a riotin the said clty on December 23 against the peace of her Majesty's subjects, her crown, ...

... PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE FACTORY | Yesterday, at the BurY County Police-oaurt, the Tottington and Woolfold Maufaoturing Company Limited, Walstiaw, Bury. were summoned in six oases for employiug three women and three young persons during a meal hour on the 9th £nst.; and Alice Riley, Fanny Kirkman, Maria Hamer, Emma HorsfaU, Elizabetih Kay, and Mary Ann Jobb, all employed at Walshaw Hills, wers ...

... I I The wide ciroalation of the Manchester Weekly Timos, covering nearly all the British Colonies nud the principal foreien countries, makes it a pooalisrly valuable meliuarn for inquiries for missing rolatives and friends. We are prepared to insert such inquiries without charge. ' Correspondents who may availi tbemselves of the advantages oi the Missing Friends Department are requested to ...

... The result of to-day's confeorence on the coal stoppage is awaited with the keenest anriety. If the meeting should fail to bring the trouble to a close, or at any rate to place vs within reach of a settlement, the fact will excite the most intense disappointment. We hesitate to' believe that the gathering will be wholly with- out favourable result,, although it is pretty clear that we must ...

... Wednesdny' waathe 300th anniversary of the birth of Izank Walton, angler, poet, and author, who was borm at Stafford oa August 9, 1593. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress of Man. ohester have left the oity for the Lake District, ano will be away for nearly three weeks. Lord Gilford, flag lieutenant of the late battle4 abip ,Victoria, has returned to London from Malta, He has had an interview ...

... Whether the decisions of the Manchester licensing justices at the recent Brewster See- sions were just or unjust, is not a question into which -we propose to enter. That a good deal of irritation has been occasioned by them is beyond dispute. The respectability and fit- ness of some of the applicants for licences to sell intoxicating drink is undoubted, and it is equally indisputable that the ...

... AIRICULTURAL NOTES. JBY OUR SPECIAL CORREISPONIDENT.] . po be: mi VARIABLE WEATHER, ou Ruwn has fallen occasionally during the latter 8n days of August, and there is now wrhatb may be Lc regarded as a normal temperature for the an time of year. Therc ha~ve be~a brighb inter- ne vale and clear blhe 6kies and oool, cloudy days LI thab have caused the barometer to fall, but hap- i PIin pily up to ...

... . . T1 UI E ROYAL. WEDDIJNrG. i. ,I . . Ag.N AtDRl;SS TO T~IE NATION BY THE QUEEN. . ,-The Home S at4ry has been commaided by 'i-he ?? tq autliorise thc' publication of the' Boloingg address from her Majest3y -Wind-- ao'Castle, July Obth; ?? Queen wishes onicie, again to. ezipress t'o hler people how xmuch 'gratified and' touched she has been by the grea ?? and ?? and.ler famAly, whicti have ...

... A Select Committee of the House of Lords on Tuesday passed the preamble of the Bill promoted by the Trustees of tbe Weaver Na~vigition. Mr. Justice Barnes granted a decree nisi in the | Divorce Court on Friday in a case in which the I petitioner was a farmer, named Underwood, of West I Haddon, Northamptonshire, and the co-respondent, Mr. Earraclough, the vicar of WestHaddon. The latter had ...