... THE ANCIENT DXALECT OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. dy. Council Room of ite Literary aend Philosophical Society, ion Georae-sureet, l'fetic/iester 31ayS, 1840. ter. The members of the Literary Section of the Literary the nd Pbilodwhical Society of Manchester will feel much led oblige4 v information that can be communicated to te- them onrthe several points herein stated, respecting the 'ant ancient ...

... 1 COLLEGE FOR CIVIL ENGIN I The nhabtant of hisetense anuorstircogdistriot, (IOU twho are so deenly interested inthe, estlishme5nt afid fu~ls'ucceis of tr eptoedClgefor, Cvil Engineersi proposed Colfile tobjects; b~ut ?? abrerdy made ZctaF caiyllsoi ot too rre- usat in ititution of Sogra im .llfteriti, nor its q-uetly be brought before thle public I eI pineed, eelet designe be too familiarly ...

... wile amiln ?? ORIGINVAL ~~SECOTED. Sn( to TRACTS RELA~TING TO 'MILIiPARY PROCEED- tot INGS IN LWSWR~E oul DURING T 1EGEU1 Otli- 'WAR. 0t Baited by J. Oretcrofl, Esq., ?? ?? Printed for the el. Cheethfnrn Society. SCi to This is an interesting addition to the local histories of as thle great Civil War. it is not g-enerally rmettinbetod ee hat this contest nlot Only ?? the( .issoc betweenl tht ...

... KNU TSFORD. OnL Dit-We believe that the Proprietors of the Man- chester and Birmingham Railway have it in contempla- tion to form a branch line from the Alderley Station, vil IKnutsford, to Northwich. Theo land through which it would have to pass has been surveyed, and report speaks favourably of the project. Grand ?? seat of R. G.. Leycester, :sq., of Toft Hall, has been, during the past week ...

... BEWARE OF WARI The present state of relations between France and Grcat Britain, gives the friends of peace much occasion for alarm. 'The French, still feeling deeply their de- feat at Watcrloo, and the occupation of their capital, after all the glory' they hiad gained in the wars which followed their revolution, seem to be burning for reta- liation and revenge, and cager, with or without ...

... MANCHESTER TIMES, Anlb ?? anb efiebirte Examilu?. L.AST NIGHT the contest between the monopolists and the friends of free trade was to take place on Lord Sandon's motion against the reduction of the duty on Sugar not the grwth of our own colonies. The land. owners are making mzon cause with the West India monopolists, and Uls ;ect to be victorious and to drive Ministers from office. They have ...

... K N U T S F 0 R1. . Reyistration. -William Yardley, Esq., the revising barrister for the northen division of the county will commence the revision of the list of voters for this dis- trict, on Tuesday the Sth proxinio, at the Sessions House, Nether Knutsford. Moo Green Petty Sessions.-These sessions were held on the '7th ult., before Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., E. J. Lloyd, Esq., Egerton Leigh, ...

... I'BRIEF CHRONICLER OF THE TIMES. There is to be an ini Ic i etion of the militia ir treland, by order of the Irego mont. The Gazette de Cologne es the negotiations between the Zoliverein cud H ad have entirely failed, Owing to the combined iniduence of France and England. The Cork miller-mereblnlts lhave begun to ship flour in barrels to the West Indies, to compete with the Ame- ricans, Who ...

... l l- - SPECIAL MEETING ON IMPORT DUTIES. A special meeting of the Town Council was held in the Borsuugbreeve's room, Town Hall, on Wednesday, fur the purpose of considering the subject of the present Import Duties, with a view of adoptiuk such petition as might betlsoughtadviseble inrelatiunthereto. WILLIAM NEILD, Esq., the Mayor, presided. Previous to the business of the meetiogheing ...

... 3£mptrial 13arliamert. HOUSE OF LORDS, FmiDAY, MlARCu 12. : TheBishop ofBAN GOR presented a petition from Wales t against tle bill for uniting the see of Bangor aith St. Asapb. The Earl of Mor~ecAsHEL gavc notice that, after the Easter recess, he should call the attention of the house to I the subject of duelling, and move for the appointment of f a select committee to inquire into the best ...

... (forre-5p o II I) ol cc. [T1ieEEAditors (O n0ot/old tilemselves respotaiilerfr the 6eirti- vilenits contuained.-i the letters of their Correaoizoaents.] SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION .RAILWAY. To tlhe EDITORIS of tle MSANCIIFrSTLR TIMES. GETNTLEXNIE::-Y'arious reports having bcen circulated on the subject of this line, tending to induce a belief that the directors were not intending bond ...

... The Patriot of November the 7th contains the following,. which is eminently entitled to the consideration of every dissenter. The clause referred to is inserted in the poli- cies of most offices, and, in the present state of ecclesias- tical affairs, can scarcely fail to be a source of serious annoyance and injury to the nonconformist body:- We transfer the following from the Morning Chronicle ...