10 AUGUST 1844, Page 14

A meeting was held at Manchester, on Thursday, to promote

the formation of public parks or walks. The Mayor was in the chair ; and Lord Francis Egerton and other gentlemen spoke. Nearly 10,000/. was subscribed.

Lord Huntingtower applied at the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, for his final order. But the case was again adjourned, till the 20th November; more extravagancies of his, and sharp practices of others, coming out