The Dean of Salisbury has given 500/. in aid of
the fund for build- ing a church at Guildford.
A very important improvement has lately been made in the silk- loom, in the application of steam power, and by dispensing entirely with the use of weights. A number of the looms are now now in operation at Manchester; and from the success which has attended the trial of them, it would appear that they are likely to supersede the im- perfect machine now in use, as a weaver can turn out dinible the quan- tity and at the same time produce a superior article.—Liverpool Mercury. A special general meeting of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway Company was held on Wednesday, at the Cotton Sale-rooms, in the Exchange Buildings at Liverpool, for the purpose of declaring a divi- dend out of the profits, and to determine upon the raising of money for discharging the mortgage debt of the Compets. It appeared from the report, that during the last half-year, to the 30th June, there had beets a progressive increase in each part of the Company's business. There had been received from passengers by coaches, 57,9141.; for merchan- dise, 47,4411.; for coals, 4,0001; total receipt in six months, 109,355/.; The expenses for the same period were 69,9531., leaving a net profit of 39,4021. ; and a dividend of 5/. per share, for the half-year, was agreed to.
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