NEWSPAPERS.
There are five Newspapers in Manchester; four of them weekly, published on Saturday; and the fifth, the Guardian, published twice a week, Wednesday and Saturday. We annex their names and politics, and their circulation, as deduced from the stamp return for the three months ending 1st March, 1838:—
| Guardian, Whig | 5050 |
| Advertiser, Ultra Radical | 3412 |
| Times, Moderate Radical | 2529 |
| Courier, Conservative | 2824 |
| Chronicle, Conservative | 1382 |
*** For further particulars we refer the Stranger to the Manchester Directory.
PRINCIPAL TOWNS NEAR MANCHESTER.
Altringham. Its chief manufactures are yarn, cotton, and worsted. Population, 2,302. 8 miles S.W. of Manchester.
Ashton. Woollens. Population, 9,222. 7 miles E.
Bolton. Muslin, quilting, and dimity. Population, 22,037. 11 miles N.W.
Bury. Cotton. Population, 10,583. 9 miles N.N.W.
Fairfield. A Moravian settlement. 4 miles E.