... RAILIVA! SPECULATION. 11 '5 uring the past week, the Railway esare-markets hare experionced fluctuations amounting, in some insttnces, to a decided panic; a result which hias been attributed, partly, to the strictures of the press upon the numerous bubble schemes which have been projected; partly to the screw which the Bank of England has tulen the precaution to apply to Wonetary advances I ...

... | A meeting of the Town Council of this borough was held on Tuesday last, hi the Town Hall. Present:-T. German, Esq., mayor, In the chair; T. B. Addison, Esq., recorder; Aldermen, J. fforrocks, Haydock, Monk, G. Gradwell, and W. Taylor; Councillors, J. J. Myres, J. Addison, t. Waterworth, F. Armstrong, sen., Carr, R. Threlfall, Stevenson, Humber, R, Pedder, W. Alnsworth, J. Hum. ber, and ...

... BLACKBURN. AND PRESTON RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING. The half-yeariy meeting of ?? was held at Blaek- burn, on Thursday rfternoon last ; R. Dugdalo,. Esq., in the chair. There was a full attendance of share-holders. The Chairman called on the Secretary to read the following :EIOlIT. 'In eompliance with t~le Rcsolut0on of the last General Meeting, the New Shares then created were offered to ...

... I- 1 . OL.T.AL ~~~, . . . . ?? ?? _ ?? SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.-Mr. Loscelles and Lord Courtenay are mentioned as probable successors to Sir Tho . ' mas Fremantle, in the oice of Secretary for Ireland, t MINISTERIAL CIIANUES.-SIR ROIEUT PEEL.-A gene- t rat impression obtains that Sir Robert Peel, in consequence of ., the numerous official resignations recently tendered to him, t lhas intimated ...

... LATEST NEWS FROM AMERIlC at nine 1l The Great Western, which reactned Lnverlru a -- o'clock on Wednesday evening, brings intelligence from Now York to tile 24th April. The report of the important debate on the Oregon ques. tion in the British Parl;,ment had been received by the ,Caledonia on the 21st, and at first elicited sundry ebullitions Of splenetic wrath from the newspapers, which ...

... N CIlORLEY, h CHILD KILeu.-Osn Wednesday last, an inquest was taken, at the a, Joiner's Arms, before R. Palmer, Esq., coroner, on view of the body & of Thomas Riatcliffe, a child, seventeen months old, who was killed ce on the morning previous, by being run over by a cart, that was passing e through Market-street. A little girl was also run over, at the same y time, but ele eseaped unhurt. ...

... 1f i:-; m i ui4 101MV4.10410t eOhtheeltuprove. luent of this Soeegth was held In the Council O babw.at, tshe T eoWi-h4J ?? lait,41hen the following Cominlslonere were Wiet :n-4hXLR. ,Aseoftla, thu CbharaW Mesa. T; MOt* T.Tirough. totOJ, htainR. t ateitrlth, J. German, W. Tuson.,R4Prkp ( T4dd4P. Armatong, 1a .Austrmng, G. 8mlth, TbeiU~ .Alhlneou J' X6h8e, A. St1Ith.2W..DawsonJ. Wereley, ...

... i DEis'osT8.-A new method has lately been adopted by some of the railway companies in endeavouring to enforce payment on the allotment of shares as originally made, which is to give the names of all the heat allottees to pressing creditors to sue them for tho debts of the company. In several cases we know The threat habs been made, but we were hardly aware it had been put into execution, ...

... I NORTHT -UNION. From Preston to Liver. pool, Manchester, and From Liverpool to From Manchester to Wigan. Wigp and Preston. Wigan and Presto B 20 A.M., Mixed 8 45 A.xS., MIxed 9 0 A.M., Mixed 9 46 A.M., Mixed 11 0 A.X., 1st Class 11 15 A.M., let Clan 2 20 P.M, Mixed 2 30 A.U., Mixed 2 45 P.M., Mixe4 5 o p.m., mixed 5 1i A.M., Mixed 5 30 m.t., Mixed 7 28 rpm., Mixed 7 30 A.M.t Mixed 8 5 P.u., ...

... GREAT SLAUGniTER. The Frankfort radicals having felt extremely annoyed at the vote of the Gerian Parliament, which sanctioned the armistice conchlued between Prussia and Denmark, rcspeoting the SBchles. wvig- Holstein affair, held a monster meeting outside the walls of Frankfort on Sunday last. It was attended by large numbers of well-dresssed men, most of whom had come from Mentz, flanau, ...

... THE MkAYOR'S DINNER, I On Monday last, the worshipful the Mayor of th borough, Thomnas Birchall, Esq., entertained to dinner, in the assembly room of the Bull Inn, the members of the corporation, the borough magistrates, the county magis- (rates residing in Preston, the officers of the thirty-ninth regiment, and other gentlemen, numbering, altogether, about one hundred and twenty. The party ...

... IG I0 - a .,x m f of Thomas I R 'MA IiaAri BirU.l-Ltlst week, toe vvile e Ascroft, shopkeeper, Scott-laflney Aspll, was safe do- livored of a child, after an interval siOCO the birth of a previous child of eighteen years and three months. Her eklest, child wsas adalughter, who is now living, is married, and has a child. This occurrence has caused some sur- prise amongs-t the aged matrons of ...