... 1ES POOR L&W Arv1ENZENT BIL. (From Me Spectator.) The Poor Law Amendment Bill has undergone the or- deai of the comrittee; and, though certainly not un. scarred' -still retains its most prominent features. The principal alterations are the followingg. The doration of rihe ceinmissioti, to which no term Has affixed is to be ?? mited to' five years; the commissioners are not to order more ...

... - V I ? Jt I I' PRESTOK, SalurcA~y, November 229, 1331. FoonaGN.-A fatility appears to attend the mi- nistries of severil European states. That or Count Bassano in the French capital, the formation of which we anuotliced last week, is already defunct, and Marsbal Mortier has been named Presideut of the Council, anc Miister of War. He is an old soldier, having s'rved first under the republic, ...

... ;goreflo ?? fially. PORTUGAl. Abridgefroni age coearesponrdecc oftteie fornzing Chiron Wicc. L.ISBON, SUNDAY EVENING, SEPTE1sttEIt 21.-You will probably have heard, ere this reaches England, of the dangerous and, as is generally supposed, fatal illness of Don Pedro. IHe is still living, but so conscious of his own danger that he was indjed on Thursday to write to the Cortes, stating his ...

... LORD TSn7Y6Ys LETTER TO THE PRO- T.ESiVNTS of GE,4 -RITAI. (FJ#rolit tie Standasrd.) The crisis in which we stand will, I trust, excuse mn for once more addressing my countrymen. In political ques- tions I never interfere. On the queestifln of Reform I field my peace. This crisis, however, is a religious crisis-it is one of equal interest to) all Protestants, that is, to all those who are ...

... DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE AT PASTO, IN I I . I SYOUTG AMERICA; We briefly stated a short time ago that one of those dreadful commtrions of the earth, to which some parts of the continent of South America are subject, had prostrated the city of Pasto, and buried many of the inhabitants in the ruins. The surrounding country, it appears, also suf- fered greatly, and according to the following official ...

... p3 1 C PRESTON, Saturday,, Nolernhi 8, 1834| SPAiN.-Letters and papers. have'been received f16 Aladrid, to the date of the 25th ultimo, and from Baoynne (bearing on Spanish affairs,) to the 28th. Al. Mar ifl la Rosa, the leader of tha ministry, was, it was geneN5Y believed, about to retire froni public life. by the ad ° his physicians, in conieqflence of rapidly deplning besl'b at a julcture ...

... DREADFUL SUFFERIArGS AT SEA. Thle following is a statement of the loss of the brig Wel- LyO Iingtohe of Corks John a eller, master, on her passage gres from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, to Cork, laden with ent deals W-l We sailed from St. Andrews' on Monday, the 23rd of in I December, and on the 25th took our departure from Cape bee! Sable; from that tine until the 5th of January we encoun- ...

... W* eit ?? THE BEER MONOPOLY.-We have frequently had | occasion to denounce the monopoly in the sale of the esiablishled beverage of Englishmen which existed to so injurious an extent previous to the passing of the Beer Act, in t830, that gave a heavy blow to the powver enjoyed by the magistrates, who upheld and largely profited by the system. That act was, how- ever, defective iii some of its ...

... -. r_ o,! 7-_ _ _ M7 : .Corepottlle. - I . . IARIxE INSURAYCB:E SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THISE PRESTON CHRONICLE. sir. - Iread with some'sqirprise in your last weeks paper an at. tack upon the Insurance Cosmpany! evidently Dictated, by the aplenetie pen of a disappointed but ill coneealed.indjvidual, wanting even the manline~ssof a common informer, in his advocacy of the stamp duties; Being ...

... I vrip CirgiroulcU4 PRESTON, Saturdaq, May 21, 1834. The proceedings in Parliament on 1Thursday and Friday were of considerable interest. In the Com- mons, Mr. 1rennyson moved the second reading of tihe Bill for the Repeal of the Septennial Act, in introducing 'which, he went into some historical parliamentary details, with a view to show that be- fore the passing of the Triennial Act the ...

... I - - - - ,- , -- SECOND EDIT-lO?. PTIPcsToN IIMA nttET TillS DAY AT ?? : OWCLOCK. A large 6vupply of Whieat was lroolgfht up, but sales w' e slovlv etlwctsl dat little or no VIrsin ;in I i;t wick's ptiemc. Tlhere was Ci n sidcrable bi Jkness ini ti Flour and Meal malk -flut no taneifllrtnM in lapices. Beans we c inusiediateiy, bunght Un at our eiplotaitins. s. ii. W ITIAT, per w uitilO 2ilbs ...

... I (V1_ lla_ W ipt (CITOW{¢TI PRESTON, Saturdah, January IS, 1$34. AFFAIRS ON THE CONTiNENT.-Tbe past week has brought us accounts from France, which invite attention, although they still leave us in doubt as to the denouement of the drama prepared by the Emperor of Russia, for performance in Turkey; of which we have already the prologue in the shape of a treaty between the two'powers, and ...