... DOME STIC. A Son)cRana .-AIA extraordinary scene took PULce in the Central Criminal Court on Saturday lnight last. A woman, named Ryan, who has been long known as a pickpocket and shoplifter, was tried, together with her brother, for having picked the pocket of it widow in passing into the pit of tile Pavilion theatre. A person belonging to the London Docks swore that he distinctly saw the ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PASSING ?? TO1 Inisit Poot LAWv BILL. -The great and important measure of Poor Laws for Ireland has at length, after a tedious pilgrimage, passed the Legislature, and now only awaits the royal assent, (probably given ere this meets the eye of the reader,) to make it the law of the land. Wse have so often treated of this measure in prospect, that we must not pass over its ...

... THE CHRONICLE. ?? is not, this week, any intelligence from : ad of the slightest interest or importance. a PARLIA31ENTARY PROCEEDINGS.-WC are again this week ft under thle necessity of curtailing our editorial remarks, but l( hope that next week, when we shall not be called upon to de- ti vote our space to coronation proceedings, we shall have the e it opportunity of resuming our usual ...

... MEET'ING OF YORKSHIRE WOMEN TO PETITION HER MIAJE'STY TO CAUSE A REPEAL OF THE POOR-LAW AMENDMENT ACT. The female inhabitants of Elland, near Huddersfield, held a public meeting in the Association-room of that town, last Tuesday, for the purpose of addressing her Majesty for the re- peal of the Poor-law Amendment Act. Mrs. Susan Fearnley having been voted in the chair, opened the business of ...

... EXTRACTS F1'O1MNl Tllb 'MONTI'rLY PERIODICALS F(OR O('1'OBlERI. TIHE NATUTRALIART, NO. XXV. This number of tit, A 'Yuturalist is enriched liv nbeautiful engraving of the bito JohI Lathamli, Esq., M.D.F. R.S. &e.- The engravinggs alr to be conti uued monthIly. The present number ib onle of the best thlit has .ppieareil of this periodical. WVe are conipelled to limiit our cx tracts withina a ...

... LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF st. Austin's New Catholic Chapel. The corner stone of this edifice was laid on Monday at noon, in the presence of a number of spectators, but no pro- cession or public display distinguished the proceedings. The ceremony was performed by Mr. Alderman Gradwell, who ar- rived on the ground soon after twelve o'clock, accompanied by the Rev. Thomas Sherburne, V. ?? of ...

... {\ ?? C)NTENARY OF WESLEYAN ME. THODISM PUBLIC MVEE.TING. On Monday evening last, a public meeting was held at the Wesleyan Chapel, in Lune-street, for the purpose of adopting measures in this town, to promote the subscription now in PrA re9s in order to raise a sum for the duo celebration of the centenary of Wesleyan Bletioudism. There was a very numerous and highly respectable at tendance, ...

... MovzrsO S'PwARKU5 IN THE TrOV,1U5 OF CGOMMO.NHb he Infilentia ahtd ?? orator resumes his seat, and is aneceeded hy Mr. Xielden, MmI Sergeant Lefroy, or some other gentlemat of the same oratorical calibre. And what follows? There is such a ruhb of niemnsers towards the door, tbat you would fancy they had leon simultaneously seized with an apprehension that the house was 0n the eve of ftalling ...

... I The 1lteriners of the Preston Board held their weekly meet- ing at tile Overseers' Office, Lord-street, on Tuesday last, when there were present sixteen ,olepted Guardians. FEE3S TO CLEISICAL AND SiCULAR ILEGISTRARS. The Clerh laid hefore the Board an aecount of the fees due to the several Registrars within the Union, for the quarter ending tile 30t1 Septeinber, which amounted in the whole ...

... I:HE i. THE 'CHRONICLE.- : PEBSTON, SATURDA)Y, FEBRUARY 10, ;1838. PARLTAMENr-The principal event which has taken place in'dither house during the week, was the appearance of Mr. Roebuck at the bar of the House of Lords on Monday even- ing, as an advocate for the Canadian House of Assembly. We have given a prety copious outline of the learned gentleman's speech, which was very clever, and ...

... A)I111CAN l M'TIHIOD or P11EVENTING RAILIVAY Acci- D-NSrS.- A SCOOIp or case should be attachcd to the front o0 all locomotive engines, made withi a strong oak bottom, strap- lied with hands or' iron tilroughout, and armed in front with a split bar of six inches in brenadt, rivetted to the forward edge of the scooj). TUis ease, which is formed liken wedge, should proinect fron: five to six ...

... ~l ~~ A SIVEDotsu AUT1or'1'S ESTsINATEr Or ENCI,19II (CSA- si urT:nrEt-Egland, without dispute, is the Queen or Isles, the empire and arsenal of Neptul n; site is at the Sate tline (he Peru of Europa, the kingdom of ]Bacchus, the school of Epicurus, and academy of Venus, the collmtry of Mams, tile |aubodel of Minerva, tile support of Hlollanid, the scourge or France, the purgatory of the ...