... : The subjoined letter, relative to the mismanage- ment of the means -and appliances of the resources at. the command of the authorities at the general post-office, deserves the most serious attcntion from the inhabitants of this district. The complaint is not. a mere querulous one, arising from some solitary disappointment or vexation, but is one which is gene- s'iy. made, because the ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1846. I A fortnight ago, we suggested, as a subject for consideration at the forthcoming anniversaries of the Agricultural Societies, in this district, the propriety and practicability of extending the operations of these societies, by establishing monthly, or other frequent meetings of the members, for the purposes of discussion, and for the ...

... ?? were enabled to give the Queen's Speech in an early second edition on Saturday morning last; but, as many of our distant' subscribers would not16btail t 'awe now ?? the doenmeut, tqgethr with the other Parliamnenta~ry proceedings to fthe ?? thesession of 1846. l ?? HOUSEl OF LORDS * rFriday, A4uyuit'2&8 . , 4 I The'ceremony of proroguing parliament excited but little interesin the absence ...

... -; I;I LA . I ; 1IAN HANGEDn.-At Nonnhb, an SaturdayWeeki onie, ?? was hanged for the mnurder of a man named Bara. chree. The culpirit had previously seduced the - wife of his victim. ESCADEr) HANimno.-Tho marine condemned to death at Cork has received a free pardon, in consequence of an irregularity in the proceedings having rendered the sen- tence of the court-martial illegal. Themanihas ...

... RESUSCITATING THIE POTATO Cutop.-Ir. Lyons, of Croom, in the county of Limerick, has mown down the blighted stalks, accompanied by a fourfold increase of tubers. The Werferd Independenf states that mowing down the stallk has been resorted to att Saundersuourt, Lord Arramis seat, in that county, and that the practice is attended with the very best results. - THE CRors IN SOcrIt LANCASHlRE.-Last ...

... AMERICA. ..The stmyaner, Hibernia arriveiat. Liverpoolyesecrday, -veek, wlt ?? from tle IUniwWl tat s toatle lh'ihst heowar wlth [1exico StljI ctitlkiied, arid stil withoup anyi inediite ob ^inpofliyrt ?? presi ntinwith thle a~p'roval of k ieSente, halifsffere4. nslgotlat byis withi tlhe Moxiean. go-verninent .fqr tlie rstoriatlon'- a 'adethe adtlnentifall questions at isslie betwtoit t two ...

... |THIE CHlRONIC.LE.| I PRESTON, SATURDAY, SEPTMER 26, 1846.1 THE SPANISH MARRIAGES. The public interest in political matters bas cen- tered during the past week upon the Spanish royal marriages, and the hostility manifested to them, or rather to that of the Infanta with the Duke do Montpensier, by the bulk of the Spanish people, and by the Government and press of this country. There seems to be ...

... NEw LINE OF RAILWAY FROM PREFSTON TO LANCOASTE,. -We hear that the directors of the Lancaster and Carlisle and London and North Western Railway Companies, are about to survey the country between this town and Lan. caster for a new line of railway, as they find it impossible to come to anything like reasonable terms with the Lan. caster and Preston Railway Company. We are sure that the public ...

... 11 ~ ~ - I REPRESENTATION OF THE STIRLING BURGHS.-Mr. J. B. Smith, of Manchester, has presented himself as a candidate for the representation of the Stirling district of burghs In the ensuing Parliament, THEs CLONSNEL ELFCTION.-On Saturday last, the Hon. Cecil Lawless was returned without opposition for the borough of Clonmel, vacated by Mr. Pigot's accept- ance of the post of Chief Baron of ...

... Museurn ?? NIEserSuAnsD BeRntEs.-John Hilliard, against whom a corouer's jury, in London, returned a ver- dict of manslaughter, for having caused the death of Thomas Parker and Sarali Jones, by selling poisonous berries, has, after a further examination, been committed for trial for wilful murder, the evidence being to the effect that he IkneW the poisonous nature of the fruit. EAUTIIQUARr.s ...

... CORRIESPONDENCE . jy We do Hot hold ouraclees rsopoasitOldkO ?? s55Ohilicnt5 .V- plessedtby oar ?? ,t10 is1 Implpartialty Io ate. HINTS FOR THE POLICE. To thc BEditer of the Preston Chrosicte. Sil, I wish, through tile medium of your valuable journal, to call the ?? tt Otil o polit to tilo dangerous practice of throwinig stones, whih I rt-gret to say is carried out in this town to a very ...

... TUE CHRONICLE. ' PRESTON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1846. The season has returned when the customary. anniversaries of the various local agricultural asso- ciations throughout the kingdom are usually cele-, brated by an exhibition of stock, and a friendly dinner. These meetings, we have Always thought, might be turned to better account than they gene- rally are. Mostly, the speeches delivered by ...