... WIGANi Tas ADJOURNED ThNQs ST.-The jury re-assembled at the house of Mr. John Jolly,'the Harp Inn, at three o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday last, to resume their inquiries touching the death of a child of which Ann Fairhurst, residing in Cooper's-yard, Scholes, had been delivered on the 26th instant, and on which there had been some suspicion of foul play. Mr. Fisher, surgeon, detailed the ...

... SOUTRsY ON TUE DEvnL.-You ask me why the devil rides on horseback? The Prince of Darkness is a gentle- man, and that would be reason enough; but, moreover,' the history- doth aver that he came on horseback for the old woman, and rode before, her, and that the colour of the horse was black. Should I falsify the history, and make Apollyon a pedestrian ? Besides, Grosvenor, Apollyon is cloven ...

... -- ; jj THE FORT OF FLEETWOOD. To the Editor of the Preston Chronicle. Sta,-You will oblige many of your readers, who take an interest in the ports of Preston and Fleetwood, by givigo the amount of Customs, receipts at tlte latter port for the last two years, as I understand that there has been a considerable falling off during the past year; notwith. Standing which it has been lately made an ...

... BURJNLEY. TNhqUEST.-DRAT&I BY BuItaeN .-On Mond. laat, an inquest was held at the Hargreaves Arms Inn, Ac- erington, on view of the body of Betty llartley, aged twenty-three years. It appeared from tihe depositions that the deceased, who wvis. deaf and dumb, had been loft alone in the house on Friday night last, by hlr sister, with whom she resided. In a short time afierwards the neighbours ...

... 0 RM SKI R K.I THE REV. W. E. RAWSTORNE, M. A., vicar of Ormskirk, has 0 intimated to his parishioners his Intention of resigning his inctm. P bency in the course of a few months. b INeunsr.-An inquest was held in the Court-room, on the I th instant, before C. E. Driffield, Esq., on the body of John White. r side, aged six months, son of Mr. John Whiteside, innkeeper, t Ormskirk, who came by ...

... I i HOUSE OF LORDS.-MIONDAY, FEBRUARY 28. weI d The Earl of DERBY presented a number of petitions the if from members of the Scotch Church in Canada, praying to D their lordships not to interfere with the arrangement en- Ultl L tered into in ? 810 on the subject of the Clergy Reserves n in that province. The noble Earl then entered at length e, into the question, and concluded by protesting ...

... AMENDED PRO II1IB1TORY OR DE R OF THE POOR-LAW BOARD. A nMeetiiig- Of ?? fron boards of guardians, Nvitli rate_ payers Haol otliirs, wats ielil it, the music sailooin of thle Alb ion Hotel, 'Manlchester, oil Moniday afternoon, for the purpose of re- ceiving a re port from the commnittee appointedl at a meetilig on thle 2;5tl October last, to hav,, ain Interview with thle poor-law board, wcith ...

... PARLIAMIENTAr l',Y INT ELLIGENCE. t E HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. Their lordships resumed their sittings to-day, after the recess, at five o'clock, Lord Chancellor Cranworth pre- s siding. LAW RSEFORIM. The LOIto ?? gave notice, that on Monday next, lie would state to the house the intentions of her Majesty's government with respect to legal reform. Lord CAMPBELL made some ...

... !I The duty of appointing a coroner to act for the hundred of Lonsdale will next week devolve upon the freeholders of the county, and two gentlemen, both, no doubt, well qualified to discharge the du- ties, solicit the office. Were there, as is often the case at such elections, no question involved beyond the considerations of personal choice, we should not venture to mahe the slightest ...

... TnE FLEET has arrived in the harbour of Cork. TIlE LOR1D-LIEOTENANT or IRELAND has accepted an invitation to visit Limerick on Wednesday next. Txiu MAY OOTI1 ColeMissroiv.-The commissioners held their first meeting yesterday at their offices in Dub- li' Castle. There were present the Earl of Harrowby, chairman; the Chief Baron, Dr. Longfield, Dr. Twiss, and Mr. James O'Ferrall, together with ...

... l3orrnlctl 0viffeq, Pedantry cramns our heads with learns'? lumber, and takes; out our brains~ to intik'' rein1 for it. What statte couldd fall, 'islit liberty decaty, If the zeal of mark's noisy patriotisma were tso purc as Lthe silent loyalty of woman's love ? A gentleman, it i.. announced, is one who promptly pays ' for hi', newspaper. Whatt truth and simplicity!I flow brief, yetJ h iw ...

... I On Thursday last, the church of St. Mary's was re-a opened, after being considerably enlarged by the erection I of transepts, &c., of which, and the other improvgmeuts I in the church, we gave a detailed account in our last num- I ber. The appearance of the edifice was much admired E by the members of the congregation and the strangers I present. The Rev. H. R. Smith, the zealous pastor of ...