... I We have this week, as usual at our great horse fair, to record the successful perpetration of the e old trick. As well might Two look for Christmas .Iwithoat mince pies, or the newv year, without tea parties and balls, as for a Great Saturday fair in Preston to pass over without somebody or other being done, and the victims are often enough .t those whose general good sense, whose ...

... THE EtZIBITIOO OF 181, TO Th52 RIGHT ONO. LORD Jost ZUPELL. My Lord,..Within a few days the structure designed to receive the contribiitious 'of the worlds industry win be Completed. The quiestion now arises as to the mode of admission of the world's people. And it is upon this important subject that I now claim the liberty of address. lug you.ofdres Shall admission be taxed by payment, or ...

... l l I I ?? -- AN EVENING THOUGHT. HY OHAUNCEY HARE ToWNJSHEND. Reflected in the lake!l love To mark theastar of evening glow, So tranquil in-the heaven above, So restless on the wave below I Thus heavenly hope is all serene; But earthly hope-how bright soe'er_ Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene, As false and fleeting as 'tie fair ! HOUSEROLD TREASURES. By JOHN GREET. Household ...

... SUPPOSED CASE o_ POISONING AT LIVERPOOL. EXHUMATION OF A BODY. l Yesterday a preliminary inquiry took place before P. F. Curry, Esq., borough coroner, relative to the death of John Walker, a man aged 56, who died on the 31st of December last. As the inquest was adjourned, the evi- dence of the witnesses in the case was not taken; we have, however,' been able to collect the following general ?? ...

... | : : II I =1 § ANOTHER YEAR,-1861. TO ENGLAND. JA ME. SJMES, LrThAND. (For Mhe Preston Chronicie.) Th' expiring knell, th' expiring knell- Has Bighed- Another year is gone I The joyous peal, the choral swell Proclaim another on his throne. Rapt mnusic's echoes as they fly- Another on his throne ! reply. Thus, years departed, years renewed, Have changes over changes driven; Gods, tyrants, ...

... ., ?? 1 I . - TO A CHILD BLOt'WJl Il BUBBLES. .lY ALAlIC A WATT8. hbrloe happy Babe I what radiant dieams are thine, :As thus tl300 biddlst thine air-born bubbles soar; .Who *6ld not Wisdom's choicest gifts resign, ,To be, likte thee, a careless ehild once more l . To shara thyv sinpipl poits,.and; sinless glee; i Thy breathless wonder, thy unfeigned delight,- one by one, thbse sun-touched ...

... : : - POET RY. I THE CAPTIVE'S E DREAM. Iii a dungeon grim: a captive lay, - Pining in grief and in gloom away I The warder's torch, at the dead of night, When food was brought, was the only light That darklylshone, with a ghastly glare,, On the eyes of the prisoner fetter'd there I He was one of those that saw his race Oppress'd and cruoh'd by a tyrant base, And who raised his voice to set ...