... that FRANCE. The We read in the Pays- It Is said that the minister of cond the Interior ts shortly to present to the council of state a exec law 0on foundlings. This great question lhas already been mur examined by the minister of war, who has communicated a scafl project to tiso department of the interior, to which it more with properly belongs. Tue minister of war proposes to found read ...

... I ?? papers state that Mrs. Bloomer has been ein Boston by her husband, who is supposed to be isi&ue. atreo i 36hn Smith, an attorney, of Birminghamn, has beon struck 0 the rolls by the lord chancellor, for improperly alleging that Ie was a master in chancery. An extratrdinary duck was hatched on Tuesday ?? by a bird belonging to Mr. Roe, of Garstang. It had four per- fect legs and four wings ...

... FOREGtN INTELLIGENCE. and t FRANCE. seasoi There can be no question (ssays the Paris correspondent lodig of. the Tintes) that people have been taken rather by sur- depot prise at the establishment of the empire not being an- grant nounced on the ocecasion of the opening address. The Idea £7 a had so firmly taken possession of the public mind, that even the most besitating, or the Most ...

... ~wh id and TO THE EDITORS Or THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. ,bi d- GENTLEMEN,-In the report of the inquiry at Seacombe, tor on Wednesday last, Mr. Rawlinson is reported to have said, the 3yIn Ormskirk, where a furious opposition raged agaiust the cot' , act, and it was said that when it was applied the rates woud 1 d go up to Is. in the pound, they formerly paid Gd. for of highway rates, and they had ...

... RlDral O'civo. I - ? Th find e-avi-ng Prov-i-de-n-Ce C-hapel, Roebdale, I F an nowworaippig inthe ubli Hel, Baillie-street, held a teameetng i thecommssloers~rootms, Smith-street, fast evenng. On te propostion fora new chapel, a sub- 5: ~artp~son ws entered nto, when He unhijficent sum of Il wassubcried efoe te coseof the meeting. p MANCESTE BOOUGH SESIONS. - The case wvhich has excited so ...

... ADDRESS OF MR. MIALL. . On Thursday evening, a meeting of the electors of Each- vme'a dale was held in the Public Hall to receive another address land from Mr. Edward Miall, their candidate. The ball was well i In tfilled; and on the platform were several of the leading abol. liberals of the town, who invited Mr. Jacobflright to Preside. teen The CIRAIsRMsAN said it might be aeked why the ...

... WESLEYAN slMISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY. The anniversary of the Preston branch of the Wesleyan Missionary Society was commemorated at the commence- ment of the present week. On Sunday, the Rev. David Hay, of York, preached in Wesley Chapel in the morning, and in Lune-street Chapel in the evening; the Rev. E. Nye, of Birkenhead, occupied the pulpit of the latter chapel in the morning, and of Wesley ...

... I I MELTING AT NEWVTON. on Monday, a meeting of deputations from boards of guardians, and other persons interested in the county ex- pnditure movement, was held at the Horse and Jockey inn, Newton-in-the-Willows, for the purpose of recoivisog 3 report from the committee, and determining upon the future course to be adopted by this movement. R. Townu- ley Parker, Esq., of Cuerden Hall, was in ...

... I ST. JAMES'S CuuICncii.-On Wednesday, at the sessions in this town, the Rev. J. A. Armstrong took the customary oaths on his appointment to the incumbency of St. James's Church, in this town, vice the Rev. J. Cousins, resigned. FOREIGN TRADE.-A large Prussian brig, named the Uiidine, of Barth, Captain lXraeft, reached Preston Quay on Tuesday last, with a catgo of beans from Alexandria for Mr ...

... | j 8 - . 11 d BnOTHER BLECTroS,-An attempt is being it made to mislead you as to the true issue of the n pending political contest. You are told that a )r cheap loaf is not in danger, but Protestantism is. 4 - You are asked to place entire confidence in Lord Y Derby, who seceded from the Government of Sir ?? R. Peel because he would not consent to repeal 'e the tax on the people's bread; who, ...

... I .I (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Chronicle Office, Ten o'clock, a.m. HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST NIGHT. The house met at five o'clock. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. The Earl of DEREvY moved the appointment of a select committee, to inquire into the operation of the Act 3rd and 4th William the Fourth, cap. 86, for the better go- vernment of her Mlajesty's territories in the East Indies, and to ...

... The near prospect of an election, with its brutal- izing attendants, bribery, drunkenness, and coercion, induces us again to draw attention to the question of the ballot, as a means of taking the votes of electors. We last week alluded to the puerilities of Lord John Russel], who for the occasion borrowed an illustration from his old borough-mongering opponents. It used to be declared that ...