... MISCELLANEOUS N\EWS. Roisvthie iabtber died at E-russolis, or, 'Tuesday last. TIoE MARie PT.-At a rilectig,~ of ironmiasters, at cj 'Thiursday Ilast, it was unanimoarusly resolved to -i- iepric. I? 01 0 :00 ?? a toy). MGJ.'i,,sioo, AND) Tl, UI ViERSITY Or OXcFORD.-. Co.nd. n tory paper's, the Morning Hem-Id and the viva~ are v~-r~ allxious for the, Chancellor of the Ex- l;qr 'o be oppcsed on ...

... _ F I .R EAN CE. The Monifeur of Friday publishes an imperial decree, appointing Kmng Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, and his descendants, to be heirs to the throne, in case of the failure of the direct heirs, legitimate or adopted, of the Emperor Louis Napoleon. The senatus coonsultum, modifying the constitution, was adopted in the senate by 64 votes to 7. According to the modifications thus made ...

... . . . . - - - - - ?. -, ?- 7 ? 3301TOIDeb Lrvjtjc?. M ile 11 tlllq -III V Pit va ?? i otip I g I I tlb' olan' tilorat AI. 77) 0.7 ol In' I - dw 0111o bluIhi' hbc!, as the' bailitr loo o Ceji W.-o A IlFrlllorlI W~riter hatt this ploi g 00a~ ?? Al loop h trIe, 7,1(07 otI Noorseizesia bcl'lor full of rc.go- and ?? a-~ el st1roys lD', leintn,. A, aag thu, eulo'gi.,os his inusica attainieq:,rni L ...

... FRIGHITFUL DISASTEM, AND LOSS OF I THIRTY-SEVEN LIVES. i 3 ZtL3}n;)OL r1.3SFL 1L3. I.VY P B Y C APO 11DEUe 0 Fl TilE ISLE OF .MAN. The NoWa's Uferal'd, of W`ednesday last, gives the par- -ulars of the stranding and subsequent explosion, by inpowder, of the brig lity, of 1S0 tons. The vessel in lestion is owned by Alcssrs. Ilatton and Cookson, of ersey-strest, Liverpoolsand left the ...

... Considerable curiosity is entertained as to the retiring allowances of ministers, and very little is generally known on the subject. It may be interesting, then, briefly to state the substance of the act of parliament which regu- lates these pensions or allowances. The statute (4th and 5th Wm. IV., cap. 24) was passed in 1834, and is en- titled An act to alter, amend, and consolidate the ...

... ' | The appointment to the various offices under the new premier have now for some days past been before the public, and many of the leading members of the new ministry have issued addresses soliciting re- election to the seats vacated by their acceptance of office. A first glance at the names contained in the ministerial roll might probably strike a strong par- tisan as being composed of ...

... By far the most suffering locality has been the favourite bathing resort of Blackpool. The destruc- tion there has been very general-scarcely a house in the town has escaped damage more or less, in the blowing off of slates and the prostration of stacks of chimneys, some of *which latter have fallen through the roofs into the chambers below, to the imminent peril of the inmates; most of the ...

... I RAILWAY DEPARTURES FOR JANtf-J i . I' 1~~~RO31 PRESTON. i TO M ibun, ?? (Ind 3fan istco-7.0 ax. i09 10.50 Inor,,.; 1.45 5.0 7.5 anlxed, c,9.0 aftn. On iundsdyg: f;7.40 morn., 2-10 01-10 attn., all muix. (- To Aecint, ol. T. Bickbunro Buvna-,los, Colne, .Skipjofo, Li-adford. _I ~,dg 7. 0 mi~x., 9-0 l-0.50morn.; -1 5.0 *7.-5 nolx., attn (n Sun_ days: 7.-40 morn.,, 2.10 *6.l0 afttn., oil mix. ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, JAN. 19 1853. II Another year has become the property of history. Eighteen hundred and fifty-two, not the least event- ful of the years of the nineteenth century, has com- pleted its cycle and its successor has dawned upon us. Two ministries closed their career during its progress; England lost her greatest son, and a long agitated question which for nearly ...

... |I I v v x - - - - - ?? - HOUSE OF CO=MONS.-YuSTERDAY (By Electric Telegraph) The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. Mr. BLAND took the oaths and seat for Kuiss county. New writs were ordered on the motion of Mr. HAxTER for Haddingtonshire, in the place of Air. Charteris ap- pointed a Lord of the Treasury; and for Lichfield, in place of Lord H. Paget, appointed Chief Equerry and Clerk ...

... COR1RESPONDENCE. THE OYSTER-STEALING CASE. TO THlE EDITOR OF TIIE PRESTON CRRONICLE. Sin,-You have a statement in your paper of the 24th inst., headed Stealing Oysters, in which my house is represented as being the one where the transaction took place. I beg leave to say that such statement is false; for my first knowledge of the case was on my reading the account in your paper. The police ...

... Il.LOCAL INTEL'.IO-ENCE. SPOTS ON THE SuN.-On Thursday last, there was a very large spot upon the sun's disc, almost the shape of a death's head. There were also several smaller ones. CASUALTIES OF TiHE STORM.-Among the ravages of the storm detailed in another column, we have omitted to mention the injury to the joiners' workshop, in Hill- place, belonging to Messrs. Kilner and Bore, which was ...