... CORBRESPONDENCE. THE RIBBLE COMPANY. C TO THE EDITOR OF THlE PRESTON CHRONICLE. i SIR,-For some years back I have seen nothing in the I f newspapers respecting the Ribble, except an occasional d note stating the progress of the improvements. How- .. ever, on reading the Chronicle of tile 9th instant, I was l greatly surprised to find that the Queen claimed 5 per c cent. of the reclaimed lands, ...

... 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 ...

... F OREIGN. I RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following is contained in La Presse (Paris paper), al of Thursday:- tt W We have received news from Constantinople of the eE 30th May. On the 2Sth of that month the Minister of Foreign A Affairs handed to the Ambassadors of the four Powers that signed the treaty of the 13th or June, 1840, a note, in which he explains the measures talon by Turkey to ...

... (From the United Service Gazette) [Where two places are mentioned, the last named is that is wvich the depot of the regiment is stationed.] let Life Guards, Windsor. 42nd, Gosport. 2nd Do., Regent's-park. C43,C. of G. Hope, Chatham. Royal H. Guards, Chobham. 44th, Gibraltar, Cisatham. let Drag. Guards, Newbridge. 45th, C. of Goodiope, Chatham. 2d, Dublin. 46th, Dublin. 3d, Longford. 47th, ...

... THE CHRONICLE. I PRESTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1853. AIR. GLADSTONE IN MANCHESTER. The inauguration of the Peel statue in Manchester, a monument raised by the busy men of commerce in that town to the memory of England's greatest statesman, in acknowledgment of the services rendered by him to his country, at the sacrifice of his power and his official posi- tion, was appropriately honoured ...

... TrE MAYORALTT.-It is said that Joseph Acton, Esq., is to be the mayor for the ensuing year. TOKEN or REsPECT.-On Monday evening last the Rev. P. Jones, incumbent of nindley, was presented with a gown and cassock by the teachers belonging to St. Catherine's church schools, Scbolfield-lane, as a token of l * their respect for the kindness and urbanity with which he had attended to their ...

... I MEtROPOLIlAN AIEIIOR A NT D I I (Frome our own Correspondent.) LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. Never, within the memory of that ubiquitous and immor- tal personage the oldest inhabitant, have the various metropolitan places of out-door merry-making, to which, in holiday times, the sons and daughters of toil, with their multifarious progeny, resort, been so inundated with bois- terous pleasure ...

... AWLFUL HURRICANE AT MADRAS. The Madras Athenoum, of March 31st, savs :- The Madras shores have been visited by a storm, unusual in the time of its appearance, and terribly destructive in the nature of its ravages. The weather on Friday, the 28th i of March, was cloudy and unsettled, but on Saturday afternoon it began to show signs of an approaching term - pest. A great deal of rain fell ...

... - I CHOILEY U.atoN.-The Chorley Board of Gl6arii.-oi; hi weekly meeting on Tuesday Air. J. llaydock in tle' following was the rlulllber of paupers in recept Or Tl 1n.door-Chorley W'housc.. 2 -door-CorlI it' BrintUe Ou,,o S8 ?? ?? The masters' day books showed articles receiveN itt, , 1v: liouses as follow --'W Chorley Workhouse£l 12 8 IBrindle Workhouse £1, Produce of ?? I 11 0 Produce of ...

... [FnoM OURL OWN' SEPOtTflIt.) Idie Thre committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquireI e into the petition against tlie return of W ia Evceis, Esq., for re the. borough of Bliscrkbiirn, for alligel brvibery and treating, buld 1liel their first sitting, at twelve ''li'olel S;itlrirlas' last, in thre Corn- ntrl mittee Roomn No. 9. TIre comm ,ittee coosisrel1 of Winl. Deerles, lint Esq., ...

... I X. Y. Z. is inadmissible. J. D., Clitheroe, is received. C. R. will see his question answered in another column. S. E. N.-We shall be glad to hear again from this correspondent. A READLIt OF Dusrxrrs.-Ur. Disraeli is in the 48th year of his age. P. L.-The trustees of Savings' Banlcs have no power to advance money for building purposes. Their deposits are invested in government securities, A ...

... 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 ...