... FALL OF A BUILDINOG-About eight o'clock on Thursday morn- ing, a portion of the premises partially injured by the late fire at Messrs. Potters' paper and staining works, and used as a store. room for paper hangings, suddenly fell down, owing to the bad state of the old foundation on which it stood, which was some- what weakened by the trench made at Its base to receive the foundation of the ...

... [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 ...

... - 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 ...

... It1 PrSGON SIOOTING.-O. Wednesday last, a Sbo0tr match took place at the cricket ground, betwee~n NCnig Birley, and Mr. Sanderson Barnes, of Accrngton J. £10 a side, fifteen birds each. Mr. Barnes u,!* for nine out of fourteen, while Mr. Birley only killed 5ili 0 of thirteen. The match had the effect of drawri It gether a large concourse of people. 9 to. MILITARY MOVEMENTS.-Since the 79th ...

... VI IFp _ ?? ALDEMIMANiC BODY.-The following six aldermen re- tire from office on Wednesday next :-T. Monk, J. Paley, jun., J. Paley, sen., John Horrocks, Thomas Bireball, and Richard Pedder. Air. Alderman Horrocks has authi- rised'us to state that it is his wish to retire from the council, and not to be re-elected on Wednesday. The duties of a member of the council are now of so onerous and ...

... (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, ...

... 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 ...

... It is a particularly disagreeable task to contrast one v branch of the British legislature with the other. On many important occasions all the elements of our consti- tutional organisation have worked together so harmoni- ously, and there is so little of senatorial freedom left in e Europe, beyond that ?? prevails in the English parlia- ment, that it seemsungracious to breathe aw ordwhich ...

... |- TLONDON GOSSJP.-THURSDAY. I (Fcosa our own Correspondent.) Stale, flat, and unprofitable is at this moment the most appropriate motto for metropolitan intelligence: there is a lull in the political atmosphere-perhaps the prelude of a tempest of excitement, when the jarring elements of party strife come again into contact. In the person of the Earl of Clarendon, the new Foreign Secre- ?? ...

... FRANCE. r Active preparations areini progress for the inauguration r eS the tomb of Napoleon I., on the 5th of Ntay. The ex- t penses vill be defrayed by a contribution from the army. v An attempt was made, on the 25thl ult., to burn the n arsenal of Toulon. The fire was soon extinguished, but c a heap of ships, tarred rope, grease, and other inflammable articles, evidently collected together, ...

... RE13PRES8NTATION OF ST. PETER'S WARD.-WC learn that Mr. George Smith, one of the municipal representa- tives of St. Peter's Weard, has written to the Mayor, placing in his hands his resignation of the office of coun- cillor. CHRIuSr CHuRnCt WARDn-On Tuesday, Mr. C. B land Walker was elected one of the assessors for Christ Church Ward, hi the stead of Dr. Broughton, who was appointed, but ...