... 'NSwv TOwsN HALL.-This building is now used The n ~ettits of commissioners and other purposes, f5t will be ornamental, useful, and self-sustaining. Tas OLD DISPENSARY.-This building has been pur- I teld by some of the seceding Methodists, and is to be ased for a place of public worship. s ?? Tuesday was observed, as usual, CCtELport anti the neighbourhood, as a day of visiting ! at nd. itnake ...

... PEACE CONGRESS AT MANCHESTER, | At tite oi'enlng sitting of Thtursday wvoLk, ftin' conference re- assembled ait six o'clock. Mr. Wilson took tim chair. Trho secretfl'5' read several letters received from French correspoa- den5, indan ddrss from the Liveripool Financial Reform flr CoitF~Ndel'.erid an lelloquet oration, and dilated upon theabsrdty'of hepresent invasion matnic, sbcieli is but a ...

... PRESENTATION TO MR. ALDERMAN MIONK, THE EX-MAYOR. At the termination of Mr. Alderman Monk's year of oflice as chief magistrate of this borough, during which period he comported himself in such a manner as to gain a good name from all parties in the town, displaying as he did such equanimity of temper and consummate im- partiality in the exercise of his judicial functions on the bench, and such ...

... WIGA N. MEETING OF TaE BOARD Or GUARDLANs-The weekly meetiniz of the gaardians was held in the Board-room, Wallgate, Wigan, on Friday week, Mr. Barton in the chair. The special business did not possess any public t interest, and the guardians proceeded to examine cases of relief. The amount of relief distributed by the respective relieving officers, during the past week, was as follows :_ Mr. ...

... _I | TRTi5AT TO OLD PPOPLoU._On Saturday last, the day after the soirde of the Rawtenstall Mechanics' Institution, the whole of the old people of the town and neighbour- hood, upwards of sixty years of age, were treated to tea and its accompaniments. After tea, suitable addresses were delivered, and various selections of music performed, to the delight of the aged audience. RAWTENSTALL ...

... FROM PRESTON. To Blackburn, Accrington, Bury, and Hfanldsvter-6-50 mix. 9.0 10-55 morn.; 1-45 5.0 7-5 mixed, *9.0 aftn. On Sundays: 7.40 morn., 2.10 6-30 aftn., all mlx. ?? To Accrington only.) To Blackburn, Burntey, Coie, Skipton, Bradford, Y Leeds.- 6.50 mix., 9-0 10-55 morn.; *1.45 5.0 *7.5 mix;, aftn On Sun. days: .7-40 morn., 2.10 '0.30 aftn., all mix. (* To Colne only.) To Lgth4an, ...

... The quarterly meeting of the members of the Corpo- ration took place on Thursday, in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall. Present:-The Alayor (in the chair); Aldermen Shawc, Monk, Miller, Paley, sen., Palsy, jun., R. Pedder, Brown, Birchall, Catterall; Councillors S. Smith, Spncner, Knowles, Watson, Yates, Goodair, Carr, F. Armstrong, Threlfall (St. John's), G. Smith, Threlfall (St. Peter's), ...

... 93orraeb Crifle,| - r. - . 11 - - - ?? - ?? . Tine TRTosi.-Genleral, Lane saul one day, At Indianopolts, in tu iiis speech after dininer, that lie set, ?? lea fatjji o troe' not HOWe TO Ge-c AN ENiEstv.-Lt'itl at nian at sninall, tin of money for at day. Call iioti lain inl a week for it. W~ait two tioittls. In three imoritlis itisist Uponi ?? laying yon. lie will got angry, denounce and Speak ...

... The half-yearly meeting of this company took place on Wednesday last, at the Bury station; Mr. T. Dugdale, the chairman, presided. An abstract of the directors' report has already ap- peared in the Chronicle. The CHAIRMAN said, when lie last had the honour of addressing the shareholders, he stated that the property of this company was in a sound and improving condition; he trusted that they ...

... ?? 33arroW ti 'EvitTel. I ..l. . I . - . I When AXdarn got t red of naminirg lis eunrerous descendants, ire said, Let all thle rest br. c~alled Sm~ithr. Air aristo.iratir' latv tirot at frien I recently ait Granrthamn, and 'I uiskedi, 11Wore you at tie' sie,'.'r of the Institution ? Yes, was c tire replv. ?? So was owv eook' ?? sevonir lady asked, ?? Wore n you at chu!ardi last Sarai iy ...

... 1 . . 10 A trout, weighing upwards of six pounds, was taken with a fly in Bala Lake, a few days ago. It may not be -) generally known that in this lake trout rise to the fly, and in are freely taken as early as the month of January. n A telegraphic despatch from Paris, dated Friday, con. tained the following:- Some little inquietude is at pre- le sent manifested in Paris on account of several ...

... AICASURES OF TIM ABERDEEN GOVERNMENT. (FFr0o the Ob server, rrrinisterial paper, of Sunday.) in The Chancellor of the Exchequer removed from his Ip, house in Carlton-gardens on Friday last to the official th residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down- an ing-street, which was lately fitted up by the Board of fo Works, under the superintendence of Mr. Disraeli. Sir James Graham, too, ...