... 0 RM SKI R K.I THE REV. W. E. RAWSTORNE, M. A., vicar of Ormskirk, has 0 intimated to his parishioners his Intention of resigning his inctm. P bency in the course of a few months. b INeunsr.-An inquest was held in the Court-room, on the I th instant, before C. E. Driffield, Esq., on the body of John White. r side, aged six months, son of Mr. John Whiteside, innkeeper, t Ormskirk, who came by ...

... 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, ...

... PARLIAMENTARY INTrELLIGENCE. ] HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, APRIL 25. THE TURKISH EMPIRE. In reply to a question from ties Marquis of CianrIcards, in referentceto the negotiations of late carried. on between certain European powers and the Porte, The Earl of CLARENDON, While lie declined at Present to give all the information required, stated that her Majesty's ministers were unanimous in their ...

... FROM THE TIMS.' GLADSTONE'S BUD)GET. DISR.AELI'S BtlhDpr Tho Legacy dutv to be ex. The House-tax to b. T tended, so that every man viz., 9d. in the peslr I' who succeeds to an estate put on private ho,,. ,'trl shall pay according to his in- 6d. on shops, ,in , Ill e1il pital, in order tion of 1ll. il tie to redress inequality of In- being taken ofn'ImIt' come'tax upon intellgenco on trades ...

... ITHE ROT HERHITHE GUNPOWDER SEIZMIIE. Messrs. Halo were again brought up on Thuis lay,aot the Bow-street Police-oflice, for the decision of Mr. Henry, the magistrate, relative to the CoinpositioII n.ized on his premises. Mr. Henry delivered his opinion, and stated thilt, lalthoug the composition was not granulated, set it Nvas, no doubt, of that explosive and dangerous nature that lie felt ...

... ,. PETrY SESSIONS.-MONDAY LAST. e (Before the Rev. R. Jfoore, Edmund Birley, James Be den, and 0 Giles Th1onster, Esqrs.) o N0No.PAYMNT oF PooR RATES.-Mr. Robert Catterall, brick and, e tile maker, Klrkham, was summoned by the overseers of Kirk. I ham for non-payment of £2 Ss., assessed on his brick-croft, &c. 4 Mr. Robert Thompson, assistant overseer, proved the legality of a the rate. Mr. ...

... I . __ ?? THE EARL OF DERBY is about to erect a church on so his estate at Treals, in the Fylde. C C R AccoAMnlODATION zFOR THIE PaRsIS Ce unCH CONORB- to GATION.-During the progress of the alterations at the I T parish church, divine service will be performed every - Sunday evening at St. George's church. ...

... IRELAN D. The progress of euligration continues unchecked. The accounts of agricultural operations are satisfactory. TuE SIX-MIILE BlaiIDoi: Asi ?? Wallace, of the a- Anglo-Celt newspaper, Mhj was consvicted of a libel on the q thirty-fir-st rewianent, Sas, on Thurs lay last, sentenced by h1o the Court of Q'teens Berliv, Dublin, to six months' im- pro prisonmerut, and to pay a fine of £35 to ...

... O RM SKIRK. U CoUNTY CoURT.-At the sitting of the court on Tuesday last, it before W. A. Hulton, Esq., there were twenty-five cases entered; y eight were settled before hearing. No cases of importance arose. a Wm. Cross was committed for twenty.five days for not appearing to a fraud surmonss NEw CATHOLIC CHuRca AT LYsWATE.-Thb foundation stone of a new Catholic church at Lydiate was laid on ...

... MEETING OF RATEFAVERS.-At a meeting of rate- payers, held at Chorley, on Thursday, the following petitibn was proposed for adoption, but after a long dis- cussion, was withdrawn, and a poll was directed to be taken yesterday whether the ratepayers were in favour of the improvement bill or against it, which resulted in 282 for it, 317 against it. The poll is conttnued to-day. A press of matter ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, APRIL 11, SO! Their lordships met at five o'clock. ha Lord Stafford, of Harmsondsworth (Lord Enfoeld) took the oaths el and his seat. ag CANTERBURY ELECTION. The Earl of ABrERDEEN moved that the house should concur IV with thle cominons in an address to her majesty for the appoint- mu ment of a committee to inquire into the corrupt practices which mn prevailed at the ...

... Thomas William Walker, an insolvent, aged 95, and born in the reign of George II, was discharged from 1 Whitecross-street prison. London, last week. P John Speer was tried at Gloucester assizes, on Wednes- tL day, for the murder of his wife at Bristol, on the 19th of il October last. He was found guilty of manslaughter, and e sentenced to transportation for life. The estimate of the further ...