... I l The adjourned meeting of this body took place on I Monday, in the council chamber, Town Hall. Present:- The Mayor (in the chair); aldermen Monk, Birehall, R. Pedder, J. Paley, jun.; coufcillors G. Smith, Goodair, Rlaw, J. Livesey, Carr, F. Armstrong, Threlfall (St. Peter's), Naylor, Spencer, J. HIumber, J. J. Myres, Threlfall (St. John's), J. Swainson, R. N. Livesey, Robinson, Parker, ...

... I On Thursday last, the church of St. Mary's was re-a opened, after being considerably enlarged by the erection I of transepts, &c., of which, and the other improvgmeuts I in the church, we gave a detailed account in our last num- I ber. The appearance of the edifice was much admired E by the members of the congregation and the strangers I present. The Rev. H. R. Smith, the zealous pastor 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 ...

... I I REITHE SULTAN ABDUL MEDJID, | |REIGNNG SOVEREIGN OF THE OTTO.AN EMPIRE. | FROM THE P'EN OF A LADY SEVERcAL YEARS RESIDENT sn IN THE LEVANT. cours (Translated from tie Concstitutiomiet, in tie LiverpooZ .11erxxin.) Tbi The complications which have lately arisen in the East attract universal attention to that part of the world. The ambition of Russia has suspended thle Eastern question On ...

... II EXPENDITURU OF TIE FYLDE UscoN.-Mr. Farnall, the Poor Law Inspector for the north-western division, has furnished to the guardians of the Fylde union a statement of the charges upon them as compared with other agricultural unions. From this table it appears that the total expenditure for the Fylde union, for the year ended Lady Day, 1852, was muet by a levy of Sid. In the pound on the net ...

... CORItESPONDENCE. PRICES OF CHEESE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIR,-Until the last month or two your contemporary | the Guardian used to favour his readers with the price of cheese per cwt. in his reports of the Preston markets, bat he does not do so now. Is it not singular that he should discontinue the practice at this particular time, when cheese farmers are especially anxious ...

... CO- CMMISSIONERS' MEETING. 1. - . .. The usual monthly meeting of the eomnissioners of the Blns. ley improvement and works was held at their room on WVednc. day last, when tisero were present the following genltlemlenl Messrs. Barnes, Mc.Veagh, Fielding, Massey, Thlomas, Robert Watkinson, Folds, jun., Houlding, Watson, Pickering, Varles Hargreaves, Wilkinson, Curedale, Ilradsha~w, Holdcs, G. ...

... - Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is now at Geneva, where she intends remaining some time. TEas PROFESSIONAL TniEvvs OF LONDoN.-The Earl of Shaftesbury estimates these gentlemen to amount in numbers to something under 6,000. The good service pension of £300 per annum has been conferred upon Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Wapier, K.C.B. Lieuti-General Ferguson, commanding the troops at Malta, has refused ...

... 33orrabWa Crif(O. ?? - ?? ?? - ?? :- -- 1: ?? Young ladies are requested to say, VIbat is tile dittorence j1 between a butterfly and a lfutterby ? i A Colt wants to know whell the Anglo-Saxon race, so muci h talked about, is to come oll? * sI NEWS TO eIANY.-A Western editor, in a.swer to a complaint h of a patron that lie dil not give news enrough, advised him, when news was scarce, to ...

... I ,,&fr*k5 tollullit, MlOVOI of the 7&i W. The heart that has once been bathed hI Love's pure fountain, retains the pulse of youth for ?? The more honest a man is the less lie affects the air of a Saint; theaffectatlon of sanctity Is ablotch on the face of piety.-Lavater. *'Have notbiing to do wvit aman w ho Wishes to appear a saint.- Teiss. There is more danger in doing some men too much good ...

... LAN CAST ER. ST. A-N 's WAnD.-There is every probability of a strong con. ] test for this ward, consequent on the resignation of Mr. Wilson. S There are two candidates, Mr. George Jackson, spirit merchant, and Mr. W. Fox, plasterer. It is thought Mr. Jackson will be returned by a small mae ority. The election is fixed for Tuesday al next. DEPUTY LIEUTENArNT.-At the quarter sessions, on Monday ...

... BATHS AND W-rIOUSES.-The number of bathers who visitgd this establishment u,.-e Otto week ending July 2nd was 1103, and of washers 135. Trie Rrv. LAwRENCE PRESTON, incumbent of Longton, near this town, and formerly of Queeu's College, Cam- bridge, received, on Monday last, the degree of M.A. at the University of Cambridge. OSCOTT COLLEGE.-TIe Very Rev. Dr. Weedall has been appointed president ...