... I FREEMEN AND THE MARSH. ls To THlE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. Judi 'Ssa1,-1 am a freeman of your borougb, and formerly sijc leept a cow which pastured upon the Marsh, 1 free' Of tote expense. I am informed that by an act of Parliament, lately passed, that if 1 put a cow on again I Shall have to Pay 26.per week. Is this the case ortnot? a Please answer in your next, and oblige SUPI ...

... A ACCRING' ON. ELECTION OF TnE FIRST LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.- Upwards of sixty gentlemen were nominated to fill the important office of members of the local board of health for Accrington, but we are glad to learn that arrange- ments were made by which this number was reduced to the eighteen required by the order in council, without the I necessity of a contest, or the creation of any ...

... Thle annual meeting of this association took place on Wednes- cc day last, the exhibition of stock, implements, poultry, &c., being inl held on thea same ground as last year-~a field in the ?? of Mr. Butcher, near the independecnt Chapel, Poulton. Taken en altogethr the sow was asuperio on; there were two or three a very god buls exhbited some ery ecellet miuch cows, young b horss, e.,thi ...

... 1|-B- RNLEY. ;Ergoss.-On Sunday last, the anniversary school COES of the Wesleyans were preached in the morning . evening, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Burnley, by the I; Dr. Beaumont, of London, when collections in aid tat funds of the school were made, amounting to the -- f £141. In the afternoon of the same day, the , Mr. Strachau delivered an address to the teachers, .ents, and the friends of ...

... I - SToRES-On Sunday afternoon last, WVigan and the neight,,G hood were visited by a violent storm of wind and rain, froa the north-west, which continued without intermission for ?? of eight hours, but it does not appear to have done any corjside able damage in Wigan. At Hindley, a portion of the Baliiorz brewery, occupied by Mr. Blacow, was blown down, and otter damage was done, amounting to ...

... I l THE QUrEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT, With theroaI theOU children, intend to leave Balmoral for Windsor Castle on det the 12th Instant.so Mr. ALDEnuAN SYDNEY was, on Thursday last, elected the Lord Mayor of London. that JOHN MITC BEL, the Irish patriot, has escaped from of tli Norfolk Island, -the fourth state prisoner that has Ti made off. acco A PaoTmSTANT MISSION to the Roman Catholic in.. ...

... I COO ITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, | TAT' Tl~lT/l V.'n T.'TPM1VV ?? ?? Ad - -- TUE PROPOSED ELEMENTARY DRAWING CLASSES INl CONNECTION WITH SCHOOLS OF DESIGN.% (Frinn a Corre$Zcid*t) Many of the readers of thle Chronicle may be aware that a great deal of correspondence has passed between the Board of Trade and the Committee of Council on Education, and that a proposal has been made by the ...

... -- ?? al FRANCE. befoi The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post, writing stren on Sunday evening, says:- The French government is war already silently making preparations to meet any sudden mak( emergency in the new turn that the Eastern question has fore, now taken. I am confidentially, but on very good ships authority, assured that orders have been sent to Toolon the 1. to prepare ...

... 33orrowteli Crift. What can be worse than to have a toothache ?-To have two teeth ache, of course. The man who likes to hear women scold has Just hired a saw- filier to play him to sleep. Mr. Smith's carylage-eushions were in Mr. Jones's buggy, which stood in Mr. Clark's barn, when Mr. Robinson's hen laid an egg on them. Question: Whose egg was it? Aly brethren,1 said Swift in a sermon, ...

... 1-j:;~fTH GALE. .i This town and neighbourhood were, on Sunday last, 'y visited with a gale of wind, which, though not equal in Id intensity to the one which ravaged this district in Decem- ' ber last, was very severe. It is the time of the year when . strong winds are expected, but the equinoctial gales have this season been of more than usual violence, and St from the accounts that we ...

... Mr Norton, in the Times of Saturday, replies to the sati letter of Sir John Bayley. He says. - a Sir John Bayley prepared the pleadings In the action ter against Lord Melbourne and was employed as my junior Tva counsel in the cause; he acted in that capacity through. Dec out the proceedings; he was present at the trial and heard Cal the evidence of the witnesses; and, with that evidence Maj ...

... ! T~E CONSECRATION F THE RIGHT REV. ALEXDER GOSS, D. iCOADJUTOR BISHOP OF LIVFRPOOL. ' I rp-nn o [Froms a corneepo .dent.]' A solemn and most imposing ceremony is the Consecra. tion of a bishop of the Catholic church. Upon hin according to the saying of the Apostle, hands are not imposed lightly. Having spent several days previously in silent retirement and prayer, he is presented in the ...