... Scarcely has the indignation excited in England by the abominable persecution of the Madiai subsided but a fresh appeal is made to the humanity and the justice of this country by a gross outrage upon an English subject. It appears that a Scotch lady, a Miss Cunninghame,sym- pathising with what she considered the spiritual destitu- tion of some of the subjects of the Grand Duke of Tus- cany, ...

... 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 ...

... GOOSNARGH, BIROUGHTON, WHITTI-N.HAM, BARTON, i I GOONARIIHAIGHTON, AND BLEASDALE ,, AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ! The above-namled association hold Itsamnilversary on Tuesdy pa lost, in thevillage of'Broughiton. The show took place in a feld it g Immediately bolhind the Shuttleworth's Arms Imt, and, aa the day Iget was ver favourable up to the time of dinner, there was a toler. sub able attendance ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1853. MUNICIPAL VOTERS.-STRANGE OVERSIGHT IN LEGISLATION. At the ensuing election of councillors, our municipal representatives will have to appeal to the confidence of a greatly enlarged constituency, the number of burgesses for this borough having increased, since last year, from 1,892 to 4,489. This accession of numbers is occasioned by the ...

... - 1 (From the Times of Monday.) A The latest intelligence from Eastern Europe Is comprised In of i two unwelcome though not unexpected pieces of Information. he The first of these Is, that the combined fleets in Beslka Day have tios been compelled, on the representations of the Divan, to despatch m two ships each to Constantinople for the protection of the French hin and Englisl residents in ...

... ~- 1| so, AccIODEWT.-A man named Littlewood, fore- air. evans, contractor, fell down a quarry at 0 tocross, and was so severely injured that he is not ' °*fa to recover. II;, TOO LATE FOIC HAPPINESS.- On Saturday last, g eeik]y meeting of the Board of Guardians, a loving 'wPre asked, whose respective ages were seventy reflwere 2z0 Tg CASE OF DEFRAUDING THE REVENUE.- On T ,,ning week, James ...

... qCL ITHEROE. l Low MooR SosRFE.-Preparations are being made by cojmmittee and friends of the Low Moor Mechanics' ?? tution, for a soiree upon an extensive scale. A mar. l ie will be erected for the occasion, and every other de- ile arrangement will be made. LOcmI. BOxRD.-A meeting of the Local Board took :.!e on Monday last, at the Town Hall. Present-Mr. Llcraan Hargrcaves; Couneillors ...

... a A ?? have heard no such intimation. J. C's letter on the cholera and graveyards in our next. b 3 euiIea.-Mir. John Wood Is chairman of the Board of Inland T. I,-It Is not necessary that a borough julstice should be re- ri commnended by the Tow.n Council. S. C.-Nilo petition was presented against the return of either of ti the members for Preston after the last election. We must ?? the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... I TnE HAtVEST.-With the exception of the potato, nothing can be more satisfactory than the reports of all the crops, green and cereal; and as regards the pota- toes the accounts are contradictory. In Westmeath and Leitrim the last accounts say, the crop has suffered dread- fully from the ravages of the disease; at the same time it is admitted that the loss will not, according to present ...