... C3JRATES' fSTIPENDS. VUnder the above heading, there appeared, in the ir- Wednesday's impression of a contemporary, a latter from a correspondent signing himself F. S. which called the attention of all good C~hristians to the de- or plorable position of Manchester curates, to the great wealth of Manchester men, to the high salaries of 10 Manchester clerks, and to some other matters not 00 ...

... MANCHES ER ROYAL INSTITUTION. i LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF gr THE MIDDLE AGES. a The second lecture was delivered by the Principal of ur Owens College, on Monday last. The subject oln that e occasiou was, in tbe firstplace,the ?? H and other barbaric nations into Gaul. He observed that tbey at tirst appeared, in alliance with tite Romau itrns, at the se battle of Chalons against the Hunnish ...

... 30 FsLLow-cITIzENS OF TUW SENATE AND OF THliE HoUSEF. OF RFrRa- - 5ENTATIvus.-The interest with which the people of the re- 10 public anticipate the assembling of congress, aud the falfilment, V0 on that occasion, of the duty imposed upon a new president, is - one of the best evidences of their ?? to realise the hopes 10 of the founders of a political system at once complex and sym- metrical. ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENQ1i, - ?? ?? -- - ?? ?? ---T i FRANCE. on tl PARTS, DEC. 12.-Complain11s of the dulness of -trade Peer are general ansoag the shopikeoers of Paris. They say treor that the necessaries of life were never dearer, and their if eo profits never lighter, than at the present moment. The of tt amounst of sales effecited at present by some of the prin. mitti cipal hiouses is stisteid ...

... MULTUM IN IPARWO. io lost br. Cahill is lectatla at Manchestsst Sm astronomy. hi :11g1hed Mr. G. V. Broole 'is 1starring it i~t Belfast. 01 when A licensed victlikilers and beersellers' association hos hi watch ibeen established lit Ituncorn. tli state IAt a meeting %'oeld last week at Bangor, £1040 were hII ts face subscribed towlatd church extension in that parish. pi in the In ten months ...

... ras -. to aCOURT, &c. Bi OsBORNE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3.-Her Royal High- 51 nems the Duchess of Kent arrived at half-past two o'clock n- in the royal yacht Fairy, commanded by Captain Crispin, R.N. The royal duchess, attended by Lady Fanny b, Howard, left Frognore at a quarter-past ten o'clock, and ig proceeded to the Paruborsugh station of the South-western Ld Railway, where a special train ...

... CLITHE10E. | CiRIsrarTs.-In consequence of Christmas day hap- pening upon the Sunday, the mayor issued a notice re- gluesting that tradesmen and others, so far as was prac- ticable, would close their places of business on the Monday. This appeal for a day's cessation of labour was generally complied with, and thus an opportunity was afforded for persons to attend tea parties and other ...

... ~ ' I - - - - - - _- _- _ _ TO TILE EDITOR OF TlHE PRESTON CCURONICLE. r SIR,-I have been informed that the letter I addressed g to you on the 24th ult., has been printed and posted; this se I did not expect, and it has been done without my know- d ledge. I felt sorry to write upon the subject at all; still, if any good will arise towards the working classes, I care not for any odd individual. ...

... - !en On Monday evening last, a public meeting took place in the his Theatre, at which, It was stated in the handbills announcing It, the u1various delegates would be present prepared to glve an honest He exposition of the matter now in dispute between the master 1he manufacturers of this town and their workpeople. At seven ve- o'clock, the time proposied for the commencement of the pro. ho ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1853. It is often said, and perhaps almost as often believed, G that men know how to look after their own interests, and re that they in every case understand what is most beneficial of for those interests. But this assertion, like many to others, is only partly true, and must be taken with modi- ci fications. If it were absolutely true that men ...

... I -v PRtEPARIATIONS FRo STARTING THE MILLS. - This th (Thursday) morning Mr. Acton's manager has sent for a fi portion of the hands to clean up, preparatory to starting the mills on Monday morning, under a promise, it is said, that hie will give the required advance of if the other Wigan masters agree to so. TILE DAMAGES BY THE LATE RLOTS.-It was antici- pated that the applications for ...

... UL.C/IUI~iiN ,UUL;UVkU1N .ENT. PHILADELPHIA, DEc. 12, 1853. Since my last, commercial affairs have been dull and uninteresting, and remain so at the present moment. The imports of European manufactures and merchandise continue very large, fewer than usual being thrown upon the market for immediate use, and more being consigned to the national warehouses to await a more active state of trade. ...