... THE !UNNERIES BILL. DECLARATION OF THE CATHOLICS OF OREAT BRITAIN. To Oun PaovassAxN Fircow COURYrMEsN. The undersjgned desire it to be known that they regard the success of the motion of Mr. Chambers in the House of Com. mons as a direct attack upon the Catholic religion, and as an insult to thoso who profess it, no less than an infraction of the religious toleration of which they are said to ...

... I - THE. 'RuiNEb INTEREST-The Belfwat Mercury, a competent and unprejudiced authority upon matters con- nected with agriculture and commerce, remarks that the (Irish) farming world seems endowed with a new spirit, and the enterprise, formerly supposed only to be found in the factory, now shows itself in full strength at field- labour. - ; THE PIRESENTa M&nqUTs OF LohDonznni bas been appointed ...

... NO PI - The days have gone by when it was thought that a law- ?? yer should read none but law books. Many of the most ri- distinguished ornaments of the bench in late years have ite been eminent for their literary attainments, and in the lower mg, walks of the profession there are many who have conferred 3kbenefit on the community by their contributions to the In public stock of information. ...

... 11 ?? D' WEI . Rnrrnaw ?? tL, a.A ±.. . .. d 'AnicorCs or OF WAGEs-Notices were posted In the whole of d the mills in Darwen, on Thursday last, that a reduction of ten ter cant. will take plaee Ini a fortnight's' time from that day. il Thiazpouncement has spread quite a gloom over the opera. a tve, who now tpeem to dlspair of consummating their 6bject. a The PEa CENT. METGG.-Last Satuiday ...

... I RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Times of Monday published the following tele- graphic despatches from its Vienna correspondent:- Vienna, Sunday Morning.-On the 28th of March, Birsova was taken by the Russians, who are also masters of the strong position of Babadagh. The Russians, con- sequently, are in entire possession of the Upper Dobrud. scha. The Cossacks patrol as far as Kostendje. The Fremden ...

... ACCRINGTON & HASLINdDEN. II . .. . .. - ~1 - F!tR AT HASLJtaoDtSN.-On Friday night week, about eleven , o'clock. a fire broke out in the woollen mill of Mr. Cooper, Pagg i House, litsihsgden. The fire originated in the enigine-house, over which there la warehouse containing wool, oil, &c. The Battles spread rapidly, and, but for the timely arrival of the fire- | engines belonging to Messrs. ...

... THM OR ICLE. I PRESTO, SATUrDAY, a 2,1854. THE REFORMi BILL AND REFORM. With attending circumstances, such as parliamentary annals afford few examples of, the Reform Bill of 1854, the complement of the great peaceful revolution of 1832, has been-laid on the shelf, at least, for the present session of parliament, With the scene -in the House of Corn- morns fresh in one's recollection, and the ...

... CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHIRONICLE. I Sjat,-Though much has been done in this country plat towards the prevention of cruelty to animals, yet there is WWlIi one thing which appears in a great measure to be tole- Bide rated, or at least permitted without general censure or tilve reproof. I allude to the common practice Of using live for baits in angling, &c., and which ...

... 1I AMERICA. A3UIVAL OPl Tinr CANADA. The Canada, which left Bosten on the 12th, and. Hali- fax on the 14th, reached the Mersey on Monday. She has brought about 120 passengers and 391,594 dollars en freight. Vice-Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, late commander on the North American station, is among the passengers by the Canada. There were no accounts of the screw steamer city of Glasgow, ...

... g ?? - w# . -1 SECooL SEaaoNs.-On Sunday last, two ienrons were preached In Bethesda Chapel, by Dr. Vaughan, president of the Indepen. dent College, Manchester, on behalf of the Sabbath, British, and Infant schools. Collections were made after each discourse, pmonnting, lut the whole, to the large sum of £71 Ss. loid. F'mx.-..On Sauday last, no little alarm was created by an intl. suation of ...

... . I smna SATURtDAY; Tbere was a meeting of about a thousand power.loom- weavers on Saturday last1 on the Gravel Bed at Walton Bridge. Mr. Cowell was called upon to preside, and related the particulars of visits he had made to Blackburn, Accrington, Church Parish, and other places, whence he saild subscriptions would be received as heretofore, the people being determined still to support the ...

... METROPOLITAN MEMORANDA, 11 I fromour .n.m . London, Thursday Evening. The chamber in which the hereditary legislators of the laud hold their sittings, is,as befits their lordships, higher state, more gorgeously decorated than is the great apart- ment wherein the representatives of the people transact their share of the business of the nation. The two apartments, as far as the unaided eye can ...