... The arrangements for the approaching meeting of the British Association in Liverpool are now progressing rapidly, through the activity of the two local secretaries, Dr. Dickinson and Dr. Inman. Most of the invitations have been ac- cepted, the guests comprising many distinguished noblemen, and others eminent in various branches of the arts and sciences. Amongst the nobility may be enumerated ...

... ber. s to The investigation into the railway accident at Croydon has ended in a verdict of MIanslaughter against the driver of the excursion train. This r. man admitted that he neglected the station gig- nals, and it appears he was driving the train at a reckless rate; it is clear, however, that he was 15d misled by the absence of any d.stance signal, and ren at the speed he was going it ...

... otian ,,ll er. THE WAR. THE BALTIC. DESTRUCTION OF THL; ALAND FoRTIFicATtO~s.-Tti .liOtcRCcr Of Wednesldaly morning' announces that thle governi 11cnua of Englend arid France bare resolved to destiny lice forttjicatioiisof Aland, and that Bonaralnud wVill be evacuattedl MORE DESPATOHES FROM SIR CHARLE S NAPIERI. Furtber despatches have been received from Sir Charles Napier, giving some ...

... REPORtTED LOSS OF NEARLY 800 LIVES IN THE INDIAN SEAS. - 1 .1 _ - - - _ - -A]ws The recent overland mail has brougbt intelligence which has led to a general belief that two very appalling shipwrecks have taken place in the Indian seas, both of which it is feared were attended by a dreadful sacrifice of life. One of ttla unfortunate vessels is known to have been a large sized brig called tbe ...

... 11 T~HE OBRONICL1` I PRSTCM, SATURDAY, SEPTR. 2, 184. -iE SPANISH REVOLUTION. | The fire., which lately burned with such fierceness throgbh tbe length and breadth of Spain, has, within the last few .days, gone down considerably; but the embers still smoulder rather fiercely, and nobody knows how soon they Way burst out again into a fresh conflagration. Espartero is doing what he can with the ...

... 1l Trosnlafet2fvo the FJenc of Eiize SouMetre. POR THl PRESTON CHRONICLE. Anthony Lreex, farmer, of the Jonebhres, was standing before i botune, and gloomily examining its tbatched roof. I Look there, he muttered, the moss Is already growing on the Tldge; that green stuff grows everywhere and the garrets will 44n be as damp as caverns; but the towndfolks think it iL VUWtt good enough for ...

... I HISTORICAL SKETCHES' OITUIKEY. I (For the Prro Chronicle . -, No. XXv. ORIGIN OF THE PRESENT WAR. Those who have attentively read these sketches will be aware that, for 100 years, the Russians have beeb steadily encroaching upon the Turkish empire. They first elaimed the right of protecting certainilnterest in the Crimea and the regions of the Caucasus, and then, i' exercising that right, ...

... M. E TRi6OLITAN MRMORANDA. I - London, Thursday Evening. ?? ?? ,dlingy denlens Of drearq bury Lane were almost vovred witb a goie ad, in the shape of a spill from a lie, on MudaX List. I 'as, on the evening ID q-ea- oeiontunterju thronh- Jt # Lane, as Wt ellcl-kuwn xhovoughfare is,,emetleally designated by 'th eoster. _ngers 4 ehbmey, Ilying pienen and purveyos of 'possy's ts *ho tenant the ...

... II THE WATCH RATE AND PUBLIC IMPROVE- MENTS. TO TUE EDITOB OF TUE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SI8 -Tou have done the community a service by your remarls in last weeks number, shewing the loss the public sugsain by the pseudo-economical system which certain jembers of the corporation now pursue. The reduction of the watch rate by £800 was moved by Mr. Peter Cat- lerallswiththevleaw,ashestated, ...

... O - - THSE I:NVASION OF THE CRjIMEA. I -- -- .L )- A IT An n The war and the weather are the two main sub- jects of public interest at the present moment, and it is singular to observe how both these topics supply illustrations of the beneficence of Heaven. The Metropolitan jQurnals are congratulating the country on the blessings of a good harvest, and endeavour- ing to persuade us that the ...

... ?? ?? i rA UinA jri hi v sjnrvuVJ. to MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY. Last evening an extraordinary general meeting of the above n5 society was held in the Common Hall, Philadelphia clambers, we Hackiin's-hey, to take into consideration the last annual report u10 of tho United Gas-light Company, read at the meetiog of the an shareholders on the 15th ult. Mr. M'Millan, president of ...

... From the far North, where Napier's flag is fly- ing over the Baltic, and where the fleets and s armies of Western Europe are making war-from the capital of the little kingdom that is even now f being urged to take part in the neighbourings strife-there has just arrived an invitation to a t Peace Alliance written with earnest simplicity c and graceful zeal. In the commencement of what may be a ...