... J FOREIGN. d The information from China speaks of the rapid pro. gress of the rebellion, The residents of Canton were in al l most critical position, and prepared to take refuge on b board ships off the factories. The river was filled with 5] war junks, en route for action, the insurgents having al at least 80 junks in fighting trim on the East River. tl Thle hills in rear of the city were ...

... Anticipatory of, and in connection with, thea Manchester andt Liverpool Agricultural Society's Show (which is to be held at Alirincham on the 8th inst.), a trial of reaping machines took Iplace onl Wednesday last. The scene of the competition was Ithe Dairyl-louse 'Farm, at Dunham Massey, occupied by Mr.a 1-lardey, wheat and barley being the crops experimented upon. There were present from 200 ...

... . ?UO I . . I ?? OrMool Here Is aparadox: The British sailor, although the first to I: give a blow, is the last to strike I . 3 ThOe 'bank where the wild thyme grows has declared a divi. f' dend of ten acents. a Beauty is a rook on whieh''many a man makes shipwreck while b In search of the pearls which adorn it. A young physician askg of a lass to kiss her, she repled No, .sir, I never like ...

... .- THE PRl~GR~S. F 0 E, A.R. . Actual:fqat of aras terele save:been none durilg.the past week; bnt at e' I Ndte o- i'ieraratlon, come by every letter, public and private, .from 4ie Bflsgea, There seems to be little doubt but thatan expedition, OoD. sistingof 40,O00OFre oh, 20,OO'Englih, aud 10,000 Turki,; is at this, moment making Its way up.that *ater towardi Sebastopol,, or whatever other ...

... 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 ...