... I I MAnCH FAIIL.-At this annual fair, held on the 6th of March Tuesday last, theattendance of farmers and others was iumo. rolls; indeed, being a very fine day, there was quite a throng. The show of cattle was below the average as to quantity, but prime in quality. The calvers were remarkably good. Prices were lower, and the sales considerable. TuE MILITIA.- It is probable that the Fifth ...

... (From the United Service Gazette.) [Where two places are mentioned, the last named is that at which the depot of the regiment isstationed ] Ist Life Guards- Regent's.park. 41st Turkey-Templemore. 2nd Do.-Hyde-park. 42nd Turkey-Stlrling. Royal H. Guards-Windsor. 43d Madras-Clstham. IstDrag. Guards-Piershill. 44th Turkey-Wslmer. 2d Dundalk 45th C.of Goodllope-Chathans 3d Dublin. 46th Turkly ...

... ACCRINGTO.N, TIASLINGDEN, AND - ROSSENDALE. APGTUEOARIOS' HALL.-Mr. 'Thos. Charles Law, of Accrington, passed his examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received a certificate to practise, on the ist instant, at the above-named Institution. BIBLE SOCIeTY._On Monday evening a public meeting of the British and Foreign Society was held in the Town Hall, Hasling- den. The ...

... I Last evening, Mr. George Dawson, of Birmingham, delivered a lecture On Peter the Great, in the large room at the Corn Exchange; the Rev. E. D. Rendell in the chair. The audience was very respectable, and tolerably numerous. Mr. Dawson commenced his discourse by saying he would not take up the time of the assembly with the early history of Peter the Great ; and, rapidly glancing at his ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. I {&A_ Ax A..A - a _ _ - t -l -1 ! After a discussion on the Ticket of Leave System, and on asy- lums for criminal lunatics, The Earl of DERBY asked what arrangements had been made for carrying on the business of the colonial department during the temporaryabsenceof Lord J. Russell. Efficientarrangements were more necessary, ewing to the events which had occurred in the ...

... The last official act of the Emperor Nicholas was to recal Prince Menschikoff, the man who certainly redeemed his blunders as a diplomatist by his skill, courage, and indomitable perseverance as a general. Whatever may 3 be the result of the operations of the allies, the historian I must always find room for a special chapter devoted to l Arenschikoff's stubborn defence of Sebastopol. But he ...

... l GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE MONTH I - - OF 'MARCH. (From Glenny's Garden Almanach for 1855) POTATO PLANTING.-There are many ways of doing this; dibbling them is the most common. In field cul- ture furrows are ploughed, the potatoes dropped in, and ! covered with the plough by turning over the earth on a furrow close by. In garden culture, we recommend drilling four to six inches deep, and ...

... THE EXAGGERATIONS OF THE el TIMNES. || We have been favoured (says the Manchester Guardian) with the perusal of some letters written by an officer in the British army, now in the Crimea, to relatives in this neighbourhood, dated the 9th instant, from which we take the following extracts:- , We have heard, by telegraph, of the change of Mlinis- try, and we are now all surmising as to who will ...

... The Daily News has published the following letter from a medical officer, dated Feb. 16 :- A considerable amounttof scorhutic disease continues to prevai among c the .trqpps on the heights before Sebastopol, Some small I supplie.s of preserved potatoes, and on three occasions I fresh potatoes and onions, have been issued to the men. I Some rations of lime juice have also been given, with a 0 ...

... ITHE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT CAVALRY AT - BALACLAVA. The following letter from Lord Raglan to the Duke of Newcastle; respecting the charge of the light cavalry at Balaelava, was read in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening. It throws much light on that most gallant but unfortunate affair:- t Before Sebastopol, Dec. 111, 1854. a My Lord Duke,-I regret to be under the necessity i of forwarding ...

... Tar REv. L. EgE, of Aldlngfleet Vicarage, near Goole, York- sbire, has been appointed chaplain to the Ormskirk Union Work- bouse. THE LOCAL ?? tho last fortnightt! meeting of the Ormakirk Local Board of Health, a letter fromn Mr. Eawlinseon, C.E., was read, stating that in consequence of his. having bean called upon' by government to proceed to th O he s for be unable to attend the board on ...

... (For the Preston Chronicle.) Nicholas is dead I are sounds that have fallen upon the ears of millions within the last few hours, with as startling an effect as the sudden and unexpected crash of a thunder clap on a clear frosty day in winter; and the news is still flying over the wide-spread regions of the habitable globe like lightning, setting the old time-worn comparison Ad flying like ...