... [FOR THE PRESTON CHRONICLE.] No. 1. COMPONENT PARTS. In this and the few following sketches I propose to offer a few brief remarks on the British army and navy, en- deavouring to bring before the reader a few facts which may be interesting to such of the readers of this paper as may not have seen a tabular and comprehensive view of our military system. The army of great Britain is very small ...

... I - - ?? - ? I - - I POST-OFPICE ALTERATIONS.-On and from the first of June the letter box will be closed for the frst despateb to London and all parts at 7.15 p.m., in place of 5.15 p.m. ; and on and from the second of June, the night mail down will. be doe at Burnley at 0.45 a.m., in place of 7.25 a,m. On and from the second of June, the first delivery should commence at about 7.45 a.m. On ...

... I . - - - - . * DAWVNING SUCCESS. (From the Times of Wednesday) We trust that the last intelligence-'from the seat of war will satisfy that Portion of the public which allowed its appvehensinas to get the better of its judgment that the expedition to the Crimea was not, after all, such a mis- take or misfortune as some of our opponents made it out to be. That grevious mistakes have been ...

... We have received a letter from Mr. WVithers, o:1, of Blackburn, commenting upon the recent report by Mr. ?? upon the plans for the draining and sewering of Blackburn. Were the length oftheletter (about two columns) noobjectlonthe fact of its having been published In our Blackburn contemporary would precludeourgivingItsinsertion, aswe cannotat any time Insert letters addressed to the editor, ...

... GAZETTE ANNOUNCEM]ENTS. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Hewitt, Ormskirk, grocer, June 7 and 28, at II o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy: solicitor, Mr. Forshaw, Liverpool; official assignee, Mr. Bird, Liverpool. Williasm Stagg, Manchester, manufacturing cbemist, June S and 29, at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District Court of Bank. ruptcy: solicitor, Mr. Slater, Manchester; official ...

... I 1THE ANsriuA TEA PARTY in connection with-the Christ Church day and Sunday schools, Chatburn, was held on Whit-Tuesday. Tea was provided on a munifidcent scale, to vhlch about 400 sat down. The scholars afterwards adjourned to an adjoining field, where they enjoyed themselves with athletic games, &c. WHITOSUTI5DE AT SLAIaBmN.-WhIt.Monday has been noted from time immemorial for the ...

... I FROM PRESTON. To Bi-016bur, Accr igto, BMTm, and ifanwher--6.35 mI. 9-010.55 morn.; 1.45 -.0 5.10 7.30 mix, '9.0 atatn On Sandays: 730 morn., 2-15 6-10 '9.3o aftn., all mix. (*To A6c.ington only.) To Blackburn,, Burnltey, Cnd , Sleipston, Bradford, Leeds.- *-&35 mix, 9.0 10-55 morn.; 01-45 4.0 85-10 I7.30 mix, attn. On Sundays: -5.30 mor., 2.1506-10 attn.,,almi. (ToCne only.) To Lytham, ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1865. There never were truer words spoken or written than those of the trite Latin maxim VoexpopuUl, tox Dei, whether it be applied to morals, to literature, or to politics. It is a well-knownfact that however the dicta of trained minds may excel in critical acumen the judgmentsof ordinary individu- als, still that when the latter get together in ...

... SHOCKING CATASTROPHE A' THE SOUTH I LAMBETH RESERVOIRS. S E R I 0 U S L OS O F L I F E . On Wednesday morning, shortly before eight o'clock, an appalling accident took place at the reservoirs of the South Lambeth Waterworks, adjoining the old House of Correction on Brixton Hill, by which, unhappily, four un- fortunate men lost their lives by being crushed to death, and many others were very ...

... ACCRINGTON AND HASLLNGDE N. I - .- h PSIGNACITY PuNssED O Thursday last, at the Accringto, 5et5ions, George Taylor was fined 0s. 'and cools for challenging people to fight, at Rising Bridge, on Tuesday. WH5TEVVELL BOTTOM.-..On Sunday lest, two sermons wer. preached by Mr. S. Goddard, ?? Halifax, In the newly-erected miii, known as Wood Mil11, Hoillin which was kindly lent boy the proprietor ...

... At length thd bow of promise appears above the easternhorizon. Canrobert has resigned and Pelissier has succeeded him, and lost no time in inaugurating his command with some brilliant feats of arms. Nothing is certainly more astonishing than the change which' the substitution of one individual for another in an important position produces over a whole series of events. Here were great ...

... !i = - . - - - ..-3o Ibv - . - -= - I~~~ i i ParolwY ICr~flec i ?? tongue is es flit, and my lips as Steel; semiJ the worids tha't burst from, them as's sparks of flre. s irike not~ together In tby he jl th fln n sstcel;. The world aroused us Is as a6 cottob field by, night. lee the mi~dst of cotton how shall the spark do no ng harrn?_4eialeddin Rtrml. n- W' . hat lis knosiledge good for which ...