... [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 ...

... - Th. T.n Ri.- of [ ?? O'ELLIENCH* -.The Lord Bishop of , oll,tc 1' V.n ordlinatiou on Sunday lost, intefo ISt John, Hesaton Mersey, near maohseatr, I gentlemen Were ordained and afterwardsti V,0icsIES set opposite their respective names: a ToillnB.A. Exeter Colt. Oxford, to hBottODt- D-~r a ?? ]Cbe~ p, BA Tirinity Coll. Dablin, to St.James's DI 'cf'patrio fii :44; tSt. Cat~harine's Hall, ...

... I M1tE EXAMINER AND TIMES. y ?? SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1855. c ¶iE EXPEDITI, L T - -K- TC tIHE EXPEDITION TO KERTCH. the The-expedition to Kertch has been so completely ind successful, as to provoke the query why it was not l in undertaken earlier. It was decided upon at a be council of war which was held just before the retire- ent ment of General CA.ROBERT. The expedition was e already on its way ...

... wasA L.U [L asL LIN X.L AV'V. ?? his The amount raised for the various objects of the Free be Church of Scotland for the year ending Mnroh.81, 1855 )rt. was £808,060 s..Sd. ' ' ' ' 'his The will of Mr. Dycefombro, who died worth£600,000, is in contest in the prerogative court, between his widow, his sister, and the Eust India Ceompany. The question at my issue is the sanity or insanity of the ...

... V 1 Viscount Goderich was on Wednesaday entertained by his Hudldersfield constituents at a banquet in the Gymnasium Hall, and afterwards addressed his constituents in a much larger gathering at the Philosophical Hall in the evening. At the evening meeting Lord Goderich spoke for upwards of three hours to about 2,000 people, and in the course of his address justified his parliamentary career, ...

... 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 ...

... 1L THLE TEETOTAL PROCESSION ON f' , SATURDAY. at e The twenty-third annual procession of teetotallers took t e place on Whit-Saturday. The members met in Stevenson 4 i Square, and though heavy rain continued to fall from an or f early hour in the morning, at the time appointed for assem- bl hing the societies took up their places in the square, filling 8, t it and the streets immediately ...

... 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, ...

... MACUINE, I XOF 93ALFORD. 0 Ofthe Soolety of Arts, a paper was i ?? r of Salford, desoribing a machine G ?? Gt0LI SoMety of Arts, a paper was *13 eig of the Sceyo cist rne W'%bar, Of Salford, describing a machine ib~r; coti at is the inventor, and which is g oriq.f his works in Garden Lane. Having had .rie:iolj att b of ?? the machine, we can JesoworlllrYeruity and remarkable efficiency ite ...

... i'JTHE CRIMEA. 'i ~ TE CRIMEA. 0 tab 4A 10 g oF SEBASTOPOL. tab! ?? V Sa i- against Kertch may be ex- I vieN W ever, from Vice-Admiral up I , f Ila! . ,l? D oitb ah hlay, that the batteries are f. olltc date , ?? are in the power of the for , crij CO borat thlree of their steamers, and at I , 50f a id trading vessels; that as many thei ortsrtr ebe Itus'ions also burnt their maga. iute : fI l ...

... S. War is productive of many hindrances to the development of a nation's resources, besides the w waste of money and life which it occasions; and w some of them lie so deep beneath the surface that BC they do not readily attract observation. Amongst i these we may include the diversion of mechanical la genius, which in times of peace is concentrated to upon the discovery of new and more ...