... METROPOLITAN MEMORANDA, (From our own Correspondent.) London, Thursday Evening. A new excitement is something. Thanks to Lords EbrlogtOll and Robert Grosvenor for a gift so acceptable !-acceptable, that is, to a hard.up scribe on the look-out for what so seldom turns up hereabouts, namely, a topic not worn thoroughly threadbarew Upon the infelicltousness of this most recent attempt at Agnev ...

... On Tuesday evening the theatre was again crowded almostto suffocation. It had been announced thatMr. Skipson, of Foxhill-bank, Accrington, would take the chair, but as that gentleman was prevented from attend- ing by indisposition, Mr. Livesey, of this town, was called upon to preside in his stead. After a temperance melody had been sung by the choir, who were stationed in the orchestra, the ...

... Mr. Paymaster Pritchard, who served with the late Captain Christie, in the Black Sea, is to be secretary to Rear-Admiral C. H. Fremantle, at Balaclava. It is reported that the Court of Directors of the East India Company intend to raise 30,000 recruits to serve is their army. The M1fessagere delle Alpi, a Swiss paper, announces that Colonel A. Bundi has been definitely appointed to the command ...

... SEimomS.-The sum of £73 14s. was collected last Sunday at a the parish church of Newchurch after sermons by the Rev. W. f, A. Conway, of Heywood, in aid of the Sunday school. AN ExcURSION of the teachers and scholars of the Newohurch b schools took place to Southport last Tuesday. . LEa-ra FROX Tnu CAbir.-The following Ir an extract from a a] letter which arrived in Haslingden on Monday, from ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENC -l STATE OF THE SIEGE War Department, June 29, 1.30 ?? Panmure has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him The French and English are proceeding with tbeirapproaches against the enemy's works, and are erecting new batteries, to be armed with heavy guns. The enemy continues to repair the damage done during the last attack. ...

... EARLV HAT.-Messre Garnett and Horefall have this week cut some grass, which has been made into hay and housed in fine condition. CHARGE o, ASSAULT AGAINST A SCUOOLMA5TER. -At the Clitheroe police court on Thursday, before J. T. W. Aspinall, }1. A. Littledale, and T. G. Parker, Esqrs, William Mdc.Carthy, i Catholic schoolmaster, was charged by Joseph Windle, son of JohnWindle, chair maker, ...

... FROM PRESTON. To Blacbsurn, Ac ring&M, Bury, and Manchester-6-35 mir. 010.55 morn.; 1-46 4-0 5.10 7-30 mix, *9.0 aftn. On Sundays: -30 morn., 2.15 6-10 *9.3p aftn., all mIx. (*To Accrington only.) |T0o B&aeldn, B-urnley, Colne, Skiptoen, Bradford, tj Leeds..- I6.35 mix, 9-0 10-55 morn.; '1-45 4.0 *S-10 07-30 mix, aftn. On Sundays: *7-30 morn., 2.15 06-10 aftn., ailmix. ('To Caine 'only.) ITo ...

... EXECUTION OF JAMES PARKS, AIAS DICKINSON, AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, AMERICA. The execution of the above individual took place at Cleveland on the 1st of June last. He was a native of the neighbourhood of Clitberoo, and his exploits as a poacher, and his many daring and successful escapes from his custodiers, and from prison, hag been the stock theme of scores of families during Jong winter nights. ...

... THE CHMRONICLE. . PIUSTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1855. ABOLITION OF THE COMPULSORY STAMP, The act for the abolition of the compulsory newspaper stamp having come into operation, the price of the Preston Chronicle is now, UNSTAMPED ?? STAMPED ?? 4jd. Unstamped, per quarter, in advance, 3B. 9d.; on credit, 4e. Od. Stamped, per gqarter, in advance, 4e. 9d.; on credit, 5. 3d. Unstamped copies can be ...

... 33arretuel criffeg. A former Lord Lyttelton once contended that hi, family must be more ancient than that of the Granvlies, .since the little town existed before the gtant vilte. Pray, sir, said one who had suffered losses, to a gent who had used his purse, oblige me now with the five pounds you owe me; if you don't I must oblige you.' A poor Irishman, who applied for a license to sell ...

... i _. The second meeting of the Administrative Reform Association was held on Wednesday evening, in Drury Lane Theatre. The attendance was much less than at the previous meeting, in the body of the house, but the stage was fully occupied. Mr. S. Morley, who presided, referred to the contradIc- tion given in the House of Commons by Sir C. Wood to the statements made at the last meeting by Mr. ...

... Several human skeletons have been discovered in Gal- way. They are supposed to be relics of the old Crom- wellian wars, when Galway underwent a severe and protracted siege. Divonac: TALBOT v. TALBOT.-Tbe Court of Dele- gates, Dublin, confirmed in this case the judgment of the Consistorial Court for a divorce. The case was a dis- tressing one. 3Mr. Talbot resided in a splendid mansion, in the ...