... r MR. WADDINGTOIZ'S REPLY. -.AS - - IA - ` -1 A- r -rt Mr. Waddington, the chairman of the Eastern Counties Ralway, has'published his reply to the report of the corn.Al mittee of investigation. Herevertsbackto the spring of1801, the when he was called upon to assume the chairmanship-a perio ha( he says, when the company was 1in a state of decadence adbal disaster, They were being ruined by ...

... F r The Belfast NeWsletter of Saturday, says: For some days r past, in consequence of the strong winds blowing continuously e from the south-east, a heavy sea has been running in hle chan. . nel, rendering navigationdificult and dangerous. On Thursday it evening, at six oclock, the Laurel and Semaphore left this port, S the former for Morecambe and the latter for Liverpool. As soon as these ...

... 1dEMIORAI. TO T 'TEl LATE JOSEPH HU.M. Some time back the Earl of Fortescue an- noulncad his aiteltioln of oallinag upon such noble- ineu a'ua gcaatleialmu of the Liberal party as are or .have htbetu amtliberi of the louse of Commons to umae ilJ eietauar a testiunonial to the memory of tbla h: .Mlr. Ilume; but the suggestion of a 'genai-;d pualto subscription for that parpose may bo pr aperly ...

... COURT, _tc. - 0 WINDSOR, DEC. 26.-Lord PAispoure and I jsr . It to pub ?? Harry Jones arrived yesterday ?? O VI, whe a sertigay RYLBARON OF BsEf.-Tbie; old English joint Ofl awas this year as p lied to Wiodoor Castle by the royal Cir't n5purveyors at Windsor. Thle baron was cut from a five- Clr is yer' Hgln Sctfed by his Roval Highuness Prince eand he ek yea: I, Th i. The, Rev. H. S. Brown ...

... FRANCE. ?? PARIS, SUNDAY, SEVEN rPOL - Denmark, it i~s ox- D ~eted, will very shortly Sign. a treaty simslsr to Chat VI0f Four Enlstvessels of swar hoave ?? in tbse thi ID dsh ster to look after some American crf known b to be l aden vith war materiel for Ru;sia. * The news of the satpfluation of the Swedish treaty, we P .Lear from Germany. has proiluced a groat senentien, and P ~eIalty ait ...

... 'SCHIOOL YOU1 TIIr DIRIAP AND DusmB.-The pupils of thi~s orhojlto he iuniserof bou 70 vsjoyd their usnal Clsiotssa l~~t tt hurdaylu-t. he itting hall Of everrees, eed he hilrenwerelsrvidd sith sets *.sv seetsen um~e innr o m~t befastd ibus padds~ b thebouny ~ Ric~itt 1tultho~,Esq., chalir. ployrd orualilooted with various articlsi eilwrs rude by she girl-. Lat~er its the da3 h uispttcl Of ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8,1855. ~l We have now arrived at, and are passing through that dread season of the year when Englishmen, succumbing to the ponderosity of the atmosphere, are supposed to brood over their dyspeptic stomachs, rail at fortune for making them too rich, and become curious enquirers as to the price of morphia or prussic acid. How thankful ought we to be ...

... .THE CHRISTAS -PANTOMIME.- - -1 C ! . t ~ : awilt We think we may venture to jsay that the manager of no usual provincial theatre in this country has taken so much pains, or. elves aif expended so great an outlaty, year by year, upon the production arti-:iee, of the good old Christmas pantomime, as the proprietor of our t'arning Theatre Royal. We rejoice that h lie hs 'done so;!for though. ...

... gtotvw NO)o ? ?, - AS TON. - additions LstOTURtS oN BcnBLa BuaaImeG.-Tel5 Rev. J.fG. Rogeis Sthqencevou B.A. delivered a lecture taol Church-streeto Siinday'ift4r for this y noon, in the Teinperanice al hrc.te taking for hi s workithn subject ,Bible bu rning 11n 1855. a eatisfa ScIso CHRIST~As FsSrTIVitES.-Agreat Ma- jority of tle Sundlay schools connected -with the churches svpy and Cihapels ...

... --icutif(c oustruallp. HATCiIN~G THE EGGS OF THEn MCINEu.MoN.- 'The ichnuemon is a four-winiged fly, which takees no other ea food then honey; and the greet object of the female is to dis- ?? a proper niduie for her eggs.Insrcoftishisi constmat motion Is the Caterpillar of a butterfly or moth the appropriate food for her young? You see her alight upon the Plants where they nirc most usually to ...

... 'j. 1-1. S'll.- - ?? ?? - - -L I'llIRD EDITION. ?? -. 11- ai. IWASL L JAL WIt 11Ad i M4 11 AL o @17- In MERcURY OF'ICH, WEIDNESDAY, .111. 5, EIURT, A.l. at .. _ ?? . . . . . ?? . ?? ?? ?? ?? ait [BY THE ELECTRIC AND INTIRIN&TIONAL TELEOGAPHl.] Ad THE PEACE, RUMIOUIS. V According to some accounts, Austria, having id been made acquainted with the terms on which At alone the allies will ...

... Tar MASTER MASONS.-The ainualdinneroftheimaster masons and builders of this town was served up on Tues- day evening last, at the house of Mr. John Sykes, the Durham Ox, Brownlow-hill. Mr. George Bowers occu- pied the chair, and Mr. Barker, of West Derby, supported hisi in the vice-chair. Amongst the tradesmen present wvere Messrs. Wells, Wilson, Thornton, Glaister, Yates, Toumkinson, J. Hook, ...