... I TEA-PARTY. -On Tuesday last, the amnual tea.party for teachers and scholars belonging to the Sunday school connected with St. George's Church, Chorley, was held in the National School-room, when about 660 persons sat down to tea. After tea addresses were delivered by the Rev. John Stock, M.A., in- cumbent of St. George's, and the Rev. Everard Everet, B.A., curate. Several hymns and anthems ...

... /LISAM ;L I t I- (Prom the Morning Chronicle.) The junction of new adherents to the great league formed by civilized Europe against the Czar is now a topic of almost daily announcement. On Monday last Baron Seihach, Saxon Envoy in France, left Dresden for St. Petersburg, on a mission which is officially stated to be connected with the negotiations for peace. The Baron, it is understood, will ...

... I FIRE AT TRis DOKE OP LEINsTER's.-Carton-house, seat of the Duke of Leinster, near Maynooth, has jbe damaged by fire. The Duchess of Lehister having --et, confined for some time from illness, it was found beenCO _eessary to remove her grace to the steward's house. - e estimated damage does not exceed £2,000. FIRE ,f DUBLIN.-O0e of the most serious con- atiOD which has occurred in the city of ...

... The following particulars of a voyage from Auckland to Nengone, one of the Loyalty Islands, have been col- lated from the journal of Captain Puliam, which was obligingly placed at our disposal. The voyage was per- formed in the Auckland schooner Exert, of 41 tons, the property of Messrs. Lawrie Brothers, and of which Mr. Robert Lawrie is the master. The Exert was chartered with the view of ...

... - l! I.-1 I FIRE AT A COTTON MILL..-About half-past eight o'clock on Wednesday evening last, the cotton mill of Messrs. Clayton and Brothers, Heywood, was observed to be on fire. Strenuous efforts were immediately put forth for its extinction, which were happily successful. The amount of damage, considering the circurnstances, was not large, and was covered by insurance. The fire was ...

... Chronicle Office, Ten o'cloch. [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] RUSSIA4 It is expected that the principal seat of war will be transferred to the north, and the greatest exertions are making for an efficient defence for the safety of Cron- stadt and Helsingfors. No fears are entertained. If the fleets were increased by a couple of hundred steam gun boats, they could not take either of these strongholds ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29j 1855. The year with which we are so so soon to part com. pany, is assuredly destined to form one of the landmarks in the national annals. Its commencement found us engaged in a mighty war, and for a mighty principle; its close sees the struggle still going on, but with hope on our side, showing us pretty clearly the way to a prosper- ous ...

... MR. TROMAS BAINES. Mr. Thomas Baines, who for upwards of twenty years has been proprietor and editor of the Liverpool Times, has announced his intention of resigning his conenxion with that journal, and of retiring from the responsibilities and ceaseless competition of newspaper life. This is a step which we cannot but regret, inasmuch as it removes. from the local press a gentleman who has ...

... Here's merry hristmtas, and it seems To call back childhood to the breast, With kindly words and laughing screams, With leaping steps that shake the beams, With noisy games and happy dreams, And all of life that's bright and ?? Cook. If there by any possibility existed a doubt that the religion of the Messiah was one of love, and not of gloom, we should think the sunny side of the argument ...

... .11 GREAT HORSE FAIR AND THE SWELL MOB. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. Sin,-It is feared we may have a greater number than usual of unwelcome visitors at the ensuing fair,.smart ladies and gents., with tickets of leave. Would it not be desirable to procure a detective from London to assist Air. Gibbons? The public should be cautioned against taking watches or purses to the poultry ...

... 1| PATRIOTIC BALL-The proposed Patriotic Ball has met with every success In high quarters, and the afflir will consequently come off on Wednesday, the 10th of January. The military decorations have been gratuitously undertaken by Messrs. Bell and Coupland, whose excellent taste In the management of these matters is well known. PIGcoEN SUOoTING.-A match will take place at the Dalton's Arms, on ...

... ; . . _ _ 7 m- FROM PRESTON. To Blackburn, Aeerington, Bury, and m r. 9.010.65 morn.; 1-454-0-5107-30mix,*9.0ftn. On 3S 7.30 morn., 2.15 6-1 0 attn., all ?? critnony and only on Saturdays,) ( To Ac *gn undy, To Blackburn, Burntey, Colne, Skipton, Brodford, ey Lee, *6.35 mix, 9-0 10-55 morn.; 01-45 4.0 *5-10 07-30 mix, aftn. On Sundays: '7.30 morn., 2-15 6-10 aftn., all mix. ( To Coine only.) ...