... IMAd~ LI.QUOR A IW. | TUE HONOURASLE BnE DOW AT -PRESTON. On Tuesday evening last, at eight 0o' loecr, the Hen. Neal Dow,' who ha been Advertlad as the autbor of the IMaire L4w, .met a crowds audience, in the Theatre Royal in this town, who had assembled together to bear lis description of Its wrkiig in' America, and some other interesting topics connecte 'with the total abstinence movement. ...

... THE DEwrUOBT MomNIMNT CoMalatsrTT .-The committee have received some additional subscriptions for this object since our last, including Mr. H. Shaw, £2; and Mr. T. Wilcock, £1 Is. MONTHLY MEETING or THE BURIAL BOARD.-On Friday week, the monthly meeting of the Burial Board was held at the office of the clerk, Clayton-street. The following members were ?? Rev. Dr. Rushton, vicar, In the chair; ...

... Ii * . . ?? FRANCE.' Bri The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, writing ?? Sunday evening, says ~-1 It is reported that the Emperor' of Russia will be in Paris in the month of April. The Emperor has ordered twenty-five magnificent opera glasses (some of them to be ornmented With two thoau- Tb, sand, ltrncs' worth of diamonds), Which lie intends to insl offer as a present to the grand duke ...

... TEA PaATY AwD Pgazaswrnox.-On Tuesday evening, the annual tea party of the congregation attending tbe Wesleyit Methodist Chapel, Standishgate, ,took place in the new sbeul. room, Dieconson-strest, which was tastefully decorated for tlb occasIon. Upwards of 00i partook of tea; aftoer which tbe tabl were cleared, and Chrlies iHindley. Esq., MiP. for Ashton-under Lyne, was called upon to preside. ...

... |ELECTION INTEL-i4SENCE' I ..1 I . . . 'CaLiTvnRabs.. The airuing-.Metet', Mr. LbUQ1 0 L tar-. kie, retires' and Mb. J. Tuter Uopwood, Bldkbn is! in the fi mjd,.qnd no opp ition is amnicipte4 to, his ,een. We hop Mr. .'*ilOn. w'ho' fors, ay years festlfiijly reiesente'd th boroug,; WMil bebnominated by tla llbestls-- IwGMI.N.-The' Hot. Colonel Lindsay. (conservative)a) Mr. lnry' ,Wo~ode ...

... A VISIT TO THE PALACE AT DELHI ?? A 0 L A - Saturday, February 13.-Rose at gun.-fir, ie., dawn; drove to the palace, which is surrounded by a noble wall of red stone. The palace gateway, C-. said, some- what'resembles the Char Chowk, or Great Bazaar at Kabul, but this is much handsomer. It is very long, so that one takes some time in driving through it, and a good deal like what bazaars are at ...

... PRIZE ESSAYS. To TSE ib)`OR O' THE ?? uOnnomLE. S,,t-A refi yeat since prizes were offered to members ef the Institution for literary essays on siubjects connected with the conducting and management of mechanics' in- stitutions. Cannot some of our wealthy townsmen follow the example aet by Mr. Aldeyeman Walmsley, and offer prizes for literary composition among our young townosmen 2 X. Y. Z. ...

... CO.R RECSP ONV DWES. J THE L&TE EtECTXON.--TRti) -MH1 | TO THS EDtOR OF TUBS R5roIW rOmCL, Slr,-I told you in my letter 'tg6t Weiet;W vlth- re- f ereiee to the proposed Grcuf4ll dinuP41 $latl I as1 'ie deciding on* such a step,. the eoosei.vtlYeleweintI hadn again-predominated in the Grenfell comnilttee, fbr I was 'sure no real liberal could take p&rtip sobh~b^nstra- tion.A It has been as I ...

... MIS ELLA.NEOUS NEWS. ; l . ' , ! , ' ?? .: . . ..m . . . ?? AW INrnusTRXAL 'EXUIBTI ox is abbut to be opened at Warsaw. : -HbDDErSIFIELIbids- beaten Leeds in the greatchess 'u atch, having woo geventeea gamnes againat thirteeu.' PRINCE NAl'POLEON, after visiting the Exhibition' at Manchester, iptguds, it is. said, to nuake an exersioa into ?? ?? fortnight, on Ices than four' young teen in. ...

... ILATEST IBTELLIGONCE. | I l f ~INDIA..- SIR COLIN CAMPBELL'S ARRIVAL AT CAWNPORE. DEFEAT OF THE DINAPORE MUTINEERS. MUTINY OF THE CONT1NOBNTATWAIEIEPORE, AND THRIR DEFBAT BY- THE BRITISfH FROiR ES, DgUPATaH TO Sia JAMaa MEIviuv,, EAST INDIA HO-USE. Alexandria, Dec. 5th, 1857.-Intelligence has beon received from Bombay to the 17th Nov; Sir Colin Ca0mpbell teached Cawnpore on the 4th Novembo', ...

... IlVERPOOL WlNTrER ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice Wigdtmen) MO)NDAV. TRE CONVitr UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH, Aaron Mellor, now under sentence of death for the miirder of his wife at Bultom, was brought into court.- His Lordship addressed the convict as follows: Aaron | Mellor, I have caused you to he sent for that you may be itforined that a point of law has arisen as to the regu- larity of the ...

... | . MISCELLANEOUS t WS | Sir John Mo.' Weill baa had a severe attack of 'llness. Nel *Several Chinese residents In Callfortiam have embraced on Christianity.( 'The Lancel -proposes that the Serpentine should be the made a salt-water lake. we In 1856 there were 393 paper mills, and the duty In the '1 year ended Marcoh was £1,047,430. last Mr. H. Bessemrn has just filed specifications Of two two ...