... || RAI LWAY f)EPARTU RES.-APRIL. Ftomf Prestealt To BLACxKBRN, AccRINGTON, BaRY,At& fANCfESTER, 6-35 mixeTl-9-0 1-0 I. 1-45 4-S 5-10 7-30 mix, '9-0 A. -On Sundays: 7-30 M. 2-15 6-15 A, all mixed.-(50* Saturdays, and to AocringLon Only.) To BLACKBuRtN, BUaNLEY, COLVE, SKIPTON~, BRADFORD, |ND LBEDS-6-35 mix, 94 *11- I. 1-45 4-5 5-10 *7-30 I ix, A.-On Sundays: *7-30 Y. 2-15 *6-15 A, all mix. - ...

... - . St. GroRGE's CHIURCH.-On Thursday last, Mr. G. Tait and Mir. C. Seward were elected wardens of St. George's church for the ensuing year. CONsBCtATion.-Christ Church, Newburgh, built and endowed by the Earl of Derby, was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on Wednesday last. It contains sit- tings for 256 persons, of which 117 are entirely free and unappropriated. The patronage is vested ...

... 11 _ . Next Monday, the ratepayers of this town and of some other townships in the Preston Union will be called upon to elect persons to represent them at the Board of Guardians during the next year. The office of guardian is of greater importance than many persons are apt to imagine. Upon the mode in which the business of the Board of Guardians is managed very much depends. The welfare of the ...

... I: TSHE 'E'TRIAL OF. TE EX-KING OF DELHI i:L :, ' I (fro* tde Delhi Giazew, of Fe. 27.) Thirteenth ?? Court resumed its sittins at eleven an.m., of the 6th instant. The prisoner's. Hajin wag called, and examined by' the Judge Advocate' in con- tinuation. The evidence elicited was not of much moment, inasmuchas, notwithstanding ia severe cross-examination to which he was subjected, the leaning ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1858 IHE BUDGET. a When, Mr. Disraeli was first installed a member of the Queen's governmneni, considerible anxiety was manifested as to how the novelist would con_. bc duct himself as a financier, and as to how far tlhe 1, long apprenticeship be had served as a manuf`; DPturer of fictions would qualify or disqualify hicI from dealing with figures. ...

... PROPERTY QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS I I OF PARLIAMENT. I THE PROSECUTION OF MR. GLOVER. The late Daniel O'Connell used to say that there was no act of parliament but a coach and six could be driven through its provisions. It often happens that the enactments of the legislature are system- atically evaded ; but it is utfortunate iwc-i thiie public watch such nvasions with complacency, when the ...

... I i i 1, P, ?- I, i ) \ I) V N 4 ? ? . THE BOARD OF GUARDIAN8.CONTRACV8. to THE EDITOR oF TEE PRESTON oHsONIcLE. Srstm-As the election of guardians so shortly takes place, allow me to draw the attention of the ratepayers to the mode in which the last contracts have been made. In one Instance the contract is made with a part of a firm. The name of one member is left out, as he is a member of ...

... JEwisH Dpi Aos LiThEs.-The Manchester Town Council have ado pted petitions to both Houses of Parliament, pray ing for the removal of Jewish disabilities, by a majority of 25 to 4. EErFEC o AN AcqurITTL. - A man named Parker, who was tried on a charge of having set fire to his house, in the city of London, with the intention of defrauding an insurance company was acquitted. On hearing the an- ...

... . THE SOLDIER: AND HIS LOVE. -l I . (From ase cout Jornal.) The delay which has- occurred in the departure of the Due de XM- to take possession of his new office being known to be of his own seeking, has given rise to a thin filet of smoke, beneath which smoulders the spark of real fire which serves to kindle the tale we are about to re- count, - Many, many years ago, the duke, then a poor ...

... On Saturday last, at twelve o'clock at noon, Joseph Shepherd, 22 years of age, who was tried at the recent assizes for the county of York before Kr. Justice Byles, and found guilty, on clear circumstantial evidence, of the wilful murder of a small farmer and cattle jobber named Bethel Parkinson, near Wadsworth Moor, on the borders of Yorkshire and Lancashire, expiated his crime by ren- dering ...

... . I . . . . _ Lucknow has fallen ! Perhaps no event since the memorable evacuation of Sebastopol after the in- fernal fire! and the great assault of the allies, has been Iailew l witsufavtion. On the 19th of March, the capital of Oude was com- pletely in the hands of the British forces. The particulars of the momentous siege of this strong- hold of the rebel sepoys, and its final fall ...

... FOREIGN NEWS- TILE CAPTURE OF LIJCKNOW. orh We (ZirnSS of Wednesday) have received the following andc t~ei rami fran' our Malta correspondent: u X~ta. April 13,I 12-30 ?? R~ione has arrived Sl f,o0m .4oxandria, bringing tidings of the arrival at Suez on they the 7th of the Bombay mails, with dates to the 24th of have March. The whole ?? our possession on dSI the 19th, but large numbers of the ...