... HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four oclock. LANDLORD AND TENANT. In answer to The O'Donoughue, Mr. WHITESIDE said that it depended on the state of other Irish business whether a law ot landlord and tenant in Ireland would bo introduced. The matter was under consideration. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. On the motion for adjournment till Monday, Mr. HoRsirpq asked the Under ...

... ESTABLISHMENT OF A PENNY BANK I . IN PRESTON. PUBLIC MEETING IN THE INSTITUTION. On Wednesday evening a public meeting was'held in the theatre of the Institution, for the purpose Of explaining the rules of, and stating the advantages conferred by, penny banks, one of which will be opened in the above place this day. There was a very numerous attenda-ce; the majority of those present being of ...

... _ ?? 1 THuE METROPOLITAN POLICE EXPENDITURE.-The total emount of expense incurred during the past year, by this police-force, amounted to £484,202. THE ANDOVER MUVDER.-The grand jury have ignored ,the bill against Mr. and Mrs. Banks, charged with having been implicated in the Andover murder. DJSTRIBUTOR OF STAMPS FOR DERBY.-Mr. Hicklin, editor of the Ceslter Courasd, has been appointed by Lord ...

... P (From the Gardeners' Chronicle.) FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUaBERIES.-Bourbon Tea, and other tender roses may now be pruned and the beds manured and lightly forked. Roses do not, however, dis- like a rather firm soil, and care should be taken not to in- jure their roots by forking or digging. The best manure for them is well rotted cow dung, which should be applied after carefully loosening the ...

... RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. Sms,-Accidents attended with loss of life ococr unfor- tunately so frequently on railways that they seem to be forgotten almost as soon as they become known; the recent accident on the East Lancashire Railway is arn cxample. It must be a matter of surprise to those who know the situation of the station at Hoghton how it hap. pened that ...

... An adjourned meeting of the Town Council was hold on Thursday last. The following members were present:- The Mayor; Aldormen Hoole, Pilkington, Railton, Boyle, Rutherfbrd, Thwaites, and Johnson; Councillors J. C. Forrest, Stones, Boardman, Coddington, Harrison, Turn. bull, Crankshaw, Shackleton, Grime, Duxbury, Arkwright, Constantine, Arthur, Bullough, IHirst, Smith, Tattersall, Wilding, ...

... I (Prino ti ?? Examiner and Ties.) The secret is out. How will the nation bear the birth- pangs of this great deliverance? To some purpose has Mr. Disraeli maintained, month after month, is impene- trable reserve. In this case the impassiveness of the outer man only indicated the agonies of a vast conception laboriously fashioning itself into definite shape, prepara- tory to taking its place ...

... The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of the above schools was held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday. Present-W. Birley, Esq., Mayor, in the chair; Revs. Canon Parr, T. Cark and B. Lambert (Christ Church), J. Miller (St. Paul's), W. Walling (All Saints'), and G=. Alker (St. Mary's); Mr. J. Bairstow, and Mdr. II, Newahiun The meeting having been opened by prayer, The bLxoltR ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, MARCH 1. The Select Committee on rates and municipal franchise act was appointed on the motion of Earl Grey. VEXATIOUS INDICTMENTS DILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this bill. HIe explained that the provisions of the bill were' .fimilar to those of the measure which he introduced last year. At present the law was in a most anomalous state, any person ...

... DEPARTURES FOR MARCH, From Preston iy To BLAmBunx, ACORINGTON, BURY, & MAN81E1TER. 6-35 mixed.-9-0 11.0 Df. 1-45, 4-5 5-10 7-30 mix, *9.0 A. -On Sundays: 7-30 AL. 2-15 6-15 A, all mixed.- (On Y Saturdays, and to Accrington only.) To BLACXBURN, BUBNLEr, CoLNE, SKIUTON, BRADFORD. A), |mD LEEDS-.6.35 mix, 9-0 *11.0 H. 1-45 4-5, 5-10 *7-30 mix, A.-On Sundays: *7!30 K. 2-15 *6-15 A, all mix. Iy ...

... I MIA. The usual despa'tcls in anticipation of the overland Calcutta Mifl have arrived. The following summary of events we note from the Calcuttar Englshman.- -1pUring the last fortnight we have had no stirring events; the same phrases and words used by us last mail would equally apply to the events that have since occurred, if we may except a service message, for which we are in- debted to ...

... DESTRUCTION OF DUXBURY HALL BY FIRBE. Travellers by railway from Preston to Manchester will have noticed, when just beyond Chorley, a, little to the west, Duxbury Hall, the stately mansion of the Stan- dishes, situated in the midst of an extensive and undu- lating park, rising from the banks of the Yarrow. Of this mansion the greater ortion is now only a charred and blackened ruin. Witt the ...