... rIHOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRM'Ay. LBY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] 'TlAe house met at four o'clock. INDIAN PRIZE MONEY. Replyleg to Sir W. M. Farquhar, Sir C. Wcon stated that the Indian prize money was now in course of distribution; that the Lucknow prize money amounted to £700,000; and that the batta to the troops engaged in the Persian victories would be paid half by the imperial. and ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20,1860. THE DIUTIES OF CORONER. But is this law?' Ay, marry it, crowner's quest Iaw.-Hamlet, V. 1. There has been an idea for some time prevalent in England that the office of coroner is a useless one, that whatever may have been its utility in its early days, it . is now unnecessary forthe purpose of its establishment, and that the duties of ...

... 1 L- . ' ' T ANCASTE ?? | La E PAOtISHm CnyjunP, oy LAN-aSTa= is about to be reseatedl, so as to afford -more and better. accommodation Y 'a4d at 'the samno tinie miore.fully to: develop its- beauiful n' arehiteeture. 'Ellie total eost is estiwirated at £3Xs,000. Suffi, eienpfunds are alrcady in hand to warrant a eo'mencec n ment of the work of restoration. LARCENY.-At the Judges' Lodgings, ...

... I3arrolue'D ICrffteL : The juice of strawberries is a good thing for removing freckles. t May the person who makes one pound two a day be said E to double his capital ? I The lady who took everybody's eye, must have a lot of t them. I A Lecturer asserted that all bitter things were hot.- No, suggested Brown, not a bitter cold day. A DECIDED Hrn-A drunken man, in trying to walk :l by a ...

... il ?? HIOUSE OF LORDS.-TUEeDAY, JULY 24. Their lordships met at five o'clock. Several bills were read a second and third time. e BeVIL5OE5 OF PRISONERS' COUNSEL. L ord BRtouGRAX moved the second reading of the Felony and lisiedmeanour Bill, the object of which is togiv to counsel for prisoners in criminal cases the right of reply now possessed in civil eases. Lord WENSLEYDALE opposed the bill, ...

... : 3Borrouo 4EarifleK - The 1:eight of 'olntess-thetop'oMont Blanc.- . ti -lfaboatswain marries, does his wife become a boat.. '7 'swam itol I* Topure.deafness, tellha man you've come to pay 'him money. It beats accusticoil all hollow., *. :A mianufactarer invites the public to come and see his th- ?? wire fences. ' - I .: b A prosy ?? 'au 'Her§ the line of: reflection* should never be ...

... .71T~1~SQU~IN :fa -~Pi p 'y' to say that e dathe ptedby your oorrespon~eflt ii~oly~. Fair ~a aJ.e, is to it, hewill ot, Iappreend, nve te ?? 0obetion agitation and to the gas con~sumre s generally, to put them' in p e3bssion of the names of their opponents. ':-i~owever, be that as it mnay, I shall not,:as I intimeated in.a r'enrt- communication, condescend to notice any attack whbatever ...

... MIS L O ,US, . . I I i- MIGLAN:EOUS NEWS., On Wednesday, ?? of Carjisle,.had an audience of Her 1Majesty, ard-did homage. ' ?? It is stated that FriLh, the artist nnd painter of Epsom DownsX' &a., is at work upon a comrnission picture,' for which be-il rechive the 8um of£I0,OO0 ?? - ?? 'In London last week, 'a cooper, aged, 42'years, died from ulceration -of vthci stoimaach, acdel'erated, ...

... The members of the Raweliffe Farmers' Club held their eighth anniversary on Tuesday last, at Great Ecoleston. This meeting is not attended by so many patrons of agri- culture as many of a kindred character, owing to its being away from the network of railways, and its, consequent difficulty of access. In the range of its own operations, it meetings, however, are regarded with considerable ...

... _ _ _ _ ?? GARDENING OPERATIONS. (From the Gardeners'6 hroniele.) CONSERVATo61Y, &c.-Be prepared with specimen plants in flower to supply the places of such as may be going out of bloom. If early camellias are wanted, let some of the most forward be placed in rather a close house, to induce them to open their buds, giving them a regular supply of manure water; and some of the earliest ...

... ORMSEIRK AND SOUTHPORT AGRICULTURALA SOCIETY. on t The annual 5how of the Ormiskirk end Southiport MAgi had cultural Society-was held at Southport, in a field adjoining seas the railway$ and-to the east of the station, on Wednesdayi! ante The day-was fine and warm, and the -town was decorated a he with flags and triumphal arches. ~ ,To the left,. on enter;ai iag the .yard, was a large tent, in ...

... Last night, a meeting was held in the Spinners and Minders' Institute, Church-street, for the purpose of re- ceiving the reports of the deputies appointed to wait upon the masters for an answer to the memorial sent to them last week (a copy of which appeared in last Saturday's Chronicle) for an advance of wages to the spinners and minders in their emnploy. There was a large number of ...