... L -: _ ?? The adjourned monthly meeting of the Town Council was held on Thursday last. The following members were present: - The Mayor; Aldermen Boyle, Turnbull, Thwaites, Baron, Wilding, Railton, Baynes, and Hoole; Councillors Edmondson, Harrison, Lewis, Dugdale, Hirst, Murray, Pemberton, Stones, Hutchinson, Duckworth, Walimsley, Stott, Railton, Ashburn, Crankshaw, Shackle- ton, Smith, D. W. ...

... I I_ TRIrNIT CHURCH NATIONAL SUNROOL.-On Monday, a meeting was held at this school. About 600 scholars and friends were present. A meeting was afterwards held in the school, presided over by the Rev. E. C. Montriou. The proceedings, which were of an interesting character, terminated about ten o'clock. BAPTIsT SCHOOL.--A tea party and meeting was held at the Baptist School, William-street, ...

... (For the Preston Crozidle.) a Why should a small and unimportant state at the north- VI west corner of the African continent excite such.a vast P amount of interest and attention in the far distant states b of Europe? Certainly not because of any danger from it * certainly not because of any immense importance to these states, whether it is prosperous or the reverse; certainly not because of ...

... IAGRICULTURE &' GARDENING. TaE FAT STOCK at Lambton, in the county of Durham, 1I thei roperty of the Earl of Durham, last month fetched ai -17w head of cattle £3,097; 63- sheep X 1,654. t COMMON TmirNIP.-These are also a variable crop. hi Early-sown fields, on a well-prepared winter fallow, and ti sown in June, have in many instances resulted in failure. o1 But where sown after seeds, ...

... La Iltst itellig'ence. LBY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC -CTELEG.RAP. London, Friday Evening. BANK RETURNS. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ?? £30,290,605'Government debt ?? £11,016,10O ther securities . 3459,900 Gold coin and other bullion ?? 15,815,605 Total ?? :30,290,605 Total ?? £30,290,605 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital.. £14,553,000 Govt. securities ?? £10,923,782 Rest . .Pnbliode ...

... I I mc I STEALING COATS-.On ?? last, at the Accring- ton petty sessions, Ann Wallace, alias Corbelt, was brought up on a charge of stealing two coats from the Commercial Inn.-James Suteliffe said: I am a book- keeper, and reside at the Commercial Inn. The two coats now produced are mine. They are worth two pounds. I saw them hanging in the little pa-lour last night. I missed them at ten ...

... I ~ , I (From the aardeeres' lironice.) CONSERVATOBY, &.-Forcing pits will soon have to be kept in full activity to supply the various calls for plants in bloom, which during winter are more or less in demand in most establishments. Care should be taken before plants are moved to sitting rooms to gradually harden Shem, for a day or two, either by placing them, in a cZfi- servatcry or an ...

... t|| | l Dr. Renwick of Alloa, was killed by an overdose of chloroform on Sunday. - The funeral of Lord Micaulay will take place in West- minster Abbey on Monday next, at one oclook. A horse was cut to pieces on the Oxford and Worcester Railway, near Brierley hill, on Saturday. A person named Storey, was fined £10, at the Man- ?? police court, on Tucsday, for having upon his door the word ...

... PRESTON AN)D NORTH LANCASHIRE POULTRY ASSOCIATION. The fifth annual exhibition of this association was opened to the public on Wednesday last. We gave in our Supplement a very full account of the show and its charac- teristics, and to that we must refer those of our readers who have not seen it. We have only to add that the attendance was very thin on the first day, and that on the second the ...

... F RAN CE. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, writing on Monday evoning, says:-- It is reported that at the receptions, yesterday, the Pope's nuncio drew the Russian ambassador aside, and said to him, I am afraid, excellency, that henceforth the Citbolic church must rely upon schismatic Russia. Theroe were unusually few priests at the levee, but, on the other hand, the unusually ...

... The Town Council commenced the new year with earnestness. They buckled to business with a spirit that augurs well. The improvement at Avenham which was sanctioned was a long needed one, and will be well appreciated by the public. The Council were unanimous in their adoption of the recommendation of the Health and Recreation Committee, respecting the communication between Avenham Walks and ...

... |, || NEW MAGiaTRATEs.-At the Quarter Sessions, at Lan- easter, on Monday last, Mr. Henry Thomas Welch, of Leck Hall, near Kirkby Lonsdale, took the oaths and his sqat as a magistrate of the county. At the Quarter Ses- sions, at Preston, on Wednesday, Major; Cunliffe, of Myerscough House, near this town, qualified as a county justice, PRESTON BuIrAL BOARD. -The usual monthly meeting of this ...