... HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY. Inv UYMPTARR AWfl TRET O -- LBY B~cITIsH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TLGp~ The Lord Chancellor took his seat at five O'clock. Viscount DURGANNON gave notice that, on Fridgy he should ca.11 attention to the case of I5saaeTayilor, d'toote man, convicted at York nassizes of freboniousl pantwo gther powder in a house at Rtoth~erham 25yplcnggn Numerous petitions were ...

... 1 l I (Fromi the Afancalester Exa miner and Timmes.) . October is usually the heyday of local poltics. No sooner does that old brewster month, so dear in former times to topers of the extinct speccies, set his light foot foremost into the calendar, than, in all cities and muni- cipal boroughs where the inestimable blessings of self- government are enjoyed, a curious sort of fermentation ...

... . THREATENING LANGUAGE,-On Saturday last, John. Horiby, of 81kerton, a blacksmith, in tbe employ of Mr. C. Baynes, of Lancaster, was brought before the county magistrates, at Lancaster, charged with using threatening language towards his wife, Esther Hornby.-The Bench ordered Hornby to find sureties to keep the peace for six months, or be imprisoned for that period. INqUEST. -On Saturday last, ...

... REFORM CONFERrENCE IN MANCHESTER. The third conference of the National Reform Association commenced on Tuesday in the assembly room of the Free- trade Hall, Manchester. There were present delegates from London, Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham, Leicester, Northampton, Norwich, Keighisy, the Pottories, Armley, Leeds, Barusley, Bingley, Bradtord, Sheffield, and Preston. The room was well filled. ...

... 38orrobn'o Drifer. JW4A&LALU1JSU TL~IAMIM. TaE HEIOHET OF FoLLY.-Expending your last shilling for a purse. A HINT TO TRAVELLESRS.-The best adhesive label you can put on luggage is to stick to it yourself. A lady lately had her lkeness taken by aphotographist, who executed it so well that her husband prefers it to the original. If a man talks insolently to you under the plea of candour, you may ...

... I = = = ?? AMERICA. I The Asia arrived on Saturday, from New York on the I 26th. Grant has agained an important victor~yover Bragg,, t and driven the Confederates from M~%issijonary Ride which the Federals occupy. They report the capture- of 5,000 prisoners, and 40 cananon. Nothing important from Charleston. The firing still continues. P General Burnside still holds Isis position at X1noxville ...

... leich THE BANK or ENGLAND reduced its rate of discount iros- on Thursday to 7 per cent. van- THE PHOTOGRAPHS 0O' THE GUILD CORPORATION.-- The photographs taken by Mr. Oglesby, of the members of the1 Corporation at the Guild of 1862,' have been placed in Dr. Shepherd's Library, where it is proposed to keep them until the new Town-hall is completed. onMr. JOH3N J. DODD, eldest son of Mr. Dodd, ...

... FORETIN N EWS. I AMERICA. * ARRIVAL OF THE ADRIATIC. The A driatic arrived on Sunday afternoon last. New York, 24th September, Noon.-Further details of the battle fought on the 20th inst. between Generals Rosecrans and iragg have been received. General Rose- crane's right and cen'tre were driven from the field. Gene- ral Thomas, though temporarily repulsed, maintained his position until ...

... GARDENING OPERATIONS. (1'rom the Gcardewnts' Jironicle.) CONSERVATORY, &C.-Plants getting past their best should-be-replaced at onco by something of a more showy character. When the principal collection of chrvsanthe- mums comes Into bloom a selection should be made of the best and most useful sorts, for there are many worthless varieties in-cultivation, and it is better to grow duplicates of ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIR,-I hasten to communicate the following:- As I lay awake in bed,-which is frequently my wont toward the morning hours-this (Tuesday) morning, some strange phenomena occurred. I had been wakesome for about an hour, all being calm and still, when, suddenly, the bedroom window rattled so audibly that-my attention was instantaneously arrested, and I ...

... I * ?? ARRIAL OATMNERICA t O THE ClY OF CORK. a The extr Iuou',li steamship Citb of Co;ik, with advices from New 'vYork to the 13th inst., gas arrived. The war news is unimportalnt. No movemeuts of a eneral character have occurred for some time past in the, .hSotiY Of the Potomac The weather-coutir ues intensely s o, and retards oporations. Arrivals from Charleston b State that the ...

... 3Sorrobe6 QICriffi. =1L_ Sat_ .t_. ,, .. Why is the letter i like the snort of a horse ?-Becauso it makes a noise out of a nose. It is a remarkable fact that, although common sheep delight in verdant fields, religious flocks are not anxious for green pastors. A jeweller wishing to excuse himself of seeming inatten. tion on the plea of iU-bealth, sent the following to a customer:-l The ...