... 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 ...

... _ 1100 eals are prepared forfdistributionto. the exhibitors wil at the Great Exhibition. chi John and William Griffiths, colliersI, were recently killed by yei falling down the shaft of the Great Oak Collfery, near Mold. Me The Viceroy of E~gypt is expected ?? Marichster a visit glbi on Tuesday or Wednesday next.I The anniual contest of the Ngtional Iil Association comn- soT xnenced on Tuesday ...

... |I l || Heavy snow fell in Paris on Friday. a The necessary permission has, been granted to revive the Shedden case in the House of Lords. Convocation of the province of York has been further f prorogued to Tuesday, March 18. c The three prisoners charged with the Russian Bank forgeries were further examined at the MMansion House, t London, on saturday. They were again remanded. s The ...

... COR iRESPONDEINCE. THlE TRADES' PROCESSION. TO TUE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. S~ic-Looiugoverthe uil Recrdsof 1822, 1 find each trece pblihedthe ame ofthoe wh dieh1~edthe duties of he lile o waden bt dd nt d soin .hope they wil in 1812,for it is ineresting to on vr ol hoiles, and Aug. 28, 18I2~ A CARPE NTER. SHOP ASSISTANTS AND THE GUILD. TO TiII; EDITOR OF THlE PRESTON CHRONIOLE. Sia,-I ...

... Latest Tutelligence. [BY BRITISH ANGD 1R1SH MAGNETIC TELEGII.lrl] THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE TIIENT AFFAIR. Thc Daily Neis, hi the evulling edition, gives the text of' thle important diplomatic despatch addreseed by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs to the representa*tive of Frane. at Washington. It is dated Deember '3rd, the daly after sh English deateh wvas forwvarded from ...

... (Frosi the Ga,'dene-s' CIbsroinicle.) CONSERVATORY, &c.-If not already done, prune and' train climbers in this and other houses. Passion flowers, bignonias, and similar plants which make long annual shoots, should only . have- their branches thinned and1 slightly shortened, but others, as combretums, for instance, May be spurred in. Kennedyas will soon be showing bloom, and what training they ...

... THE POLLLNG:.-K .A- I1 Yesterday morning, at, an early houi,. the active memni hers of the electioneering staffs of the two candidates were astir, looking after tbe men who had to perform. the real work, which would itake two or thre& minut , for which they had been put down as cavassYrS or runners fur eight or ten days. But this coloeraso employment of voters was far too 'slow for the ? ...