... FAAL lI AT l: FATEAL FI-PE AT PMESTON. . cons- +1,. T3 -er11n MArV.M ) ?? . . (From the Liverpool Mercury.) .. - - : At one o'clock on Wednesday morning,ea fire, cause un- known, broke .out in the sitting room immediately over the shdfp of ?? T. B. Dick, gtocer and.teadealer, Mariet Place,' -Preston. When it ivaa disqovered, the second etorey was just likeaifurnace, aid the laimeewas ascending ...

... s AND BSIUNESS. It bas be.A.~1-t~i that men of geniiise pit4orbsespusts Ye Sligpeare was-a ioeessful. manager of ailthqatre-,,i hrhaps pridimg f morelip 1)g qusil tiates in t qt ca~- - pacitythsn bhhi witing-.of -pla-ys, and -poetry. Pope w.: of Opininka that Shikik~pea's lxnipafl 61ojzct' in cnltivating. literatire was to secure inhc~nestijandepjefldcfl6. lndeed, h-seetnA-to~have~beei, ...

... EN GLA AN . VOLumTEER OFFIrESs AND THE LEVEE.-TCe3day night's Gazette, in announcing the Court to be held the 7th March next for the special and exclusive reception of officers of Volunteer Corps, says the officers who are desirous of attending should forthwith communicate their intention to the respective Lord- Lieutenants. The officers -will enter the Palace at the usual corridor entrance ...

... .7 1 - d . , I I _ . . . L. -:Observations on Sensations experienced while Climbing the' More ?? s of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. c By Mathie Hamilton, M.D., formerly Medical Officer to c] the London, Potosi, and Peruvian Mining Company. Physician to -Military' W-ospitals in Peru, &c. Read before the .Glasgow Philosophical Society, February ?? e' 1800. . . .- , - . . Some persons, who never ...

... THE ,, PERIAL FANCY BALL AT PARIS. On the 17th April, her .Majesty the Empress gives a grand fancy dress ball at the hotel of her mother the Countess de Montijo in the Champs Elys6es. Invitations are already being issued, and it is said that some of the costaumes ordered will he of fabulous beauty and nrice. The' dress of her Majesty, although simple enough in material, will of course surpass ...

... THE REFORM BILLT. (From the Times.) 'The same evening witnessed' the introduction of Reform Bills for England, Scotland, and Ireland. The triple cere- mony was over a little after nine o'clock, and the House,. g after refreshing. itself with a ?? debate on the1 1 Serpentine, betouok itself once more to the codsideration of ra t the Budget. The topics which, appeared to excite most at. 'St ...

... LATE ST NEWS. I _ __ a_..A iL jL Vow o HERnsin OFFrio, Friday M1orning. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ROUSE OF LORDS-TadRnsDAY. The LoDu CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of HARTDWICKE intimated that he intended on an early day to call their Lordships' attention to the state ut the Nav&l Reserve. Lord WVODEHOUSE laid upon the table the returns moved for by the ...

... (From the Times.) The tkife returns of railways in the Ignited Kingaom nublished for the week ending February 25, amounted to 1439,S3, and for the corresponding week of 1859 to 2422,749, showing an increase of £'17,115. The followingare the receipts on the principalfenesforthe past week:- miles Opened. Receipts. P ?? SBO 4 I59.1 l60. 1 1S9. Belfast and Ballymena% - 5 6 ,108 1,006 Bitrkenh., ...

... * THE USNEXaUSTDETEINDS. _ A 1 il.A I~.X n.^ - (From ?? Coburat.) In a former paper we alluded to an' adequate provision for the clergy of Scdtlarnd-a subject which has been-press. ing itself on public attention-and pointed out the amiount of the funds applicable to their support, ahd the claims which their position and services gave them. When to these is added the nature of their legal ...

... I TBEWINFS OF FRANJOE THEirPROBABLE - CONMIMON IN -NGLANDM - : : a~~(romn the Tfm-s- - A bluebookc of 200 pages; on Thrdsay issued froma tbe' press, contsan series of' reprtfrom- her Ma sty's Seem- taries of Embay ?? on theoffct of the vine- disease ona'te 'comme b he-varion countries wherein they r esiae. Ts eot indance, Span, the United .Stit stria, Tuscany;and Sudiniw iance is far more ...

... M1R, GLADSTONB As ORATOR A-D a TATR31 AN. (From the satfgurday Review.) There is, unfortunately, not the same confidence ic Aft, Gladstone's practical wisdom, which is justly reposed in his intellectual power and in his integrity of purpose. Political tact-the instinctive perception of what is practicable and safe-is a quality not always found in connection with mental fertility or logical ...

... -L-A TST, -WS.- HflA.L Otr~ion;Tusseag Morning. greq Y~ ELECTRIC TELEO!RA PHR, The Loan CORAqOULOR (bolt his seal on he 'wjosak at -183 five o'clock. .1the The Marquis of NORMKANDY moved the ?? re-: Coil I ohitoion :That it appears by the papers lately laid before 'a ~'prlimet, ndespecialy by ad esatch-ra ar~ ]l. Cowley 'ed John Rssell, daed 5th Feruary, thatthe Froneki f pe: ~'Ministcrht ...