... BRITISE[ GOODS IN PARIS. PARIS, JAN. 7. r The first week of the year 1862 has given an agree. able surprise to those who felt most severely the effects of the prolonged commercial stagnation at Paris, and, indeed, throughout France, Already a sensible tendency towards activity is disp~ayed in the eapital, and the same may be said to have taken place In others of the great French manufacturing ...

... 1. TH4 WATER RATES. it TO THE EDITORS OP THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. n Gentlemen,-In reference to the letter In this day's i*publicaton dgned A Member of the Houseowners' Asodiatlon, requesting them to arise and assert their ;rights, I beg leave to ask ?? don't they arise to $ aid theilr tenants by crecting large water meters 3, to supply a quantty oP houses, and let each tenant h pay his ...

... Latest Jiitelligence. ?? ?? ?? ?? LORD STANLEY ON fRAGGED SCHOOLS. The inauguration of the Mirkdale Industrial Ragged Schools and Church, took place yesterday; the Right lon, Lord Stanley, M. P., presiding. Tle foundation stone was laid on the 18th of Aufnet, 1860, by the Earl of Derby, who gave the site on which the schools have been erected. There was a large attendance at the opening ...

... Latest Jiellige~le. ..1 111 11 ?? ?? -1 ?? ..1 1- . I 15Y BRITISM AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.J MONETARY. City, Friday.-The funds to-day arc N-ain b-tter, the f -- ther advices from America being conaijuered to point- more strongly in the direction of peace. A fresh rise of - cent, has taken place in consols. English railwavs, ,n n1a1- cases, are j to A per cent. better. All ?? scuritien al- ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1862. I The public mind was never, perhaps, so much wrung by any domestic calamity as it has been during the last week or ten days, by the sad news which, day by day, has been coming up in melancholy dribbles from the scene of the late tremendous catastrophe at Hartley. No writer of fiction, however inventive, no poet, how- ever imaginative, not ...

... T . . . . tb An ?? being asked why he wore his stockings wrong side out, roplied, '( ecause there's a hole on the ither s5 ie ov 'ewn. A papar cau publish ?? appointments after the coming iD 0o a new adnainistration, but what paper in. the world is la:rge caough to publish half the disappointments 7 'Is Mr. Drown aL man of meanms rL inquired a lady visitor of Aunt Eetsy. Yes. I should think ...

... PROTECTION To A MARRIED EWOMAN-At the Town Hall, on Wednesday last, the magistrates granted protection to Elizabeth Duxbury, wife of Christopher Duxbury, of whose ill-usage she gave the magistrates a sad account. Tv'dELY AID.-At the borough police-court, yesterday, it was stated that a letter had been received from Mr. John Eccleston, of Blackpool, enclosing a donation of Al, for Maria O'Neil, ...

... .-Av3 B:;;FT OcoNFORMITY IN iTIM] BMENTVI AY ,,.naieso LACAHIE . flesO h oneec he represeiitativeS or sue On MondDY, tialeene ft e fLn~U n ludcpendenttf OrCnr ati ithe ouefl' Hote1 thio con- portion of Clhshire 'was Od tthe culenaO b10tel b; aider in what waoner the two hundredth annivarsy of the ?? of the Acet of Uiformity should be celebrated in ccahic, anabetrct ofwbic ap art thn insanc aup ...

... LOSS OF A STEAMER. ;rSN(:STO0VN, SATURDAY MORNING. The steauer Adonis, from Belfast for London, wa3 driven ashore at Dalgey at 2310 a~m. She is noi drifting out to sea in a sinking state. 10 451 AM. The crew of the Adonis have gone to Dublin by tbe O 0 train. The stearner is supposed to have gone down. The passengers were all saved, but the ?? is missing. DEATH CF JOHN BOYD, ESQ, M.P. ...

... CAPTAIN HANS BUSi'$ PER- I I FECTED lFLE . An infereptlng series of experiments lins now ?? establishe d the merits of an entirely new description of rifle a)%d projectile, the invention of Oaptain Hans Bask.. The bore *:ag four curvilinear grooves, eaoh 025 Inch deep on one side, and gradually diminishing l in depth until r t merges into the bore, or rather into, the next groove. The depth ...

... ?? ra g The Mooltan, with the Bombay malsof Deosmber 12, left Malta for Marseilles at five P.m. yesterday. The Chancelklr of the Exchequer has been elected cne of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, in roem of the late Sir J. Graham. Mr. Albany Ponblanque, late of Manchester, has been appo nted her Majesty's legal vice-oonsusl in Egypt. The duties of the post are judiolal. THE ...

... POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES AND RELIGIOU'S REFORMS IN FRANCE. Th(from cE Osional Pars Correspornent; .) The present si te of France (S pace,, 1M. de i Morny and M. dbe Is Gudrronibre) may well excite the ouriosit,7 of thoughtful men. A a literature corrupt to the core, a demoralised youth, a total ableno of enthusiasm for any- 3 thing-these are melat, holy symptoms. Peace I and order, it is widely ...