... 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 ...

... THE TOWN COUOME The never-ending, .ti1 beginning-the, to all appearance, never likely to ?? Question, was the subject of a special meeting of the Council on Wednesday, the new Water Bill being the bone of contention for its con- sideration. But though convened for this particular purpose, the Council, as In loyal duty bound, gave precedence to a matter affecting Boyalty, vlz,, an application ...

... i RECOVERY OF THE BODIES. New Hartley, Saturday, 6 ?? have to-day been witnessing the last heartbreaking scenes in the awful drama upon which we have been looking from the pit heap of Hartley, almost night and day, since yesterday week. By entirely working all last night, Mr. Coulson's sinkers gnt the cloth bratticing completed; and the shaft having been reported lear of gas and safe, a large ...

... TEE WATER RATES FOR=1862. THE WATER RATES FOP, 1862.1| As we have already informed our readers, a special meeting of the Council will be held this day (Wednesday), to consider the new Water Bill. Whilat, however, preparations are being made for obtaining fresh powers, it Is necessary to lay the annual rates under the ilsting act of Parliament, and for this pur- :ose a special meeting U the ...

... FOREIGN NES. I l TURKEY, tin~ Mostar, Friday Evening.-Tbe insurgents have cate- toI gorically rejected the amnesty offered to them by Ornar ~ Pasha. In consequence, Dervish Pasha, with eleven bat- P(O5 talionsand allthe reglar trops, hasleft Trebigne, in Por by the insurgents, ?? sppy e. the ITALY. Min Rome, Friday.-The Pope has been suffering from fever by during the last two days. To-day, ...

... ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 21ST LANCASHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEER CORPS, 1801. Annexed is a statement of the accounts of the corps, for the year ending 31st December, 1861. It is with re- grot that attention is called to the unfavourable state of the balance on account of the general fend. That account, it will be seen, is debtor to the amount of £254 4s. 7d. This is, however, not considered as a I ...

... THU LiT! DISASTROUU 11RE34! LARBREK. 1 'to THEa EDTfloR Or TiHE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIRn-11Will you allow a short space in vouir next number for one or two brief suggestions respectingt'he late disastrous lire at Larbreeok, onl Woesfcday last, the 22d inist., by which the piremises, of Mr. Sturzakeer, together with a considerable por- tion of hi, property, were tetally destroyed by fire. The ...

... SALUS PopuLr LEX SUPREMA. DOMESTIC. Yesterday, a metropolitan solicitor was sentenced to penal servitude for 20 years for attempting to defraud the Bank of England by forging certain powers of attorney. The Windham case is now drawing to a close. The Master summed up yesterday, and this morning the jury will examine the alleged lunatic in private, before announcing their decision. The inquiry ...

... UiraS Pol *trTPm SALUB TOPNIl 'BE SUPBEM. DOMESTIC. A Cabinet Council will be held on Friday next. The Earl of Elgin will leave England in a few days to enter on his duties as Gover- ?? of India. Earl Russell has published additional diplomatic correspondence relative to the Trent case and the alleged destruction of Charleston harbour. The first document is a copy of a despatch addressed by ...

... I The weekly meeting was held yesterday. Present -Messrs. Dover (chairman) Shell Orellin, Siddeley, ewotHaydock, Holden, hieladew, Bowrlag, JbSteelSit ce beorofu engnaeer, building surveyor, and in- spector of nuisancesreported varloua particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 181 nuisances complained of by ?? had been inspected and ...

... I (From Tuesday's Gazk.) The following are copies of correspondence with her Majesty's Mluinster In the United States:- EARL RUSSRLL TO LORD LYONS. Foreign Office, Jan, 23, 1862. My Lord.-I mentioned in my despateh of the 10th Inst, that her Majesty's Government differed from Mr. Seward in somne of the conclusions at which he had arrived, and that I should state to you on a future occasion ...

... IIIMPORTAN~T NEWS FROM THE . ~ ISOUTH. '~LIST OF VESSELS WHICH HAVE RUN f ~THE BLOCKADE. I 1 -t A gentleman who arrived in Liverpool yesterday from the Confederate States has supplied us with Southern journals of late dates, and also with valuabole information- respecting the blockade and the commercial condition of the Confederacy. With reference e to the cotton crop, the prevalent opinion in ...