... T yE FYLDE. -n_ _ ?? . . or - - A. . . .. . . .l TEE: IMPERIAL HOTEL, Claremont, Blackpool, has been let to Mr. Heald, well known from his connection with the Washington Hotel, Liverpool. PRESENSTATION AT KiKInAeB.-On Thursday evening, a number of friends of Mr. John Bradley, master of the Grammar School, Kirkham, met together, and presented him with a handsome gold watch and guard, and a ...

... GARSTANG BOARD, OF GUARDIANS. j The usual fortnightly meeting of the members of this Board was held on Thxursday last, in the Board-room, Royal Oalk Inn, Garstang; Major Gunliffie occupied the chair. There were also present--Messrs. W. Dobson, R. Holden, John Lewtas, J. Fisher, Thos. Gardner, Thos. Smith. M. B. Hall, William Swarbrick, Joshua Rall, R. Preston, John Jacksoa, R. Porter, and John ...

... [ _ DARWVEN. i I SUDDEN DUEATH.-Thomas Smith, farm servant, in the employ of Mr. N. Green, hunter, Standhill, Hoddlesden, Over Darwen, died very suddenly on Sunday morning. ?? doceaed had never complained of being unwell lattended to his duties as usna, in Saturday last, and re- tired to bed about nine o'clock. About one o'clock on Sunday morning, Mrs. Green was alarmed by the groans of the ...

... ?? I ADJOURNED INQUIRY AT PRESTON. The Commissioners appointed to inquire as to the legality or otherwise of fixed engines, weirs, mill dams, &c., in the salmon rivers throughout the country, re- sunmed their investigation with regard to the river Ribble in the Guardians' Board-room, in this town, on Thursday. The Commissioners were-Jas. Paterson, Esq., chairman, Major Scott. and Captain ...

... 11 l 'Yhe Irish paper announce the death of Mr. John -Dal- ton, the eminent Irish antiquary, in his,78th year. Mr. Edward Mercer, of Durrow, in Queen's County, was the other day watching some of his~men clearing ice from a water-wheel at one of hie mills, when he was killed by one of the buckets striking him on the head. The railway bridge spanning over the river Tame has been discovered to ...

... I 84&LNCASTER.at !I ?? ?? BRUTAL ATTACK UPON A WOMaN.-On Wednesdav, John CarrutheLs, of Manchester, was brought up at the judges' lodgings, under the following circumstances:- Defendaut has recently gone to live at Bolton-le-Sands, in a house belonging to Mlr. Fryers, farmer, On Tuesdav a dispute arose between them, and defendant comnlenced an attack upon Mr. Fryers. His wife ran tc his ...

... On the night of the 24th November, the British barque Coya, of London, from Sydney, bound to San Francisco, was totally wrecked near Point Ano Nhevo, about 60 miles to the southward of San Francisco, and of the 29 souls on board-but three succeeded in reaching the shore alive.-Mr. George Byrnes, the sole survivor of the pas- sengers on board the ill-fated vessel, says that on the 23rd of ...

... SNOW AND ICE ON FOOTPATHS. TO THE EDITOR OF .TSE PRESTON CHRONICLE. Sir,-Another proclamation has been issuad, contain- ing an extract from our by-laws; this one requires people to clean snow, ice, ?? from the footpaths in front of their premises. Its publication does not appear to be of much use; it is something like the annual paper issued about orange peel. Many people regularly clear the ...

... AMERICA. DI (fly AtIcintic Tl'eyitu p/I .v York, Janotal nylthi (lveninig.)-The legislatures ?? and virginila have rejccted the constitutional 'Arioudnent. dE Goll, 1:1,4.1 sterling. Exchange on Londlon, 1001;- 5.20 ox United Stafes Bonds, 107,' ; Illinois, li) Eries, 64. ofl Cotton, Slid Uj Ian I, ?? th Nowv York, di 'uday iEveniing.- Notwithstanding the I18 e~'orts for the ?? of the ...

... We are having what is usually called an old-fashioned winter. The weather hitherto has been much colder than usual. Heavy falls of snow have interfered with locomotion, and the traffic returns of the different rail- way companies show a considerable falling off in the number of travellers. Hundreds of labourers have been thrown out of work by the severity of the frost ; and as most of them are ...

... . = .- - . ?? - _ _ _ REVIEW OF 5RU BmTIsH CORN TRADlU.-Wheat: At Mark-lane, on Wednesday, the fresh arrivals of English wheat were limited, and there were moderate imports of rareign. The sales effected of any sort were extremely limited, and prices were without any quotable variation. The attendance of both town and country buyers was very thin, and the market partook entitely of a holiday ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGCE1 __ _, - NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATES . -The following gentlemen have, this week, beer Placed be . commission of the peace for this county P lacda t Chadwick, Esq., of the Hermitage, near Preston rti i Rainshaw Rothwell, Esq. (the Marquis de Rothtv,5r' Sharples Hall, near Bolton ; Daniel tiope Ellett srl of Parrox Hall; Robert Hankinson William, Great Ecoleston; Charles Henry Bird, ...