... I LOCAL INTELLIGTSENCE. _ 1 DEFAULTING RATEFATERS.-At the borough police court on Thursday le-a, a number of ratepayers were sum- moned for non-payment of Local Board rates. All the cases, except two, were settled out of court. Orders for immediate payment were made by the magistrates in the two cases. LANCASHIRE PATENTS.-John M'Vitie, of Preston, for certain improvements in mules for spinning ...

... FOREIGN MISCELLAN Y. ?? - - . .. . I . I -. Wild boar bunting is being carried on with great suc- cess in the forest of Orleans and in other parts of France. Servia is moro warlike than ever in her popular tone and outward seeming. Troops are being reviewed, commis- sions granted in hundreds, and drilling carried on without remission all over the country. The Vienna Gazepte calculates that as ...

... (Fronm the Odd-fellois' Maqazine.) From MIr. John Tidd Pratt's annual report we learn I that during the year 1865, he has examined and certified the rules of 1,076 Friendly Societies not previously en- rolled. In addition to these, alterations in, or, additions I to, thb rules of 1,248 other societies have been pronounced by him to be in accordance with the Friendly Societies Act. This result ...

... (Fromn the Oa6deners' Uhroeiwe. )!l PLANT 4OUSES.-Me-ny Orchid(s, such, as Cnttleyac, Ccelogynes,: Ml tonias, Deadriobeumsg, and- similar plants! which dQ, not reouiro. so much heat as vandas, sacco.| labiuzus,. &c., will now show the breaks at the base of the pseudohculbs somewhat prominently. R1eep all such in as even and moderate a temperature as possible, in order to delay their starting ...

... WESLEYAN MISSIONS& Sermons in connectionrsith these missions were preached on Sunday, at the two chapels (Wesley and Moor Park) belonging the new or tsue-l circuit in Preston, by the Revds. T. A. Rayner, J. Adams, and J. Lamfie. The sum realised by the collections after the services amounted to £16 18s. 10.ld. TRE ANNUAL MISSIONARY MEETING- was held in Wesley Chapel, on Monday evening last, ...

... I It is reported in Paris that Lord Lyons will succeed Earl Cowley as British Ambassador at the Court of. the Tuileries. THE TYNE.-The revenue of the river Tyne Comia- sioners in 1866 exceeded by £6,000 that of 1865. Last year the commissioners dredged live millions and a half tons of sand and rubbish out' of the river, being a million tons more than in 1865, and a million and a half tons ...

... ' THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND has caused notice to be given to his tenantry on the Trentham estate, Staffordahire, that such of them as sufered loss by the cattle plague before the compensation clauses of the Cattle Plague Act came into operation will have the half of such losses made good at the expense of his grace. - THE ABSUtBDIT of some of the cattle plague regulations was prominently brought ...

... LOCAL 1NTELLIGENCJ,. DiVORca CAsE.-In the Divorce Court, on Thursday last, before Sir J. P. Wilde, the case of Almond v. Al- mond and Sumner, was heard. Air. Brett, Q.C., and Mr. Pritchard appeared for the petitioner. The petitioner, Mr. Hugh Almond, is a solicitor, in Liverpool, and for- merly resided in Preston, beirg the son of Mr. Henry Al- mond, calrrier, of this town. He married the ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE . .. . - - ?? . - - ?? ?? ?? . . ?? ?? ?? ?? v ?? - 1 [BY BRITISH ANID IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] London, Friday. GENERAL NEWS. The whole of the ice has disappe tred from the river Thames. The Senior Wrangler is Mr. Mow, of Trinity, a native | of Peterhead, Scotland. There has been no repetition of bread riots at Deptford. Mr. ?? Parry has issued his address as Liberal ...

... 1 : TO VENICE MAD BACK . - No. X. On Saturday morning, September 15th, `ive left Venice.- We were up early,. 'and before breakfast egjoyed a walk isi the garden of our hotel,' on the bailag of ?? Oanal,`and noted the picturesque palaces and otherbaild- ings, skirting the famed streanm. It aea`bdat five o'clock, for we had arranged to leave at 'sii, and the morning air was realypleasant and ...

... ?? AAi . - d ?? -f ^^1,1 I-AV AA^A ?? a nne ricr ?? ox golq brive been discoverod in the county of IHastings, Calnada \Vest. Of course the dis- covery lias deligihted the Canadians. Thle Kinc o ?? left Florence on the 24th Deeemb.er, to splicl the Cblistmnas fctes at Turin. Prince Amadteus, Siconi ston of Hlis Majesty, bad previously arrived at V~enice. President Johnson having issued a decree ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PARSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1867. ?? . ?? ?? ?? ?? .. ?? ?? ?? Us~stnel *e---s;snxrsad n- I f 1_ _ Eivery public man must make up his mind to be blamed as well as praised. People think so differently from, and come to conclusions so opposite to, each other, that it is pretty certain that what extorts the admiration of one person will be held up to severe condemnation by ...