... THE FYLDE. ll LONGEVITY.-At the beginning of the present week, in the small village of Bispham-with-Norbreck, there were living six persons whose united ages amounted to 515 *years (average nearly 86 years), viz., Jane Botcher, 91; Thomas Ray, 91; Isabel Hodgson, 89 ; Jenny Bond, 83; Mary Maisergh, 82; and George Hall, 79; two of which have since died, as will be seen in ourobituary. A FsamElt ...

... I - 1 TO BRING WASTE LAND INTO CULTIVAlo'IZs better pare and born, rather than plough, in ord 02 ?? a crop of turnips or rape to feed ofl for a grain er toet year. Yeu must then plough shallow bu rylgta ll;it cross-plough deeper; sow some superphosphat, 5 s te ; broadeast, and I-a row it in and drill the erg flst. After thle turnips are eaten off plo0dh Chl oa t scarify before sowing the ...

... DESTRUCTIVE GALE AND SNOW I STORM. DESTRUCTION TO SHIPPING, &AC, AND LOSS OF LIFE. w The night of Satirday last, the 5th of January, will b have to be recorded as one of the bitterest and severest a that has visited this country for many winters. It ap- pears to have bden almost equally boisterous and inole- C ment over the whole of the United Kingdom, the strong T south-easterly gale being ...

... THE LATE COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIB,-The cotton famine has pinched most of the cotton spinners and manufacturers, and for the last few years many tradespeople have had enough to do to keep the cart on the wheels, as the phrase is. But there are many people in Preston, unconnected with cotton or with trade at all, whose incomes have been untouched by the ...

... I. I. I - - ; + -_ rl t es ' ?? §!q ~C.. ?? S 1 -B 1 - d _ _ I I I I .; _ _ _ _ _ THE, LIVERPOOL rFINANCIAL ASSOCIA- TION` (L1*1TED). Fellow Shareholders,-As the directors seem so the differencs ?? thesdpeptostopa alyis A NERVOUS SH&RuEHlOLDER. 1st Januar7, 1867. SERVICE'RESERVOIRS. TO THE ESDITORS OF THu LIVHBPOOL IMZOURY. Gentleraen,-1 observb'frbin the report in your- cobinirs of the last ...

... I -- I ?? rt meeting of the board for the .year was held yesterday at tho dock offices, Revenue butsdings. There were present-Measrs. S. Bi. Graves, K P. U:. Turner, M.P., J. Latrd, hiP., It. Brocklebank, Rankin, Meil Iiyslop, Hornby, Arnold, Paton, 5foes, Ftotcher Sirltis' Job, Hiarrison, Forwood, Farnwvorth, lRbback, iold~ }Kendall, Nicholaon, Galloway, and Tobln. ELECTION OF CHIAIRMAN. Mr. ...

... The weekly meetipg ot the Hersey Docks and Harbour opd- Board was held yesterday at the Dock-office Revenue- fstered buildings. Mr. B., Brocklebank presided, anti the other L86 'members present were Messirs. Jr. Laird, M. P., Arnold, 1866,i~ Kedalli Smithi, Farnworth, Mstee, Job, Fletcher, Holme, 1:- Jlbback, Bold, Galloway, Nicholsen, Harrison, Langton, - Forwood, Melly, Hyslop, Hornby, Moss, ...

... LizE ?? UKE or~ HAMILTON.t 7 - *1 . , i I ; . i I . . . ' ; . Scotehmen (says the awigdw Herald, can hardly regard'the-misfortunie ?? haa befallen'the duca 'botise'ibf Hamillton with any other feelliogeave that; of regret. There mighthave been no. igheri u' more honoured and respected ntfme.on the rol of the British peerage at thie presentday than that of 'the two greiitb'istoric families now ...

... IU SHOCK1NG DEATH OF IDIOT Buy. - A ?? story CO about an idiot boy eand3 omi was said to have been foundded io in acellar, owing toth he had been treated. An inquest was held upon the bods witnesses deposed that the poor boy h shirt washed for twelve months, Nad been seen in a cold cellar almost on but a thin pair of trol ers Bread was given to him here byel which he ate ravenously; and Mn, ...

... 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 ...

... (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, ...