... I THE GREAT FIRE AT THE I TE CRYSTAL PALAC-.. - . The conflagration which took place on Sunday I at the Crystal Palace caused a considerable amount of destruction both to the building ibself and to some of its most valuable contents. The flarmes originated in what may be fairly tsrmed the unlucky end of the beautif4ll structure, for the same portion was partially blown down some years ago, in ...

... We cannot undertaketoreturicommunicattons of which we do not avail ourselves. Communicatlons should always be legibly writteh in ink and on one side of tha paper only, length increases bhe difflouity of finding papee for them. Whatever Is intended for insertion must be authenticated byt the name and address of the writer, not neceasarily.for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. ...

... SALUS POPULI LPX SUPS |A. ?? _ _ ?? DOMESTIC. After an exhaustive inquiry, extending over 34 days,the LancasterElection Comnmissioners yesterday brought their inquiry to a close. Whatever the verdict of the commissioners may be, it must be admitted that the evidence recorded has disclosed a state of corruption -and venality almost unparalleled. Among the recorded disasters resulting from the ...

... THE SALMON FISHERIES SPECIAL THE COMMISSION. PRESTON, TE[URSDAY. The commissioners for Inquiring into the ?? of fixed engines In the salmnon rivers of Sgiand reassembled here to-day to heer further cases on the river Itibble. The comma s are Jamnes Paterson, sEq. (chairmanl; Oapttdn T. A. B. Spratt C.B., RN.; and Major 8cott F. P. T. Brady, lsq., secretary. There-wore only two cases on the ...

... PRIESTLY GOVERNMENT'. I The suppression of the quiet and inofensive . worship of the Scottish and English Presby- ., terians at Rome, by order of the Papal 158 Government, was a eurious proof of the incut- tie able defects 'oi a goverm ent of priests. There are, numerous and most powerful reasons; especially at.,the present time, ,why the Papal rt, Government should have abstaited frojnmsuch; ...

... THE LADIEs' CLAS kS -t LIVERPOOL GYMX.A.s i The Iadie`' class at this p, ?? .- . drawing a much leager ihar, . ;. to the important subect ei i6-;.4ze r- than all the other claEse.~ ps: t a: This week the Queen, the 1 La given a long article on thb SGi :7.. &r a wood-cut illustrative of om.i Ati : of physicalculture in her prac,:. I followmng are extracts from th.: r_ That university oi the .t ...

... STRIKE OF SHIPJOINERS ON . BOARD THE UGRBAT EASTERN. It las already been' stated that' a strike has bh taken place amongst a portion of the ?? .o engaged in the refitting of the Great oaste'r, lb preparatory to her being placed on the stationr p between New York and France, during the ap-' t' proaching exhibition at Paris. Messrs. W. H. o Potter and Co., and Messrs. Jones, Quiggin, andu t, Co. ...

... (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 ...