... T E ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE or I --il-REFORM BILL. (Froen the Times.) Tho powerful arguments we have lately beard against the Reform Bil, delivered more in a tone of solemn protest than with the hope of success, deserve a more complete reply than they have yet received. If we attempt to state them, we shall seent to admit them, and the time has arrived when even their admission would ...

... The senior wrangler of Cambridge is this year M r. I Charles Niven, of Peterhead, Scotland. The work on the Antiquities of the Roman Town of Uriconium (Wroxoter) by Mr. Thomas Wright, under I whose directions the excavations were carried on, which has been so long delayed, will zhortly be ready for publication. At a meeting, held on Monday, the Town Council of Liverpool decided to request ...

... THE REF OpR BA~ WM . ,AA B A f ?? H e I The Representation of the pll troduced to parliament by Mir Dis,20ule -J,; e having been printed, was issued to of Commons yesterday. The a 11r c O and Wales, and not to Shcotland9Srirsi n universities of Oxford or Cambridge aol -, PART I i ?? Under the act it is proposed that ever. fuill age and not subject to any eal i ioip0 entitled to be registered ...

... l BLACKTN & EAST LANCASHIIIE. IOw lW 8 M tR.ITY!> 1 -1. 1 - tOW MOOR, ULITHEROE.-The annual sermons on be- . half of the Wesleyan Sunday school were preached on d Sunday last, in the Wesleyan Chapel, Low Moor, by the Rev. J. T. Sanger, of Darwen. The collections made on f the occasion amounted to the sum of £15 14s. Id. NONCONFORMIST INSTITUTE.-On Monday evening, a meeting of the provisional ...

... \ A CATHOLIC SCHOOL BURNED DOWN AND NINE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Yesterday (Friday) forenoon, about eleven o'clock. a fire broke out in the heald knitting place, occupied by j Mr. James Duckv'orth, Accrington. The building is of brick, and two storeys high- with twelve windows to the front and twelve behind. The upper and lower rooms are connected with a fight of wooden stairs. The I upper ...

... I ENSDOWMENT OIw T111 01jaLM Go ROME utia1aD. fs -We are assured, on the authority of the leading organ au of Catholic opinion in Ireland, that bishops, priests, and th laymen of the prevailing creed, concur almost unanimously no in deprecating any and every suggestion, whenoesciever in emanating, for Catholic endowment in that country. Tbis Pi is the more significant and remarkable, because ...

... THE TRADE UNIONS COMMIESION IN I MANCHESTER. The examination into the cirewasfauces attending th6 ourage at bimpson's was proceeded with on Friday. George Holland. said be had been a member of the Stookport Brickniakers' Society fouraeen years and about .eight years ago he was treasurer. He was a member of the council in 1,86, when it was resolmed to deatrqy Simp- son's property. This was ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDA Y, JUN1E 29, 1867. ?? 1 - .. ?? .,11 ?? ?? ' I.I.I l.,1. ?? -- - - - - v v . z.111 .- ?? ?? ?? v. .- ~ 1i I . . v P ?? .. ?? ?? ?? -fh ?? +11 wften we wrote iass weeis on tae revelations that had been made of the terrorism and outrages that had been practised at the principal seat of the cutlery manufacture, we were ignorant that worse things tban we ...

... , I~ ~ ?? -- MORLTALITY OF TfiE BoitoUGE Oy PlRESTON.-Return showing the number of deaths registered weeklY:_ Cause of decsth. Jn June i( June July 10 yrs. - 1 15 22 28 6 185-6-66 Smlox ?? (I( 0 0 .i Smalls typhoid,& ?? 22 3 1 1.8 Typhusin, ?? o II 0 1.7 ?? 0o 0 0 1.5 Diarrhoea and dysentery ?? 3 0 0 3 3 .5 Hlooping ?? 0 1 0 0 1.2 Cro.p.0 0 0 1 . Bronchitis ?? 13 1 3 5,4 Inlmainof lungs. 1 0.3 ...

... those A meeting of the members of this Council was held on mnan- Thursday last, in the Council Chamber, Town Hall. The 1, one Mayor occupied the chair. There ware also present : asure Aldermen Goodair-, Spencer, Arkwright, S. Smith, R. to do Pedder, M1yres, G. Smith, Isherwood, and Walnisley;- by of Councillors Park, Cragg, Parker, Hacsm~u, Taylor, hear, Sharrock, Benson, Lancaster, Bawoife ...

... I HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FniDAY. I The speaker took the chair at 4 o'clock. Ibe ab EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. wotili Mr. MONCRIEFF gave notice that, on the 31st of May, Th( he Should call the attention of the House to the state of tion i education in Scotland, and shonild ask what course Her many Majesty's government intended to follow with regard to cess~fi the issue of a royal commission on the ...

... ' Dublin, Friday. - At a meeting of the corporation to-day, after three hours' discussion, the following resolu- tion, on the motion of Sir J. Gray, was adopted by 20 to 9,-f 'Tbat this council ?? deplores the criminal fatuity l of the misguided men who, having committed themselves to the councils of American emissaries and domestic dupes, have endangered the public peace and brought discecdit ...