... | LBY BRITISH AND IRISR MAGNETIC TELEGdAPH. II HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Their lordships met at five o'lock. S lPTON GRAM MAR SCHOOL. The adjounled debate onl the Skipton Grammar School Bill was resumled. Lord CRAsNWORTH submitted a clause from the Publie Schools Bill to moet Earl de Grey's objedtion. The clause was added to the bill, which was then read a third time. ' THE RAILWAY COMPANIES ...

... REFORM SOIREE.-It will be seen from an advertisement in another column that the annual soiree in connection with the Audley-lane Reform Club, is to take place on Monday evening next, in the Park-lane School. We understand that invitations have been sent to several M.P.'s and other gentle- men who took such prominent parts in the late reform agitations, many of whom have already expressed their ...

... l3orrame' ariffue. Capital weather, Mr. Jones. Capital weather. Myt wife's got such a cold she can't speak. I like such weather.' -Neu- rZ Idverttser. old Green says he has heard of ships' barnacles, and sup- noses they are worn in order that the vessels may be able to go see all ri7gt.-Judy. A CAUTION.-Don't be too anxious to solve a conundrum.- Judy knows a man who got two black eyes in ...

... FORGERY OF A BILL OF EXCHAIQOE BY A MERCHANT. A cotton merchant, named Arinroyd, was, on Monday, charged at the Liverpool police court with having forged a bill of exchange for £72 10s. The bill purported to be drawn upon Messrs. J. Martin and Company, of Liverpool, and on the strength of their names a local bill broker, named Reis, advanced Armroyd £50. ' The bill was, eventually, sent up to ...

... DEPARTURES FOR DrCsQo From Presz, . To BLACKBuRN, AoamroN, Bret 4 Dmix, 8-15 8-5090 e lR4 8rr.15 11.25 ared 4-0 4-4 5-15 6-40 7-0 mix, *9.2o z 09-30 iL 2-15 6-15 *7-30) A, all .Only.) 4 -i To BLAcBUiN, BuRNLzy, COLN, 8 Fosup & LZEDS.-6-30 mix, 8.50 9-G1?o0X To CzHoBLzY, BOLTON, AD AC 4 mixed, 8-10 *9 10-5 11- 25 K. 12. d4mix, 11-0 A.-Oii Sundays ?-30 H, * 4> mix, A._(5 Stopping at Boltnol. lo0 ...

... MR. WALPOLE ON THE HALTON AND SKERTON | WEIRS. For some months past the upper proprietors of the Lune 'fisheries hav'e b an complaining of the sca?'city of salmon g in their tributaries, and they allege that the great obstruc- di tion to the free an' of fish up the river is the inefficient hb pass at Skerton. weir, which belongst r .Gret S] On Tuesday, Mr. Walpole, one of Her Majesty's Fishery ...

... The weekly meeting of the guardians was held on Tuesday. Present-Mr. Howitt (chairman), Dr. Spencer, C. R. Jacson, T. Walmsley, J. Cooper, P. Park, and T. B. Addison, Esq's., ex-officio guardians; and Messrs. Ascroft, Clarkson, Pemberton, J. Howarth, Miller, button, Shepherd, Whittle, Holden (Walton), Ambler, Ward, Dewhurst, Gudgeon, Wareing, Lund, Cragg, Teebay, Waddington, 'Pierce, and Park, ...

... THE ! SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN ] KNOWLEDGE AND THE SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL. IN FOREIGN PARTS. A meeting of the subscribers and friends of the above societies was hold on Thursday, in the offices of the Local Board of Health, Church-street. There were present -- Dile Mayor (in the chair); Revs. Canon Parr, J. Ketton, Wilson Pedder, Newsham, T. Clark, MW. Shilleto, A. T. ...

... I THE LAMENTATIONS OF AN OLD COCK- SPARROW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIR,-A few years ago, my partner and I whiled away our time in flying from chimney to chimney, or from roof to roof, and in warbling in that melodious strain for which my family is noted, in the busy and pleasant town of Pres- ton, and a rattling nice time we had of it, too.; but, even. tually, there arose a ...

... SIARn TRANSACTIONS. -We recur to the maxim of an experienced stockbroker, of which we spoke a week or two since: I buy when everybody is selling. and sell when everybody is buying. We are aware that this maxim runs counter to the common tendencies and pre- judicies of mankind; but it is not the less sound on that account. A couple of years ago, there was a rush to purchase shares in all ...

... I O--I I f1 T-Hn CrTy OF FLOuENCE. - Few, town-S possess So ex- ~celiwt a paveneut as F~lorrence, which 'onsiststof large 6qiised sounei -fitted tothaer like - with..elese - joik a.ch a pavemen Wat v oul'be incliied to ?? dangetrous tro hcirses, butt their' abpre~sions would be- enteiy -dispe'rsed after a ew daA o'bservatioa of th'^e'eedwsititE ~cheamags- whirl thiough the streets, ...

... orI _- - - -1 Miss WILSON, of Blackpool, on Tuesday last laid the foundation stone of a Temperance Hall at Blackpool. A tea party in celebration of the event was held the same evening., BLACKPOOL VOLUNTEER FIRE BRiGADE.-Blackpool having put on its wintery-looking aspect, and, in the absence of visitors, life is evidently kept up by tea parties, dinner parties, and balls, and one of the ...