... THE WORKHOUTSE STORES. TO THIE EDITOR OF TZE PmitSroDN CHRONICLE. st §R.-1 am glad to learn that the guardians are taking stringent measures to stop the wholesale plunder prac- tised upon them by grocers, who contract to supply the union with tea. The guardians, it would appear, fix and produce their own standard of quality, and the grocers are ijvited to contract to supply tea jp to suclh ...

... The Spectaltoi says the prcsent government 'is the worst government of modern times, and is eutrusted with the most important work. The Rev. R. W. Guinness has resigned the curacy of Cheltenham parish church, in consequence of being in- hibited by the reotor, the Rev. Dr. Walker, from preaching extempore sermons. Mr. Titus Salt has intimated his intention to present !5,000 towards the ...

... I PRtE:SENTTION TO AIRS. D.aVistS-O- Saturdayafter-I noon the scholars of the first female iible Oei-s, at the! Diiclkworth-streot CongregationalSunday Sebool met in the school to make a presenttation to their teacher, Mrs. Davies, wite of the Rev. TI. Davies, as a token of their esteem and l regard fbr her assidumos endeavours to promote their spiritual welfare. There wore twenty-eight' ...

... _ The Pall Mall Gazette repeats-in a somewhat positive form-the report that if no tidings reach this country of the release of Consul Cameron and his companions, par- liament will be called together in November to pass the supplementary votes required for the prosecution of a war against King Theodore. A man, named Neale, is in custody at Wolverhampton, on a charge of murdering his wife. It ...

... DESPATCHES. Box Xtra closes, stamp. .o the North (nieht mail) ?? I Oa m. London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, 1 30a m Leeds, &c , . . Blackburn,Acerington, Darwen,Burnley, 1 30a.m. ?? Blackpool,Fleetwood,Kirknam Lytbam,) 430a.m. c. ?? 30~ m Goosnargh, Hoghton, Leyland, Long. 6 ridge, Fulwood Park, &c ?? 5a.m. 6 am, Croston, Tarieton, Bamber Bridge, &c ..o. 6 45a.m. 5 50am, Ireland, ...

... LOCA L I - ._ OIL T1 NNV rpm L , T - ,, ?? I UPENrNGOF0 THt NgFWTo seen from the report of tii T ?? -. meeting last Thursday t roed 511b declined the. invitation to hat theen p ?? \V1 Preston Town Hall and thtehe pgi l~ in addition to the other festivitiee e th5re has, Inese areview of the volunteers fe there ees Pacjs ?? has also bes iniedt e rw5 t pti answer has been reeieef-nt,~ 0 but e ...

... I TEIB REV. JAMES TAYLOR BROWN, eldest son of the late Mr. Alderman Brown, of this town, and at present incumbent of Neyland Church, Suffolk, has accepted the ineumbency of Holy Trinity Church, in this town, in place of the Rev. F. Langhorne, lately deceased. VOLUNTEER INTELIGciuaE.-The members of our local artillery corps will parade at their depot, St. Wilfrid. street, in undress uniform, ...

... PARLIAMIE NTARY INT'ELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, JUNE 17. Their lordships met at four o'clock, when the royal assent was given by commission to the Consolidated Funds (X14,000,000) Bill, the Exchequer Bonds (£1,700,000 Bill, the Public Works Loan Bill, the Sale anid Purchase of Shares Bill, the Labouriug Classes Dwelling-houses Act (1866) Amendment Bill, the British Spirits Bill, and a ...

... I A 1ERRY CHRIS. - ]re the publication of the next number of the ,,,onide, the day which, more than al others is .earrted to kind thoughts, wi have come and el To every one of our readers we 'wish a merry '°s As, week after week, we speak to friends, n khown, some unknown, we feel increasingly in. in their welfare, increasingly hopeful for their ve If we have succeeded in furnishing ...

... CORRESPONDENCE,. I THE RIBBLE SCHEME. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIR,--The result of your correspondent ' Observer's node of calculating the value of the Ribble stock is so widely different from mine that I shall leave the public to judge for themselves. I hope that if the shareholders should be persuaded to part with their Property by public auction, after the depreciatory ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PEWSTON, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1867. ?? ?? ?? ?? -l. ?? ?? - ?? ?? I THE REFORM BILL IN THE HOUSE OF I x~LORDS. I The measure which, for five mnouths, has been, Ein one shape or another, before the House of Commons, and has been so keenly debated by both Conservatives anad Liberals, is safely out of the bands of the repre- sentatives of the ,people. It will be pushed through the ...

... SPENCER AND THE EAST LANCASjRDAL~,- (Fromr the Gent'lemen's Maogefor Felnozrn., lk The biographers of Edmund Spencer state that at ha .A had taken his degree at Cambridge he retired fu ?? time into the North of Englaud and re-ided t : friends. Duringthissojournhecomposedhis Sbepye5:. W Calendar; and tradition says' thatthis was done ate r. ; now a farm honise, near Hurstwood, once ths ...