... FOREIGN MIISCELLANY. More than one-half of the population of Now York is I Io. foreign born. The ratio is 51 per cent. foreign to 49of f tl K natives, g Florence, January 25th, ?? report of the assassination ot KTing Victor Emmanuel is totally un- t founded. All Paris was alarmed last night week by a report (which et proves to be unfounded) that the King of Italy hid boon assassinated. Pesth, ...

... X THE CHRONICLE. PRESTOY, SATURDA Y, FEBRUARY 2, 1867. I ?? I'll ?? . ?? . .. . ?? . ?? ?? _I | MR. T. M. GIBSON AT ASHTON-UND RLYNE. rr - vq ?? I I. . . - There is something very delightful in the wild shriek of liberty that is given by politicians who are set free from the prison-house of place. A statesman out of office is quite different from a statesman in office. A load of responsibility ...

... 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 ...

... TEE FLEETtWOOD SCHOOL OF MUSKETRY.-The Gl0V- 207i- says:- The School of Musketry at Fleetwood is to Le broken up in September next. It is considered thas one establishment of this nature is amply sufficient for the instruction of our troops, and that at Hythe will in future undertake the whole duty. STATE OF TRADE AT KIRKHAM.-The cotton trade: at Kirkham is at present in a very unsettled ...

... A MISER STARVED TO DEATH. in During the past week great excitement has prevailed in b( the neiahbourhood of the New (Jut, London, in conse.- b quence of a well-known eccentric female having been dis. - covered lying dead in a state of nudity in a most. wretched apartment in Harriett-street, Lower Marsh, Lambeth. t From her singular and penurious habits, notwithstanding i the apparent ...

... 11, ;3 EBU;INLIEY RE IIl A ' .- S f n of r TIOXtN -A genlerealameleting 0 t . terniler.nolf thissciationw hiel i the C 1'h on e, Or \Vednescday night. In the 0 , i ;- w1 - l d ~ Mf. W. thc plaintiff, said . Coiitate, Mr. james b ECthle chair. The secretris't ' reets 'leer read and aIdopted. It anprd eli ich bgit the association of -ter 6s. d iree tio olil e ll t)E room, A discussion n 1~Isl a ...

... I1 -- - -- - - -- I I i L.XTEST INTELLIGENCE ,1 , 1. _. v 9 .1 . -.11~ .1 1.1.1 1.1 .. - ?? ?? ?? .. ?? 1 ?? ?? ?? ! [BY BRITISI1 ANrD 11U.SD AIAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.J t Londoni, Friday. GFNERAL N EWS. The trial of the prisoners charged wvith scuttlilg the Perot- I waxs resumed to-(day. The case caunot vossily culsc before aI late bonr to-morrow. I After offitial houts conisols ?? 1. Marklets ...

... I DEPARTURES FoRs p' I TOBLACKrnJThR ° *6-35 mixed, 8-15 8-ni 9-1 'CE1i - -.1 6-3w 7-30 r A% 12-15 6-13 *7-30 Aal Di' a ToBLACKBURURL'0- AND LEEDS.-6-35 mrix, 85~N1 1-40 2-0 4-0 ?? 7-30 A-U. ' ,Sii i A. all ?? CoIe Only,) jv To COLORLEY, BOLTOX-, 4 31 mIxed, 8-15 *3-0 10-5 11-9-i mixed 11-0 A-On Slnday, 3 ii ii 8-25 mixed Ac-(* 5top T10 CARLISLE, E, iaauat i. 8 mix, 10-50 E. ?? iniC .Z t iA. ...

... GARSTANG PARMERS' CLUB. I ti A meethig of the members of the Garstang Farmers' i K Clulbwas held last Thurtday afternoon, at the Eagle nnd el Child Iun, Garstang, for the purpose of receivinti repolts m of the nroceedings, and the accounts, of the club for the tv past year; to appoint officers; to elect the necessary con-- a mnittees ; to settle thle prices to be given at the annual - show ...

... CONTEMPORAR THE CABIiET AND THE R~vn m binet keeps its own secr~ets,-asevery ch~h\ r But tbere aletwo Points ?? definite informat~ion, aliketo the Piilia~t~dtp' cat contemporaries. In thfisphettI made up) its mind how to deal wirth theR ab This was settled before the Christne0 Lforp t cond place, there neither reeno t5 slone in the cabinet on theaiue nt hoe5 bel Ijournals have so freely ...

... I TiiE JOURNEYMEN PLASTERERS have sent in a three 1 I i months notice to their e mployers for a reduction in the 1I hours of labour, from 55 to W9hours per week, and, at~ th II same time, an advance of from 28s. to 30s. per week in ! wages. I Jos~1'f FEILDlENE8Q!, TtP;, hag presented the sum of £250 to the fun~ds of St. Andrew's new. church, R ldvesay/, S ` OLD JORY, Or Ctae'r' Infants ...

... LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED LIVES. ALLEGED DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF BRITISH b SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.C A correspondent of the Times writing from Yokohama, 0 Japan, on November 30th, says:- v I was on board her Majesty's steamship Princess Rogal at nine a.m. on Monday last, November 26, when a large fire in Yokohama was reported. I went on to the poop, and soon saw how serious the threatened conflagration ...