... 11F | It i announced that In t I named Adam n - -iusn ragee, aied in KR irg of who was 122 years of age ?? Gorge, h The Paris tailors have Struck for a, , varying from 15 to 20 ?? A Ut don tailors is also dailp erpcted A r'e In an ordinary boardinghouse once famous Madame Patt rs laj t years old, but retrins som rae 0~nBn She is fond of whist and her grand5 r avaricious.an Great floods and ...

... A ID E N N -0 E RATIO'' S D, ?? ?? Ga;d4'2 ?? A I . HA5zy YLOr O(19( Chronicle.) I Nla5ted OeR GdARDENCeastitENn suh-ldd tC Jnt the positiof a 7c it Shn should now be I t'° e Y in 'the intended they eav gtO lenea1 use of whlch r atnl There are two Perhap, thv workand neat C. soroentosum is the beit distnct~. arrw egings ; and it is nho n most ed~t~i~ Rsthe leoves, ben aer tan 0d4 e O, ...

... TIHE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURPAY, APRIL 13, 1867. I - ~ .. . ?? . It is said of a candidate for the honour. of a seat in parliament that, being -questioned on the hustings,- he made a strange mistake. He was a sporting man, with little education-; and some, mischievous person, knowing bow ignorant he was of scientific and theo-' logical terms, asked him what was his opinion of the Decalogue. ...

... 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 ...

... RILWAY FATA CCRITY 1 1 |~ RAIL.WAYr FA'TAIT.Y-. M,. Q--fA r- _ 11 > Al sL5TY.-Mr. Samuel Leech, a manager, residing at Old Accringtnn, died on Saturday from injuries received, some time before on the railway. It appears that the deceased was returning from Blackburn by the 10 p.m. train on the 10th instant, and, when the *train stopped at Accrington on the viaduct for the tickets to be taken, ...

... HOUSE OF COMMDONS.-FS1DAY. The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o'olook. Every seat both in the body ot the House and in the side galleries was occupied. SIR El. STORKS. In reply to General Damer, Sir J. P.AItNGTON said there was no truth in the rumour that Sir R. Storks had been appointed head of a now department urider the War Department. MAJOR PELLISSIER. In reply to Major Anson, ...

... AGRICULTURE . I ?? REnostEcS FOR THE FARMEBS.-Put a leech in a E 1a3ge vial andchange the water every week in summer and twetariamonth in winter. Space should be left above the Wiltet for the leech will crawl up and place himself above t the water on the side of the glass when there is to be rain; all a tonder-show er, he will dart through the water a, ef crazv. In dry weather he will settle ...

... _ I, -r'HE FYLDE. THE NuMBER OF BrPTISMS at the Parish Church, Poulton- n le-Fylde, in 18166, wias 36, and burials 41. The number of j marriages solemnuised at the various established churches R within the subdistrict during the same period ?? 11; Bispham, 14; Blaekpool, 22; South Shdre, S; Marton' IC 6; Fleetwood, 21 ; Thornton, 9; and Singleton, 1; totas,,92. V THE ANNUAL DriNNa OF' THE ...

... A THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BTLL. ; with MEETING IN PRESTON. Pres- 6 6s. A meeting (convened under the auspices of the Preston year, Branch of the National Reform Union) was held last Wed- dale, nesdak evening, in the Assembly-room of tl'e Corn Ex- itted change, for the purpose of considering the Reform Bill dater now beforettbe ?house of Commons. There was a numer- than ons attendance, and ...

... i3orroto ;rtfe. . FOR ISEEDMATN.-A nursery-mald. V VFfFOR A R.FE _geaver hats scudding before a bericiempred mns may be compared to a well-baked cra temprd I dp dtcks dip their heads under water .-To liqui. e tir little blls bs he has become so hollow from IlOLL th- e printing business for bread, that he pro- hionmseffor a stove-pipe.-Arericaan- praper. ess bbuvery old bachelor seeing the ...

... PADIHAN. REFORM MEETING AND TEA PARTY. prot On Saturday last a reform meeting and tea party took A cl place in the Assembly Room, Padiham, for the purpose of sara considering the Government Reform Bill. There was not pros a very good attendance at the tea, there being only about 0'T 180; but notwithstanding that that there was a high oi charge for admission, there was a good attendance at the ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENI E. 1.11 1 - ?? .vso_1v>woo _ -- fW V ?? l ~ ~ - - - - - - - ?? ?? ?? - - FRa.NCE AND PRUSSrA. -Thoe Times Pails carrespou- dent writes that a private letter from Berlin mentions, that on a very recent occasion Bismarck declared to a foreign diplomatist that it was impessible for him to make concession with regard to Luxembourg, that he could not consent to its ...