... BURSTING OF AN EmBANK119NT AT FLEETWOOD.- Recently a number of men engaged by Mr. B3owie, of c Limerick, have beon employed in filling up the gape in an embankment crossing Kirkscar Bay, with a view of en- a closing between 500and 1100acres of land. The work had a been nearly completed on Saturday last, but it was unabler to resist thie force of the tide, which swept the new con- etructions ...

... Lord Vane will shortly proceed to St. P4P'R-bui--, to 'invest the Emperor of Russia with the Order of the Gtarter. Mr. HoratiolM'(ulloch, ?? the head of the Scottish sohool of landscape painters, died on Monday, in his 62nd year. -Scotsanza. The license to hold a market in Bristol for the sale of cattle intended for immediate slaughter has been revoked by an Order in Council. On Tuesday, tbe ...

... DEPAR'T'URES FUR JUNE. From Preston To BLA.KBURN, AocRiNGTore. BDPY, & Y;ABCEESIER 6-35 mixed, 8-15 8-50 9-10 10-50 11-25 i. 1-3C 1-40 2-0 4.0 4-15 5-15 6i-s3t) 7-3u [ x . *k-20 A.-On 6undavs: 7i0 >2 0 M. 2-15 6-15 *7-30 *8-45 A, all ?? To Accrogtot only.) To BLACKBURN, BURNLEY,CONE, SKIPTo0;,BRADFORD & LEEDSB-6-35 mix, 8-15 8 5'0 9-'1 l-l i0-2 Y. 1-30 1 1-40 2-0 4-0 4-15 .- , 7-30 A.-On ...

... TESTIMONIAL TO MAJOR (CUNLIFFE. 1' On Tuesday last, between 90 and 100 gentlemen, re- siding in Garstang and the neighbourhood, at a public dinner at the Institute, Garstang, presented to Major Cunliffe, a splendid testimonial of their appreciation of the efficient services he has rendered in his capacity as a magistrate and a gentloman, and as chairman of the Highway Board and of Board of ...

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... 11 ?? - RLEY. . . - - 11 PETTY Sgssias, TuESDAY.-Gaming in as Publfic- of' ?? Land was charged with allowing gamning, up by dice and box, at his house, the White Lion Inn, Stsn- 7d dish, tin the 9th ?? Walker heard I a number of men playing at box and dice, for money. dai When he entered tile room he saw a lot of money on the eff, table, but which, however, was soon picked up, and the 141 dice ...

... TEE CROPS AND CORN TRADE IN FRANCE.-A Paris letter contains the following :-The late rains have not been advantageous to the crops, but, in spite of the com- plaints we hear, the condition of the cornfields is satis- factory enough ; and if the weather has retarded them, it has, on the other hand, destroyed the insects. The quotations of the provincial markets, owing in great part to the ...

... I1 n TriE Naw TowN HALL.-At a meeting of the Town a Hall and Markets Committee, on Wodnesday, it was de- cided to recommend the Council to place in four of the 11 remaining spaces, in the great hail of the Town Hall, me- dallions of the late Dr. Shepherd, Dr. Boshell, Thomas German, Esq., and Thomas Miller, Esq., in acknowledig- Y meet of their benefactions to the town. ST. PETER'S WORKING ...

... MARVILLoUS ESOAPE ON TUE LIVERPOOL AND SOUiH- POiRT Ri ILIWAY-The passengers by the express train which left Liver pool forSotithportnt5 20 p.m. on Wednesday were considerably alarmed by bearing the engine driver suddenly blow hiws whistle, and immediately the whole train came to a standstill. 'Ihe stoppage was feund to have been caused by the diiver seeing a female with a child in her arms ...

... EAST LANCASEIRE UNION Ol MECHANICS' INsTI- TUTES.-Ofn Saturday, the annual examination of the scholars of theeveniug classes in connection with insti- tutes in the above union was held in the blecbanics' Institute, Burnley. The number of scholars who pre- sented themselves to fill lip examination papers was about 129, of whom l7were females. Aftertbis part of the busiress had been gone through ...

... | Trhe seventh annual prize meeting of this Association mnedst Altear, on Wednesday. The programme 'Ein'lestwelire cmpetitions; with prizes amounting to (a stan about equal to that offered last year. Of ',amot£300 has been allotted to all comers. The acmpetitions, on Wednesday, were for two purses of £50 t1,c presnted by the Association ; and two Association cup, valuelS guineas each, were ...

... 11 l- - - -- IT N. 1 1 I -l - -Arv- -rntr Ap rrm. . _. I IICABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO UPSET THE LiMITED MAIL TRAIN AT WIGAx.-Early on Sunday morning, only a few minutes before the limited nmail train from LOnrlln to the north was due at Wigan, a most detormeined and mali- cious attempt to upset the train and thus murder the pas- sengers was happily discovered and frustrated. At the Wigan station on ...