... I I FRlEERS' BOOK ALBANACK for 1875.-The Fylde and FeOL and LANCA HIE.N FARCKRS LNACK, with an excellent DIARY.-[See advertisement in page 7 of this paper.) The Amerigans 4eeTp taking away our choicest cattle; the following shows how quietly they move in this matter. Among the names of purchasers of fine cattle at recent shorthorn sales have appeared those of Mr. Junius and Mr. Davis. The ...

... ?? ?? ' l ?? . ?? .. .. . .. . ?? . ?? ?? .. ?? .. ?? ?? .. ?? .. NEiMO AND MR. THOMAS BANKS. TO Tilt 'iDI'oR OF T7E PRESTON cHRONOICLE. Sia, ?? have watched with much interest the contro- ergy between Nemo and Mr. Banks, and was glad to find thtt the latter gave us some figures last week. AsI cast Inv eye over those figures,' however. I soon found how full of mistakes they were; and as ...

... The Spiritualists say that Lady Dilke, who 'was recently cremated on the Continent, has been Xe-appearing. What nest ? Her ladyship, it is stated, intimated to those she deigned to re-visit, that though she was cremated in compliance with her own desire, the process 'was very painful. How she could feel it when dead, we cannot tell. Xa wonders never cease. It's an ill wind that blows nobody ...

... ANNUAL SHOOTING CONTEST OF THE 6Ta ADMINISTRATIVE BATTALION OF LANCASHIRERBIFLE VOLIUNTEEBS. The aunn1al shooting contest of the 6t ?? Battalion of the ?? was continued at their ran ge, Longridge, on Saturday. There was a goodly humber of membereof' the corps present, the competition being for the completion of'the first series of tradesmen's prizes, and twvo cups, namely, Mrs. ,Rawstorne's ...

... MR. DISRAELI ON CONSERVATISM AND I THE PRESENT SITUATION. ' . _ _ _ . . . . I - _ . Speaking at the Lord Mayor's banquet in London, on Monday night, Mr. Disraeli ?? is not the first occasion on which I have had the honour of returning thanks on behalf of Her Majesty's Government for the distinction just offered to us in this hall. Six years have elapsed since I had the proud office to fulfil, ...

... SIGHTS AND INCIDENTS; .PLACES AND FACES. D I - . I _ I MISCELLANEOUS ETCHING AND SKETCHING. BY . ATTIcUS. No. 17. TO THE ASHES OF DE FOE, JOHN BUNYANT, WESLEY, &c. CHAPTER 2. The gates of Bnnhill Fields Cdbnetery were now open. And what a strange plot of ground they permitted us to enter I Not a common plot of ground; not an ordinary cemetery; probably,-and this is a rather powerful ...

... MR. GLADSTONE AND THE VATICAN- DECREES. Lord Acton has addressed to the imes a long letter in substantiation of the statements made by him in his letter to Mr. Gladstone. Taking first his statement that the Vatican Decrees assin to the Papacy no power over temporal concerns greater then that which it had claimed and exercised before, Lord Acton recounts the facts of the controversy between ...

... THE NEW DOCK AT FLEEWOOD. I Just wben the mev dock at Eleetwood had been com- menced, there appeared in this paper an article descriptive ef its site, and of the work done, with a copious reference to what was intended, and to the general position and prospects of the town whose trade this dock was intended to increase, and whose inhabitants it seemed likely to benefit. M1any months have ...

... PREST1ON BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The weekly meeting of this Board was held at theBoard- room, Lancaster-road, on Tuesday. There were present- Mr. Teebay, in the chair; Messrs. Ambler, Robinson, Tate, Clarkson, Snape, Dewhurst, M'Vitie,. J. Kay Watson, Saul, Langtree, 'Windle, Lund, West, W. Berry, Blackwell, Bretherton, Cragg, Grayston, Ldckbanbe, Lancaster, Naylor, Ormandy, Roweroft, H. Sutton, R ...

... STRAY-NOTES. I There is some dismal talk again about the orivate affairs of royalty. It seems that when the Duke of Edinburgh went into Buckingham Palace he was told that he would be expected to provide for his own household, and the Queen's servants were withdrawn. As he does not re- quire extensive attendance he has not a porter at every window. The omission causes a lot of .grum'nbling. Why ...

... | A WINTER TARIFf AAT BLACOPOOL .I (Fronm the lllnclcester Free Lance.) What is there at Blackpool now ? You will remem- ber, sir, it was thus I addressed a member of the firma who does the benevolent department; and it will furthermore be in your recolledtiou that upon his replying, Well, there's some water, and upon nzy adding (from, the Ancient Marine) 'in the dreamy sula ...

... - C ?? .. ?? ZU The Coming Winter. pi To keep your Feet Warm and Dry have your Boots oled i and Heeled with Guttrd Percha, at m DICK'S, t 177 Fit I. RGeA TE. 177 ,Advt. THE LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE HISTORIC 3 SOCIETY has issued a new volume. Amongst the contri- butions to it is an account of Whalley Abbey,: by Mr. W. L AngeloWaddington, of Burnley, who has made sever.al drawings of Lancashire ...