... I The Editor is not responsible for the opinionS and state- ments of Correspondents. RIBBLE NAVIGATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PEl'STON CHRONICLE. St-I hope our Corporation will lose no time invn tilating this most imeportant ques0tion to the town of Pres- ton, nd tat ou Pariamen m imers will take it up and assist the Corporation in this os ins doe netakng The leading tisen of thle town., whose ...

... I THEWEEK'S STO9RY OF FARL&MENT. I LONDOON, MONDAY EVXIM4. , There'was a very good House to-night, in expectation, no doubt, of a Ministerial etatement from the Chan- cellor of. tho ExcBhequer in regaid to the course of public business. No sub Etstement was, however, mado, and muoh to the general regret, the right hon. gentleman was not euffloiently recovered from his recent accident to be ...

... I I I_- i ~ ~~AND vl I _1~pHi[C NEWS I as qJ{E WUQUItJIa WirssCiL, jt'iI ist inceasohistianof wS .'wig- ,e ,i Laiy S5usa Melville'.do ho OUOnce and ?? Nvent Ities' WrB.' ~ Iove out in the forcuton01 d'i ji' !X yosR C'ASTLE. jit'. .~ hdby Princess TV u ce, _tQ Q. ~ NBV~ afternoon, and v;isited. zuO' D~uchess of Cambridge at .c 5Cee her Majesty nle th 3 eabI trg-Strelitz, the D~ike of ?? ...

... BLACKPOOL WINTER GARDENS-OPEN- * ING CEREMONY BY THE , LOD MAYOR OF LONDON, reY PtROCESSION, BANQUET, ILLUMINA6TIONS, &c. the as Feetivities in connection with the opening of Blackpool Olin Winter Gardene were inaugurated on Thursdav forenoon, and will be eustained until to-night with macli eclat. With respect to the Winter Gardens and Pavilion, they hav rdybeen constructed et a cost of nearly ...

... At the borough police court, on Saturday, before Mr. Badhes, Matthew Walker Woodward, a young man of respectable appearance, described as a collector in the Liverpool gas fittings department, was charged with having forged two ?? With intent to defraud ; also that he, being a bailee of two deeds, the property of Thomas Devenport, wrong- fully converted the same to his own use with intent to ...

... A public meeting of the citizens of Manchester waa E held on Thursday, in the large room of the Town HEll, Albert Square, for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the provisions of the Contagious Diseases (Anin l) Bill now before Parliament, and of taking such dction in reference thereto as might be deemed desirable, The meeting had been convened by the Mayor (Ir. Alderman Grundy), who ...

... FATAL FIRE IN BROUGH>l, Shortly after one o'cloek on Sunday morninginform tion was received at the dalford fire station that a fire bad broken out in some shops in Great Cloweesetreet, Lower Broughton. The brigade at once proceeded to the spot, and upon arrivilg found the property-whicj was occupied by Win. Saunders, provision dealer, Jas. Furphy, boot and shoe maker, and William Skerratt ...

... 'irerfool #wvxtruvy & 1 BALUS POVUIi 1EX FlUPfEA. PARLIAMENT, In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Mersev Docks and Harbour Board Bill was read a third time and passed. The Innkeepers Bill was read a second time. The bill proposes that an innkeeper shall have the power, after the lapse of six weeks, to sell property left in his custody, provided that he has described the articles by ...

... fabaluM -I I A son of the Khedive is, by-speeial permission I of the Queen, about to enter the Royal. Military Academy, Woolwich, as a cadet. . At Gulldford, on Thursday, a father and three sons, named Moore, were killed by noxious gases while ergaged in cleaning ot a well. Early on Saturday morning the warehouse of Messrs. Croft and Co., Leeds, worsted spinners, was destroyed by fire, the ...

... i'j FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT VBAB CHESTER I / , . _ _ _ _ i . . ?? -- -- . I OnNondayaet 10p.m.the througbtrainfroti Badding ton for Birkenhead left Chester, and hbad only got fsiarao the junction of the Bitkenhead and Eblyhead rsiwwaye when the last coaoh and -one immdiaifely preoeddkg it left the metals, The couplinga breaking, the gt oarriage, which was a ?? compoaite one, was overturned, and ...

... 4 ti s t 1 j F.AIIS iltTIA, 1.J:X et P~l. , I- tMMARPIY. I 11L4A C t' ' , 1 VC. fl1. 1C':Cn :!i i lto I ?? h .3'IeW ?? 3i. ii':.Ilr it ilai i '!Iv U' aC' :t Ic c'iVitI Coi a 3 F i u, e A r(11)e VzA>i, ?? ie~ll ld;4 Itlil.- ?? C:Cs Cl 'r!> lt'x ve J ' ?? I,. (t'I'CQC'C' 4'0CCIit It'?l;l ?? (~ litii'. 1f Ccxx tet Inc. 1 ~ ?? ?? ?? ?? j> e'i-i.l j }-.p and ?? ' ?? Ccifl ( 'iCCl i 1 's Y. ' ...

... I ' The bazaar held at Rainford, last week, in aid of the church building fund, rcaliscd £773. A cottage hospital is about to be established at Dolgelly. Mr. Beale,thehighsheriffof Merioneth- shire, has promised £500 towards the project. The annual meeting of the North Wales bran h of the British Medical Association was held at Llandudno yesterday. The members subsequently dined together at ...