... I rhe Editor is -not responsible for the opinionS1 antd state-i isents of CorrespondentS-. BETTING AND POLICF TRICKERY. TO Tii: EDITOR OtF TE PRESTO i] Sut,-The botting prosecutions at the Preston Pohcc-. court, on Wednesday, revealed some unpleasant facts. I ?? a most irrevocable hatred of betting and everything of a eambling nature; and yet I like English fairplay. In the first of the cases ...

... THE SONG OF CHRISTMAS DAY. -Oh, I co.e on the silvery wings of the morn, When the stars are all silently beaming- 'hen the radiant Moon on her mission has gone, And the weary old world is a-dreaming ; Then I steal (In my weay lie a bird on tie wing, To those lends that are wvaking to meet me- Where the Cbristinn wvill sing tbe glad tidings I brieg, And the sweet bells lie ringing to greet mo. ...

... C ORLEY. the I DSTRccoUTION OF' PoteZEG TO THEe ?? L.R.V.-On Sol( Saturday evening, the annual distribution of tue trades- yal men's prizes to thle sucacessfuld competitors of the I1th bea (Olsurley) L.tt.V., took, place at the Co-operative Hall. Mr The Rev. J7. Stoele presideod, and briefly opened the pre. *A ceedhing, expressing the pleasure he felt in again having do thle hotnour to ...

... SUPPLEMENTARY RECOLLECTIONS OF CLITHEROE AND THE NEIGH- BOURHOOD. Od. (By aon old Easts Lancashcire 2lfcc.) Pre Wif [CHAPTER 9.1 1 £211 At the death of Xiss Heletead no one asserted a right to 1.24 her paternal estate. Her mansion-lhe pride of the dis- Mla trict, and often transferred to the pages of pictorial pub- Mali lications, in which it may be still Beon-has .descended to Ace ticslow ...

... .A MAN BABY.-T-E REMARKABLE CASE OF A MAN 22 YEARS OLD WHO IS I | STILL AN INFANT. I The .vee, York. Herald says :- In the second story of d one of the low rickety wooden buildings on the east side f( of Chathain.strect, in humble apartments, there lives one a of the most cations of humau monstrosities. It is a boy, or man, 21 years and six months old, having been born. in 1854, that is in all ...

... Mr. tGilbertaon, coroner, held an inquest on Saturday afternoon, on the body of Elizabeth Winward, who (lied that morning from the effecte of ?? Win. ward, wife of Thomas Winward, bobbin turner, Fletcher- road, deposed that, the deceased, her daughter, weas four years old. On F~riday morning witness went on an errand,j leaving the deceaseed alone with the baby in the kitchen, She wee absent ...

... x2ral SIRaU. LANCASItr1 jINNUAL GENERAL SE6SOS. lau These sessi,n will be held at the Court House, Preston, on Si Thursday I;Xt, when it Is probable that Lord Derby go flllpreside. The ?? on the agenda paper is of the juI ordinary kind, lut illud,'s a lengthy report of the special C'OrMittee appiuted to cusisider the HighWays and Loco- va motiveslkleoidmenit Act, 187S. CHIISTalMAS. banderson's ...

... I IS NOT THE S E\V&GE QUES HON EViNTIjALLY A MeARACERS' A1) I, UqD1 )RDS' QUESLfON? I Mr. Mechi thus deals with this subject in the 49,c1sol- tfral G'azettc Almaanac :-Tlse farmer's great want is manure, more, much more manure, and how to get it i! one of the great stomach questisns of the day. The town population of the United Kingdom number about 16,000.000, and the voidaances of those 16 ...

... I ?? ROOT-FrIDNING FaulT Tns..s.-The best time for root- pruning is the present month. The best method depends fx on the condition of the troes and the sitill of the operator. fi If you have had no experience in root-pruning, the beet method for you to adopt will probably be to dig exactly half round the trees, as if commencing to dig them up, a undermining them quite to the centre and ...

... scal 1Iflm *S i MEETING OF CREDrTOns.-On Wedneslay i meeting of the creditors of Henry felling. j )iier sod a builder, of 10, Hall-street, Ashton, was hell at the otlis of Mr. W. Bleckharst, solicitor, Fox-street, Preston. The liabilities were £1,000. The meeting accepted a compoii- a tion of 3s. 6d. in the pound on the debtor's estate. igEngagernent and Wedding Rings int great t variety at ...

... Tian ST. JOHN'S CIIRISTMAS Tasax AND FANcy FAIm.- Ole The total sum realised at this sale of work up to its far, closing on Saturday night, including subscriptions, was the £401. t A BRUTAL HUsonsuN-At the Town-hall, Blackburn, Bl1e on Thursday, John Charles Hayes was chaerged by his the wife Margaret, with assaulting her on Saturday night by out punching her over the ?? defendant pleaded si ...

... The Editor is ot ?? for this opinions and statcej inaec1t of Oorrespoedeitsi . THE 7FAIB LECTURER AND DIZZY. TO TUtg EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. Sciu,-A. fair lecturer jest has been wualkig into toe D'lTraelite. Turning him inside out, and grimning his etoutitunance, besides accelerating his progress by dint of uhoe toe applications ,quite awfl I to think of. Poor fellow. Ild is much to ...