... I ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the donors and subscribers to . the Preston and CoUnty of Lancaster Royal Infirmary wasP I held at the Town-ball, on Thursday. There were present 01 I-The Mayor (Col. Goodair) in the chair ; the Revs. J. I H. Rawdon and J. Palmour; Messrs. W. 0. Pilkiington, E. I INewshans, W. B. Roper, W. P. Park, W. Naylor, D. Irvin, el C. R. Jaenon, R. Benson, 3. ...

... DISTRICT NE WS. -. - ?? PEcTrY SiEScIocc, ?? Thomas Hoyle tim (chairman) and R. Danderdsle, Eeqrs.-John Stuart, re- bet, cru~it in. the 36th Regiment, at present stiationodl at whi Fleetwood, was charged with making a wilfully false E 4 statement on being 'attested for the above regiment at £211 Belfast, on the 14111 May last. It was proved that heca was a married man at the ?? to prison for ...

... C- - - O 7- COR~t ESPO NDEZNC E.l , , ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? - ?? I.- .. _ . I Toe iditor is not responsibec for tid opiniont and etact- Inents of Correspondents. STIEET F)OP WALliS. TO THE EDIro: OF TtIS PFR'toriN (VIRONECLE. Sin,-The town's authorities have issuedi notices to the ?? in~tructing them to clean the fbt-walks from anow, &o., which seems to be geuerallv attended to. I wish, nowevor, ...

... O OP.BOTTOMS FROM BLACKBURN. And so the thing's come off at last I We have an en- larged boundary, and an augmented license to borrow money. It does seem a pity we couldn't lay hold of Witton-it would have improved and simplified matters so; water, gas, sewage, police, rates, &a., &e., could have been so easily extended. Besides fellows in distress make the trouble less. But thanks to the ...

... Achilles, Mediterranean. Lily, China Active, Cape of Good Hope. Lord Warden, Portsmouth Agineourt, MIalta:-Channel Lynx, passage home Squadron. Magpie, China Albacore, Bermuda. NfalabarInaien troop service Alberta, Portsmouth. Mallard, Monto Video Alert, special service. Medina, PortIsmouth Alexandra, Mediterranean. Merlin, Greenock Antclo po, Constantinople Hidge, China Arab, Persians Gualf. ...

... 1~ ^ l - _ - - . I ?? ?? ?? . .. ?? ?? ?? ?? . .. - -0- v-- I In the Chentikcer Zeitusng it is stated that the annual product of potash in France is above 14,000 ton; of this 10,000 ton are obtained frem the ashes of heetroot, 1,000 ton from the susnf (the natural grease) of wool, and the remainder from mineral sources. A ewe, the. property of Mr. George Jones, of the Vines. end Farm, Cadely, ...

... l PARLIA-ENT. JiO U ME; (3S LORDS.-MONDAY. In reply to Lord Granville, Lord BRaCONSFIIRLD said that an offer that Lord Lawrence should be interred in Westminster Abbey had been accepted on behalf of his ?? Duke of Richmond intimated that the Queen had been advised to grant a charter for a northern university to be called the Victoria University-The Lord Chaneellor brought in his bill on Irish ...

... N{OrTflE!R DISTRICTS BEER & WINE TilAD)E DEFENCE LEAG IU 'The quarterly meeti3 ii ~o~tf Imperial HogteltS co5- lion was held at Mr. WNiijim IKilner's, Imperial hotnel, coeqredt 5.jlntrePreston, on Thurorda Ir de.Cue ?? Stlurinhiorepedthe chi, n ?? Yearslay (Rochdale) out. T the ~ic,_rhair. The other officers present were Mr. A. Tnp. Bolt (Mfoecheeter), treasurr, and Mr. J. T. Bailey (a ...

... LOCAL N EWS. Iv. ja I _ row an . 1 (d'or ottier Local X5eis seec Padqc Ii.) or Tau RECENT RAVAGES BY A ATF-h ing donikey belonging to Thomas Barett, Margisonl'3 row, r0eal 11 ton Village, which was bitten on Prestoel-brow, last week b'y be~gun tosiow signs ofrmadtness by ref ein tsetit adr' etdrinkolwater, antl also attemptinigto bite it' iO'ki,r, a Stethi, wichit had neve-rdons before. oil ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. In reply to the Earl of Carnarvon, the Marquis of TI AxiBseTurt stated that the Chefoo Convention of Septem- B bar, 1876, as to the importation of opium to China had not been ratified, because of difficulties arising out of the convention, was signed, and the differences with Hong . Kong having been adjustedit was not necessary to ...

... I DESTRUOTIVE FIRE AT A PRESTON | I COTTON MILL. I A fire, reeniting in a conflagration of a destructive Oia. raster, broke out in the mill of feseet. Horroelk and Jacson, cotton spinners, Avenham.street and Botton's- court, early on Wednesday morning. The mill, which ia in three portions, forming in reality three separate mills, contains altogether about 83,000 spindles, and, of course, is ...

... A, terrible storm visited Sittingbourne on Thursday afternoon, attended by violent thunder and vivid lightning. tlI Several houses were struck bythe electric fluid, and more L or less damaged. At Elmly a man named George Baker b was killed by the lightning. T The thunderstorm was much felt at Dover on Wednes. 0 day, and during the half hour it lasted the torrents of ye rain fell so fast that ...