... -voThle montbly meeting of this Board was b On~i t Yeveing, at the offices, Leylaud. There vt CWwect esss. obson (chairman), Pilicingtou, IV'all, Coti, t~ ?? minutes of the previous meet. PFT ~ w re reed and cofirmed, onu the motion of Mr. Carr, Comrt ~~ ~l by Mr. Wall. - The Neat 1J'aterlorks.-A H. IBe ~ ~c as to tue tenders DOCessary to be ?? for the ?OtaYI- wae upyfor the district was ...

... I APPOINTMENT OF AN ORGANIST TO THE we DEWHURST ORG-AN. do To TOH EDITOR OF TEIs PRESTON CHRONICLE, an SIRa,-Not before I read a letter on Saturday last, had 00 Ithe least idea of Buch an appointment having been sq made, neither should I have thought it likely that any we 3council of sensible men would have been so precipitate WI 3in making an appointment as they certainly seem to to e have ...

... wtot In a maple grove at Rheode Ieland there is at swallow's lifeless res~t, at which it ia computed three million barn. f'd ye swlosadmrcecnrgate befsor their southern ribl; we A tiht, recent North Lonedale Agricultural Show a. tele. tet i~t to grnpht was placed at the junction between the liorse and ns given the cattle rinao, and by figures Corresponding toth aa loaguee the awards in each ...

... I BY ONE OF THEMSELVES. ?? LxAvEs,-.DxNNER TABLEs.-REMNARD IN HEricoy. 09i -A HUNTIMGS BRIEAirAST.-APPLES, RENGeISe AND inO AuHMacAN.-A TIIETOTALLER'S DUTi.-STIO5TITUTES erart ALCOE10L.-EFFERVESCING, IATERS.-SALurARIS.- by DANGERS ogr BAD WATER.-A DE81RARLE RESIDENCE.- iOt, Looz To YouR DRAINS.-SHE THIE WATeR SUPPLY.- R. At; UcesAvouRy SUBJPCTr.-A DnlrsariN CISTEaRN;- lell- ELECTRIO LIGHT A5 A ...

... woul i-IfIV5. ?? .. ?? 'ylde - __ 111ia~l THE MIAYORALTY OF PRESTON. -With respect ans. to the mayoralty of Preston for the ensuing year notning r, at at all of a definite character has been made known, and it ision is at present impossible to stats who will occupy the chief with magisterial chair. As we mentioned laht week, the names of two or three probables are before the public, bat ...

... eI) RJR 1ES ?? 0 N DE INC E. I Lt etters to the Editor shoild bc ?? on ona sid6 of the shevC ondy, and in ink. Th;e i - t renvu0 unible for thr st.2tenaeoa tan7d ?? ofco-re.spopoentse (onOicIatlSn os of m anolnliinus chb iroct-r rtll be rejected. Every letter muest be accoiompooiied voitk ther P eroper 4 i`c d azd dress of the rloiter thereof, i)0t necesvirilyl for pnbiietistoe b-at as ;r ...

... EVENING EDITION It is stated on good authority that the 4th Dragoon Guards, aow en their way from Egypt, will be sent to Preston Barracks. They are expected to arrive about the 20th inet. GREAT FIRE AT B iRErcrllEAD.-A great fire occurred at an early hour this morning at the Stirbuak Carriage and Waggon Works ahed, Birkenhead. The Mer- say was brilliantly illuminated by the dames. GRAND PIELD ...

... I A MILL BURNT DOWN NEAR MACCLESFIED, Yesterday morning, the Oak Bank Cotton Mill, Bol- lington. near Macclesfield, was completely destroyed by fire. Tihe four upper rooms were worked by Mr. George Holden, and the lower rooms by Mr. Brier, calico printer. The mill was fourteen windows long, and eight wide, and contained 30,000 spindles. The estimated damage is 4£15,000. The owner is Mr. Hall, ...

... lark The steamer .dra'.edllec is loading at Port Obalmers', ?? Zealand, a cargo of 25,000 carcasses of sheep for let A hen belonging to a gamekeeper near Kelso hasl iow11 hatahed a chicken with four legs, four wings, and two Lting The largest shecep-owner in Texas is a woman known as ,ther lbs Widow Callahamn. Her sheep, more tlean 50,000 in ther. number, are divided into flooks of 2000 ...

... n to DespatLches from Cairo say that Progreseits all favour t the the grentea assimilatioi possible of the native courts to ium. the international systern. The feeling of the same party d me in favour of Egypt being conmpletely indepenlont of the they Polte is likely soon to find expression in a public mani- the fosto. The aigns of recent strife are rapidly passing tion. away, and the social ...

... IRISH{ AFFAIRS. ir__ a On Mondty, iospector Morrow, of the Metropolitan s, Police, loft Dublin for Southampton, ca route for Hing.- e ton, Jamaicn,, accompanied by the steward of the ship ?? identify and bringbacl Westgate, aelf-accased of tbie Phoenix Park murders. r The six persons charged with the murder of the bailiffs it FlHddy, whose bodies were found in Loagh Maskt with o chains around ...

... RE -OPENING OF FISHERGATE BAPTIST I CHAPEL. I Ongndylatppct irscsweehe5a Fisher gate - Baptst Cape, th prache inthe or and ll evening Bi being the Rev. Herbert Harris, on the occaflion of re. o opening, after being closed for renovating, of the Chapel. The collections roalised £C40 2s Si.-On Monday evening PA. a wsll-attendsd tea meeting was held in the school ad. chae joining the Chapel, in ...