... TuE PxroLOSOPa'Y OF RESOLUTION.-YeS: I could not conceal it from myself-my determination to ride the steeple. chase was the mere outbreak of passion. The taunting inso- lence of Burke had stung me to adopt a course which I had neither previously considered, nor if suggested by another, conld ever have consented to. True, I was what would be called a good horseman. In the two seasons I had ...

... l - - - - -I A CON'STANT READER.- 1Vere We to ?? the practice of publishing the evidence taken before every Parliamentary Committee, we should have room for little else. Abuses of a gross nature were detailed before the committee alluded to, but the substance of them has appeared in our columns on several occasions. Thle two south down wether sheep, noticed last week, and de. scribed as ...

... Preston int o Ie'fi | The interniedlste Sqasloiss of _ftl'eonl qm]cqsien,d at tbe C~out ' house. yesterday morning before ?? Mdilon, thes rec.oidr.-Tho' PE following maglitrates olsa. took 'their scales on tbe`bench':- .Cl;~f .61 Auttin, R.- Newsbam,. T. Lowndee,'Jas. Focdder, W.5Blnley, Wmn. tb Birsai, ; ocodoJ.Itesln, d~leye,~es's,'an' heRev. at 0. B. Kesidal. 31, *The Counsel in attendance ...

... | LDISTRICT' NEWS. FLEETW OOD. Tni NonritEnN CHuucOH OF EYOLAND SCHOOL, RossAL HeL,-Thie establishment re. opened on Monday last, with a considerable aceas- elon to the number of scholars. There are now 14Q, and from the flattering prospects of the Institution, the committee of management have It in contemplation to erect a large dining room and a consider- able additional number of ...

... i~ - , - - ?? - . . m ?? . .~ b- SPED. . * of a.- 46 1 ?? I j i iF l\. 9 of a' = 1FEDbestale.M'. g.CiescawordhesoiommeneiCd thepubtticationof ierles of letters in fevour of locat legisa% Ie for Ischtnd, reti ntbe imper alcondectdo ?? Contrarytogeneral apprehension Initho.early part of the stagDn, brwtetoeshwe turned out as very abundlnt. eop. in the eounty Tip. perar.y I EX i John Lsw.ees haee ...

... On Sunday week, a youthful couple presented themselves at the Parish Church of Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield, to enter the conjugal state: but the Bridegroom after search- ing through the whole of his pockets for the wedding ring, recollected to his dismay that he had left it behind him. A friend was despatched in ail baste for it, but, when he got to the house could obtain no entrance, the ...

... bDOUGUtON CATGOLIC CHAIITABLE fASSOCIATION. The nemb~re of thn truly excellent and old estabelihed eassociation (the dote of Ita nstitution is May 6, 17S7), held their yearly meeting-on Whit-Tuesday, et the Shottleworthe Arme, Broughton. One of the leading olijeetg of 'the society isto relieve poor- Catholic brethren i n eloknesia'nd- dlslsess; end, from'a report before us, it appears ihat £65 ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTOPN, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1847. -w t w-w w ~ w ?? I The Baines agitation for the repression of popular education has been continued during the past week with wonted zeal and assiduity. There have been numerous meetings in various Independent chapels and Sunday school-rooms throughout the country, of little knots of Dissenters, who have consented to stand sponsors for ...

... BLACKBURN. he TnE FmIN ARTS.-Our Blackburn readoos henext week, have an opportunity of seeing the cek se brated painting, by Herbert, of the Acquittal of the Seven Bishops, which is announced for eah. tion. GOVwRXmENT PLAN Or EbUCATION.-A petitio0 favour of the government scheme of education is in course of signature. Already, a large number ol the names of the most respectable inhabitants of ...

... 1: R. PALMER, EsQ., our worthy town clerk, has this *eek paid his 116th professional visit to Lan- ctaeitetMsize~ Mr.1: iPaimer, whodis in his 74th . Iye eoy'moT xcellenthealth, and has every iY 4eim^'able fo add to the already un- recedentbdd-'numb .of i-viit - to--the- ceunuy : Noweni UmoN RA1wAY.-The aninual meeting of the proprietors of- they North. Union Railway was held at the station, ...

... STILL THE CORN RILL! Tim Protectionists aro determined to die hard. They seem to have acquired new vigour during the Whitsun holidays, and to have drawn fresh courage from the uncertainties which have sprung up with respect to party taetics. Hence, on Thursday night, the protracted discussion upon carrying the Corn Bill into Committee. When the -question was preI . viously before them, the ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRESTON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1847 b ?? ?? ?? ?? The public business of the session of the 'new parliament commenced on Tuesday last, with the official address which it is customary to call the Queen's speech. That document was as vague and indefinite as usual, scarcely even shadowing forth the main topics of present public interest, much less indicating the course of policy ...