About two o'clock on Saturday, a party of excur- sionists who bad come to Chester by the Primitive Methodist school trip from Ashton-under-Lyne, hired a boat at Aikman . Gardens to proceed up the river. The party consisted of Wm. Lumb, fireman, Botney ; Ann Wood, Pott-hill, Hurs

1870.

On Wednesday the Bishop of Manchester preached at St. Mark's Church, Preston, on the occasion of opening the new tower. Hi 9 Lordship, in tbe course of his sermon, speaking of the great demands made upon us all at the present day, said : Work we are all called upon to do, and pe

WOOLLEN AND WORSTED FABRICS AT I THE EXHIBITION OF 1871. A conference was held, at the Society of Arts, ef persons interested in the woollen and worsted trades, to consider the best way of exhibiting fabrics in the Annual Interns- tional Exhibition of 187L Lord HALIFAX, who presi

A remarkable ca=e of baby-farmiufr was heard at !t» Lambeth P< lice-court on Monday. Margaret Walters, alias Willi?, and Sarah Ellis, alias Oliver, were charged, the former with neglecting to pro- vide food for the illegitimate male child of a Miss tur.et Cowan, daughter of the

_i f:. 0 . : ) CONFIRMATION AT LANCASTER. The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Manchester (Dr. Fraser) has been holding a series of confirmations in this neighbourhood during the last week at Caton, Morecambe, Cockerham, and Lancaster. Yesterday he confirmed 197 girls and 131 boys at th

It msy be interesting to tha aged Freemen in town to learn who are tbe parties next entitled to a " Marah Grass" and, so far as can be ascertained, the following list of nam. a may be accepted aa correct ; makisg allowance for probable future changes, arising from deslh or other

Tuesday, June 14. Samuel Pointer, mine contractor. Hanley. John Clark, mead manufacturer, Redditch. Joshua Row- botbam, licensed victualler, Dakinfield. Samuel Peers Gore, wood and ivory tamer, Liverpool.

Borton— J. Wilson, draper. Kendal-T. Atkinsoo, bookseller. Settlb— Mr. John Battersby. Ingleton— Thomas Taylor, grocer. Preston— R. Clarke. Pilot Office. Kirkby Lonsdale— R. Morphet, bookseller. Lancasteb— Printed and Published st No. 129, Mar- ket-street, by GEORGE CHRISTOPHER