"We have to congratulate our fellow .townsmen on the prospect
of speedily beholding the 'Moor' so laid out and fertilized as to become a source of con- siderable revenue to the borough ; and at the same time afford, in the public walks, rides, and shrubberies, by which it will be agreeably intersected, the means of healthful exercise and recreation for all classes of the community."— Preston Chronicle.
So far well; the next generation of people in Preston will consume less gin, and inhale more fresh air than the present. The wiseacres who prate so pathetically of the evils of beer-shops, should follow the example set them by the Radicals of the North, and provide healthful stimulants for the weary mechanic. The author of England and America recommends the laying out of parks in the Eastern districts of the Metropolis, as a mode of de- laying the call for universal suffrage,—in the belief that one of the very first uses that the people would make of their power, -would be to provide themselves with pleasure-grounds. We hope that Mr. SLANEY will not let this subject drop : in his excellent speech, last session, he did not overrate its importance. If the case were not almost " past hope, past cure," we would beg him to attend to the encroachments on the Regent's Park.
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