a market-town in the parish of Croston, and hundred of Leyland, in Lancashire, 209 miles from London, on the great road to Edinburgh. The river Chor rises near it; the various streams from which are used to turn mills, and for the other purposes of the cotton manufacture, which is very extensively carried on in and around the town. Two canals connect Chorley with Leeds, Liverpool, and Lancaster. The market, on Tuesday, is