... - ^W g Mull Varlict nD oumyjer mrrtllt, . i' i a. . I .. - - rs, be B {J. I-ULL: ry TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1828, I PuBlFG the past week the foreign papes lave been 1 I C urent itica -ets :fir s -time previotfi. N of thiga c~rdao o a rnora. yo obseivation since the fall The, siege Silistrie is stated to be still og outed with' vigour, but no details are given. A rep, of sae ie. m that it had ...

... I . TO the Editor qf the Hull Packet and Humber Mercury. SIR-As it is particularly w~ished that the following remarks should appear in all our newspapers, you will inuch oblige by inserting the game in yours, which cannot fail to give pleasure to all interceted therewith, and to none more than the writer ol this, who is a staunch friend to the town and trade of Hull. It now being the opinion ...

... LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, is28. Dock Committee.-ACtle meetingof the Committee on Tues. Iday, the Surveyor made an able and elaborate repott ot thtepro! i grass of the dock works since they have been under his super- intendence. The report, which was highly satisfactory to the Trustees, is well deserving the perusal of any of the rate-payemT who take an interest in the proceedings of the ...

... DOOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. LONDON. , A Council was held on Illondty at two o'clock, nt a a Windsor Castle, Ifr the purpose ot laying before his Na. a j ety the Recorder's Report, and for other public business. .IThe following Members of the Cabinet left town to at- v ,f tend it :-The Duke of Wellington, Mr Peel, the Chan- s n cellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord i t Chancellor, ...

... I ?? ?? 3 t is i, v f i3 t . Parliament is to ?? despinzch of Itisinecis tit Thutsi tlyrie iltit (iit of Ft'brttii4 A. ?? Iii ?? eilher appears in tI c so'(c I' ietile ?? announce the- intention of htis a~testy to receive the young Queen Of Portulgal. onl tt AI tidtiy tiot.-x, tt two O'clock', at `k'indsor ('eeite, with tire trretinonics ditt0to a (homitoil Head. 'The Qlueen and b-irrtceed to ...

... 11 P:1 .7E Co? IRESPONDN I I . I1- '1 , Lond nil, Dlec. S. e ?? Ie tlliiS ifhtvn rinm the l Po'titnese Wuaik oil the Rfoyail I ri1g E! xitli-e ,as ibl a stite or great bustle ail agitaption, in v towi.-ti1ence oif tho reports of the lteath if Dnll Mnivit. S ., I hi -tlileent ill ?? uvesn1in paip,.r oli the subject its, that by such intilllieicr had ben31i1 brouiilit tO the pinrt of iooe, it) r ...

... 1. 1)!N?T rTl?(?JT , 1, ? I .. I, I,, L '17, V 1 ?? 1, Y . 0, , ,1i1c' etr'ccnccicncc~ i2 eeting ccl thle Prcchsic'ry of l~irii- bughrnkpic' vetr Iri , whiChI ?? ?? by aihp- it-cunfric the To-ci Couwcil, coosis'cillt of, D-IIIc of (cc;cid [Hili. Couneiu@1Wnc. iac~nlincc andc Sawers, an] M1r Ca,] at-: Bcli, clic oif cite Ci: v Clerks. Dr1c ,s.a nivelier of a Committeo rcyes c thec ' sccije t ...

... TIHE GATES. Oli the 18tb, the alnretersary of the shutting of the gates of Dlenry, the occasion was celebrate(d with the usual de- iltatttratiulss of jay. At the eacrly hou.r of three o'clock in the mIorning, a hand ?? Boys, preceded by military utlnuic, mnareloid throngh the city, and at the same time the inspiriting motto of 1 No SURE4Dxhra, was placed over the prittci:ill gates of the ...

... Peter Fenn's sentence is commuted to transportation for life. TjlE RIIIN&.-What with the facilities aflorded by the stean)-boats, tile numerous graphic representations of Rhenish scenery, and the yal00 written descriptions of travellers, we cockneys shall soon he nost asll't acquainted with the banks of the Rhine as the banks of the Thales T add to our knowledge of this memorable stream, a Mr ...

... EMPLOTMENT OFr THE POOR. TO HIS GORACE TH' ,DUKE OF WELLINGTOIN. - 8, Claremont Square, .hlle 3T. 162. MY LonR-There can be no doubt that the em- ploymnent of the labouring poor in Great Britain and Ireland, and more especially in the latter country, is a subject zvhicfh engages much of your Grace's atten- t tion. The enco ddaene of emigration, and the cul- tivation of waste lands, 'seem to be ...

... APOCRYPHJA CONTROVERSY. TO TilE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. In Slte-Permit me to supply an omission in my paper on b this tbiect, insrited by you on Monday last. t( It is sttid tbat I do not point out the cotrse v-hich the ifi 1'resbytvry ought to hlave taken on receiving the reprt af- fecting tie twvo clergymcii already so often referred to. St This alppeared to Toe itnuccessary; ...

... The following are extracts from the German Papers which ar- rived yescerday:- CONSTANlTNOPILE, Nov. 25.-The severe weather, which causes a stagnastiOn In snilfitary operations, and keeps the Grand Vizier at Aidos, and Hussein Pacha at Chounala, gives tresh ac- tivity to the dipluslstisC neg ciatiois, ar d revivus the Hopes of the party in favour of eac, unilssunforseen occurrences should in ...