... Iaifb--p intellgence. HUtLL AND SELIny.-A considerable num- ber of mon are employed upon the vaTIous Contracts, and the contractors are exerting themselves to com- plete as mu.ch of the work as possible previous to the winter; about 150 yards in lengtu of the embank- ment at the west end of the Foroshore, near Hull, are completed, and 100 yards more raised to the full height; a great part of ...

... First conies a groat high Tory, and a Republic smells so bad in his nostrils lie's got his nose curled up like a pug-nose dog, all through his journey. Ho soes no Est~ibljalicd Church. and he swears there's no religion; anil lie sees no livery helps, and ho C says it's all ?? Stick. A Dr. Sleigh has been delivering a course of four lec- tures at the Music-hall, the obsject of which was to ...

... va~s~OM WAaD ZL:TZNG: - Mt'NuOsD's Speech in continuatien from preceding psge.I two evils choose the least. But the formation of the new city of Bristol, by the addition of Clifton,- part of Westbury and Bedlsin- ster, the oiut'pariahes of St; NOi and J'ames. anid of St. Philip and Jacob, arid the introduction of thos6 Added districts to an equal participation of' the city revenues, had ...

... VwtaCE ?ASSOgLL AID SOCfMTY.- fn. W -4- A- 1 ?? L- _. -. - .. ?? - a . On Wednesday last, the Anniual Meetings of the Derby. bhire Aoxiliary were held in the Lectore flail, Derby, WILL1A^A EVAWS, Esq. M.P., vice-president, took the ehair, both at the morning and evening Aleetings, and in Atating the objects of the society expressed the liv.ly interest Which he took in all its proceedings. W. L ...

... THIE REGISTRATION. And .1s1 ?? ?? There was nothing very striking, or giving an Impression of originality or peculiar sagacity, in the advice given by Sir Robert Peel in lU33e5-. Regigter ! Register ! Seowistcr ! Yet, now, when one comes to review the contests of the three years which have since elapsed, one begins to discern the real extent ofthat clear-sightiedness and wisdom, which thus ...

... PO LITI CS. AN ESTIMATE OF THE CHARACTER AND POLICY OF RUSSIA. In resuming the subject we commenced last week-the posi- tion of England in regard to her foreign relations-we think a word of explanation may be proper. It is not our intention to make this department of the journal consist of a consecutive series of political essays. We are desirous rather of availing ourselves of the tide of ...

... DEVON PORT. | Onl M4o'day evening a meeting was (for the first time) sum- noncd b' the Working Men's Association at Devonport. The place selected was the Long Room, Stonebouse, calculated to contain nearly 2,000 persons, and it was fully occupied some- thne before the business commenced. The assemblage was com- posed principally of working men, whose deportment throughout a as perfectly ...

... FIRE AT HARROW-ON THE-l1fLL. (FRom the Times.) It is with deep regret we have to announce to the public, that a fire burst out on Monday even- ing in the retired village of Harrow-on-the-Hill, which is likely to be long remembered by the neighbourhood for the extensive devastation which l it occasioned. How it originated cannot at pre- sent be ascertained; some say that it was owing to the ...

... THE PRINCE9S DE BEMA., (From the ANourelliste.) The Princess de 13ira and the Prince of Asturias crossed the frdutieton the i6ththelsrme--day -on- wdiich the twor Bayonne governient papers appear to have announced that i they could not possibly escape, as the authorities were all on the alert. It is quite clear that the police could have prevented the entrance intO Spain of. the Princess if ...

... * On Wednesday Mr. Hampton, a gentleman who has already acquired some celebrity in wronautics, accomplished the desperate feat of a paiachute descent, to the great wonder and no small delight of the residents and visitor of Cheltenham. About a fortnight back Mr. Hampton ascended from the Montpelier Gardens, in his Albion bal- loon, and after a pleasant voyage effected a safe descent at ...

... BRECOSHIRE MICHAELMAS QUARTER SESSIONS. These Sessions were held on Monday last, before HUGII BOLD, Esq., Chairman. PEN aY WILLIAMS, Esq., Lord Lieutenant. John Hotchkis, Esq, Itev. Canon Williams. John Ansdell, Esq. Charles White, Esq. Walter Maybery, Esq. Charles Powell, Esq. Charles )Iaybery. T. Parker, Eso. Rev. T. Vaulllan- Esq. Rev. Hugh Bold. Heii-y Lucas. The following gentlemen were ...

... LITERATURE. THE HEIR OF SELVVOOD. By the Authoress of Mothers and Daughters, &c. 3 vols. Colborn. However the present age may be said to sink before the past, in the production of great poets, orators, and historians, it can- not be for an instant denied that, in female talent, it can bear the fullest competition with the most Augustan period of our literature. The novels that were once read ...