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PROVINCIAL NEWS

... his The Norfolk Chronicle contradicts the report, that aid Thorogood had been liberated from prison. en- THE LUDLowvATROCITY.-Misters was finally examined tYS, on Wednesday week, and fully committed for trial on the a capital charge. his NE WAnK.-It is generally understood that the Solicitor- ice General will not return.-The election bills.are not paid. ler- -Lincoinshire Chronicle. 3ta RURAL ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2630 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

Agriculture

... I -- --- Awicultille. NEW v WiAT.-We beg attention to the following state mBent of an extraordinary yield of blood-red wheat, which has been forwarded to us by a highly respectable and intel- ligent correspondent, on whose accuracy perfect confidence may be placed :- Amongst the great varieties of wheat which are recommended to the public, some deserving of C attention for their superior ...

Published: Friday 27 November 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 853 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE RIBBON SOCIETY

... TiHERE have been several trials and convictions of ribbon men at the assizes just concluded in Ireland; and, it is to be hoped, that this dangerous and illegal association will now be put down. Public attention has been so effectually directed to it,-and the guilty nature of the combination, its effects upon society, and the crimes which were comnmitted under its sanction, have been so fully ...

Published: Friday 14 August 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1696 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

Science

... *Cfence. DEPTH OF THE OCEAN.-The sea was recently sounded by lead and line in latitude 57 deg. south, and 85 deg. 7 mi. west longitude from Paris, by the officers of the French ship Venus, during a voyage of discovery; at a depth of 3470 yards, or two miles and a half, no bottom'was found; the weather was very serene; and it is-said that hauling in the lead took 60 sailors upwards of two hours ...

Published: Friday 25 December 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 635 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Foreign & Colonial Intelligence

... .fortign. R oxclonial Intelliacna. FRENCH NEWS. The Moniteur of Saturday week states that the I rise in the price of corn, which had manifested itself anew in the markets of the departments, had ceased, According to the last advices, the rise only maintained t itself in 13 markets, whilst a fall took place in 33 i others. The French papers are filled with details f respecting the late ...

Published: Friday 07 February 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1599 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

The Established Church

... Ulm r,,,-sttblfsfjeb Q?bttrcf). RtiFRRMENTS, &v. WHtITEHALL, Dec. 30.-Trhc Queen has been pleased to order a cong6 d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Lichtield to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Dr. S. Butler, late Bishop thereof: and her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and ...

Published: Friday 10 January 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 575 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

The Church

... -' Fe -(SbFuvc-l. W. Denison, E sq., brother of the Bishop of Salisbury and of J. E. Denison, Esq., of Ossington, has been appointed Chancellor of the diocese of Salisbury. The Lord Bishop of Ripon has, on the nomination of the Incumbent, licensed the Rev. Edmund Lane, B.A., of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, to the curacy of Illingworth, in the parish of Halifax. His Grace the Archbishop of York has ...

Published: Friday 21 August 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1006 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

Distrocial Epitome

... ?historical Epitome. DOMESTIC AND METROPOLITAN, THE COURT.-The court gossips are now anticipating the Queen's confinement about the first week in December. The Duke of Sussex is recovered from his severe indisposition, and is enabled to act as executor to the late Princess Augusta. There is a report of an intended marriage between the reigning Duke of Saxe Weimar, and the eldest daughter of ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4675 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

POLITICAL CHARACTERS.—NO.II

... POLITICAL CHARACTERS.-No. It. THE MARQUIS OF NORJ1MANBY. To no one can lHotspur's description of a fop be applied with more proprielythanto the Mloft Noble the Marquis of Normariby; for his Lordship is a tall, smartly-made fellow enough; hi, features are prepossessing for any fair damsel to glance at a second time; his forehead is lofty, and around it cluster curls of the most luxuriant growth ...

Published: Friday 15 May 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1293 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

BRITISH AND FOREIGN WOOLS

... I T nNSTT~-E\ - -- I ma .1 . . LUNDOUN, Dec. 14.-The colonial woo] sales, which com- mnenced on the, 3d inst., have been brought to a close. They consisted of about 10,000 bags; of which the following, we believe, are the particulars :-Australian 6563, Van Diemen's Land 2612, South Australian 104, East India 215 ; total 0494 bales. -The attendance at these sales was very numerous, and amongst ...

Published: Friday 18 December 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 584 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

A YANKEE DUEL

... We received a letter from a friend in the west, a short time since, from which we extract the following account of a duel, which, for novelty and brutality, the reader must confess, has not yet been surpassed:- Writing of their genteel and honourable mode of settling disputes, I will endeavour to give you a description of a duel which took place in a southern city not long since; and to do the ...

Published: Friday 08 May 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1055 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Materials for Table Talk

... Oaterials for sati Talk. i' l~ussora is described as a decayed town, preserving h vitality in its centre alone, while the great mass of the I population confine their purchase of European manufac- tures to a cotton shirt, which, with a woollen cloth made in the country, generally constitutes their sole attire. The quarterly organ of ministers, in its last number, s speaks of the late Lord ...

Published: Friday 04 September 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1314 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News