... THIE MERCHANT SEAMAN'S ACT. The laws lately enacted for the increase and en- courgemeait of British mariners, mcakes it ?? that ,tbe Lagaisature is earnestly bent upon Imeasures for i-I proving the condition and protecting tlle interebts of this valuable claes of men. 'I In framing these laws, care has been taoen to insure P1 that seamen, wheo signing articles, shall be fulty inaform.ed el of ...

... | 'IE FARMERS AND THE MALT TAX. At the annual general meeting of the Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry, which wae held at their roomse in Old Bond-street, yesterday week, tbe Duke of Richmond, who presided, announced that at n previous meeting of the general comulittee or. Tuesday, it was unanimously resolved, after a consider- able dis;cussioni, that in the next ...

... a tnre part COMMIMTTAL OF' A BANK ~MANAGER ON A CHARGE OF EMIIEZZLEOIENT,The Hants 171depolidetat says there hats XD. been much excitement in Christchurcit for some days past, in Ofal consequence of various rumours affecting the character of the rthe manager of thle branch of the Wilts and Dorset Banking vik ls Company in this town. All doubts as to the truth of these rone rumours have new ...

... ESTORATION OF THE INTERIOR OF , HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. Time restoration of the interior of the Have of thit venerable it anti interesting structure is now nearly completed; an til ?? effect of it, looking fromt the transcepst arch towardo the west I window, is truly grand. It ttust be highly gratifyitig to a'll C those persons who have so liberally subscritiet to tile fund, to ill find that ...

... TO THE EDITOR OP THE HULL PAICKET. SIR,-The return of the number of deaths registered in the various districts of England and Wales has just been published by authority of the Registrar-general, for the summer quarter, including July, August, and September. In most of the populous towns the mortality has been very great, indeed even in the rural districts the number of deaths recorded far ...

... I~ ORSDLNATION.-At the ordination held at Bishopthorpe Palace, on Saturday last, we observed the Rev. G. Lambert, son of Mr. Lambert, organlrt, Beverley Minster, was admitted into holy orders. NATIONAL SCHOOLS.-Sermons were preached in behalf of the schools connected with the abovesociety, in St. John's Chapel, by the Rev. A. T. Carm, M.A., by the command of her Most Gra. cious Majesty the ...

... On Monday last, an adjourned meeting of thle ToWni Council was he-d in the Town Ball, for thle purpose. of takinit into consideration two 110lotios of whlich not~ice 0 had been given at the meeting held on tile Thursday pre. n winnes. B3. N JALLAND, Egg., the Mlacor, was i~n the g cbair, and there were present Aldetrmlen tki'nlsou, a Cookman, Sir William Lowthrop Ayre, Greshamn, a Eunton, and ...

... The subjoined statement on the comparative costs and expenses of British and Russian vessels, with other cir- cumstances bearing upon the NavigationnLaws, was re- centliv laid before the Chauiber of Comrnerce by mr. isosell, and was incidentally referred to by that gentle- mat. in tile course of 'the proceedings at the: hnntupl meeting oftbe Chamber} on Fiiday. A copy of thqstate- nient wvas, ...

... QTolollial ant foreicll Jintellfacnce. DUSSELDORF. OCT. 3.-One hundred and thirty-three boats have arrived at Dasseldorff, laden with Russian corn. The price of corn is beginning to diminish. BERLIN. OCT. 3.-Accounts just received from Italy state that the Princess Louisa of Prussia is dangerously ill at Genoa, and and that no hopes are entertained of her recovery. The ac- count is signed by ...

... ,,N1poRTATION OF WHEAT AND WIATI FLOUR FROM CANADA. T'he following is an account (just printed by order of tihe House of Commons) of wheat and wheat flour (,eated in quarters of wheat) imported into Great Britain and Ireland, from Canada, in the years ending the5th of Jauaary, 1812, 1813, 1844, and 1845; also, of the quantity entered for homo consumption in the albovenlentionlod pleriods:- ...

... SC ILESWIG H OLSTE IN. IIAIBUItG, JULY 22. The public mind is full of anxious curiosity in regard to the probable results of tile negociations now pending between the mediating party and the Danes and Germians. To judge from the letter of General Van Wrangel to his friends in Stettin, on the one hand, and a pamphlet written by H. Esmarch, of Schleswig, a member of the National Assembly at ...

... I __fAuVERTISEMENT.] I | Tire annual general meeting of the proprietors of this in- stitution (tbe agency of cirdeh is conducted by %rr. T. P. Smithson, of this town) took place at the head office, in Regent Street, London, on the 29th February, 1848; the attendance was Unusually large. The Rev. J. SHtRoMAX having been unanimously eailed to the chair, proceeded to address the meetbig. He ...