... QI~orresponIence. THE REVEREND MR. SANDYS AND HIS ACADEMICAL BABEL. TO ZHE E)DITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. SRn,-I cannot refrain from expressing my thanks to you, not simply for your report of the proceedings in our Town-Hall, but also for your very able leading article on a subject of suoh vital importance to the best interests of society. That such an unchristian and anti-church system should ...

... TO THE ED[TORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. mO RESIECTED FuitIENDS,-1 am requested to fbrward to fro you, on John Thorogood', aecount, the sum of£3 l10. raised by 6s subset lption from persons of different DencominationscIn the Ing small Village of Ackworth, for the use of his Wife and Family. -- Owing to the w ant of a suitable place to meet in, the Idea of E rhilding a public meeting on the subject ...

... TO READRS AND CORRESPONDENTS. All letters sent from this Oftice are pro-paid, unless f5w have to write a secoad time to parrties for ?? accounts. We shal, therefore, rcphse alt letters that are not pre-paid, comenjlona whom they may. SIGMA.-ThiS lelter is welt written, but as it is a subject on which we hava again and again ourselves ad- dressed the people, we do not think the present crowded ...

... nt - -- On the morning of the auspicious day, Her Majesty, k-the Duchess of Kent, the bridesmaids or trainbcarers by (twelve in number), and the officers of state, will assemble in Backiughain Palace, and go from thence, il procession, to the garden entrance of St. James's Palace, by which Her Majesty will proceed up the grand staircase to the Queen's closet or privy council chamber, ...

... foreign &c !ogolnial Intelligence. FRENCH NEWS. Rz0NAToItOl or THE MrNcISTRY.-The papers of Thursday evening week, from Paris, bring the intelli. gence of the resignation of the French ministry. The matter is thus stated by the Moniteur Parisien.- The Chamber of Deputies, after a very short gene- ral discussion of the- project de loi relative to the dotation of his Royal Highness the Duke de ...

... NORTHERN CIRCUIT-CARLISLE, FFBI. 21. The assizes for Cumberland commenced here to-day, the commissioll having been opened by their lordships the evening beforc. The calendar iS heavi in GOilt of numbers, but the great proportion of thc cas'es are thefts of Comparative unimportance. SATURDAY,, FEII. V22. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) Thomas livim,,g was indicted for enttin3,g and 1 wounding ...

... FROM OUR LOND0 COMIMES- I PONDENT. Wednesday REveninkq, Feb. 191h, 18-10, Half-past 'i .x. The partial success, as is supposed, that has attended Mr. Lcader's notice of motion, relative to the ca.Se of Frust, Williams, and Jones, has reilted a. feelieg of great and joyful anxiety ill thousanlds who are rwatcling the conduct of Parliament and Government on this measure; and the resolutiou of ...

... wridal Cotopute. SO THE EDIfOR OF T!HE MIORIf15E STAR- Silt-ln a late UUMab of the S'hii, ywir ofllaoutb errcspondent, upon the ChsrtiAt authority of two peri peione flB d - Wels -and Bea, le attS that the relesmotat`ves9 of teft sorougha .1c e Utoiiieuite morahigef Ua it* i atNvoembef. joeked a $:wlthot aiding, ?? Vitwo Wmi wortally woundled, aod Iyingin flut ?? hfcg, Owb 5iy - ' , r h stI.- ...

... 3iinerial iparlfameW. D l'O USE OF LORDS.-Fridry,Janueaey I4. m T l, Royal Assent was given by commission to at Pri.i e Albert's Naturalization Exhibition Bill. Lr. d Duncannon presented adiditional papers rela- a' tive to Canrda. lil 11lie remainder cf the sitting was occupied with a disc isuioe upon Socialism. B .Vlonday, January 27. P Tl¶: discussion on Socialism was resumed on the ' prefq ...

... I cut .7fplat %sairlUct# HI ULL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1840. AF.'TER fixing the day for the celebration of the Rtoyal nuptials on a Monday, totally unmindfidl of the general and lamentablc desecration of the Sabbath thereby induced, Minist ers have converted the Queeln s marriage into a party triumph by excluding from the Palace banquet, given in honour of their Sovereign s marriage, the entire ...

... The ploughing match took place on the 5th instant, in fields near the starting-post of the Kepling-coates Race-course, occupied by Mar. Whipp, of Etton, and the trustees of the late Mr. Riley. The morning was fair, and the ploughing commenced at half-past ten o'clock, There were 139 competitors. The sight was beautiful, and it was calculated that above 3,000 spectators were present, chiefly ...

... sonrign I alrolonial Inteligunte. FRENCH NEWS. The French journals state that the negotiations opened in the beginning of 18.98 between the British and French commissioners for the revision of the com- mercial tariffs of both countries are nearly terminated. Thie commissioners are said to have agreed on all the mutual concessions practicable. England. for instance, consents to admit on payment ...