... - AgtrittIture. CortN L&ws.-If the British farmer paid no rent at all, he would still be unable, after a repeal of the Corn Laws, to compete with the foreign corn-grower. Mark, then, the English farmer's position. His rent might be annihilated -but would his fiscal burdens, general or local, be removed by that change? Would, moreover, the establishment in this country of the continental prices ...

... . local Intrifference. I , . Messrs. Smi. Smitb, Brothers, and Co. have; received from David Anderson, Esq., of Driffield, the sum of twenty guineas, as a benefaction in aid of the funds of the Hull General Infirmary. _HULL AND EAST RIDING FEMALE PENITENTIARY, -The treasurer of this valuable institution has just received, through James Henwooid, Esq., the munificent donation of £50, from M. ...

... MOULLil F , ARY,8et. HULL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 18Awi We are pleased to hear, from all quarters, testimonies to the extreme assidnity with which the Queen, whilst she neglects none of the duties of her station, attends to those more interesting ones which the birth of the Princes Royal have imposed upon her Majesty. Her MIajesty's first in- quiry in the morning is relative to the health of the ...

... oitorical 'Epftome E E DOMESTIC AND METROPOLiTAN. it Tim CounT.-On Friday morning, (Christmas-day,) the Q'ueen, Prince.Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, attended c divine service in the private chapel of the Castle On L. Saturday moiiing, her Majesty and Prince Albert pro- s. menaded. on the-teramcefon a.'short tim . *.; . .On :Suniday i morning, the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of ...

... general portsbtrz gjetus. BEVERLEY, DeC. 31. SC ARLET FEVER.-This disease is raging very violently in Beverley and the neighbourhood, and has proved fatal to a great number of children, to whom it is chiefly con- fined. Whole families are suffering from its effects; and in some instances, two or three have died in the same house within a week. FELONY.-On Monday night last, some person broke ...

... THE commencement of a New Year is generally con- :sidered as a fitting and proper period for an editor to I throw off a little of his usual restraint, and to address him- I self in a somewhat mnore familiar style than is his wont, to l those who have, during the past year, been his patrons and friends. In compliance with the custom, we have a little ,to say for the past, something to promise ...

... *pria anb Rapt. The arrivals this week from Egypt, bring us news for which we were totally unprepared,-viz., the disavowal of the convention entered into between Commodore Napier, and Boghos Bey, on the ground, that it was concluded without authority;-we are happy to add, however, that the relations of amity, restored by that convention, are not interrupted; but confirmed. The followving are ...

... '31'robfwfal Nefos. A very numerous and influential meeting of the Birming- ham Constitutional Association was held last week.-The speeches were Tery inspiriting. Alderman John Johnston, of London, and of Short- house, Plymouth, opposes the radical candidates for that borough, when opportunity offers. A man named George WVest, residing at Floore, North- amptonshire, has been committed to gaol, ...

... 1iatfrial5 for g1able zalf.? As we are obliged to live among mankind as if we loved and respected them, would it not be better if we en- deavoured to love and respect them in reality ? LEARN TO CONFORM TO TnE HUijouns OF THOSE WITH WHOMi YOU HAVE TO LIVE.-We are accustomed to the sight of disagreeable faces, and why can we not be also familiarised with bad tempers ? There are crabbed minds ...

... O-rbt ju.)Ull varket. LORD PALMERSTON. Oun foreign secretary, when parliament meets, will probably be called upon to explain two points, on which he has been met by the point-blank contradiction of the French n'inisters. Just before parliament was prorogued, Lord PALMER- STON, in reply to Mr. HuME, positively stated, that M. GUXZOT was informed of the whole course of the negocia- tion which ...

... Original otresponne. o TO TEE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. SIm,-In your paper of the 25th ult. appeared a state- ment reflecting uponI the guardians, and more especially the chairman, of the Sculcoatbs Union, which is neither true in itself, nor in the impression which its author has drawn from it to the prejudice of a body of gentlemen who, without any remuneration, devote much of their time in ...

... Uadiflay Intelligence. LONDON AND MANCH1ESTEfl RAILWAY.-We have been shewn a plan and section of this proposed railway from Battle-bridge, London, to Leicester, 94.4 miles, just finished surveying-with the greatest possible care, as we are in- formed, by Mr. George Remniing¶ on, but, of course, sub- ject to future improvements. The heaviest portions of the work lie in the neighbourhood of ...