... i EXCISE PROMOTIONs.--The Honourable Board of Excise have ordered the following promotions in the Excise dii- plartment in the Hull ?? Thorudich, Esq., to be Surveying General Examiner; Mr. John French to succeed Mr. Thorndicb as Supervisor of the ?? first district ; Mr. Innles- wood, of tho Brigg district, to succeed Mr. French as Supervisor of the Hulil second district; and Mr. David Lawtoa, ...

... N EhW DUTIES ON IMPORTS TO BRITISH I We have been faivoured with a Copy of the new table of ad valorem duties oal imports into the ports of British India, which, so far as we know, has not yet been made public in this country. From this table, which we subjoin, it will be seen that, whilst the duties on cotton twist remain unaltered, those upon cotton niutinfactures imported in British ships w ...

... I I H O U S E O F L O R D S. SATURDAY, August 9. The House of Lords was thrown open about 12 o'clock, and in a very short period the galleries and body of the house were well filled with ladies. The attendance of the fairer portion of the creation was very numerous, and the pro- portion of young and be'autiful women was considered much larger than usual; their dresses were exceedingly elegant ...

... GRAND FETE ON THE RHINE IN HO10 NOUR OF THE BRITISH RULER. 'On Friday evening a fete was Prepared for her Majesty by -the King of Prussia, far exceeding in splendour and magnifi- cence any with which she has been gratified on her various tours iliher osn~conlatryor abroad. Toffllueinatefiologne, and make the Rhine one vast feu dejoie, was a grand Idea, which could only be carried out in such ...

... AGRICULTURAL MEMORANDA I ISALE OF CATTLE AT INGLISTON. F The important sale of short.horned cattle belonging to Colonel Dnlgairns and the late John SMiller, Esq., of e Ballumbie, tuok place at Ingliston or) Friday last; and, t though we were prepared to see a very fine stock, itcertainly for surpassed anythinga of the kind thit has been sold ill this part of the country. The sale, which was ...

... ACCI)P.NrT.-On Monday last, a pory ran away with a gig from Mr. Brereton's door down North Bar-street towards the Market- place, galloping a fiarful pace, and at length plunged at Mlr. liemp, bookseller's sbop window, demolished the sashes and fifteen panes of glass, and injured a number of books, and other articles. Thle animal WaS a little brUised, but the gig did not sus tail tile least ...

... LONDON, TLURSDAY MoRNINC. The Jamaica intelligence is again favourable, as far as the state of tile weather is eolncerned, and tLh' residue of the sugar crop wsill turn out even better than was anticipated at the departure of the presisus mail. The prospect for tile ensuing crop is at present in an equal de6ree promising. The intelligence from Hayti is very discour- aging, a evar of ...

... TO THIE ED-ITOR Vp TiE rCHULL ?? Sir-It wasforagreatnothtber f yea-sthesttijecto a:ti- - ?? that tO rionueactories were ever estaidnltied i tlull. Anld it was not until 1t3C naritting of itbe hiind worto tihr;ug, of, fheu nune of our tourresten, Mr. Jo-epa Startiland, biy _ means of certain letters written bv hi, and pubib'lwd in ,Februiry anid Mlarch of that year, ti tbe Hltu pacte.C/, sitoed ...

... ARCHDEACON WILBERFORCE'S CHIAE TO THE CLERGY OF THE E.ST RIDING AT T1ii ORDINARY~ ?? iw02, HELD AT saBElt±.iy. the My Reveerend Brethren.-We may' commence our yearly DhM business with the less ?? to piticat evenlts. itiasmutch Wl as Our internal polity has enjoy3ed an unwsonted respite from toll parliamentary enacoeutmi.' The denial indeed of thle nearly at mriflimouis prayer of the clergy for ...

... 1;IGHTH ANNUAL MEETING O THS YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. TrS gred: and important meeting has been held at 13sNSULKY. in this Riding, during the past week; and 1,ave great pleasure in stating that it I , Ull- quettinflrbly, be tertned the largest and the best meeting for stock, Ilrplecrients, and Company, which the S~eioly has ever had. There were no less thal 375 Eetric3 of Stock, and ...

... I WEDNESDAY'S PARI[AMENT. I Lord COtRTENAY moved that the report an the London and York Railway be further considered on Friday, -Agreed to. THE INCOME TAX, Mr. FIELDEN then brought forward a motion relative to the treatment which he arid others had received under the Income Tax Act. In the year 1844 threeprocecses had been issued against him and his brothers out of the Court of Ex- chequer ...

... I~ r f - D r i: L u SCHOOLS AiND SCHOOLMASTERS IN ENGLAND. TO THlE DITOR OF THBE HULL P'.4iCr.9vp Sir,-In your journal of the 9th just., there. appeared an ex- cellent and heart-stirring letter or address, eulogising the emfci- ency of the existing private schools in 'this county, and calling upon the schoolmasters to be true to themselves, and'oavert the impending opposition of yeomanry ...