... AND EAST-UXDIXN TIXEIS. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.-LORD JOHNt RUSSELL, on Thursday, explained to the House s of Commons the course which he meant to take with regard to the measures now before Parlia- a ment. He fixed Monday evening for his state- ment respecting the Sugar Duties. He then no- 1 ticed the other matters seriatim:- 1 1.-The Government will proceed at once with t that portion of the ...

... I Geologints ou ?? shore (And who so 'cute as they I ) Hive ?? resolved to re-explore The far-famed 1 Londun Clay. Yet many hold tbe scheme unsound, For never yet,-they say, lls any veill of Tin beilg found By working London Ciay. No matter-let those laugh that win The project wrell may pass, For London Clay thougl short ot Ti7, Is richly stored with Brass. ?? have reason to believe ...

... A. .-M-A1n At ?? - An accident of a very dreadful character, whereb nearly 20 persons were more or less seriously injured an4 two or three, it is feared, fatally so, occurred on the Eastern Counties Railway between 4 and 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The scene of the accident Ias the Stratford station or the Colchester line, the melancholy occurrence arising from a train of empty trucks ...

... (From the iittfgha 7 esrwy AtSteyning, in Sussex, in l793, Mr. Wtolgy, aged eilhteen to Miss Laglcy, aged eighty yearg. Almostall ihe pupolpi tion of the place attended upon this extraordinary wedding, At Oldham, Lmncashire, Uec. 16, 1807, Mr. Joseph SacbS- sou, rged seventy-three, to Mrs. Patienee Bardeley, sged sixty-four yearo. The happy bridegroom was the si.'ctL awain the lady tad made ha ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, Sir Clifford and Lady Constable, Mr. Con- stable, Miss Chichester, and suite, returning from their conti- nental tour, arrived in Hull, on Wednesday evening, by the express trains from town, and proceeded to Burton Constable for the season. Lord and Lady flowder have been enjoying the succession of a circle of their friends, at Grimston Park, during the last month, ...

... .Q!I~orresponbeueIe. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. Sin,-As I intend to preach on behalf of the Hull General Infirmary on Sunday evening next, it may beof some importance to theinterests of that excellent institution, that I should stand clear, with the public, of the charge which has been too hastily brought against me, and perhaps too generally believed, of having been culpably negligent ...

... I (OBTAINEoD FROM0 OFFICI~AL BOUILCOS) The brethren of this ancient and distinguished order were honoured on Tirursrtay, the 20th ult., by a visit from tire Earlf of Zetland, Grand Mlaster of England, attended by several dis- tinguishied members of the craft, for the purpose of holding, in his capacity Of P.G.M. of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, a Provincial Grand Lodge and General ...

... kd He ajsyTHE COURT, 'ETC. 8' Hr Maestyand his Royal Highness Prince Albert, a.accompanied by the Royal Family, mnd 'attisnded by a limited td suite, are expected to take their departure; from' Windier for ?? on Friday next, where the Couirt will probably remainf a, for about ten days, In order that the Prince Consort may enO y 10 the sport of pheasant shooting over the preserves of ?? Majesty ...

... WEEiUY COM~PENDIUM.M ! I ?? ?? -- ?? o -_ . . n THE COURT. ?? Oa Sunday morning the Queen and Prince Albert it alked out for some time before church, and returned to the 'Castle in a pony phaeton. 3f.The Qiseen and Prince Albert, her Majesty the Queen :- Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene ;6 Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Mfelaingen, and her Majesty's visitors, ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE HfULL PACKET. II( Slit-i perceive onl perusal of the local news thut the drain- Or age and cleansing of the town has become a matter of serious w consideration with you. The subject is one of vital Importance, th inasmuch, as the public health and convenience is in a great to measure dependent upon it. If it het done effectually, the bene- fit rosuitleg therefrom will hi! ...

... I I The first impression which attends the perusal of Sir Robert Peel's speech Is one of regret, that the grandeur of a scheme at once so bold, so comprehensive, and so jns safe, recommended by reasoning-economlicallY, so pure sut -and, practically, so well confirmed by the experience abi of the past-should be deprived of any part of its lustre ap] ie by trifling1 and petty concessions to ...

... I CONCEALING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD, I; On Wednesday, a young married woman, named r- Mary Belli apparently about seventeen, was brought be. r- fore the magistrates, charged with concealing the birth af re a child, of which she had been delivered, by secreting it i., in a chimney. The prisoner lived as servan with r D 1, Scurfield, shawl dealer, Bold-street. Mr. Dixon Scurfield stated, that the ...