... I Q~rtesontence. I ARTESIAN WELLS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL P.#CKBT. Slr,-Permit me to call youratterition to the nese method of boring for Artesian Wells, by Mr. Fauvel, described in a paper read to the British Associatton for the Advancement of Science, by Mr. Vigueles. I do not bring the matter before you at present to prove that the method was well known at least forty years ago in ...

... (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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... I sCOM PROPLE ?? 5OUS VIrE SRILVXR SPOONS rS .S;- UOUTHS, rXElLSPS Tro STOP TprlCs (From the London Tfsnes.) VIIINNA, JAN, I.-The excitement oeessionea by the-c of the Emperor of Russia having now subsided, and ii;:. various cancanw, political and snecdotical, either founded c.- trath or due to mere invention, upon the subject, evern dewx.a to the jokes or those established witJ of Vienna, ...

... 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 ...

... nT, A , , . . I D. j JRS ofti onti Saudyevening is, in all Christian landv, different 4 from other eveningsintheweek. Thelibourer isusually d relieved earlier, and the shopman kept later than on It Ordinary occasions; buyers and sellers of all kinds of ?? wares are more numerous ; the circulation of money in small sums is brisker; and there appears in the minds of % the working-classes a more ...

... IIRISH MEMBER1ENGLISH COMMIT.TErE,. I (FRoM ouR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT). b London, Friday. . William Smith O'Brien has again been summoned to at. E tend a parliamentary committee. He, however, this year, n as last year, positively refuse, to attend. I send you a copy I of the letter which be this day wrote to the chairman of t committee of selection. It is in its tone, language, and conception, ...

... I ( ORO OUR PAKRLIAMENSTARY COaRE5PONEN'T,) 3I have jest been enabled to procure, and hasten to sit- close, the amendments to be proposed it the Irish noercios act in the Hlouse of Lords. If Lord Denman is unable to I attend in his place the amendment, of which he has given notice, will, I believe, be moved by Lord Campbell. CLAUSES PROPOSED TO DE ADDED TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE (IRELAND) BILL ...

... I IMPERIAL PARLIAMENTY'. H OUSE OF LORDS-.TuRSDAY., MAeRS 3. (ConYtxurdfrom yesterdays Freeman.) it VAN DIEMEN'S. LAND'. ' n The Marquis of LAN9DOWNE presented a petitlon. ;e frem the colonists in Van Diemen's Land, stating that the u island had suddenly been made the sink Into which all the Convict labour of the United Kingdom, had been thrown. e1 The result of this was that the free ...