... HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY I I MEETING. ?? morning, at eleven O'clock, the half yearly gene- ral meeting of the Hull and Selby Rallway Company was hold in the offices of the company, in Railway-street, for the pur- lpose of receiving the Directors' Rteport, aost transasting the general business of the Company. Richard Tottie, Esq., presided, and among the shareholders present, wie noticed C. ...

... I SIGHT1S IN LIVERPOOL-PRINCE_ I ALBERT'S VISIT. T~ot1h' EDDITUR 0'tH' .REURRY. W Livesrjcoo, Ogwti fast, 184. thc Sup,-Yo're no dewt steniobt laset yeeor at gettin 0all lettur fro are Yes ostid to moo, bat bee mannidgt hit GO wheel konsidrin. Yore begin to think as ritin runs i'th' fammily. line toud'as teem lettars mack folk laff, to neaw, as th stur's ore yone happun bee so god os crom tis ...

... Unanim ously reslved,- That, in the opinion of the thc D,* Council, it is expedient that all local rates should be nal ,- levieit upon the owner, instead of the occupier of the * property, as being more equitable in principle, less burdensome ini application, less costly in collection, and shc therefore, beneficial in its operation to both landlord P and tenant. Toat it is expedient that R ...

... WESLEYAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE At the recent meeting of Conference, held at B'ristol the following facts relating to the Wesleyan body erer' stated :-The number of Sunday-schools, in May la, was 4106-increase, 93; the total number of school scholars was 436,299-increase, 18,396, Not I than 121,7S8 children in the Sunday-schools also attele, some day-school, showringt that if day-schools were ge. ...

... TE1IFIG STORM OFTHUNDE~ .AND HAIL, On Saturday. the metropolis and its suburbs, for miles ro'nd, were visited by one of the severest stormsof thunder,.lightning, nd hail, accompanied by a heavy rain, that has been expe. rienced for several years pest. Prom two o'lock distant peals of thunder werer distinctly heard, but thestrm did not begin ;With any violence until about twenty Minutes after ...

... I P.. FETTERCAJIRN. I The annual show of the Fettercairn Farmer Club was held on Monday. There were fewver animals exhibited thar on some f'r- mer occasions, bat those shown were excellent of their kinds. The judges, Mfessrs Anderson, Inchock; Smith, Kinblethmont; Knowles Mondynes; and Stewart, Dalbrake, wvere very careful in the sefection of beasts for the prizes, andtheir award appeared to ...

... The Queen and Prince Albeit passed a great part of last a week on the sea. Early on Tuseday sorning the Duchess of Kent, who ar- rived on a1 visit to her Majesty on the previous Friday, left l Osborne-house for town, and immediately afterwarils the Queen and Prince Albert, attended by several members of the C court, embarked in the royal yacht, and steered for Devon- I port. T'Ce Black Eagle ...

... I LIVERPOOL LICENSED VICTUAL I LERS' I ISTIT.TIO -; *The 16th an ni ?? of th'e.LiverpoilV`Lieefl~dd Vic- tuallers' Institutiofl s celebrated nnT after- noon, by a public dinner at the Institution House, St. Anne's-street. T'he Royal Albert Brass Band, at intervals, in the course of the evening, played favourite airs. Tables were laid for Upwards of 200 persons. The Chair was occupied by Win. ...

... WILL OF LOUIs BONAPARTE, EX-KING OF HOLLAND. The will of Louis Bonaparte, ?? of Holland, was opened at Florence on the 26th of July, the day after his de- maise. After recommending his soul to the Almighty, he expresses the wish that his remains should be sent to St Leu, near Paris, to be near those of his father, Charles Bonaparte, and of his eldest son, who died in Holland in 1807. He wishes ...

... clo£d Joseph Henri, and preparing their verdict, after six hours' deliberation, was a sentence labour for life (travaux fords perpetuity) was not present when the judgment was and an officer of the court went immediatelv to V prison to communicate it to him. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Blanqui for Bordeaux, was admitted after short tion, and a protracted debate began on the of M. Dessaigne, ...

... ADELPHI.—This Evekixo, PAUL PRY. Messrs. Wright, Lambert, Selby, O. Smith, Cullcnford; and Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by JUDGMENT OF PARIS; or, The Pas de Pippins; and ABRAHAM PARKER. Doors open at 64. PRINCESS'S.—THIS Evening, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Vining, Ryder, Compton, Barker; Madame Vestris; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Smithson, and Mrs. Foebrokc. To be ...

... A Fatal Explosion occurred the Coal Workings of a Mine, on Monday last, at Rawyt.rd ...