... The subjoined statement on the comparative costs and expenses of British and Russian vessels, with other cir- cumstances bearing upon the NavigationnLaws, was re- centliv laid before the Chauiber of Comrnerce by mr. isosell, and was incidentally referred to by that gentle- mat. in tile course of 'the proceedings at the: hnntupl meeting oftbe Chamber} on Fiiday. A copy of thqstate- nient wvas, ...

... SC ILESWIG H OLSTE IN. IIAIBUItG, JULY 22. The public mind is full of anxious curiosity in regard to the probable results of tile negociations now pending between the mediating party and the Danes and Germians. To judge from the letter of General Van Wrangel to his friends in Stettin, on the one hand, and a pamphlet written by H. Esmarch, of Schleswig, a member of the National Assembly at ...

... I __fAuVERTISEMENT.] I | Tire annual general meeting of the proprietors of this in- stitution (tbe agency of cirdeh is conducted by %rr. T. P. Smithson, of this town) took place at the head office, in Regent Street, London, on the 29th February, 1848; the attendance was Unusually large. The Rev. J. SHtRoMAX having been unanimously eailed to the chair, proceeded to address the meetbig. He ...

... BEVE RLEY. BBVERLEY RfAcrs.-It is said that thlese races rill again be establidied. WVe understand tbe borough menibers have each promised to subscribe £50, and it is expected thie tlcritbers for the riding wvill imitate their example. StlrEP STLIALING.-SINGULLA CAPTURL OsF Vrir TuHi;F.- On Saturday evening last, a fat shee-p ?? ki led ill a field of Mr. tSample's, at Bishop Burton, tear ...

... DIREADFUL THUNDER STORM 0 SUNDAY LAST. The West Riding of Yorkshire, and parts of Lancashire, appear to have been visited with a very dreadful thunder storm on Sunday afternoon last. The following are the accounts we have been enabled to gather of its effects:- AWFUL Trluetonas STORM AT HUsDDEspFELD, AND Loss or LIFE.-On Suanday afternoon, about a quarter past three o'clock, a terrific storm ...

... SOCIETY FOR THE P THE GOSPEL IN LFOREIGN PRS The annual meeting of this society wa s held on Mont- day last, at Beverley, in the Assembly Rooms, Norwood, i-irs Grace the Lord Archbishop of York in the chair. The audience was both nurmerous'and respectable, amongst whom we observed a great number of the clergy of this town. On the platform ?? Grace the Archbishop of York in the chair, supported ...

... RAILWAY WTELLIGENCE. YORK & NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY, a YoRiK, FEBa. 21.-This day the hale-yearly meeting of a this company was held in the De Grey Rooms; Mir. b Hudson, M.P., in the chair. The attendance of Share- a holders was numerous. After the preliminary business, Mr. GnAy, the secretary,read the following report:_ r The directors, in laying befere thle proprietors thie satse. t meait of ...

... | TLh AUXILIARY TRACT SOCIETY. I The forty-ninth annual meeting of the members and friends of the Hull Auxiliary Tract Society was held on r Friday last, at the Mechanics' Institute, and was numer- ously attended. The Rev. John King.'was called to the C chair, and on the platform we observed Mr. William a' JQnes; the well-known secretary and. superintendent of 0 the parent Society in London, ...

... I DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE I BEVYERLEY. CONFIRMaATIOte.-The Archbishop of York held a confirma- *tion at Beverley on Wednesday ]last. The candidates who *attended the confirmation numbered : * Males ?? ?? Females ?? Total 495 His Grace the Archbishop expressed to the clergy and church. *wardens of St. Mary's, ?? strongest approbation of the perrect order and regularity which prevailed throughout ...

... I I RRELIND. I F LORD CLARENDON ON IRISH AFFAIRS. lhe A dinner was given by tha Lord Mayor of Dublin, on hWednesday, at which tile Lord Lieutenant, Sir W. gh Somerville, Sir B. Blakeney, &c. were present. Lord is, Clarendon's health was drank with great enthusiasmp and ns in reply to the toast, his lordship dwelt upon the policy of of the present government, and of the support which it li haed ...

... FRIDAY, AUGUST 11. . ?? WILLIAM PALMER, Birmingham, maltster, Aug. 29, Sept. 26, at half-past ten o'clock, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy: solicitor, Mr. Tarleton, Birmingham afficial assignee, Mr. Wihitmore, Birmingham. HENRY HILLIAR, Jun., Blrkenhead, innkeeper, Aug. 22, Sept, 15, at eleven o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy: solicitors, Messrs. Sweeting ...

... rre?ponb?nce. VIM AGAINST WILSON. V To THE EDITOR OF THE 11HULL PACKET. r SiRo,-In your paper of thre I 1th inst. a notice of this case d appears, and it Is stated that 1 thle decision of the Lord u Chancellor in effect proves that the defendant's proceedings Inl d bankruptcy were quite regular. You have been mis-informed in this respect. All that the Lord Chancellor decided was that it is ...