... The Queen has appointed William Henry Wright, Esq., chief commissioner of the gold fields, and Frede- rick Armand Powlett, Esq., chief commissioner of crown lands, in the colony of Victoria. Australia is overrun with engineers. The whole silk crop in Valencia has been lost this year, the value being estimated at 40 millions of reals. The Spanish silk manufacturers intend to hold a meeting, ...

... LA-TEST INTELLIGENCE. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL HORRIBLE STATE OF THE BESEIGED, (Frour the Morning Post, Thursday.) At length we have somnethingbetter and more reliable that Russian telegraphs. We publish in another column an official despatch from the French Consil at Bucharest, who transmits thence to his Government the gist of the news brought to Vacua on the 26th, by the English steamer ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS (THIS DAY). SCOTTISH MILITIA. In answer to the Duke of Montrose, The Earl of AsIERDEEN stated that he had previously been misunderstood. The militia in Scotland is to consist of 10,000 men, and is to be called up this year. Lord BsoOUGHAM expressed his approval of the proceedings of the British government, to prevent war, and strongly con. demned those of the Czar in encouraging ...

... AND EAST RIDING TIMES. FRIDAY, MAROR 23, 1855, _ _ I THE accounts hitherto received of the progress of the Conference at Vienna are satis- factory; but it would be folly to suppose that peace is any nearer on that account. The miracle would have been if there had been any irreconcileable disagreement upon the matters hitherto discussed. As our readers know it is upon the third of the four ...

... |IMPERAAJRIAp HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY )II Their lordships met at five o'clock. Aess 2. The Earl of Lucan was present. DEATH OF THE EMPElR o RUSSIA. F The Earl of CLOnMunnon. amidst the greatst1 spoke as follows :-2ly lords, I think it my du,1 ce, snuniceete to your lordships the contents f y to cor despatch which I received half-sn.hossr oa 5grapee, M~ajesty's minister at the Hague :_ 5t fcet ...

... I HOW TO IDESTROY RUSSIAN I | FORTRESSES. Mr. i. C. Slimmonds, in a letter to the Morning 4A vertiser says: ?? are aware of the tremendous explosive panver of deto- Dating silver, being more than fnrty times the strength of guui- onder. This is the agent with which I propose to destroy the fet and fortifications of Sebastopol. m y plan, to make it available without scarcely any risk, is this A ...

... d I , I-- ?? iI GE ,ERAL',fN EhLIGENOE. . i 0) A new Reform Ae~ociation is projected at Leeds, to iel. obtain :-I, Afanhood S- Ie 2 ?? 'p5''Shotenig'lte dhi~tjbi1 'of ?? 010n Equitable Adjutmn' epeshttV~ ?? 1,1 5,Aboitiivit tle~ roperty 'Qualjfltation for' Memer Z,~ of Pan u~pt'4hv 61 ?? feator- imeof de~, Chure:6'and state. m. Thei0POpding 'Of 'the' Shipidy-- ledctd--hall' and pedfny ?? ?? ...

... N EW-Y EAR'S-D AY AT THE WORKHOUSF. The poor in the Workhouse, Anlaby-road, were made to rejoice at the close of the old year ald opening of the new. On Christmas-day they had, roast beef and plum-puddiDg, for which, we under-. stand, they appeared to be grateful; and well they might, if they reflected how much botteroff they were in that respect than many of the out-door poor, and also, it is ...

... I PARIS, Sunday Evening. The following intelligence from the East, via Mar- seilles, has been communicated by the Morning Herald's Paris correspondent :- A report was current at Con- stantinople on the 28th that Suleyman Pacha and Ismail Pacha were marching on Ismail, and that the Russians had crossed the Pruth. The Presse ?? states that the garrison of Anapa, was harassed by the Russians. ...

... I I ON Friday, Sir JOHN HAND1ER presented a petition from Mr. JOHN HEWITT GALLOWAY, complaining very properly of the bad faith kept towards himself and others, by the proposal to disfranchise them, after an assurance that they would be protected from all forfeitures and penalties as the consequence of their disclo- sures. But the petition gravely goes on to as- sure the House that the ...

... IMONDAY'S PARLIAMENTARY I PERFORMANCE. of IF the subject were not too serious foL' xi- laughter, the mode in which the House of ed Commons was tricked out of an expression of its opinion on the question of peace or war on ?? evening would be vastly amusing. Is - is questionable whether the sly Peelites, with their well-feigned alarm lest a restoration of as peace should be rendered impossible ...

... THE QUEEN'S RETURN TO WINDSOR.-Her Majesty 1arrived at Windsor at 7-45 on Wednesday evening. CoMMrIssIoN.-4th Regiment of West York li litia- Arthur Hay Maude, gent., to be ensign. The Consul-General of the Republic of Uraguay and Montevideo has appointed John Rutter, Efq., of this town, vice-consul of that state for the port of Hull. Mr. Collender Goldsmith, of this town, passed his ...