... I C, ormsponOence. I S.T MARY AND ST. PAUL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ' HULL PACKET. Slrl,-I have this morningread a letter from Mr. Gar- thorne, inserted in your journal on Friday last. I decline making aty comment on the extraordinary assertions which that letter contains. Mr. Garthorne must have presumed on my being a man of no little forbear- ance, or he would never have suffered such a ...

... I . ~ ~ ~ ~ - I s.s . _ ESCAPE AND RECAPTURB. The following are additional particulars rcipeettin the siwom escape of the burglar convict Ralph, from Liuicoln ;Castlo! Ie Was in his sleepinig-rooln at elevmn on Mitond'ay night, t!le 2nd isstat, and at five on Tuesday llmorningr it was discovered that the gaol bird had again lloWn, despite ilc h-6iois with which he liad been cuinbar ed since ...

... THE CORPORATION ADDnrSSES. TO THE QUEEN'S MIOSTEXCELLENT . MAJESTY. MAY IT PLBASE YOUR MAJESTY, We, your datifol and devoted subjects, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the Borough of Kingston- upon-Hall, humbly approach your Majesty to express our ardent loyalty and.the pride and exultation with which, on this auspicious occasion, we hail the appear- auce amongst I's of our beloved Queen, ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENTI HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 28. Their lordship sat a few minutes and transacted no public business. MONDAY, MAY 1. TICKETS OF LEAVE. Lord ST. LEONARD'. called the attention of the Lord Chancellor to the working of the new ticket-of-leave system for discharged convicts, as exhibited in a recent case, and moved for copies of the instructions issued for the regulation of ...

... The following is an analysis of the state of the gold diggings in the colony of Victoria from the discovery of gold and the commencement of digging, on the 1st October, 1851, to the 31st of December, 1853, showing the number of licenses issued to diggers, the total quantity of gold exported, the average quantity of gold for each individual digger, and the number of arrivals and departures by ...

... I r t HEDON. e There was an amateur concert at the Town-hall, 8 Hedon, on Monday evening, the proceeds of which e were to go to the repairs of the organ in St. Augus- , tine's church. There was a good company, who were 6 highlygratified with the execution of the various pieces. t We understand about XI1 was realised. PRESTON, IN HOLDERNESS. e NEW YEAR'S FESTIVITIES.-O. Monday, the 2nd instant, ...

... HULL GUARDIAN SOCIETY'S I D I N NE R. UV The twenty-seventhi anniversary of this society was an celebrated, according to custom, by a public dinner at ml Mr. Glover's hotel, on Friday evening. Between fifty [ F and sixty gentlemen vvere present on the occasion. ]la Mr. John Foster, president of the Society, took the Er1 chair, being supported on his right by the mayor (Dr. Ri Cooper), AId. ...

... Under the above title, one of the Manchester papers having published a statement of facts largely combicnd i itib fictiok, having reference to anl imuposition practised on a very respectable family at Bury, anid this statemlent havi g btee republished, with additional comminenrts, by several of thc Lon- don papers, the ffancwhestcr Courier places before the public a true version of the ...

... |1 Tb HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, Dna: iS. C THANKS TO THE. ARMY, NAVY, AND ALLIES. w The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved a vote of thanks to rsj the British forces in the East for the gallantry and hero- Hi ism which tbey bad displayed during the recent struggle trc in the Crimea. The leader of the land force (Lord tin Raglan) was one in whom their lordships -took the wc greatest pride for the courage ...

... IMPERIAL PARLI-AMENT.j ?? HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 14. BOARD OF HEALTH, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY replied to the accusation brought by Lord Seymour against the Board of Health and bore testimony to the indefatigable zeal of Mr Chadwick and Dr. Southwood Smith. The Bishop of London, Lord Carlisle, and Lord Brougham followed in the same strain, after which the matter dropped. COLONY OF NEW ...

... B ISH T E M PERANCE ASSOCIATION. The twentieth annual conference of the British Asso- eiation for the promotion of temperance throughout the United Kingdom, has been held in this town during the present week, commencing on Sunday last, when addresses on total abstinence were delivered in the saloon of the Mechanics' Institue, by the Rev. Robert Gray Mason, better known as the Father Matthew of ...

... L A i H:U LL A.ND SEL4BY RA IfWA.YI DIVIDENDS. Ad Ad AIMPORTANT DECISION, soit ?? VIC-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, NOV. 3. FEn TII (Before ?? Sir J. Stuart.) Ha~i h;TEIULL AND SEIIRY RAILWAY COMPANY v. TIIE e NORTII-EASTEIIN RAILWAY COMPANY. Io This was a petition by the plaintiffis, the.Hull ausd sili a Selby Railway Comapany, praying for the payment out of mt~ cor t he fthe sum of £33,498 2s. 5d., ...