... - I A crowded meeting of members of the Church and Stage Guild; whose chief object is to promote religious and social sympathy between the members of the Church and of the stage, has been held in tangham Hall,Great Er Portland-street; A paper was read by Mr. H. Wake- man on The Practical Work of the Guild. In the paper the author showed that, during the past year, mutual toleration and ...

... I1 GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. The storm and continuous rain of Tuesday were productive of considerable damage to property in various parts of the country, and dauner to life along the coast. The picturesque valley of Sheffield Lane, on the Eccles- field side of the Barnsley-road near Sheffield, is one vast sheet of water. During Wednesday embankments were rapidly washed away by the great mass ...

... -ALDBOROUGH FRUIT, FLOWER, AND i- i VEGETABLE SOCIETY. 'o IThe first annual exhibition inconnection with this lur!,society was held on Wednesday at Aldborongh in a iso field kindly lent by J. Hardy, Esq. The society may ai be congratulated upon the undoubted success which In. 1:attended. their first effort, mnd it may safely be prophesied :at that the event will become one otf the most ...

... : . gual gross!#. Satire's my weapon, but rm too discreet I'd run amuck and tilt at all I meet. In connection with the forthcoming railway demon- stration, the following letter has been handed to me Sir,-The demonstration of Saturday week next, in honour of cutting the first sod of the new railway and dock, promises to eclipse anything of the kind which has, perhaps, ever been attempted in ...

... SIR TALBOT CONSTABLE AND THE EAST FORESHORE. On the 10th, the case of the Attorney-General and the Humber Conservancy Commissioners v. C'onstable and another, came before Mr Justice Grove and Mr Justice Lindley, sitting in banco in the Exchequer Court of the Qlteen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. This was an application calling upon the defendants to state more explicitly in ...

... | . , I A large portion of country around Goole is under water. Considerable quantities of potatoes are not taken up yet, and it is feared that they will be ruined, and that the sowing now done will be useless. The Severn has flooded a large extent of low land about Shrewsbury, and has in somne places necessitated the use of boats in the streets. Considerable damage has been done to all works ...

... THE PROPOSED TRUANT SCHOOL FOR HULL. A meeting of' the Executive Committee of the Marl- borough-street Induitrial Schools and Humber training. ship Southampton'was held on Wednesday. Mr Barker, alluding to the recent ?? of the Hull School Board and the discussiou which then took place upon the pro. posed erection of a' truant school in Hull, observed that' certain.remarks were made at that ...

... On Wednesday night a serious disturbance took place in Dock-street. Between ten and eleven o'clock a number of seamen were turned out of a dancing saloon owing to their disorderly conduct. They remained outside the building, and behaved in a very riotous manner, causing a large crowd to assemble. Police-Sergeant Wright and P.0. Gowing (112), who were on duty in the neighbour. hood of Dock ...

... SUSPICOIOUS CONDUCT ON THE. DOCR.SIDE. SINGULAR CASE. es Tuesday, at the Hull Police-court, Henry Miller, a e espeotably-dressed young man, was charged with being a ih suspected ?? Laverack appeared for the pri- d ?? Bradley said he was on dat' on the dnorth side of the Railway Dock about twelve o'clock on to Monday, when he saw the prisoner loitering about. tS There was a large number of ...

... THE WESLEYANS AND CHAPEL EXTEN- I SION. The 26th annual report of the Wesleyan Chapel Committee, whose head-quarters are at Oldham-strmet, Manchester, is just issued, and contains a large amount of information on matters pertaining to Wesleyan Methodist chapels. The ordinary income for the year, which is made up of public collecti',ns, private subscrip- tions, and contributions from chapel ...

... , er Royal Highness Princess Helena is confined to the house by an attack of scarlatina, but in a mild form, and all the symptoms attending the complaint are 5 very satisfactory. , OSBORNE, July 19.-Her Royal Highness Princess Helena is making most favourable progress through the attack of scarlabina under which she is sufferiog. The Duke and Duchess of Bucoleuch gave a magnifi. g cent fete on ...

... |FOREIGN INTELLIG ENCE. j DENMARK. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. ViENNA, Aug 22-The preliminary treaty of peace was signed yesterday, upon the basis that all rights to Sobleswig, Holstein, sad Lauenburg should he ceded by tbe King of Denmark. The protocol of an armistice. intended to remain in force until the conclusion of ppeae wa as also signed. During the armistice Jutland will be occupied, aod ...