... vQ orresjonbenue.| MR. HENDRY'S EPISTLE IN REPLY TO OPPIDANUS., TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL, PAcICET. SIR,-In reading over the pages of your journal of last week, I stumbled upon a comnnunication signed J. M., in reference to another of tile preceding week signed le Oppidanus; both eonmunications atrenuously advocat- ing the construction ofacanal extending from the Huil docks to the ...

... gilt Uibtirpol *Vttu,. SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. HIe'DA Y, NO l V-lfBEMBR 29, 1850. SUtMAINRY. .. -. . I Earl Fitzwilliamt, thu earnest advocate of corn-j- o law- repe,,al, has set a good example to his fellow Ke landlords. As the prices of agricultural produce 'eri haebureduced by the recent act of the Legis- to 1rtirre, and as hie is of opinion that they will here-th after role low-lower, ...

... TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEZDINGS. l co The first meeting Of thle new Council Board, for the elsa- Gil tgon of offico-barers, was held on Friday. Baillie Sire, it ?? acting senior magi9,strate, took the chair. All the snembers CO of ceuneil were present, as were also a considerable number of the citizens. o After prayer by the Rev. Mr Dewar of the South Church, ye Mr Angas, thle Town Clerk, read thle ...

... . L .A'and,+1 aIG. -,Chrysanthemums, c~t. - iim:ats r Ch ,r~~casle fithnisi Cectus, truncatuss Xearly: Caiimeihas, Cinernarias,? ?? dioght ?? maki'i;g a; 'fin~e, dieilay':in' th'e. ccnsev'iatoiry tdm tiouei r ontiep Iu'M a-uee of thfeis as, -oijsi 'possiblej~ let th~iei' be fre'elf-'iuppli'ed Vwithl. ,wilterj ain'd:.'oe'aiohn4 ?? *aek -iqid: manurc. Let- cairflcon'sideratien ibeiglvea to aob ...

... A Awn NAVY. THE ARMY.-Wo have pleasure in stating that Major-General Miluan, Major-General Kenab, .B., and Major-General Sir Jas. leykett, ICU H., have been selected as the offlcers to succeed to the vacant colonelcies. In consequence of the prevalence of. cholera at Jawqiaca and some of the Mediterranean stations, we understand that the movement of troops on the colonial tour will not take ...

... pi FRANCE.-The proceedingeit-athe Asseo~lrly on- Saturdtay pes- go sessed only a local interest.~ tii The.Mfoaiteur publishes a decree of the President of the Re- at public, calling under arms 40,Q0001of the. 78,501) young soldiers, still at disposal of the contingent of the classa of thes year 1849. th The C0n9stit~utiennsl, in order-to allay-tbo'feverish excitement, b, says that the meas'ure ...

... jTGO RDON'S HOSPITAL. | i elv i ati 1 of the boys of this insttilttioin b~ ~e Wednsday ast.Mr Straiatn roporicd tbe ,> g10r7s,: Baourlblestate, and thie llouse generally I : tc tbe statecments of Mr Strahan, and said Ile ri be-s~ure int distributin8 thle prizes, which vwere as FOURTIH SECTION. :is ° ?? Paterson, George Wills; 55; *ie Peter Loys, George ICnox. 5 _ji,0hat Class -eter Leys, ...

... WRECK AlT JILEUE.,& LOSS OF NINETY-SIX LIVES. The Livierick Reporter contains the following melancholy ldetails:- Otte of the most disastrous shipwrecks we have ever had the painful duty of recording occurred in the Bay of Kilkec on Tues- dav night lnst. The Edmuensd, of London, sailed frotu the quays of himerick, with two hundred and sixteen souls onl board, on Friday last, and proceeded to ...

... FowanGoc- Orreca (heAwGL'S.-It is understood that hord Stanley, of Alderley, is about to resign the Under-Secre- taryship fur foreign atTains; and it is rusnonred that Mr. Siseil, the Mantcr of the Mint, will probably succeed the late Sir Coo. flemilton, as British minister in Ta'cany.-Menseissg ?s,-sssicle, Tue late Yice-Chancellor Sir James Wigram has a-c- tired upon an annuity ot' £3300, ...

... A 1'OP1JL&V? TALE IN GLAIiORGAN. 7lY IOLO 5iOIIOANOVG. (I rom Rtecoeckl ?? s g oerde~ltee of Edwar lea t illiuwo, tiy E. 11aring.) stafr in h io hand, wo aeis doc°stted bny an 'Eingleishmnla nen w hoasked him whence ho camne. l am from my Owvn c0ountryb answered the W~eishman, in a churlishl tone. '-Do not take it amnioos my frienid, said thle Englishmian if you will only answver my ...

... MHEETING OF TEE FIRST WARD. A second meeting of the electors of the First M;/unicipal so District, 'convened in consequence of the numerous candi- dates for theWard, was held on Thursday night in the Council an. Chamber. Mir J. HI. Stoct was called to the chair.t Before the bosiness wans psoceeded wvith, Mr W~ylie asked eel Mr Sinclair, the cleik, wvhethler he had a letter from Council- ph I ...

... TOWN-COUN?L PROCEEDINGS. The Council met on; Tnesdav,-the Lord Provost in the chair. AmE ANNorner IAx. A letter was read from Mr R. WV. Grey, the secretary l of Lord John Russell, acknowledging the receipt of the Town- Council's memrorial respectintg the Annuity-tax, anid intimuat- ing that it wouold receive his Lordship's best attention. A letter to the same effect weas received from MIr ...