... IDISTRICT INTELLIG ENC. I COTTINOHAM. o PARcOCHIAL MURTiorss.-The good feelings of the rote. it payers of Cottingheen, were manifeeted towards the guar- In dians of thie branch of the Sculcoates Union on Wed. T nesday evening, by a sumptiueu dinner, provided by the vworthy host and lioatesH of the fluke of Cunmberland, Mr. Waltham in the chair ;after the usual loyal toaste bed been 55 drank, ...

... MARRIAGE- WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. (From a C.e,'ical Co respondent.) As Mr. Stuart Wortley's bill for legalizing the mar- riage of a widower with his deceased wife's sister will 15 be introduced into Parliament as soon as the session s commences, we are anxious to fix public attention seri-s ensly upon it. Hitherto it has not been properly and I fully weighed. It has been warmly taken ...

... MR. VINCENT'S LECTUR.E ON POPERY. I I On Monday evening Mr. Henry' Vincent delivered a lecture on the aubject of IPopery in the Mechanics' Institute; Mr. Clemesba occupied the chair. Mr. Vincent commenced by defining the term reli- gious liberty. Ile, as a Protestant, regarded the Papal system as developed in Rome as a frightful and pernici- ous deviation from the spiritual purity and truth ...

... (From a Clerical Correspondent.) Although, as we stated at the conclusion of our last week's observations, tile occupants of the episcopal bench and the learned bodies of Oxford and Cambridge have, in their opposition to the marriage of a widower with his deceased wife's sister, abandoned the ground of any Scriptural objection, there are still some who cling to the notion that it exists; but, ...

... Ij ,BEVERLEY. MINSTER GIRLS' SCIIOOL.-On the evening of Fri. day, the 17th inst., the Rev. Charles Overton, of Cot- tingham, delivered an exceedingly interesting and able address, on '1 the Papal Question, ih the Minster girls' school-room, when there was a very large audience pre. i sent, who listened attentively to the solemn truths enun- ciated by the rev. speaker. TliaCTON NATIONAL SUNDAY ...

... | PREFfERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. (From the Morning Post.) The following appointments and preferments have recently taken place: - PREBENDARY'. The Rev. Richard Burgess, to be a prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral. RURAL DEANERY. The Rev. John Owen Parr, to be rural dean for Preston. RMCToRIES. The Rev. Septimus Palmer, to the Rectory of High Bicldington, Devon. The Rev. H. Brown (formerly of ...

... THE REV. H. W. KEMP'S LECTURE ON THE RISE, GROWTI, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH. thi This was the diret of a series of lectures intended to be delivered fortnightly by thle clergy of the town, i tn the theatre of the Literayry and Philosophical Soty, 4 and especially designed for the instruction of the young the men of their several congregations, in those portions ofth ...

... AND MAST-nZDZNG TIMES. HULL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3,1851. I . _ _ ?? Tnu close of one year and the commencement of another are always periods of importance. If an occasional retrospect of his career is good for Man, it is not less good for Nations. Both may learn by the past, to make ad- vantage of the future; both may, perhaps, refer to direct preservation, both may look to progress. The chief ...

... L TESTIMONIAL or RESPECT.-On Thursday last, the ladies of the pasish of Cottingham presented, to their respected and talented minister, the Rev. Charles Over- ton (through his churchwarden), a handsome silk gown and cassock, as a new-year's gift, to commemorate the re-opening of the parish church-as -vell as to as- sure him, also, of the esteem and regard in which he is held by the ...

... LOCAL AND GTEN1RAL NEWS. LESSONS FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 2.-Fourth Sun- day after Epiphany.-Morning-Firat Lesson: Isaiah LVII. Second Lesson: Mark ?? Lesson: Isaiah I vrll. Second Lessors: I Corinthians xIv. LoiR ASHLEY'S GREAT LAY PETITION.- The petitions from this town, to the Queen and the Archbishop of e Canterbury, adopted at a meeting of layrren held at London, some time ago, containing a ...

... | The strike which has taken place among the seamen in Sunderland, Shields, Newcastle, and other northern ports, has extended to Bull. The grievances stated are a recent reduction of wages and the operation of the shipping oflores, the latter especially being looked upon with hatred. On Tuesday evening, a meeting of the seamen, convened by placard, was held in the Apollo.rooms, Paragon-street, ...

... Oatrespol-tnre.I * -Wz ?? PORT CHARGES.. TO THEi EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. Sini,-A litter on the above subject, by a party who sigra 'himself A looker-on, has appeared in a contemporary print, the object of which is to criticise the address recently Published by the Cheamber of Commerce and Shipping, on thle reductionS of our port charges;- and as be 7nsdeef/l, says, to s5et the puliti ...