... vt t Ao le w Lo1a 1rttcif X AND OAST-RIDING TIMES. HULL, FRIDAY, MAY 23,1851. 1 0~~ IT is no easy matter to set to rights a Whig Government office. Itis an undertaking where failure is the rule and success the exception. It is the cleansing of the Augaean stable, the weaving of Penelope's web, the rolling of the Sisyphian stone, the ascent of the treadmill,-a task never ending, still ...

... FROM 'ITH E LONDON GAZETTE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. flANKRPIcS. CLOUGHTON, William, of Kingston-upon -Hull, auctioneer, August 20 and September 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Kingston-up traiIull. Mr. T. Carrick, ofl- cial assignee; and Messrs. Richardson and Lec, solicitors, H1all. NEWTON, John, sen., of Washingborough, Lincobtshire, boat owner, August 20 and September 17, at half-past ...

... I HAMBURG, AUGUST 3.-Intelligence from the Dan- ish capital represents the public mind in the most b perfect state ot tranquility, and has continued so since the change of ministry. The question of the project of ti the Count Von Sponueck seems to have been discussed by most of the members of the new cabinet as the most suitable to be laid before the Chambers for the final regulation of the ...

... 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, ...

... HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALr.1 The State Ball on Friday, ttt the Buckingham Palace, so graciously desnined by her Majesty to give an impetus to the trade of the metropolis, could hardly have failed to have effected its object even if the nobility had not been endued with the same patriotic spirit that animated the sovereign. The period selected by the Queen for this ball was happily chosen, in ...

... F TnE recent news from the Cape of Good b nope can scarcely be said to be flattering to our s amlour propre as a great nation, and it is by no t means comfortable intelligence to us as a tax- a paying nation. The description given by Sir t Harry Smith and his officers of inroads amongst Caffres, and of the capture of their horses, cattle, and goats, and of the destructi on of their wretched ...

... I i, and LESSONS LOOR SUNDAY, MA-Y 4.-Second Sun- no of day after E9estsr.-Moruing..Firstesosaoi, Numbers xxiii,, bigxxiv. Second Lessont Matthew ?? big son Numbers xxv. Second Lesson: Romans 1oo. arving On Tuesday last, the H-ull petition against the PapalI aggressions was presented In the House of Commons by the hia.Right Hon. Mr. M.. T. Baftes. ghb.PRESEN~TATION To nrm REV. TV. MORTrON.-A ...

... I Oa Wednesday lost, the Venerable Archdeacon WILDERm I Potterm held his annual Visitaftio at St. Jameo's Church,. Beverley. As on former occasions, the attendanice was ti numerous, including, with few exceptions, the clergy of f Hull and the district comprised in the visitation. The Ser- 0 b mon was preachedby the Rev. WILLiAM 3. WHATELRY, rector o of Rtie, neat' this town, from I Car. iv., 1 ...

... ELECTION OF CHURCHlWARDENS. I HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. The annual election of churchwardens and sidesmen -at this church took place on Monday morning, at eleven o'clock, in the vestry. The venerable Vicar was in the chair, and there was a rather large attendance of 5 parishioners. ,4he VICAR, in opening. the proceedings of the meet- r in alluded to the defective condition of the building, and ...

... REVIEW OF THECORN TRADE DURINU THE PAST WEEK. (From Bell's Weehly Messenger.) WriEAT.-A sudden change in the weather in the early part of the past week gave a slight check to the trade for this article, inducing the millers not to take ally parcels the least affected by the humidity of the atmosphere ; still no decline was submitted to on any description, and the best qualities of red and all ...

... FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE FRIDAY, NOV. 28. BANKtRUPTS. MILLEIt, Wiliam, of 1, Hawley-place, Kelitish-towr, bake, December 3, at holif-past eleven, and January 6, at eleven' at the Court oi Bankruptcy, London. Mr. H. H. Stansfeld' official assignee; ?? 'Messrsm. Wilkinson, Gurney, and Steven-, solicitors, 2, Nichulas-lane, Lombard-street. FORBES, Robert Miill'r, of Great St. Helen's, London, pro. ...

... In censequence of a representation made to the vestry clerk of St. Pascras parish, by the secretary of the Master of the Horse, relative to the dangerous state of that portion of the New-road, extending from St. Pancras New Church to Bel. grave-street, King's-cross, a number of labourers were set to work ?? to rill up the ruts and level the carriage way. Should the defective portion of the ...