... REFORM OF TIHE BOARD OF CUSTOMS. An influential meeting of the merchants and ship- owners of Hull was held in the Exclhange-rooms on Monday last, to receive a deputation from the London Committee for obtaining a reform of the Board of Customs. Amongst the gentleni present we observed Alderman Thompson, and Mlessrs. H. Blundoll, J. Blundell, John Foster, J. Atkinson, V. B. Brownlow, Win. ...

... ) ~~MONDAY, NOVpMBeR 10. As the 9th of November occurred this year on Sundlay, the first general meeting of tile now council, fer tho election of mayor, the appointment of committees, end the usual formal business, was held this day, in the councllreom. T rews lao-go attendance, including the whole of the new members. ELECTION OF MAYOR. 3 The retiring mayor, Sir Jolln Bent, took the ehair a, ...

... BANQUET TO THE HON. R. J. WALKER, I OF THE UNITED STATES. The members of the American Chamber of Commerce, in this town, gave a grand banquet last night, at the 1. Adelphi Hotel, to the Hon. B. J. Walker, late secretary d to the treasury of the United States. The object of the r chamber was to mark their appreciation of the exertions of Mr. Walker in giving facilities to the commerce be- tween ...

... FOREIGTN INTELLIGENCE. ?? I f I .AAL L L -1. leas FRANCE. gen The minister of the interior has publicly announced his the intention not to stand as candidate for the Seine. The war steamers Gomer, San6, and Caton, under Ad- miral Dubourdieu, sailed from Toulon for the coast of M Morocco on the 14th instant. mie There is every reason (says the Paris correspondent of low the Times) to suppose ...

... 0 (From tis Edinburgh A dcertiser.) l Tn` state of India is tranquil, but, as we said a fortnighlt go, we believe astormn is brewing on the north-western frontier. Our general reasons for thinking so are as follows:-Firstly, Ythere have been disturbances in the Yoosufzaie country, and the ir Commandant of the Guide Corps has applied to Government for reinforcements; and there is a report that ...

... T.. R1AILWA&YS;-We are happy to perceive ?? the long- wished-for railway communication with the docks at Gloucester is about to be provided. The works wvill comprise the widening ., of the Gloucester and Berkeley canal at Lantony, to the extent a. of about 60 feet, and for a distance of about 360 yards, and the formation of a branch line, of a mile in length, from the docks to the main line at ...

... subject all the space at our command, we arc compelled to oin»t the greater portion of the communications which have been address! uk ; this the more icgiet the letters of Young Elector, of An Old Inhabitant of Derby,and uf Scrutator, contain really excellent matter. The letter of 44 It. T., having come so late to hand, is unavoidably omitted. The lines by ,4 C. D. N. have been received. ...

... In our last week's paper announced the illness of F. est, Duke of Cumberland, and King of Hanover. His Majesty is now no more; he died on Monday, the 17th inst., at the palace of Herrenbausen, it is no hyperbole to say, to the universal regret of his people; and after life's fitfu] fever, sleeps well. His late Majesty was the fifth son of George 111., and was born at Kcw, on the sth of June, ...

... SEARLES V. MANXS. TO THE EDITOa OF THE ERA. Sir,-In your paper of last Sunday, I perceive a challenge ,from Manks. I will not occupy your valuable space by quoting it at length, but merely wish to state tbat, after my public avowal that I had totally done with pedestrianism, I think it in- opportune and unmanly in Manks, or his advisers, to get me to renew any wagers, when abundant ...

... : E t - X - 4 . - 1. I PARIES, TiebspsD.h Ab, members of the National Assembly met yesterday their bureau' before the public sitting to nominate air presidents and secretaries for the present month.' Ijb nontinations art considered decidedllc hostile to the rit of the message presented the dy before. ' The folp 1wig .are the names of the gentlemen elcted:-1st 1 Preau president, M. Baroche; ...

... Cr ite Vres. TIE COLONIAL SECRETARY AND THE KAFFIR WAR. (From the Times.) LonD GlrEY has, so far as England has been con- cerned, had full license to do (in the Colonial-office) as lie pleased. Ile has indulged, without let or hin- drance, in every crotchet that his fjncy has suggested. Ile has exhibited every phase of his variable temper with respect to the unhappy colonists, and has finished ...

... 9IE; axi~ll, g&. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR OF]FICE, OCT. 31. 1st Life Guards-Lieut. lon. D. C. F. Dellos to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Biddulph, promoted in 7th Light Dragoons; Cornet and Sub- Lieut. R. Bateson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice DeRos. 4th Dragoons-Lieut. T. B. Williams to be Captain, by purchase, vice Coster, who retires; Cornet G. C. H. P. Brigstocke to ...