... GENERAL INTE LLIGENCE. I Lord Broughamn had arrived in Paris on Thursdav last, on his way to Cannes. The statement that Commissioner Mayne is about to retire from his office has been authoritatively con.- tradicted. Mr. Masterman, M.P, and Mr. Gregson, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Thursday last, at his official residence in Downing. street, to present a ...

... RRORS OF THE BIRMINGHAM I O BOROUGH GAOL. I (From the Birmingham Journal.) This important inquiry, which commenced on Tues. day week, is still proceeding, and the disclosures of each day add some ne'v phase of cruelty to this revela. tion of horrors. We shall abstain from any comment on the evidence, excepting where the facts are not dis- puted, and we resume our analysis by referring to the ...

... iLETTER OF A WRECKED I. MISSIONARY TO AUSTRALIA. A letter, of which the following is an extract, has been received by the last mail, from the Rev. Thomas Raston, a Wesleyan missionary, who has connexions in the neighbourhood of Hull. He went out last November in the Sir FoWell Buxton, which ship, while on her voyage, was wrecked on the coral reefs of the Brazilian coast. The crew and ...

... UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF SIR CHARLES NAPIErR. We (the Press) I av .)bce favoured with the follow- ing most characteristic letter of the late Sir Charles Napier, which, as written in his public capacity, we may publish without comment or apology:- Kurrachee, Ist February, 1844. Private James Neary,-! have received your letter dated Ist January. You tell me that you give satis- faction to your ...

... The following is an extract from a letter received by b Mr. G. H. Lovell, Porter-street, from the Australian v gold fields, dated August 22, 1852:- ? This is the country for a poor man, but let no one o come thinking they are sure to succeed at the diggings. c There are thousands here who work hard and get n nothing, and again there are thousands making their t fortunes fast, and good ones, ...

... arie wullX a~tuct AND EAST RIDING TIMES. HULL. FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1853. ?? ?? ?? _ _w _ THB inhabitants of H ull will rejoice to learn that their ancient town may not improbably be honoured this year with the presence of Her Gracious Majesty and the Royal Family. It will be remembered that a few weeks ago his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT regretted that he must decline the invitation to be present ...

... sECTIONEERING INFLUENCE, IN THE ELIVE1PO)L TOWN COUNCIL. ,t a monthly and special council held last week, li lhe %tYoR announced that the first business was to s receive the report of the sub-cornmittee appointed to h inqeire into the charges against Mr. Bradley. h The committee unanimously reported as follows -- o F1,s-t1_hlat Mr. Bradley being a member of the Vater Committe, and of the ...

... [FOREIGN INTELLIGENCEJ. TURKEY. There are three American vessels at present with the Turkish fleet in the Bosphorus; the frigate Cumberland is reported to have brought a considerable amount of money to Constantinople. According to the last accounts, the number of Rus- sian troops in Wallachia amounted to 50,000. The ambassadors of Prance and England' had recomi- mended the government of'Greee' ...

... co The Earl De Grey left town on a visit to her co Majesty and the Prince Consort, at Windsor Castle, aii yesterday week. to The Earl of Carlisle, who is still on his travels in the east and Mediterranean, will not return to England until after Christmas.al The noble Premier, owing to the pressure of public he business, is not expected to visit Scotland this year. at The Duke and Duchess of ...

... Qlorrespon0eiue. i I :E TO THE EDITOR OF THI-E ` HULL PACKET. i- Ssa,-I am not generally much disposed to notice y what may be said at a public meeting, or in the al warmth of debate, but my name has been so frequently a- and so improperly introduced by one of the speakers at of the Sculcoates vestry meeting, on Easter Monday last, st that I do not feel justified in passing it by without some ...

... ITHE LIVERPOOL STEAM BOAT PROPIE- TORM AND THE PILOTS COMMITTEE. Liverpool Steam-ship Association,. t 3, High-street, Liverpool, 14th October, 1853. i Sir,-I am desiredby the Liverpool gteam-shipAssoeia- 2 tion to inform you that several members of the association I are now prepared to bring forward their masters and B mates for examination by the pilots committee, that they may have ...

... r a -I dill V. The good citizens of Greenock, who have ad- r. dressed their thanks and compliments to Lord Le , John Russell, no doubt meant but to express Ca ,nd their own feelings, and echo the national appro- WI ate bation. We acquit them of any intention to ex- do wh 'tract a political programme, not that they are less fro 0ra curious than their neighbours, but because they th, for all ...