... I r t HEDON. e There was an amateur concert at the Town-hall, 8 Hedon, on Monday evening, the proceeds of which e were to go to the repairs of the organ in St. Augus- , tine's church. There was a good company, who were 6 highlygratified with the execution of the various pieces. t We understand about XI1 was realised. PRESTON, IN HOLDERNESS. e NEW YEAR'S FESTIVITIES.-O. Monday, the 2nd instant, ...

... HULL GUARDIAN SOCIETY'S I D I N NE R. UV The twenty-seventhi anniversary of this society was an celebrated, according to custom, by a public dinner at ml Mr. Glover's hotel, on Friday evening. Between fifty [ F and sixty gentlemen vvere present on the occasion. ]la Mr. John Foster, president of the Society, took the Er1 chair, being supported on his right by the mayor (Dr. Ri Cooper), AId. ...

... I . 0 An eminent French statesman is said to havel assigned as a reason why Russia would reject. the Y latest proposal to negotiate, that the Czar is sub- xrjected to the religious pressure of the Muscovite Y. party, which accepts the Testament of Peter the ie Great as a prophetic guide ;. and this is, probably; it in part true. History reminds the Emperor that. te he is not absolute; his ...

... ?.77, ?? . ?? 4snpgl by. thle relript of soe Bi 'of Fe Kea, 1$2 o =w ;cotton imported into Fr~url'*omGree~t.Erlta'z snd ter the, British possessions in ,Emrope. , Accordinlg t's the said reseript the produce of Asia, Afrmes, endAmericas, sent from Elig2mad and her European pcoesesomiol25-to French 1poxts, was to be, admitted for 're- -erpoftlation.6ioly. The reason ofthis miodification, thed ...

... M 01 ,~Yesterday, one of the most unexpocted and exciting bn Ad ecucs wbich hits for souie time occurred in this town ti !i tech place on thle arca of the Exchanige-buildings. d ir Owing to the stoppage of railway communication, our rm LI merchant princes have been as it were snowsed up ; le little business has been transacted on 'Change, and w probably anything calculated to afford ...

... , BY ONE WHO HAS VISITED AMERICA. th In the M3ercxsry of December 10, 1852, we gave some -account of the newT movement among the women of Ame- 17 rica,t and subjoined a copy of the protest of Harriet K. co Hunt of Boston, against the injustice of levying taxes au on women, while they were refused all voice in their imposition or expenditure. The extraordinary success aii .of this unprecedented ...

... THE FASTEUN QUESTION. . . .. . . ..I The publication of a circular addressed by the Sy, French Government to its representatives at th ad' different European Courts, has again called forthrie a complaint against the secresy in which we C shroud diplomatic correspondence. The reserve- A sh which is our rule has undoubtedly caused of late Bani considerable distrust and misconception, and:' per, ...

... OWSTON AGRICULTURAL SocIeTY.-The sixth anniversary ' of this highly useful and interesting society was held at the house of Mr. Dubson, the Neptune Inn, Ferry, on Wednesday af the 21st inst., and was more numerously and respectably attended than on any previous occasion. A spirit of ana tnimity and harmony pervaded the whole ol the proceedings, te and the arrangements made gave universal ...

... a WAR AND THE COMING SESSION. (From the Times). The meeting of parliament is now fixed for the 31st of next month, and, though the interval may be eventful, the minds of all men are already intent on the one great subject of the approachilg debates. This will, in fact, be the first parlia- ment in our times which has had to entertain the momentous question of Peace or War. Long before the ...

... TURKEY AND RUSSIA. PAuiIs, TrESDAY.-'The Russian courier, who was to leave St. Petelsburgh shortly after the 15th, has arrived here to-day, bearing most important despatches to M. Kisseleff. Despathes from St. Petersbargh of the 17th inst have arrited here. The excitement in that capital was intense, consequent upon the knowledge of the active measures taken by the Western Powers and their ...

... DRAMATIC CHRONOLOGY FOR Z. JAINUAR.Y S. Buckstone's drama of Isabelle revived at the Olympic. 7. The second part of King Henry IV. played before her Majesty and the Court at Windsor. 9. Intelligence brought to England of the extraordinary suc- cess of Catherine Hayes at San Francisco, who was receiving immense sums of money nightly, and had had a diamond cross presented to her of the value of ...

... TEB 3BEARD XOVEMEN9T. The beard question is one which cannot be settled by the fashion of a day, or a single shaving. The very term beard is of difficult! signification and obscure etymology. STE VEBS says that, as to head a man was to cut off his head,. so to beard a man was to cut off his beard-a punishment often inflicted by giants on princes who fell into their power; but he does not ...