... | THOMAS'S SHILLIGQ CONCERTS. This Inimitable band of 60, united with 1 ?? performers, continue to give undiminished delight to all who have bad the pleasure of hearing them. The se ection duringflast week was from the choicest compositions of the beet masters, and the performance was most masterly as regards both the coficerted and solo performaoces, such as has never been equalled by any ...

... PUBLIC MEETING AND SUBSCRIPTION I IFOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR. On Monday last a public meeting of the inhabitants of this town, convened by the Mayor, byan exceedingly brief notice, in compliance with a numerously signed requisition, was held in the Town-Hall, and was attended by maany of the leading persons of the place, including bankers, merchants, clergy, dissenting ministers, professional ...

... ?1 orve?pvn?ni.?. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. StR,-Permit me to say to the kindly disposed Now lt the time, before another day passes, for you to extend ah() to the suffering poor.' I do not mean to the professional street t beggar, who parades his mendacious ssecessiiies nor the 0 sturdy trollop, with her helpless infants borrowed for tce occasion. On the contrary, I would remind ...

... The vessel which foundered off Dublin on Wednesday d last and alluded to in our paper of Friday as as the Eva, stcamer, of Grceenock bound for Australia, whid coals. The 1re ...

... LORD STANLEY AT ST. HDLEN'S. the iery A pul cmeting was held in the town-hall, St. Helen's, asttc and las nightfor the purpose of increasing the Usefulness of' nad lalioti arde the ]ibSrar in connecti ...

... MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.-LOSS OF 180 LIVES. F I The American packlet-ship Staffordshire, Capt. Richard- a son, from this port to Boston, was wrecked on Blonde Rock, south of Sea Island, on the 30th ult. ...

... TheLimeriekReporter has the following gloomy state- ment respecting the spread of distress in that quarter consequent upon the enormous advance in the price of all kinds of provisions I- The state of the poor is lamentable in the extreme. We never remember to have witnessed them undergo more privations. The capitalists' who speculate on 'war' have absdlutely placed provisions beyond their ...

... I TURKEY. The Grand Council, which assembled on the 17th ult. to deliberate on the propositions of arrangement was unable to come to a decision on that day, and it met again the following day. After remaining in delibera- tion till the evening, it came to the conclusion to accept the proposition. Other letters agree in stating that little h1pe was en- tertained of the negotiations leading to ...

... W ?? rW433Q: OF THE TAYLEUR I *-mer fearful wreck bas been iddad- to the longlist is'v celamities for which the Irish coast baa of late aina-so sad a notoriety. The, Taylear; government Cait sip, Ca nNoble, which sailed trom Liver. ntbe 2h, &or Melbourne, after being toeed about nwd for eoome thirty heurs, was driven oa the mob cf Lainkay island, some miles to the north of ib, and -becamle a ...

... LIST OF THEt DEPUTY L1ITENU TS } OF LANCASHirRlE, ax k . A. I M. Ainslie, Grisedale. P. Alnswortb, Smithills Hall. T. Ainsworth, Baokbarrow. W. Ainsworth, Preston. R. E. Alison, Park Hall. W. Allcard, Warrlngton. W.-M. I. Anderton, Easton. R. Andrews, Rivington. 3. W. H,-Anson, Manchester. C. D. Archibald, Walney. Sir E. Armitage, Pendleton. Robt. B. Armstrong, Lancaster. J. Armstrong, ...

... PROPOSED 1IBW IMPROVEMENT ACT.-ADJOURNED MEETING. I _1 . .. . - .. ?? . . .. _. - - - .. The various provisions of the proposed bill for extending the uee present Improvement and Water-works Act-for establishing pee gas-works-for constructing a cemetery-and for obtaining other oan sanitary regulations in the two townships, have been amply die. rel cussed In -Burnley since the meeting on the ...

... FROM PRESTON. To Btacekburn, 4corington, Bury, and Mane r-6.45 mix. 9.0 11.0 mom.; 1.45 4.0 5-10 7-20 mix, '9.0 (on Saturdapponly), aftn. On Sundays: 7.40 morn., 2.10 6.20 aftn., all mix. (*To Acerlngton only.) To Blackburn, Burnley, Colne, Skipton, Bradford, * Leeds.- 6.45m4,9-0 11-Omorn.; *1.454-05-10 *7-20 miixaftn. On Sundays: *7.40morn.,2-10 *6-20aftn.,allmix. (-ToCoane only.) 2o Lythama, ...