... IDISTRI.CT INTELLIGENCE.] COTTINGHAM. 1E The amount of money contributed in this parish, In- Mr. cluding Skidby, on the humiliation day for the soldiers' Skii wives and children, was £20 6s. 6id. East WELTON. give The day of humiliation was religietisly observed inl ?? this village, and the church was attended by a crowded coil. congregation. The vicar had preached a preparatory agai sermon on ...

... I - A ER RE-M TillE DISSENTERS AND UNIVERSITYf REF:ORM. This question, which was so ably examined at the public meeting lately held in this town, has since come before the House of Commons, on a propo ...

... sailed on the 2nd April. On the 20th, in lat. 42, lon. 30, pa ...

... A RSIULAR SUBSCRIBSR (Manchester).-We can give youN o information. R. S.-Mr. Macready took his farewell at Drury-lae theatre, in the character of Macbeth. ANTI-CnVUC RBif.T-The rate is legal. Z. R. E. Y.-We must decline to give any advice in the matter, X. Y. Z.- We think it is not too late for you to cancel the indenture, E. T.-No; a man earning but ls. per week is not of sufficient ability ...

... I SLOW SurPOcAviON OF LONDDO P0°^ Professor Owen and the medical superintendent 4. roI6 general board of health, Dr. Lewis, have united n pro. testing against the misechevous preject of sovering the area of Lincoln's-ion.fields with buildings. Profssor Owen, who is cne of the trustees of the sqare, in givng several scientific reasons for the preservation of an open space near to a deasely ...

... . WIGAN - -I WICAN GAS CocPAsrY.-The annualmeeting of the proprietorsa of the Gas Company was held at the Townhball on Thursday, N. Eckeraley, Esq., in the chair. A dividend of ten shillings per h share for the half year wvas declared, being at the rate of ten per tl cent, per annum. A committee of management for .the ensuing 2 year was then chosen.' E BATE AT LEiuu.-A branch of the Manchester ...

... DUBLIN-MECHlA-CB' INSTITUTE I . _TTT TO THE EDITOR Or THE FREEMAN. Sin-In the DAxLyr FIaiMsIA of Saturday last, there aP- peared a letter signed James HaEughton, i which I am made the subject of a moat unjust and unfair attack. Mir Hatugbton representsame eslhaving addressed to him a threw ?. s'fuy letter, by which he and others~were. prevented from!i carrying out a useful and benevolent ...

... 'HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. Lord ST. LEONARDS complained that a convict on ticket of leave was followed by the police, who prevented any one of having any dealing with him by stating the circum- Stances of his imprisonment; and stated his belief that by their rmeans the prisoner was compelled to return to hile old Pactice to obtain a living and had no chance of reform- ing. The Lord CHANCELLOR ...

... 1 i t gSOUTH DUBLIN UNIO.I ?? The Investigation into 'the facts in conunexioa 'With the reception intot the workhouse ef tis 'union, and the d1is- charge ;therefroma of two female children' iamed Leahy was F reurimed ystfrday, pure ant to 4adjournment from Tuesday last, M Ilr. G. S. ClAoWs0b, P.LI.,tin the Chair. i Mr. W. Gernon -attended as counsel for the uncloof the children. ' ' ' ' The ...

... -B MAGNETi TELEGRAPH. - HOUSE OF LOR~YESTERDAY. TaE INCOME TAX BILL. Oa the motion 12cr the third reading of the income tax The Marquis of bLAiBRICARDE stated that it woe not his inteitbon to offer any opposition to the pasel.ng of the bill; but he earnestly urged upon the government that they Dhoul~d at ,s earlya period as poesibie lay the whole of their knanclal arrangements for the year ...

... On Tuesday we had a continuation of rain, followed in the afternoon by thunder and lightning, which lasted for a considerable time. The heavy showers which fell will be of incalculable service to the crops, all of which are looking re- markably fresh and vigorous since the ?? Mer- cury. We hope that there will now be a sufficienoy of rain- although the weather may not be absolutely broken-to ...

... (Continved fao7 page 3. ) HOUSE OF LORDS-TnURSDAy, MAY 4. Lord ST. LEOSARD'S again called the attention of the Lord Chancellor to the espionage practised on discharged prisoners by the police, as asserted in a letter from the chaplain of the Castle at York.-The LJORD CslANcI:ELOR promised that the subject should be enquired into. The Minister' Molney (Ireland) Bill wats then read a third time. ...