... N EW-Y EAR'S-D AY AT THE WORKHOUSF. The poor in the Workhouse, Anlaby-road, were made to rejoice at the close of the old year ald opening of the new. On Christmas-day they had, roast beef and plum-puddiDg, for which, we under-. stand, they appeared to be grateful; and well they might, if they reflected how much botteroff they were in that respect than many of the out-door poor, and also, it is ...

... IST, LUKRE'S TEA P.ARTY.| St. Luke's Church having been opened for a-year, a tea-party of the members and friends of the congre- gation was held in the St. John's School-room, Waltham- street, on Tuesday evening last, when a large and agree. able party of upwards of 300 persons were assembled. The composition of the party was as qatisfaotory as its kind and genial spirit-clergy and laity-rich ...

... vret Otto isait~et AND EAST RIDING TINES. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1855. I THE TIMES AN] LORD RAGLAN. a MucHE painful excitement has been occa- sioned in this country during the past fort- t night by the daily appearance of powerfully c written leading articles in the Times, charging T the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces t in the Crimea not only with incompetency, but c with a criminal ...

... I I The Duke of Cambridge has recovered. 1r seee Napoleon was still suffering at Constantinople Ol the 18th. Admiral Lyons succeeds Admiral Dundas. TsLael Pacha takes the command of the army of the Danube diring the absence of Omar Pacha ill the Crimea. A new explosive machine has arrived at Constanti- nople. On the 18th December the allied armies, in concert with the fleets, intended a great ...

... T H E C R I M E A. SEBASTOPOL TO BE STORMED. The Deity News has a Constantinople despatch, of the 20th, stating that it i6 confidently asserted that the resolution has been adopted to storm Sebastopol as soon as the Turkish reinforcements coma up. The French, it is said, are to stores, while the Esiglish and the Turks attack Menschikoff. There is a report that Omar Pasha has written to the ...

... I TaH Government has been notoriously 1unfoitunate in many of its appointments. The I appointment of Mr. DIGLY $zTMovR to the important. judicial office of the Recordership 0 Newcastle certainly belongs to the unfortlaal I class. It is universally felt to have been. mistake,-a mistake involving something than a mere error in judgment, a Mgra v- calculated to shake the confidence ofsupport as ...

... AT THE THEATRE ROYAL the pantomime continues to draw good houses. HULL HARMONIC SOCIETY.-ir. Bowser, the hon. treasurer, has paid to Messrs. Pease and Liddells £GS 19s. 3d., being the proceeds of the concerts lately given by this society for the benefit of the Royal Patriotic Fund. AL3ION CHAPEL.-Our advertising columns of to-day contain an announcement of the services connected with the ...

... LATE ST INTELLIGENCE. THURSDA Y EVENING'S TELEGRAPHIC EXPRESS. TIlE FUNDS.-CoNssoLs, 91.-The probability of open rations of a decided character having occurred before Sebastopol, imparted general steadiness to English funds, amid consols closed at a further recovery. Railhays extromely buoyant, and in most cases closed higher. Great Northernp stock however receded on sales. Land, bank, and ...

... 1 I EPORT TO THE WORSUIlPPUL SIR HIENRY ICOOPER (MAYOR) AND THE MAGISTRATES OF THE BOEOUGH OF KINGSTON - UPON - HULL ASSEMBLED AT TIHE GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS, DEC. 28, 1854. GENTLE!,raN,--itile more than two months having elapsed since I presented to you the annual gaol report, l it will hardly be expected that I should do much more than give the usual summaries of committals, &c. The number ...

... |. SUJNDERLAND ELECTION. . . ?? On Niir-year's-day, consequent upon the appoint. moest by thie' government of Mr. William Digby Sey- mour tothe offite of Recorder of Newcastle, the nomi-H nation of csndidates for the seat vacant in this borough took place in front of the Commission-rooms. As New- year's-day is kept as a close holiday in all the northern towns, t ere %Vap a very large concourse ...

... CE| BEVERLEY. i We understand that Mr. A. Atkinson has resigned 'the office of sub-distributor of stamps for Beverley, and that 'Mr. J. Hind has been appointed to the vacant situation, Among the gentlemen who passed their examination at the Royal College of Surgeons on the 20th ult. we notice the name of Mr. John -Bowmer Collison, of this town, 4 who obtained the first scholarship and several ...

... SIEGE OF; SEBASTOPOL. - | (From the MornAing Heraeld's special correspondent.) in ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEcnAssror'oa 05 December 12. tl Hardly. anything has occurred to break the monoctoii SC of cuii lives since my last letter. Onl the night of W Sunday, the '10th, two desperate sorties were made upon a' the French linesi; both were signally repulsed. The tl first. occurred at half-past ...