... I The ?? notice, dated June, 1855, has been issued by order of the Postwaster-general, and is now in opera- tion. On and from the ltth instant, the regulations of the inland book post will be as follows, viz'- 1. Postage Rates-For a packet not exceeding 4oz, Id; ditto, exceeding 4sz and not exceeding Soz. 2d ditto, exceed- ing 8oz. and not exceeding ?? 4d; ditto, exceeding 1lb and not ...

... are foul smalclet AND EAST RIDING TIMES. FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1855. d LAST week's impression of our journal had , scarcely been laid upon the breakfast-tables of i its readers, when the long silence as to the progress of siege operations was broken by the telegraphic announcement that a serious check -we may almost term it a reverse-had been , sustained by the allies. Those great defences , of ...

... I . | A more praiseworthy judicial appointment has seldom been made than that of Mr. James S. Wills to the seat in the Common Pleas vacated by Mr. Justice Maule's retirement. Itmay be said (nor in a majority of ases would it be said unfairly) that lawyers of eminence by whoni ministers haet been served, who have undergone contested elections, made considerable personal sacrifices, and ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIA.MENT.1 HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 13. t A short and unimportant sitting. ...

... ON SWEEPING TURNPIKE AND I TOWNSHIP ROADS. The following is the report of Mr. Lambert Ellis. surveyor of Turnpike Roads, referred to in our last ?? Sir,-Two small treatises on the managemnt of turnpike roads have lately been circulated amoupt the trustees of several trusts; one of them recommetntdie all carriages bearing heavy weights to be furnished with broad wheels, having flat tire and no ...

... ?? PARLIAMENT. I 1 .1 ,SL OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MtARCa 30. I - ?? OF LORDS, FIIDAY, MALRCd 31U. I-t -Thwe Bart of ELLENrBOROUGH seized the 1' i ,f fle adiournment for the recess to survey the ; '' ...

... L'UvD B-I(U(U 1M'S RESO)LUTIONS ON I CRI.MIXAL PROC FDURE. La; At a~~, ?? 1._ rs ?? ?? I ---8t i rlL r .J IJfl.X. 1. Thlat it is the duty of the government to provide ?? atelll fur the execution of the criminal law, by the -l~n, thle .securing, and theprosecution of offenders. ,. -lst the local pOliCD establishmnents ought to be - . er tiao direct superintendence and control of the led .^ andI ...

... FOUJRTH SUNDAY BREADI I MEETING AND BUT' INI EYDERPK. The teeague formed fec the purposeofgetting theprice. of bread reduced had pchlily stated that the members did not intend to hold a meetimtg, ou Sunday. last in Hyde-park,' nevertheless great numbers of peisons caine together, as. on se eral Sundays preceding, and, breakilig up into knots,. gathered round hatlf -dozeg spt k ers-xvho, in ...

... I I ~ THE RUSSIAN DEFEAT BEFORE crs, MALAKOFF. fr (From a Suipp lemient to the London Gazette.) DESPATCH FROM LORD RAGLAN. Before Sebastopol, March 24. My Lord,-On themorninigof the 22nd, the French ith troops in the advanced parallel moved forward and drove ith the enemy out of the rifle pits in their immediate front, ot- hot nothing of any importance occurred during the day. Early in the ...

... I GENERAL lNTJELLIGBNCE. I nni The Qleen has sent by the ,hands of prince Albert .I aleitterof co ndolence to Lady aglan. be: Oa the list of her Majesty's guests during the lasit use few days, ?? henmsof thle French Ambassador, lyis Earl Grauville, Sir William and Lady Moles-orth, Sir I Howard Douglas, and Major-general Wetherall. moi Prince Albert is expected to open the commercial car: ...

... THE WAR,. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHIES. The following are among the latest telegraphic des- Patches received: _ BBEBLI&, Dec. 22.-The Russian loan has been a cemplete failure on the Bourse, notwithstanding great efforts made in its favour by and froin influential quar- ters. About £25,000 is all that has been actually sub- scribed for. The Russian Grand Council of War is re- ported to have ...

... ALDBRO'. unt SERIOUS AOOII)ENT.-OnImonday, an accident of ;a Ins5 serious nature occurred to a Mr. Hodgson,. Who, we pro understand, is in the service of the Hull Corporation, the and who was on a visit to his frieudahepre. it appears he was out riding in company wilds Mr. Edward 'ar Petchell. Mr, Hodgson's pony, being of a high spirit, became restive, we suppose, from the slippery state of ...