... IMONDAY'S PARLIAMENTARY I PERFORMANCE. of IF the subject were not too serious foL' xi- laughter, the mode in which the House of ed Commons was tricked out of an expression of its opinion on the question of peace or war on ?? evening would be vastly amusing. Is - is questionable whether the sly Peelites, with their well-feigned alarm lest a restoration of as peace should be rendered impossible ...

... 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 ...

... -TE BISHOP OF M.LBOURNEI AND THE COLONIAL CRURCO SOCIETY X We have Il' pleasure in inserting the following extract from a ?? preached in St- Mary's Church, t in this town, on Sundaiy last, by the Bishop of Mel- bourne, on behalf of the Colonial Church School r Society:- It would occupy snore time than the limits of a ser- anon permit to take even the most rapid survey of the I spiritnal ...

... GENERAL INTELLIGE-S~ I At a Privy Council held at Windsor Castle day week, her Majesty declared Earl Grasvge4ntr President of the Council. Lord Pamnure eg Sidney Herbert were sworn two of her Haid 31 cipal Secretaries of State; and Mr. He esty F a P sworn one of the Privy Council. A Prod tme7 ordered to be issued against aiding ad aniat55n Va Queen's enemies. After the Council, Len p t e had ...

... IDISTRICT INTELLiGENCE. I HEDON. had On Monday evening H. Munroe, Esq., of Hull, yea delivered a very amusing and interesting lecture On I the genius end writings of Hood, to the members of thri the Mechanics' Institution, in the Town-hall, which was ben filled on the occasion. The lecturer, after following the hlon poet through some of the most pathetic as well as the tow most humorous ...

... I HOW TO IDESTROY RUSSIAN I | FORTRESSES. Mr. i. C. Slimmonds, in a letter to the Morning 4A vertiser says: ?? are aware of the tremendous explosive panver of deto- Dating silver, being more than fnrty times the strength of guui- onder. This is the agent with which I propose to destroy the fet and fortifications of Sebastopol. m y plan, to make it available without scarcely any risk, is this A ...

... I PARIS, Sunday Evening. The following intelligence from the East, via Mar- seilles, has been communicated by the Morning Herald's Paris correspondent :- A report was current at Con- stantinople on the 28th that Suleyman Pacha and Ismail Pacha were marching on Ismail, and that the Russians had crossed the Pruth. The Presse ?? states that the garrison of Anapa, was harassed by the Russians. ...

... |DITSTRICT ?? CO PTINGHAM. A meeting of thea inh abitants of th'is village was held y on the evening of Friday last, in the Nattinissi School-' room, under the Presidency of the e n Citeraoy the vicar, when it was determined to Res.tl ae O srciet toe becalled The Cottinghiam, Literary and Reading Association, for the purpose of affording to the work- d ing classes, once a fortnight during ...

... d I , I-- ?? iI GE ,ERAL',fN EhLIGENOE. . i 0) A new Reform Ae~ociation is projected at Leeds, to iel. obtain :-I, Afanhood S- Ie 2 ?? 'p5''Shotenig'lte dhi~tjbi1 'of ?? 010n Equitable Adjutmn' epeshttV~ ?? 1,1 5,Aboitiivit tle~ roperty 'Qualjfltation for' Memer Z,~ of Pan u~pt'4hv 61 ?? feator- imeof de~, Chure:6'and state. m. Thei0POpding 'Of 'the' Shipidy-- ledctd--hall' and pedfny ?? ?? ...

... AND EAST RIDING TIMES. FRIDAY, MAROR 23, 1855, _ _ I THE accounts hitherto received of the progress of the Conference at Vienna are satis- factory; but it would be folly to suppose that peace is any nearer on that account. The miracle would have been if there had been any irreconcileable disagreement upon the matters hitherto discussed. As our readers know it is upon the third of the four ...

... |IMPERAAJRIAp HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY )II Their lordships met at five o'clock. Aess 2. The Earl of Lucan was present. DEATH OF THE EMPElR o RUSSIA. F The Earl of CLOnMunnon. amidst the greatst1 spoke as follows :-2ly lords, I think it my du,1 ce, snuniceete to your lordships the contents f y to cor despatch which I received half-sn.hossr oa 5grapee, M~ajesty's minister at the Hague :_ 5t fcet ...

... | ~rg. (Frons the Picss4) emj The Minieteriai Whitebait Dinner, which ueually preceiles th' ~ coseof~he essontook Place cii Wbdneoday weele at Hart's em Trafalgor, Grewc.Forty 'ceonviisos -were present. Thd banqet its n oexceptisnable one, and went off amid thle utmost good fiufiouir. The elat6 it the6 Thames water was one, of thettopics of convereation, and much, innocent mirth was Ire. ...