... 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 ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FIB. 10. ir PROMO LION AND REWARD IN THE ARMY. The Earl of ELLrNxireoouos censured the existing nr system of promotion of the army, remarking that merit re was left unrewarded, and new commissions chiefly ceonopolised by the staff. Ere expressed a hope that a clasp would be given for Balaklava, and to the seamen employed with the army. ac Lord PANMURE said no time ...

... There is a style of speakinlg which is very effective in public meetings, and which consists in round assertions without proof. I such assertions are mixed up with a sufficient number of statements commonly received as correct-if they are uttered in the same voice, and if that voice is powerful and influential -the inconsistent averments are accepted as readily as the known facts. The manner ...

... j I I WE published last week the leading parti- Y. culars of a collision on the Barton and New an Holland Railway, which resulted in the imme- h diate death of one of the passengers on the all line, and has since proved fatal. to another. Itie The inquest upon the body of the former of! rat these sufferers-a promising young man named '(is JurB, a clerk in the office of the Hall Adrer- otj ...

... I I For several days last week the Irish Court of Chancery was engaged in a case out of which have transpired revelations which, if sabstautiated, must brand with indelible disgrace not only the memory of the dead, but the reputation of some aristocratic parties living. The case is that of Hudcork v. D~etceor, otherwiso VD Bargh, which came before the Chancellor so far back as Tuesday, the ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN:T. ROUS E OF LORDS, THURSDAY. MINIST1ERIAL RESIGNATIONS AND EXPLANATION The Earl of AnrRnXmEN said that after the vote of the House of Commons on Monday, her Majestv's ministers at once resolved to place their resignations in the hands of her Majesty. These resignations had been graciously accepted, aud they only held office until their successors had been appointed, In ...

... I HEDON. On Saturday morning, during the absence of the mother, a little girl belonging to a waterman named Davis by some means approached too near the fire, by which means her dress became ignited and speedily enveloped the child in flames. She immediately ran into the street where some persons were standing, who promptly extinguished the flames by rolling the child in the snow. On examining ...

... TIIj NEW PLANT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. lir Hall's proposed measure, cleanilinless or * ?? ii SickiCe-S, will be optional with majorities, '~ati i nods, that is to say, provided thle - av de- tat exceed 23 in 1,000. Thus a parish .I Iadinhabitants may indulge to its heart's in. tint anid disease, up to two hundred and .~ikftlt, VcediC~-iig which it forfeits its much- * i i c, I.ofnsiness and ...

... ILATEST INTEELLIGENE THEURSDAY E Vfl7IVING'S TELELGRAPHIC EXPRESS. Console for account closedat 911 for March account. Although the completion of the cabinet was an- pounced this morning, the English funds opened heavily : and subsequently declined. The probabilities of a dis- f solution were much discussed, and had au adverse effect on prices. The settlements also impeded the regular course ...

... HULL AID HOLDERNESS RAILWAY. I Tim Hull public, who during the past summer and autumn have been such great gainers both in point of health and enjoyment by the spirited management of the Hull and Holderness Railway, will learn with surprise that-though the conduct of this line has been as profitable to the shareholders as it has been advantageous to the public-an attempt was made at the half ...

... INCIDENTS FRO6 THE CAMP, A civilian, writing from the camp, says When the huts were sent out from England they onght to have sent fifty or a hundred carpenters, who would have been able to erect more of them in one week than the soldiers are likely to do in a month, even if they understood howY to put thems together. As it is, they are dependent in many cates upon the carpenters of vessels ...