... 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 ...

... OLD MISS -HALL, THE MISER. tar Everybody In Shefiield knew old Miss Hall, the miser. 1n ry A little, thin, fussy creature, with dingy, sharp, withered u , features, and keen, restless eyes, dressed in patched and b h threadbare attire, who used to be pointed at and whispered u be about in the streets, hooted and pelted by the boys as a t sort of outlandish thing, bad employed In the natare of ...

... TrE NEW GOVERNMENT AND ITS APPOINTMEENTS. reace it(Fromn the Vinese) unde~ CLOSELY following on the ill-advised and unpopular appoint- tors le. ment of Mr Peel to the Under-Secretarysbip of War, we have Sit to notice the elevation of Sir Francis Baring to the Chancellor- previ rd ship of the Dachy of Lancaster. If we turn from the appoint- tary rd ments of lr Peel and Sir Francis Baring to ...

... To i/is EBIORo of thse ABnsanaNr JOURNALen Por f SnR,-It is a matter of regret anti wonder to sec how much mastors and servants neglect to avail themselves of a Servant's T Register, in the country parishes. Tho alternatives arc-the 5fesissg markeste, or a most unsatisfactory and tedious system of pi pr ivate enquiries-troubling neighbours and friends in every rquarter, and often exciting ill ...

... Y, (From our own Correspondent.) LEICESTER, Monday. V. During the past week the officers of the Leicestershire >-Militia have been entertained by their noble Colonel, the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle. That no interruption might be caused to the drilling of the regiment, the officers r met in two parties-the first on Monday, returning on Wed- -n nesday, and the second on Wednesday, ...

... VARIETIES. EXCUSED.—A young man at a social party was urged to sing a song. He replied that he would first tell a story, and then, if they persisted in their demands, he would axe cute a song. ''When, a boy, he said, he took lessons in singing, and one Sunday morning went into his father's attic to practice by himself. When in full play, he was suddenly sent for by the old gentleman. 'This is ...

... [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,—It would appear from the strange effusions poured forth by Lego in your contemporary on Saturday, the 3rd iust., that he is exceeding wroth and displeased with Audi alteram partem, for reminding the public that the question, as it seemed to me, so unfairly handled in his letters, has moie than out side. I hope his nervous system, which has, of late, sustained ...

... PONTYPOOL. COUNTY COURT.—THURSDAY. (Before John Maurice Herbert, Esq.) There were 66 causes entered, 17 of which were settled before the hearing. Attorneys present—Alexander Edwards, J. G. H. Owen, E. B. Edwards, and Richard Greenway, Esqrs. Philip Hambletom v. Hercules Jones, £3 as. 8d., for /°'d' The claim was proved by Wm. Be van, plain- t1i .rernan, and an order made to pay forthwith. V ...

... The accounts from Sebastopol, contain unmistakeable evidence that in the midst of the sickness and sufferings of our troops, the operations of the siege have gradually as- sumed a more decisive character, and that the attaek upon the town is likely to be soon recommenced.—Times. BUCHAREST, FEF. C.—Yesterday, a detachment of 500 Wallachian volunteers, under the command of Colonel Walduni, left ...

... LLYNVI VALLEY RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, of the Proprietors in this Company, will be held on FRIDAY, the 23rd of February, 1,,55, at Eleven o'clock precisely, at the GRBAT W ESIERN ROYAL HOTEL, Paddington. AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Books kept for the Registration ot Transfers of Stock will be closed Oil and from the 13th of ...

... SATURDAY, FEBKUARY 17. 1855. W. W. LEWH, of The lle.Tth, Esquire, High Sherill' of this county, has appointm' Uicnard Wvndh im Williams, Esq., solicitor, Caniilt, his Deputy; niul the Rev. John Llewellyn, of WiveliscomU, Somersetshire, hit! Chaplain. ROBBERY AT A HOUSE OF ILL-FAME.—About three o'clock on Friday mormnn. Cap!. Janspan, master of the schooner Enighten, was robbed of watch and ...