... 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 ...

... A DIALOGUE. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY AND HIS OWN SECRETARY. SEeNE.-The e adisay carriage oi the road from Vienna. f Lord JonN: Well, Mr. B., we have done with Vienna. The city is historically interesting, and not deficient in objects of attraction, but I have not formed a high opinion of its cleauli- ness or its morality. However, weneed not discuss that subject. Do you happen to have such a ...

... IELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS,| The parochial meetings for the annual election of 1s churchwardans were held, am usual, on Easter Monday. x HOLY TRNITTr'.*-A very large meeting. No oppo- VP sition. The churchwardens and sidesmnen were all a' re-elected, viz.-Wardens:- Messrs. Thos. Me.-gitt and I Thos. ?? Messrs. James Cbivers, J* 0i Christie, W. Lewis, M. C. Peck, Thaos. Jackison, 'and P Thos. ...

... | - in Yesterday the Town Council met, the Mayor being in 352, the chair. rere A letter was read from the auditors, paying a high pee- compliment to the borough treasurer for the manner in i32, which he had kept the accounts. Soemne res eetenraan oepay. merts n lqudaton f aw hares amuntngto more anan n£0,iwaeplnebabenodrdby the but LrCanelrardinopidecmebr of the nd, cucloldhebenatce.Teexpenses ...

... Is SIEGE OF SEBASTOPO. | (From the Correspondent of the .llforaieng Herald.) ENGLISH CAnr, HEIGHTS or SEBAxSTOPOL, March 17. To-day has been St. Patrick's Day, and great have been the efforts of exiled Irishmen to appear with the decorative green usually worn on this anniversary. Crimean vegetation has been searched through and thr.ough in the vain hope of discovering a true sham- rock. A few ...

... I The hi-monthly meeting was held on Monday last, Mr. Fountain, governor, Air. Baraby, deputy-governor, and 29 other guardians being present ?? of Fisses.-The CLERK, in answer to inquiries, stated the whole of the ex-guardiaus had paid their fines excepting MXr. Collins and Mr. ?? Contracts-Mr. HARispoN then moved that in future beef for the use of this house be contracted for by the side or ...

... REPORTS OF THE GOVERN THE GA.OL AND THE GAOL C T1TP . l.TTATT A T)-Ta ro 'THE UHAPLAIN'S REPORT ?? the Worshl~pfset Sir H. C'ooper, i0, Of Magistrates of the Borought of 'IQg00 a-, do er assmbledat Quaroter Sessions, Ees~te,. 1855Pegg GENTLEOSEN,-TI5O period baring arri'ved forle i ng mny quarterly report, I beg to Ilay before Or prat. 10fro pace, the usual sumnmaries of ceuuitu 20 atnumbers ...

... REGISTRY OF MEROCATILE SHIPPING, MAY 1, 185G. (From the Globe.) In undertaking to reform the law relating to the merchant shipping service of this country, it became an important duty of the legislature to simplify the title to property in ships, and thereby facilitate loans upon that valuable description of security. Under the early Registry Acts, nothing could be more unsatisfactory than ...

... AND EAST RIDING TIMES. , ?? - EM I THE RECESS. THE manufacturers of gossip, as the hon. member for Surrey calls us newspaper folk, are not likely to suffer much from a short supply of the raw material of their produce during the Easter recess. They may not be able to furnish their customers with anything quite so diverting as Mr. DRUMmuoND's late libellous onslaught on a libellous press, ...

... HUMBER-DOCK BRIDGE, &C. I mA VTT . PT'nTTi l A lP 'PTTP*. C' -TTTI.T. 1ACTTt'- C I To THO EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. t SIR,-1 shall feel obliged by your allowing me, f through the medium of your journal, to call the atten- v tion of the proper authorities to an obstruction or o rather obstructions of the public highways that has long a been a most serious annoyance to the inhabitants of ...

... I , In connexion with pending negotiations, the Morning Post gives the following information:- We believe that, on Friday afternoon, Mf. Drouyn de Lhuys, with the French Ambassador, held a conference at Lord Palmerstonss residence, with Lords Palmerston, Claren- don, and Lanedowne; and that in the evening the French Minister for Voreign Affairs left for Paris whence he would start in some two ...

... HULL LOCAL BOARD OFI H EALT H. - Yesterday, the Town Council held a special general -meeting as. a Board of Health. Sir Henry Cooper, I mayor, occupied the chair; and there was a large Iattendance of aldermen cud 'eouncillors. we1:s.-- Rv. WELLS, Esq., ths clerk, read the minutes of the proceedings of the Committee of Works, from which itappeared thtthey hdhad an interview with IMr. Calbrey, ...