... TOR I ti On Tuesday evening last a complimentary dinner was di given to Sir H~enry Cooper, ex-ma',yor of this borough, at W tbe Station Hotel, it, testimony of the efficient manner t in which he bad filled the civic chair during the precedl. ing two years. Eighty-five gentlemen eat down. Thle 1 Mayor (Anthony Bannister, Esq.) presided, having oi f his right Sir Henry Cooper, Major Wand, Ron. ...

... THE LATE JOSEPH HUME, ESQ., AND THE B3N I) t ARTER ACT OF 1844. -2 N K C r IART A -- T ii - C~a,-ICCL S50o~ohieigremarkable toL to- the Rect that, wills the exception of thle war the tw ub-i L. , j ects fotr tl eII inoni n 1t oC cuIIpying1 theI a ttenltio; fte1ibi ,aare the Ban Cater Act of 1844, and the means of ren- ?? honour toisgets Pponent, thle late J. Hlume, as Lsq I ava~il myel of ...

... SPIRIT OF THE' LONDON PRESS. The Times of Thursday, lanietilng the siurretdey of lKars, attributes it to the folly of those wh( oen-kected to send provisions, and of tbose who kiept Onitar ?? hit uie lessly in the Crimea, until it was too late for lime to be ot service. The Daily Atvhs reminds its readers that General V.- hamris aud his colnpainetnid were in the nervihct of -Ie inirtihi ...

... ISSUE OF MACAULAY'S 1ISToRY i_ WI S A ?? a . (From a forthcoming number of the Buc and Ylw [Long as it is we feel it impossible to resist extractin the following laughable burlesque of Macaulay' tyle. It is in its way as good as any of the Rejected Addresses.] The volumes are out. The publishing day passedover without disturbance. The regulations of Messrs. Long. mann were received with ...

... ,e The Daily NeWs has published the following extracts d from a private letter, dated Kertch, Crimea, December it 1, 1855:- Our Anglo-Turkish force progresses to our o hearts' desires. We have been here for about a couple y of monlths. On our arrival a nuwber of troops were t handed over to us. Our force now numbers as follows: *r -Sixteen regiments of infantry, at 950 men, 15,200; .5 two ...

... TILE LIBERATION OF RELIGION SOCIETY. WE see With ?? that this excellent Asso- ciation has been holding a numerously attended soirtue , in the metropolis, for the purpose of reporting somne of its recent ionrements, and of indicating its plans pi for the next Parliamentary campaign. We know that of it is always at work, that no society does luore with I; the salne amiount of means, and that ...

... ?? TH'IJE LOSSES OF RUSSIA A REASON FOR OUR 'MAKLNG' PEACE: CeI TirE argument mrged by Mui. MIALL, at tI lochilale, that the a;ggressive strenlgth of Russia is alrcady practically exhausted, and that therefore we ougiht not to continue the war, has beell heard in other !uarters, ad is likely, from its plausibility, to be used lvith some effect whel the opening of Parliament shall s give the ...

... AND EAST RIDING TIKIES. [REGISTERED AT THE GEYERAL POST OFFICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD] FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 185. KAES has fallen. So, indeed, says the Morning Post; and the announcement is too just a fulfilment of the forebodings of all who have watched the progress of the war in Asia to leave reasonable doubt of its truth. Months ago it was known that the brave garrison there had more to ...

... HULL SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY I DyThe eightieth annual general meeting of the sub- hi scribers to tile Hull Subscription Library, Royal Insti- i| tution, was held on Wednesday in the reading-roo.nt she The attendance was numerous ;be CHARLES FROST, Esq., president, read the report of a.the building committee appointed by the general corn- ;he nmittee of the institution, in N~ovember, 1852. It ...

... ELECTION GOSSIP.-The expected retirement of Ur. Y Baron Parke from the Bench has given rise to the ;t rumour that one of our borough members, Mr. Watson, a Q.C., will be elevated to the vacant judgeship. What probability there may be in this report we cannot tell; we believe it to be certain, however, that an electioneer- .r ing solicitor of the town, whose gratuitous services at h the late ...

... I I hill CffANGES IN THE HOUSE or COsssONSs.-Several new mu members will take their seats on the opening of par- A liament next month, and some -writs will be moved for test as soon as the house assembles. Mr. Jamies Rust will the take the oaths and his seat for Huntingdonshire, in the con room of Viscount Mandeville, now Duke of Mtaiechester; in the Earl of Gifford succeeds Lord Seymour at ...

... I'AI:IS, Dec. 241-The accouchemeent of the Elpress is l expected to take place between the l5th and 25th of March. ?? i* acthe-etics Her Majesty's hcalth is excellent.- 'IOLDAVIA'. A letter from IMoldavia, cf the 10th of December, states that the Hospoelair GCeegory Ghilia li.3 proclacimsed the entire | I.a olitioii of serfdomu in hiis Principality. This important act wsas carried into ...