... z~0rponbeneE. 40 TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. Mv Mi DRAR SIB,-It was wiith much regret I read in es your paper of laqt Friday. that portion of your critique ?? reflecting on the singing of the War Song, in Costa'E ad oratorio of Eli, at the last concert of the Vocal Society. ?? gentlaan who HUng that so1o is one of my' moat esteemed pupils-. Ii, as well as the other tenor yen id, ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE | WIND ARD WEATHER, YESTERDAY.-NeWCastle, W, fine; Sunderlaud, NW, fine; York, NNW, fine; l3erwick, W, very fine ; Edinburgh, S, very fine; Perth, E, very fine; Aberdeen, NW, very fine; Dundee, NW, very fine; Darlington, SW, fine; Soarbro', S, fine; London, NNW, fine; Derby, SW, fine; Rugby, SW, aloudy;Leicester, SW, cloudy; Gainsbro', SW, fine; GrimibT, NW, fine; Shrewsbury ...

... IFRIGHTFUL EXPLOS IO N. I I-57 nvp 0Vn w-m . - - 'ONE HUNDRED AND TEN LIVES SACRIFICED, 'he Another of those frightful and desolating explosions bly of coal gas, which have so frequently occurred in the ter Welsh basin of late, took place on Tuesday morning at flar the Cummer colliery, near Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, e I' when the loss of human life was of the most frightful character. his ...

... | . IIMNPERIAL PARLIAMENT. :~ R~r'I9 'OUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 18. iri C02&ifU IuaTIoN WITH IRELAND.-Replying to the 3 EarlOf Dungannon, the Duke of ARGYLL stated that he Inegotiqibtis vere still pending with certain steam navi- be- gat2idn9 COrnpias for the purpose of organizing a non- Lor Offlnid ad rapidi system of trwnsit between HIolyhead jro and FKngstwvrfi harbours. 1qAORZ IN IRE2AND ...

... ?? , THUR.SDAY EVEIBNG'g TELErGRAPHIC , ?? IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the Lords last night many hills passed through comitte, nd thes..ncldin th Coastgaard and ?? ifl,~'ereread a third time a nd passed. In co ?? omn ships into the Parochial Schools (ScOtland) ebill, thde Duke of ARGYLE moved that their lordehips amend- ments be insisted upon. After a rather warm debate this motion was agreed to, ...

... - ?? . ,u . .. - ?? .. I MtE. LIVERPOOL MERCURY. IVEPDMSDAY, JULY 30, 1S56. OALUS POPVLi LTJS_ PUELEIA. S rU IhI WI A R Y. (~n $Sf rt-lay, whilit a ?assenger train was stop- ping at tvc (Thur Fentan station, on the North- eastern Neril - y. t goods train ran into it, killing two p .6 ug r, -averely ili aring four, ?? wound- ija, t ao igh nm+ severely, six or seven ot'hers. Th e r, por e ic ...

... MATRIIMONIAL HOAX IN LIVERPOOL. Tho following advertisement lately appeared in a local r af paper :-w w iosorv-A Gentleman is desirousofforruingan acquaint. Pr .ted ance, having the abrove for its olje,'t, with a Young Lady of i, brrespeotaislethuilyanoliuood educatuitin..Co-,municstiorre under OI ,bertheAssrane o muualC, fillence, to be addressed ?? Post- tb ftices, St. Anne-street, Ialingtan ...

... '. 0 HOUSE OF LORDS-7TH JULY. -- . - - -. *ABEDENNAflD BOTTnIKHMILAND' ADTALGAMA-TIoN DfL.L. - COMMITTEEun.-Lord Wrottesley (Chazirman),: Earl Ba- tisurst, Earl of Egmont, VicontTorrington, Lord Dun- For the. Promoters-pir Knowles, Q. C. ; Mr E. B. Denni- son, Q'. C. ; and Mr A. J. Johnston', Counsel; Messrs Dune- ford & Co., Parliamentary Agents. For the Rdtfsbnngh, Perth, and Duontlee, and ...

... STATE, AND prOSPCTS OF THE KANSAS g ST2T.EAND S~QUESjQTI,, .UV ?? i,11~(says the Otob) a An American wccoreipbliienl 'give KSI5Sg. qeoto.i ,,Pou sketoch of the octual Plositi; o ta'1 the Union. ,our correspondent -belontg~s 3Qt the party letesion of. slavery~ti'o that'iiirritorv, apd his iew ma toense eiatbentb coloulred by that opinion; but lie occupies a 16iiol) h rieshmpaoeordepionshis VT5 ...

... 15, allit ]lIttillpurt. IeC ENGLAND. e Timncr, is a rumour that Sir Benjamin Hall will r be raised to the Peerage. is Tii¢ Princess Margaerite of Saxony has been be- - trothed to the Archduke Charles Louis, Governor of s' the Tyrol and the Voralberg, and second brother of Is the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. x- A LiNr of screw steamers is announced direct from - London to Montreal. The ...

... TnE following are a few extracts for the July num- ber of this popular serial:_ IATF'AIR!- It was now summer-time; a grey, hot 'dusty evening. They rode, to the top of Oxford Street, and, there alighting, dived in among the great streets of melancholy stateliness, and-the little streets that try to be as stately and succeeded ill being more melancholy, of which there is a labyrinth near Park ...

... GRAND COUNTY BALL TO THE ANTRIM MILITrIAS. WE have the greatest pride and pleasure in direct- ing attention to the announcement which elsewhere appvars, of the intended entertainment of the officers of the Queen's Royal Rifles and the Antrim Artil- lery, by tho High Sheriff, the Grand Jurors past and present, the Deputy.Lieutenants, and the Ma. gistracy of the County Antrim, at a ball on Wed- ...