... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. RETIRING COUNCILLORS.- The following town. councillors will retire from office on the lot November, but are eligible for re-electiou :-In East Sculcoates- Mr Thomas Coates, Mr William Byre. West Sculcoates -Mr William Brown, Mr George Lawrence Shackles. North Myton-Mr John Silbeck, Mr 0. S. Todd. South Myton-Mr William Peter McBride, Mr John Green Wills Willows. Lowgate-.Mr ...

... SEXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENTS ON A CHILD. Application was recently made by the Hon. Mr. Clements, late M.P. for Leitrim, for a criminal infer- mation against Major Roland, in consequence of the latter having sent him a challenge to fight a duel. The challenge is stated to have arisen out of an effort made by those gentlemen to reconcile differences which had existed between Mr. David Urquhart, ...

... | IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS (THURSDAY). The Commons met at one o'clock, and proceeded with the swearing in of members up to two, when they were sudismoned to the House of Lords. The Lord CHANCELLOR delivered the royal speech as of follows :-I MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, a We are commanded to inform you that her Majesty has availed herself of the earliest opportunity 0 of having ...

... PETITION AGAINST THE RETURN OF THE HON. MIR. DENISON. 'The following is a copy from the parliamentary votes of this petition:- The humble petition of Thomas Southwick, of Flemingate, as in the borough of Bietrley, in the East-riding of the county efi of York, tailor, and John RaInsmhav, of Toll Gavel, in the said th borough of Beverley, gardener, Shewethh That your petitioners were at the last ...

... EVERYBODY has heard of MACAULAY'S New Zealander, who at some distant time is to stand on the broken arch of London-bridge, to, sketch the ruins of St. Paul's, and to moralize upon the decline and fall of England. We forget whether the essayist's imaginary traveller from the antipodes is to be of Anglo-Saxon race, but if so, we are inclined to thinlk the prophecy in this particular may be ...

... HULL WORKHIOUSE. On Monday a bl-monthly nisetlijj: Of thle governor and guar anms of tise poor was held abt bho Hlul Workhouse, Anlaby-road, at which Johs Potintuin, Esq., governor, Mr B. Barnby, deputy-governor, and ahout thirty guardians were present. REsiGNATION 01t A GUAIRDIAN.. The GovgrtNoR read a letter, addressed to himself, from Mr Geo. Lohg, a guardian, in which it was Btatod that as ...

... I INDIA. OFFERED CAPITULATION OF DELHI. [From the 2nd edition of the Morning Herald.] The Calcutta Englishman of August 22 repeats the report of the offer from the rebels in Delhi to capitulate, and the refusal on the part of the besiegers. The latest date is to the 14th instant, and speaks of the probably speedy dispersion of the mutineers. The garrison of Delhi were quarrelling among ...

... ?? - - E.- A r - a n 7 1-| 1 DISTRICT -INTELLIGBNCEC. I . . .: . . ; & f X r ' I' a ~t v 'i 0 b b v t il a t t 5 . HEDON. OOn Saturday A'mitch-'wa5 played ?? Mechanics and ite Hedon ! 'c31,iogt.. oricket clubs, which terminated in favour of the .Mecligiios, after e - spirited couteat, as the followilngfsore shews IIEDON MECHANIqtS' 1st innings., 2nd innings , J Smurihwaite, b J Iveson 0 bV ...

... LOCAL INT LIGENCE. l it PRAYER FOR INDrA.-We6understand that the clergy of the borough are about to; iteiie their congregations t to a prayer meeting, on ?? of6 India, at the Public- rooms, Jarratt-streeb, on ?? evening next, at seven o'clock. ST. PAUL'S SCaoonS.-The foundation stone of St. ?? sohools, Soulcoates, is to be laid this day, at half- *e paet four p.m. n RoYAL INSTITUTION.-HULL ...

... I PEPRSIA. BAGDAD, May 4.-It is likely that the British embassy will leave Bagdad1 ill a' few days. As the markets have been drained to supply the wants of the army at Bushire, there will be some difficulty in pro. curing the necessary number of mules anid other beasts of burthen, The cortege of the ambassador will be numerous (probably 500, including the Persians who took refuge under his ...

... LLCTURE ON SILEINCE. i At the Royal Institution on Tuesday evening, being the ordinary meeting of tile Hull Literary and Pbiloso phical Society, Mr HAtWINS delivered a lecture upon ' Silence. There was a pretty good attendance. Sir Henry Cooper, M.D., president, occupied the chair. After a few introductory reumrks Mr Hawkins pro- ceeded to state the different kinds and degrees of silence. ...

... PrBOCEEDINGS OF T.LBE WATER-I WORK3S CONM1ITTEE. | TOWN-nALL, HULL, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 1 857.-Present: -Mr Thompson (chairman), Mr Mayfield, Mr O. R. Lambert, Mr Harrison, Mr Browalow, Sir Henry Cooper. THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE WATERWORKS COMMITTEE. Read-A correspondence between the Surveyor of the Board of Health and the Waterworks Enlgileer, and the latter's report thereon, concerning the ...