... SPROATLEY. At the petty sessions, held on Monday, the 26th inst., before William RIaines, Esq., M. J. Grimiston, Esq, and Talbot C. Constable, Eq .-Henry Bird, servant to Mr. Barber, of Sproatley, farmer, was fined 2s. (6d. andl costs for being at such a distance from the cart of which lihe had charge, on the turnpike road at Wyton, on the .. 17th instant, that he hall not the control of the ...

... NELSON-STREET PIER. l TO TUE EDITOR OF THlE HULL PACK'r u The press being the representative of the Yoxe popali, xvill you kindly allow me, as one of the people, to draw the attention of the authorities to the disgraceful state of the promenade on the pier. It is en arranged that after a shower of rain or a slight thaw, it is unfit for r ladies or children to walk upon. F Hours after the ...

... The arrival of the Overland Mail brings accounts of its capture of Bashire. These accounte state that on the 4th December Karrech was taken possession of ass a military depot, and occupied by two companies of the 2nd Belocheets. No opposition was offered-indeed, our people found only a handful of ill-fbd and unpaid mercenaries, to whom their advent was rather a boon than otherwise, On the ...

... TfHE NEWSPAPER PRESS. ~The decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of Davison against Duncan, on Friday last, raises a question of great interest, and more especially interesting to persons connected with the public press. The circumstances are shortly ?? a meeting of the West Hartlepool Commissioner, one of the speakers used lan~guage with reference to a gentleman, not pre. sent ...

... THE SU.PyO COTTON. y The New Orleans Delta, of a recent date, contains an 6 article in which the' writer anticipates, in most exultant tone, a e world-wide dependenoe for cotton supplies upon the southern P p states of the American Union. The Timies of yesterday has *. r. en article, called forth by the glowing anticipations of' the o Delta, fromt which we extract the following :- The 'aholi. ...

... MAIWHESTER 'ATIIENA?UM. itanof Tho tannmal nmeeting of the mnembers was held on Wednesday hi year. night, in the Library H~all; Sir E. Armitage, Xl., in the chair. of tin. Te SxCIElTAISY read the twenty-first annual report, of o an-whicht the following is an absraot .- tb~ uses ,of The average number of members from- tbe commencement t Ieoteprsnraeof sabscription in 1848, to thecoloce of r ...

... A meeting of this society was held on Monday evening; Sir Roderick I. Murohison, president, in the chair. Among those present were Generals Sir G. Pollock, Montelth, Watkins, Beatron, Fox, Chief Justice Temple, Mr. lAwrence, Colonels Lefroy and Smyth O'Connor, Cap- tains Shorrd Osborn, and F. A. B. Craufrd, R.N., Drs. Rae, Bird, Baillie, Macpherson, and Glen, the Hon. G. Wadegrave, Consul ...

... TO THE EDITOR Or rnz MORNING CHRONICLEZ Sin-It would be superfluous at the present moment, and a waste of both your time and my own, to argue and insist upon the great importance of a speedy commniumru tion between London and our Chinese outposts. This ii indeed perfectly obvious, after what has of late ccurred At Canton. I shall therefore without further preface proceed, in ?? filment of my ...

... TiE NOTTIVG-HILL BURGLARY. MAIRYLEDONZ.-Yesterday John Hughes ?? Green. ward were brought up on remand and placed at the bar be- fore Mr. Broughton, charged with having at an early hour on the morning of the 14th inst. been found on the pro- miaes of Mr. John Arnold, No. 39, WeEtbourne-park- villas, Paddiugten, their object being, as believed, that of committing a burglary. The particulars of ...

... THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Hilary Term, 220th Victoria, 1857. Tuesday, January 27. Thws Court will hold sittings on Friday, the 6th day of February next, and every sucoceding day (Sundays ex- cepted) until and including Tuesday, the 17th day of Feb- ruary next, and will, at such sittings, prooeed in disposing of the business then pending in the New Trial.and ...

... WAGES.—Elizabeth Morgan, of Llangattock, was summoned, by John Waters, for the balance of his wages, which he alleged to be L2 2s., but on the bench examining the account, it appeared that £ 1 16s. lOd. was the amount due, which was ordered to be paid with 5s. costs. STEALING COAL.-Jane James pleaded guilty to stealing coal, at Cwmbran, the property of John Lawrence, Esq.—'Committed for 7 days ...

... Forty-six designs have been sent in to the committee for the com- petition for the Memorial Chureh at Constantinople; several of them have great merits, ...