... His serene highness the Prince of Leiningen arrived at Windsor on a visit to the Queen on Christmas eve. e The Queen, the Prince, tile Prince of Wales, the d Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, the Dachess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, f the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic e household, attended divine service in the chapel Royal at Windsor on ...

... ertrzponbe)1ence. I THE NEW PROMENADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET.' SIR,-As one of the public, I think an unanimous expression of acknowledgment is due to the lady and the three public bodies who have so promptly and. effectively responded to the suggestion to plant their ground on either side of the new road from Park-place to the Anlaby-road with what will' be one of the finest ...

... TflAITHI A - - .APLES- 'lT'IgFe,,AlTHWIAHAT IRAPES., Tjie i fol~v, inrig a'dditi'onal- ?? is =r'om 'the: correspondent 6f'tli:'TmtWes' at Niples:-i s le ruinious violere'of lshe recent earth'quake ap- pear to have beeu limnieed t the two provinces of the rincipato Suteriore and Basilicata. Up to: the lesbl ineteen bodies 'hasdi been dug' p in-Potenza, and more vrere being'sought for-3'00 had ...

... |MOVEMENT OF A NEW ZEALAND TRIBE FOR I = its OF A . . v _.A KING. We find in the New Zealander newspaper the following king interesting and unique report of a great meeting of the peat Waikato tribes, held in May last, for the purpose of deciding watt whether or not they should have a King. It would appear seen that thgeproposal for a rival to Queen Victoria did not suc- Of P' ceed. Tereport ...

... I DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH | i POACHERS. A poaching affray occurred on Thursday morning last, at Scoreby, near Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, which, for its serverity, has not been equalled in the neighbourhfood for many years past. The land in the above locality is ~included in the extensive possessions of Lord Ldndes-' borousgh, of Grimston Park, nbar Tadoaster, and op the morning, in question, ...

... SEC01ND9 E12DIT's.tION I PACKET OFiaxE, 2 P.M. HULL SESSIONS. FRIDAY (THIS DAY). Thos. Blakestone, who pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of breaking into the house of Air Smedley, Porter-street, but whose sentence was deferred, was brought up again this morning and sentenced to ten months' imprisonment. On the second charge of stealing a watch and gold pin, the property of Samuel Atkhi, to ...

... TE AU'UINORITY FOR TanE YO.-YOBSER- - VAYCE OF THlE SLVENTII DAY. i It is recorded in Holy S&ripture, Gun. 2, 2 aid ;i, that, on the seventh dayof the creation Almighty lid *'!iCsed and sanctified the seventh day ; this IIC did, without exemption of any nation, or litoitatiott to :,ny tinc; tbe commaud therefore is univers;l and jimperativi. It is asserted, in direct contradictiotn of the ...

... (From the New York Herald, Dec. _15.) This week, if Providence endows our bankers and N merchants with commllon prudence, will inaugurate the inite revival of American trade from the revulsion of 1857. Wa Our city banks, the other. State banks, the Boston th Land New Haven banks, and generally all the banks cee( whicdh Suspended specie payment, with the exception A~ of the Pennsylvania banks ...

... Letters from Alexandria state that the brother of E the Sultan Houcein, the chief sovereign of Darfotur, was about to visit France, Elnglaind, and the other principal States of Europe. Darfoiu is a state of Central Africa, near Nubia and Kordufali, inhabited X by a black Mahometaii population. It carries on a considerable trade by means of caravans. An Eng- lish agent lately visited Cobbe, the ...

... DEGRADATION OF BRTI~SH OFFICERS. (PROM THE STANDARD.) THE Indian intelligence which wre publish this day is only a slightly-extended account of tile various pro- ceedings of the different detached columns of our army, already commented uipon on the receipt of our previous telegramss We have a inore detailed re- hearsal of the fighting of the troops of Sir Colin Campbell, as tley won their way, ...

... LoBD UA BLL ON IHEB SCOTCH TJNIVrERSITIES. or, Wednesday an influontial meeting was held s ide at Edinbibi':b, 111der the auspices of the Associationl for the a5j51 Iprvlilt and Extension of the niesities of Scotland. orts ITdh: J1ceCA~it uO-1, presided; and Queen-street tr gall tea, croWded. Among others on the platform were the Mar j3l1ef ]'ao-'beTy, Lord Alurrar. Lord Neaves, Lord Ard- ...

... r. WILLIAM CONNAL & CO.'S MONTHLY CIRCUI-kR.. k Glasgow, 31st December, 187 *y The last two months of the year which has now run its 18 ie course have presented a, sad contrast to the fair promises of 18 i- commercial prosperity with which it opened. The causes 1 ~d which had contributed, during 1856, to disturb the monetaryat r.relations of the country were passing away, and though the 1 S. ...