... GATESHEAD TEPEBk&OE UNION. SPEEROR OF MR HUTT, M.P. The annual soiree of the Gateshead Temperance Union was held in the hell of the Meohaanoa' Institute, West-street, Gateshead, on Wednesday evening. The proceedings-commenced by a public tea, of which about 300 partook, the tables being~gratuitounly ?? by the following ladies, viz. :-Mrs Maweon, Mrs Jos. K1impacer, Miss Bippon, Mrs B. T. Beid, ...

... MORNING HERALD.-Bight or wrong, justly or unjustly, Mr Bright is elected leader of the reformers -and, we presume, of her Majesty's opposition. Many have of late put in their claims for this post. Lords John Russell and Palmerston have long been rivals, and it was a short time since hinted in influential quarters that the whig party had fixed their hopes on Sir G. C. Lewis. Light skirmishing ...

... NOMINATION OF HIGH SHERIFFS FOR I -- - 1859. (From the supplement to the Gazette of Friday, Novem. ber 12.) The names of those who were nominated for sheriffs of the following counties, by the Lords of the Council at the Exchequer, on the morrow of St. Martin, in the 22nd year of the reign of Queen VictorIa, aud in the year of our Lord 1856 :_ CU BEBAL ND.-Gamel Augustus Lord Muncaster, of ...

... We (Zmnes) are enabled to state the more important stipulations of the treaty signed at Jeddo, on the 26th of last August. This treaty, in the first place, engages that there shall be perpetual peace and ftiendsbip be- tween her British Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan; secondly, that her Majesty may appoint a diplomatic agent to reside at Jsdda, and the Tycoon a diplomatic agent to reside in ...

... LAYING TM FOUNDATION STONE OF THE. PHENSOY MEMORI SCHOOLS. STEPHENS9 - - M- of thef late Cloe-of the earliest plsoes of tsffiiiellO I ?? George Stephenson,' the 'usually quiet village of Wil- lington, was on Tueaday last the scene of unwonted ait.That beingte bit-day of the great en- gineer'tcareyls fiosu ?? yiOhI bad been appropriately selected as the most flttingday in ,t1e year for the ...

... NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM - DISTRICT BANK. Nov. 15.-(Before Vice-Chanclior KINDRSLEY.) EX-1ARTE BIGGOZ This was a matter of adjournment from the Vice. Chancellor's Chambers, and the question was, whether Mr Charles Selby Bigge should or should not be placed on the list of contributors. Mr GLASSE, in opening the case on behalf of Mr Bigge, explained that hia clien' was a gentleman com- nmoner ...

... UBIVEB81Y AND LERICAL.. . A OLRIUOA XMNrG ON OCawiwa HAX.-The clergy ot the archdeaconry of 2ly have held an into. resting and important meeting on the church-rate question. The Venerable Archdeacon Browne, who presided, sard, it appeared to him that the subject before the meeting was a vtal question involving the stability and perpetuity of the Church of England. The legislature of the ...

... I SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE AND SHIPPlNG. From information that has reached the insurance clubs belonging to the Tyne, there appears to have been a serious loss of shipping during the rough wea- ther of last week. Telegrams have arrived that two collier brigs have gone on shore near Bremen (the crews of these two vessels are saved), and from Rot- terdam, that two brigs were ashore on the Datch ...

... THE FRENOH EXPEDITION AGAINST COCHIN CHINA. The Aonit eur has the following :- Since the comn. ?? of this century France hae vainly attempted toenter intorelation ?? blina. Theinso-sh saut pitiless treatment of our missionaries has more than once brought our ships of war to the coast of the kiindom of Annam, but without any success attending thei tos o enter intoelas with the government. of ...

... DESTRUOTION BY FIRE OF THE SHIP , - - ,-EASTERN CITY. The details of the total destruction by fire -of the JBasterrrCity, one of the Black Ball line of Australian passenger ships, will be read with interest. Mr J. Fo aler, a cabin passenger on board, has fur. nished the following narrative of the configration :- We sailed from Liverpool for Melbourne on the 10th of July, having on board 1 ...