... I . .- in the navyiestimates for the year 819'-60 the net increasea cmaedwt lost year, is less than a, Theli virets!Z item in thle votes is that 'of wages to seamen end marines. The sum required to he voted for tbis purpose, for the year 1859.60, is £2,437,062, beinga Na increase of £85,463 over the vote for the last finnca year. The next item, viz., victuals for the foregoin, is £995i, 647, ...

... THE JEDDAII MASSACRE I , ASAC, (From the Correspondent of the Times.) ALEXANDRIA JANUARY 25 -0.O h a olwn the despatch o t the ple ; wayr fteamen Duchayla arrived atuez fror pedding The dinsertg tiomutiond.te In1 18+ thsse ?? inveadi Cstions, onducitedunder the vigilant watch of the Cprsnt- misaionere, had resulted in establishing the chief gu upon three of the leading men of these ith ll m en ...

... GEN1US OF THE ENGLISH I PEOPLE. ; The amphitheatre or lecture-hall of the Hull Literary and Philosophical Society, in the Royal Institution, Albion-etreet, was crowded to excess on Tuesday evening by the members of that society-and the limited number of friends whorm they were privileged to bring with them on their own personal introduction-to hear the Rev, R. A. Redford, M.A., read his paper ...

... From China we are informed that Lord Elgina has retulned to Shangbai from his expedition up the CYang. tse-Riang, and no mention is made of any collision bete een his accompanying squadron and the Chinese either rebels or imperialists. In the neighbourbood of force has chastised some attacks upon Europeans, which would have no importance if it were not alleged, possibly without foundation, ...

... NAVAL RIVALRY BETWEEN !FRtANCE AND ENGLANl. , t hasben (Fron the comt) t s aesm beer, said that the Emperor of the French, 8 some tim e ago, expressef hiw self so an En glis- statesman ._stAut he ?? of the Crm th an wrencih caught wit ha ventio e w inea wary w again. Franc ratvrydeeti natv,Y ; I shall never be so ?? the rnhnv n ?? shpe mos anot Ihavpe ?? tan 50 steama line-of' huatte ships; ...

... RELIGIOUS WARS OF FRANCE, On MondayJ. C. Ollerensbaw,Esqof Manchester(author of the prize essay on Sunday Labour) delivered before the members and friends of the Early Closing Associa- tion, in the Royal Institution, Albion.street, the first of two historical lectures on the Wars of Religion in France. The Rev. R. A. Redford took the chair, in the absence of Mr. Rimmington, the president of ...

... I Da TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. If- lie Monday, Feb. 7,1859.-Montague-square. he My dear ?? the reports of the discussion in the at town-council, on the motion of Mr. Alderman Bannister be for the purchase of the Citadel site, that gentleman is ea represented to have said that Mr. Clay is prepared to n swear that Mr. Gore said most distinctly and clearly se that nobody should have ...

... - I in A meeting of the Hull Local Board of Health was ,e held yesterday afternoon in thre Town.hall. Mr. Aid. Iy Bannister, in the absence or the Mayor (detained in le London on business), pieided. 1e ATTENDANCO OF MEMBERS.-Mr. 'WITTY called the r- attention of the board to a practice which is gradually g obtaining-of members coming down-and signing the d book, and then immediately leaving ...

... THE CORPORATION AND I vIE DOCK | QUESTION. WE look upon the meeting of the Town. Council yesterday as one of the most important that has been held inf Hull for many years. We have not concealed from our readers the fears we entertained that the Town-Council, by con- fining itself to a policy of simple resistance, would fail in its efforts to secure freedom of competition in providing dock ...

... THE DKEFENCE OF MALTA. ?? or A WARNING. The following letter from Sir Gardner Wilkinson has been published in the Times . I am anxious to invoke the aid of your all-powerfal columns in drawing attention to a'subject already noticed by one of your correspondents, the probability of hostili- ties ostensibly directed against Austria being turned against this country. We hear of the ...

... I Lord Salisburly, as Lord President of the Privy Council, gave, onl Saturday evening, a-grand dinner to the Cabinet Minis~ters and the Officers of State of thle Queen's Household, ait his residence in Arlington-etreet, when ties list df gentlemen nominated in the Exchequer Chamber to serve the office of Shoeriff for the counties of Englaind sod 'Wales was arranged, previous to its being ...

... 1 GENERAL INTELLIGENOE I th5 TagQukug'dVxISI To BEaaLrr.-Accordirig to theI red Berlin corres aidnt of the Daily New8, the Queen i enafter all, to pay an early visit to the Princess Royal:I ?? reports of the wearnj attachment shown to the young Princees by, the Rerlinese continue to arrive. News from Borne describes the Prince of Wales as yes attiveely engaged in exploring the ruins and sights ...