... LORD PALMERSTON ON RAIL- WAY ENTERPRIZE. On Taesdtly Lord Palmerston cut the first sod of the w Andover and Redbridge Railway at Raosey, in the pre. serce of a numerous assemblage of the landolvlwrs of the h( district and others interested in the undertaking. The as' line-whiuh is intended ultimately to effect a commtnsi- xv cation between Southampton and the coalfields of South ir Wales and ...

... THE DEPARTURE OF THE | GREAT EASTERN. On Wednesday morning the Great Eastern, which has o been the object of public curiosity and anxious interest , for so long a period, fairly commenced her publio ai career. Since her launch she has been lying at her p moorings off Deptford, where she has beeu visited by c thousands of persons, The scene at Greenwich, Dept- u ford, and the Isle of Dogs was ...

... SIR H. SEYMOUR ON DIPLOMACY. One of our most distinguished diplonmatists, Sir Hamilton Seymour, favoured the audience of the Mechanics' Institution at Whitby, on Wednesday, with hints on diplomacy :- There was no great craft or mystery In it, he said, but it required an1 apprenticeship. Any man of good abilities alid close application would succeed, while a person who hoped to lead a life of ...

... - T: RA I, IN TE LLIGE NOE. CE ?? ropose mi. - dciUtes' of ?? -, Eul mdt °u - the ensaing month at the c *tainmient earl ?? .d eterin Yorksh'ire ted the chairmanship of the M r* jig yl Brou~tl has ser~e j l; to his friend, and also to as j'rl Brsu~~~t toe nsr~~~ S-turgme th ?? foar tillS e',ot 0 ?? S RI TrOZ5J/laiO ?? 7-106z/ states that, in donsequene of e The' ...

... G INTEELIGENCE. Te CB OySOUT AND THE Beor~Haf ASSOndA- TIJE Brtish ts5ociaticm for the Advancement Of ?? te tyhi annual meeting at Aber. r heldit, 'ie r gs commenced on Wed. Dl~stWveek ?? resigned the office eday cenifgl succeeded by H.R.1. the Prince 0fpreeidentl ad liarc a ,1rot able and ?? open- ceesoet svho Aftecroescribinoi I origin and g addreS.+ After*0in he in detalusi 11, adverted to ...

... EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION BY A COMI5ANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY. 0 At the Southwark Polioe-court, on Wednesday, a ° fine-looking elderly gentleman, who stated himself to be n Commander Henry Collins, of the Royal Navy, waited o upon Mr Combe for his advice and protection under the i following singular and extraordinary circumstances:- I: He stated that he had been 53 years in the Royal Navy, e and ...

... SALE OP PROPERTY IN HiULL.-On Friday last Mr Nathaniel Easton, aulctioneer, sold the following laud at the George Inn: -A close of old swarth, situated in Sudcoates, measuring ia,. Or. 28p., for £9970, to Mr Jiunes Rank; a second close of old swarth, situated in I Sadcoates, measuring 2a. Or. 20p., for £335, to MrI John Cockarn; a third close, also situated it, Sudcoates, 1 measuring la. 2r. ...

... DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE. ALDBOROUGH. THE FAIRt-Not so many beast in the market as usual; with the exception of two or three good lots of Irish, all the others, generally speaking, were prime heifers and steers of great size, and in good condition. Prices were high; one gentleman, we heard, refused £24 each for twenty beasts out of one of his lots. Not many buyers, sales not brisk. Tile pleasure ...

... I I Lord Teynhase has addressed a letter to the secret iry me' of the Northern Reform Union, in which hie says mein 1The greatest of all difficulties in the way of happy and Ai assured union is overcome when the foundations of a pro- pr posed course of conduct are laid ini justice. An unborn of child in the United Kingdom is not only protected by its wo mother, it is surrounded by the shield ...

... Ztrx- _ ?? u spe el lligttet | AND ST RIDING TINES. - ITEED AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICEi ;S 3 Foft TRANSMISSION ABROAD.] FRIDAY, SgrmEx 30 TM .AME.RIAN _QUARIREL. . .. ?? . ,- I . . 1t is no doubt a very grand thing to talk + this British empire upon which the sun aiol ,cts, but it is a very serious thing to be never ble for its good government. The If on which the sun never sets is an ar, ...

... THE WAR IN CHINA. AsomnEr, mail from China has come in. !brings us a detailed account of the condition f the wounded in the ill-fated attack upon t Peiho forts. The crippled fleet, it seems, ad gone to Shanghai, and orders from the h6tihb government and reinforcements were Waited, before taking any steps to avenge the 'c our countrymen and enforce the pro- rbs or the treaty which the Chinese ...

... INSPECTION OF REIGHTS & MEASURES. I | - TO THE EDITOR OP TH:E HULL PACKET. Silt,-X beg to offer you-and through you tue magistrates- a few remarks on the above subject. It appears from parla- meu tary returns that nearly. 2,000 tradesmen are annually pro- ceeded against by the police for using false weights and measures. Now, sir, if It were true that this large number of persons had been ...