... PRBESNTATiON TO JOHN ELLERTHORPE. Last Wednesday evening an event took place in Hunl, which will hereafter be remembered with feelings of very great pleasrer namely. the presentation of several testimonials to a ?? of toil, one of the true sone of nature's nobility. The Music-hall, Jarrattestreet, was selected for what the large posters on the walls fore- shadowed for the demonstration to John ...

... I - - -HOUSE OF LORDS, TaURSD.4Y. Lord LYTTLETOX moved the second reading of the Sub. Division of Dioceses bill, the object of which weas to modify the machinery by which dioceses are at present divided, and to assimilate the system of the Church at home and that adopted in the colonies. After some discussion and a division, the bill was read a second time, The reports of Amendment on the ...

... I I -I PORT PICKENS AND PENSACOLA, Ir Russell, the Times' correspondent, has this week sent home two iaterestin lettdr's -iving aecriptn of bis 3isit, fo#'the' '5c050. qf. ibnpendmg hostilities on the Galf oE'Meiics. .He.qbtaired t passagb from Mobile in asmall schooner, namedithe, Diana, whose' -reaw eon- sisted of'.three mlen, aw-negro cook, -and a wild haired' ybui'g'man as eaptain. . ...

... I TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET.3 Sip, -I shall be glad of a little apace to notice B. B.'s very remarkable letter of January 4th. I notice it to show your readers how B. B. deals with evidence which diaprovea every assertion he bo311made. I gave three piecee of evidence tosahow how fooiiah hia ataternent-was, that Dissent did 5pastoral work. Ono piece of evidonce was by a well-known and ...

... CIO Wlt wartett AND EAST RIDING TIDES. [REGISTERED AT TH[E GENERAL POST-OFFICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD.] PRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2. AT length we have news of the capture of the Chinese forts at the mouth of the Peiho. Not without a severe conflict, however. The allied loss was 400 men killed and wounded: the Chinese loss is not stated. It seems that after three hours'- hard fightingy, according ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. INVITATION TO LORD PALMEBRSTON TO VISIT HULL. -If the veteran statesman Lord Palmerston could have visited Hull before leaving Yorkshire he would no doubt have received a hearty welcome. A few daye ago his worship the Mayor invited his lordship to. visit the town, hut without success. In reply to the invitation his lordship wrote to the effeot, ?? That it would have given ...

... A meeting of the town council was held on Friday, for the purpose of decidiug whether it would be advis- able to carry on the opposition to the dock bill or not now that it is before the Hdose of Lords. The Towx-cLERK read a letter from Mr Councillor Evans regretting that in consequence of ill-healtb he was obliged to resign his seat in the ?? NIGNTINGALZ moved that the resignation be accepted ...

... cot Wul Variket AND ELST RIDING TIMES RFEGISTERED AT THIE GENERAL POST-OFFICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD. ] = _ _ ?? _ ?? _ ?? FRIDAY, APRIL 18. IN olden times, as our readers know, it was the annual custom in some Roman Catholic countries to put a priest in the pulpit as the Devills Advocate, his duty being to make out as good a case as possible in favour of the great enemy of Christendom. It ...

... D DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION, I i VTIITVS . - -l-tlT od i NINETEEN PERSONS KILLED. A fearful boiler explosion occurred on Tuesday morn. ing, at tbe Milfield Ironworks, Priestfield, near Wol- verbampton. The works, which are carried on by Mr Thomas Rose, and belong to the Birruingham Banking Company, consist of two forges and three mills, all for the manufacture of different, descriptions of ...

... ! 1 Yesterday Messrs Brown, Atkinson and Co., agents to the Whale and Seal Fishing Company, received advioee stating that the Truelove, Capt Wells, jan, had nrrived at Lerwick, all well, with 30 tons of oil, and that, she reported that the Lady Seale, 'ales belonging to that eo0pany, had improved her take to 70 tons. The Diana, belonging to the sare company, tbid 32 tons All the vessels had ...

... ?? 'rn Ar, ts. _- FRIDAY 11 A.mI. i (By Electric antd raternafional Telegraph). L AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Thunsday ?? New York and _ Philadelphia Company's steamer Kangaroo from New York arrived here. She brings 19 cabin and 61 steerage passeugers and 170,000 dollars in specie, 0 NEW YORK, lst.-Morning. -The Federal occupation Is of Nashville is officially confirmed. General Buell is reported to ...

... FOREIGN INTELLiGENCE. FRANCE. THE LATE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. Official documents before the Chambers show that the British government has duly appreciated and acknow- ledged the good offices of.Frauce in the recent difficulty ' with America. On the 6th of December, when the E French Anbaseador in London read to Earl Russell M. ?? despatch on the subject of the Trent affair the Foreign Secretary ...