... IMORE ABOUT THE WATERWORKS IAN- I AGEMENT. STARTLING STATEMENTIS. On Monday a meeting of the Waterworks Com- mittee was held at the Town-hall, Alderman Gresham in the chair. After reports as to the quantity of water daily supplied at Spring-head, and as to the unsatisfactory state of the Water- works,' there was a brief discussion in which Messrs. Rayner and Willows expressed surprise that ...

... The usual fortnightly meeting of this committee s5 was'held on Monday, underthe chairmanship of Alder. a man Bannister.-Accounts amounting to £540 3s. 9d. t were recommended to the Council for ?? l was stated that a room in the Charter House had be. i: come vacant in consequence of the death of Mr. George I Newton.-A letter nas read from Mr. Moss, solicitor i' to the South Bridge Company, ...

... THE NEWLAND COLLECTOR SUMJMONED.I At the Petty Sessions for the South Hunsley flea. con, held at the Town-hall, on Tuesday, a case of con- siderable importance to riders ot bicycles, tricycles, v 1.-_ ?? esr lefo- Lieut -Co-lo'nel P-eas8e, Rev ID. S.- -V WrangVaaZ 1*91,th a Cave), and D~avid Wilson, Esq (Cott~iaghan).' Tile d defendant was John French, collector of tolls at the v Newland bar ...

... I:TRIAL OF MIADAME VACREL. Madame Rachel (otherwise Sarah Leveeson) waaf plaeed at the bar of the Central Criiainal Court yesterday morning, charged with obtaininng money from Mrs. 13orradaile, by false pretences, and also with conspiring to defraud Mrs. Borradaile of three thousand pounds. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Montague Wiittums, and Mr. Straight appeared for the prosecss!ion- The ...

... TGWY EXTRAVAGANE. FOLLOWUXG jin the wake of his leader, Mr. CLAY, at the Liberal meeting-in the .Pablic Rooms on Monday night, brought forward the charge of extravagant expenditure against the present ministry. We confess we thought it rather odd that such a chargeshauld be made by Mr. CLAx, because, as he.has all along told us-that the Liberals coiapezed, the Con- servative Gov.ernment to ...

... TRIAL OF OVEREND, GURNEY, a CO. STARTLING REVEL&TIONS. This case, which has ~excited so much interest, not Oiily in commercial circles, but amongst, we may say, all Classes Of society, and which has brought ruin ie to many a household that had before been iin corn. Ie forta-ble circuinstandes, has -at length been brought to psa close., It will be remembered that, a, few years ago, re Messrs. ...

... . ?? SUDDEN DEATH.-On Wednesday morniig'alabourer, named Edgar Earle, residing in ilodgson- street, went with a horse and rully to fetch some grass from afield near Anlaby. He tool; with him a man named Robert Beharrell, who sat down in the field whilst Earle was cutting the grass. About four o'clock Earle w-.nt to him, and found he was dying. He put him on his rully, but he died on his way to ...

... AGRICULMuRAL ITENSS. TaRY EMP1LOYMaST OF CH5LBRE..-lhC Cnmi sioni-er appointea to inquire into the etnplinoymnt of children, yonlui persons, and women in agsiculture, in order to determine to what extent, and with what ruodilications, thepriticiplesof the FacturyActscau be adapted to the regulia ion of iabour in husbalndry, have issued their seconl report. which recomumentls that only one-of ...

... i THE RELIGIOUS DISTURBANCE I . ?? , TU - CE - In our, impression of l0astwek we gave some partion- lars in reference to the religioue'distnrbancil8 whidli had taken place in this town in. oonnection with' tli~lootulies of the Baron de. Camifis.gistBns' Cath liish. On Friday mnorning, at thie Police Cou~t, tels -Rev If.- Trappa, thp ~Rdfnian -Catholi, priest,, -attended before 'the xSeti, r ...

... I S ECOND EDITION FEIDAY, It A.M. ?? Blectric and IZternaional Telegrajlph.) PARIS, Thursday ?? Patrie says it is stated that Count Persiguy will leave this evening for London. ILord Cowley is expected to return to Paris at the end of the present week. The Patrde also publishes ar private letter from Rome, according to which Sardinia had declared to the Holy Sea that it would ounsider the ...

... THE BjLIGT- -,HOPES OF .WILLIA?4 NDI FRANES. Tae n CD4MMpsro*Zef {telsus tis'that,, a few days ago, a servant girluiithat citk, named Franoes.ForaQr', was ta ke'n in ont'stod ou .a, ,charge of ste'alinz a quantity of c6lothii .from her inasteira house. Several letters were found iu'her possession, fro-iwhich it appeared that she had'for some'time past 'b~eeu carrying;.on 'a clandestine ...

... I SOUTH' YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (HULL EXTEN'TSION.) This is a bill to enable the South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company to extend their railway to the town of Kingstou-upon-Hull, and for other purposes in connection with the said extenaion. The estimated cost is £400,000. The works consist of a railway to commence in the township of Bentley-with.Arksey, by a junction with the South ...