... 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 ...

... MISCELLAN OITS. Ono of the Marine Insurance Compasuies is said to have netted about £60,000. by takicg war risks during the late short period of excitement arising out of the case of the Trent. We hear that a company is being formed, one of the objects of which is to make arrangements for the recep- tion of foreign exenrsionists to this country during the Exhibition time. Mr. Layard, and ...

... BILSTON. STEALING COAL-At the Petty Sessions, yesterday, Bridget Burns, of this town, was committed to prison for twenty-one (lays, for stealing coal, on Thursday last, the ?? of fessis. Sparro$, coual pruirictOrs, of BiltuOit. WOLVERHAMIPTON. THE CASE OF STEALING WEARING APPAREBL-At the Police Cocut, yesterday, William Jones, who stated that he was a glove maker, of Worcester, was brought up ...

... MR.. ROEBUTJCK, M.P., ON POPULAR EDUCATION. (From otr Reporter.) SALISBurzY, Friday. Least evening, Tvr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P., delivered anl ad- dress upon ?? Populatr Education in the Assembly Roosin of this city to the members of the Literary and Scientific Institution. Mr. Marsh, M.P., occupied the chair; and amnongst those present were the Right Rev, the Bishop of Salisbury, Archideacon ...

... DISTRICTNEWS. BROSELEBY. NIGHT POACHING.-Late on Friday night, or early on the morning of Saturday, as one of Lord Forester's keepers and two watchers were out near the-ash cappice, they eja- countered a gang Of poachere,' about seventeen in nuoeb Te, in the lane leading fro~mth~b bttosmsof the, Belt IHel The numbers were too formidable for the keepers and watchegs to encounter, but some ...

... iTO THS RIGHT HOO. EARL RUSSELL, FORTIGN OFFICE, LONDON. Shipowner' Association, Jan. 13, 1862. My Lord,-It has come ,to the knowledge of the Liverpool Shipownera' Assoolatjon, through the public prints, that the Federal Government of the United States have sunk a stone squadron in the ?? Harbour. Thisprooeed. ing cannot fall seriously and permanently to injure the entrance to that harbour. ...

... THE TUSOJRORA AND THE NASHVILLE, On Thursday afternoon, an Amnerloan man-of-war, flying the Federal flag, was observed from -Ports.: month passn through Spithead;.and intelligence tah ey strortly baonveyed to the portoadmairal thab thestangr adanchored off Osborne. This could not be endured ; so Sir Heniry .Brnoe despatched the, Figmy, his ateam tender, with civil instructions that' ...

... I TO THE EaITOR OF THE DaILY NEVS. SIE,-The limited geographical extent of the British Isles is inadequate to the home growth of sufficient food for the populationlof these countries, and the additional unsuitableness of climate bars the production of raw material required for the supply of our manufactories. The power wielded by the empire of Great Britain depends upon due provision of ...

... SATURDDAY, JANUAar 18, 8 A.M4. B. L M. D. . C. I S. W. NAN 29.78 86 84 S. 5 4 C ?? 29.87 85 84 S. 6 LEUCH ?? 29.4889d 35 S.E. 2 16 - BEaWKOR ?? 29.97 27 - S. 6 8 b 8 AaDROSSAN ?? 289 . 3S s 6 S.SW. 5 D Or 6 0.17 PoRTaUS ?? 29Oe- 42 41 S.E. 6 8 0 6 - Sg s8 ?? 38.08 29 - S.W. 7 6 o - GA.LWAY *29.51 40 89 S. 7 8 0 4 - SOAntBOsoU(o 80.12 429 - S. 2 8 b 8 _ SIVERPOOL ?? 29.0 3 _- S.E. 4 2 In 8 ...

... BOAltD OF HEALTH.—The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday, the members present being Messrs, Toms, (in the chair) Coleman, Jones, Geake, Cornish. French, and Francis. After the minutes of the pre- vious meeting had been read and confirmed, Mr. Geake said in comptiance with the resolution of the previous meeting, Mr. Toms and himself had taken measures for the filling up of the open ditch ...

... feentl ftefog. The number of wrecks during the past year reaches a fearful total of 2029. The three Federal vessels destroyed at sea by the' Confederate war steamer Sumter included the Vigi- lant, the cargo of which was insured at Lloyd's about three weeks since. This is the firist loss the room has sustained since the present war risks have been acted upon. About a month ago Mr. Gr. Riddiford ...

... Via Sydney we have papers from New Zealand to the 12th of November. His Excellency Sir George Grey, accompanied by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Fox, left on a visit to the Bay of Islands and Hokianga, in H.M.S Pelorus, on the 4th. It is hoped that this-the commencement of a series of peaceful campaigns in the Maori territory-will end in restoring the friendly relations between the races, and ...