... T.=rna is to be a special meeting of the Town Council to-morrow noon for the purpose 50 of considering a resolution recommending at opposition on the part of the municipal a corporation to the Manchester, Sheffield, and le Lincolnshire Railway Company's Steam Boats le bill in the House of Lords, in conjunction with Dr the Dock Company, the Chamber of Commerce, le and other mercantile and ...

... IHOLDERNESS WARD LIBERAL I I ASSOCIATION. Oa Tuesday evening the members of this association met in the Dansom lane School room, Mr Wm. Fox in the chair, to hear Mr Sampson enunciate his views on the proposal for dividing the word. Some discussion took place as to the propriety of bringing the matter before the meeting, as it represented only a section of the ward, and might give the movement ...

... ILOCAL I=NTELI E. I ADDITIONAL CURATES SOCIETY.-Sermons on behalf of this society will ?? be preached in St Mary's Church on Sunday next, morning and even- ing, by the Rev John Scott, junior, curate of flornEey, near London. HUrv1IEt IRON SHIPBUILDING COMPANY.- VISIT OF SHARErHOLDERS YESTERDAY.-Yesterday a large number of non-resident shareholders in the bove company were brought to this town ...

... DISTRICT INTELLlGENCE. I BEVERLEY. ROYAL THAMES YACEHT CLUB.-The piece of plate for yachts. above 100 tons, was won on Thursday, the 16th instant, by Lord Londesborough's Albertine, in the .presence of the Prince of Wales, by whom the priges were presented to the winners. Lord Loud~aborolgh, in returning thanks, expressed the gratification he felt in receiving the prize, the value of which ...

... AND EAST RIDING TIMES. IREBISTERED AT TE5E GENERAL POST-OP~UCE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD. FRIDAY, SPYTEMBER 16. AJ.THOUGH the war news of the week from America is important, the political intelligence is of still greater significance. There is little question that the demo- cratic party of the North, if limited, is sufficiently powerful to defeat all the other pirties put together. It was owing ...

... I An old nman fell from a ladder at Heckmondwiike on 3lodg ,y, arid was instantly killed. MrVteisou: the well known, shipbuilder o-f Bristol, hats failed. His liabilities ,are said to be £R10,000. Staff sergeant Dalz-le., of the 9tid PRoyAl Surrey M'iitia was ?? ini-sed onl SAtU'day last. Mr Wns T'ylr, wmilay years proprietor of the Surrey Zjological Ga- dens as dead. Brother Iguiaties ...

... We give the list of prizes taken by horses at 'the above show at Howdeen. This list was incomplete at the time of our going to machine last week. Iloie;Es.-Mare and foal for hunting J Reader, Eolme.en Spalding Moor; commended Ruth, W Thompson, Th*orp o Ha, Howden. Mare sailfoal for coaching Veiusw Waoid FCoulso Gatenby Farm, Ca.itle Howard ; highly Comiuesided E 1 Latham, Blacktofl. Howden ; ...

... LEEDS, July 2t.-There has been an average attendance at the Coloured ball this morning, and a fair amotunt of business transacted. The White hall has been quiet, with the exception of heavy goods, several transactions of this class have taken place. Rates are firmly upheld, HUDesgRaS1zED, July 26t-At the market to-day operations have not been extensive. Steel mnixture doeskins at from 3s to Ss ...

... THlE HARVEST OF 1846. Mr Is J Turner, of Richmond, has sent to the Times the opinion he has formed on the crops of 1864. He says - IAfter careful examination I Ram satisfied that we have this year, in bulk, a full average crop if wheat ; but I do not think, according to all thls samples I have seen, and froni all the other evidence I have obtained, that wheat this year will weigh so muchi by ...

... BRITISH ASSOCI A T ,0 ME E TI G. A Of the opening address of tbh president we rare- particulars last week. On Thursday the differesome tions met in the rooms specially allotted to themz attendance in each department was good, and there whe many persons of note among the nwneb r As ° generally known the business proceedings of t sis tion is divided into eight sections, and iII thse Sam valuable ...

... iTHE, CYOgE ATm CALCUTTA. | I - _ The followitg particulars of the recent terrible catastrophe at Calcutta, given by a correspondent, will be read with interest :-The Hooghly holds at this time of year the finest merchant fleet of any port in the world out of the British Isles, and the ships lie along its course from Garden Reach to the south, away to Chitpore and Goosery at the north of the ...

... de The annual contest commenced on Tuesday. On in Monday the Prince of Wales opened the shooting. On in arriving at the firing point in front of the Running Y ?? butt, that capital effigy of a red deer was set in tb motion, under the direction of Captaia Drake. The Master of Lovat took the Prince's rifle, apparently with a, the intention of sighting it, and, as might well be ima- hi gined with ...