... GENERALINLTELLIGENCE. (a'kLES DICKENS is said to bie writing git.'~ ltale for Messrs. Chapman and HaIll .,tbrsterR'Sll is onl a visit to the Duke of Leinster, E-jRUSafer inpcig the Dublin Exhibition. ANOB M -DIREIhvreturned to Huighen- tiej C RNT-L. left town on Saturda, in order to ?? Wood in attendance upon her - Lst EEK40,00persons arrived by train in ~egiOOon heoccasion of the great1 ...

... .Dri s TE-:.I !J ME 1 P~lsTxro.-+Colonel Eldwai'ds reventlyj presented a ?? Htouse of Comm n.U1 1Svouz'ofthq bilk CtoG 4-e=teth qualification of Atenmiits and; X drougg And chemists ?? druggists asidlthb'& ?? ,Wvt. le R&ILWAY. -On Tuesday sveral of theEast-1idihgmagixtratebh, the Clerk of the Peace, and ,others were conveyed from York,-vil-the new line, to. attend -the Quarter, Seseioileat ...

... Tim third public petfortmice of qthi. society took p'aec in the Music aill Jarr'att street, before tin ovcrflotwin_ as lience. Tbe oratorio w1s the ' Messiah, 'and never were the siot hine strains of this isnortal work hetird to hater adtivisa. e in If ?? thon onl this occasion. The talcented coil uelo sad ?? rehearsitl Ihe music carefully, and She ' Cast of Principalis' wats uniusuall5y good. ...

... EAST AND WEST SCULCOATE RATES I PAYERS' ASSOCIATION. THE WEST HARTLEPOOL BILL. The second annual dinner of this association was held at the Foresters' Hall, Charlotte street, on Wednesday evening, when upwards of seventy members sat down to an excellent repast provided by Mr Atkinson, landlord of the Black Swan, Dock street. Amongst those present were Councillors Richardson, Toogood, H. ...

... I t A man named John M'Cann has for some time Xpast been pursuing a hazardous occupation in the 8Black Country, viz., that of ascending tall chimneys 8 from the outside, after attaching ropes and chains r to the summit by means of a kite. A stack at the C ironworks of Messrs Williams, at Wedhiesbury Oak, ,required repairing, and M'Cann Was employed to do the work. The method which it has been ...

... I BOARD OF aEALTHMEETING, YESTERDAY. he THE first meeting of the Town Council as a . Board of Health, during the present municipal year, he was held yesterday at the Town-hall. The Mayor (H. J. Atkinson, Esq.), presided. The special object of the meeting was to elect the committees bal for the ensuing year. we PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.-The Mayor moved, it Ald. Abbey seconded, and it was ...

... I -I S¶Ews the most terrible and revolting has reached k us from Jamaica. The negroes of this island have risen in open revolt against her Majesty's govern- m-rent. Outragles of nhe'ost biutal character, it rt is alleged, have been perpetrated by the ignorant *and half savage blacks-deeds of blood of the vilest and most horrid character. Tales are told o± a ie clergyman, who before he was ...

... .ATIOX ?? .HENA _- ZAINOF TrnI, P ?? ?? LTBERATio OF THE CAPTA. The Liverpool Afercu-ry Cay & C 3 telegram was received from GOe or Wiesda Paynter, of her Majesty's ship D It hy C Shenandoah was surrendered, th gal tow officers and crew Who were not lthe to be immediately aroled. Capitais h e so ceededto ?? ap PA boat. The Rock Ferry Steamer , -i ddiiposal, in which he proceed doah). Captain ...

... I FOREIGN MISCELLANY. I General Langiewicz, the celebrated Polish insurrec J tionary leader, who was for a long time a captive in Austria, arrived in London a day or two ago. . From Sydney we learn that the news which was received some time since by telegraph of the destruction l of the Roman Catholic cathedral there by fire, is correct. The catastrophe occurred on the 29th of June. Of seventy ...

... At a meeting of the sanitary committee, held on Wednesday, the Chairman read the local mortality returns for the past fortnight. There had been one death from measles, 4 from hooping cough, 35 from diarrhoea, 6 from fever, one from diptheris, 80 from all other diseases, and three were accidental deaths, making a total of 130. Last year there were 106 deaths in the corresponding period, amongst ...

... I 4 I WE suppose there is no reasonable hope that a - short Act of Parliament will be passed n. xt session * to restrain dissenting ministers of the gospel from Ilpreachingtoapolitical meeting. Wewouldrestrict the operation of the act to dissenting ministers, because it is only fair to say that the clergy of the Established Church generally avoid political meet- F ings, or if they attend them ...

... DISTRICT INTELLIGE, NCE. ' ALTHORPE. Tna Rev. P.,Sproule, of Messingliam, preached a two eloquent sermons in the parish church here, on 11 Sunday last, in aid of the Church Building Society. l Considering the liberal donation promised for the 1t; restoration of the church, the collections were i smuall.. TEA P'XASvS.- Tuttings, or public tcast werez held at the twro inns on the 24tlh nit. ...