... CORRESPONDENDCE. YORK CHURCH BUILDING AND ENDOW. MENT AID SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. Sig,-As the clerical secretary of the Hull district of the above society, may I bring, shortly, before your readers the claims of the society upon, this dis- trict ? Its yearly income from this district is only £123 13s, though Hull has been helped largely; and I need scarcely Say that the ...

... ,* I . . - . The Spanish Senate has adopted the bill for the aban- donment of San Domingo. The Emperor Napoleon intends shortly, it is said, to raise the pay of all the officers of the French army and navy, from the rank of captain downwards. Two pyramids, which are to be erected in commemora- tion of the Emperor's visit to Algeria, are already in ] course of construction. Serious disturbances ...

... Since our lust report, about eighteen more puddling furnaces have been set in operation, but there has been but a snail increase in the number of Union puddlers work. At the Shelton Bar Ironworks 7 more puddling furnaces have been set on, and there are now 10 mills work. At Ford Green, there are furnaces and 7 going. At Valley, furnaces are now work; while at Kidsgrove, where the strike was a ...

... LOCt0GAL INTELLIGEXCE. I~ ~~ I .. Mrs. W. B. Gladstone will give a, ball on the let' of Jiuue for the introdctiocn to society of her second daughter, Mica Mary Gladstone.-Afrning Feat. T'In UcION CHAnor.AnLlr 'BWlr,.-Themihority of 93 who voted against the Union-Chairgoability B~ill on M~onday night'consisted wholly of; Conseir vatives.- Mr. J.''O, };wartj Mr. 'ibiretall, andMr. Laird voted ...

... LATEST AN TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. OOMMERCIAL. f4 LONDON, TUESDAY. The following were the salea reported on the 0 tock exohange up to one o'clock to-day:- n BiITISH AND FOREiGN RAILWAYS. lriotol and Exeter 4 95 CaledoniaD, ,, ,, ,,n,, . .,1521 Great Eastern. 48 7 a Great Northern B . , . . 13 0} c Great Western .,, 731 Lancashire and ...

... -'TB- PROGRESS OF FEE LABOUR. THE COTTON TRAbtE ' h ,A paper' has jqAt been laid before Parli&- i inent which thro66' much'additional light on n the,.progress 'of ,fsee labour iIn the production ir of ' he- thre6 great articles of cotton, coffee, g d 'sugar. - The fcts shown in this paper L- are of the greatest intereit at thin peri~od of & transition, when the most important of all Y these. ...

... WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, EIGHT O'CLOCK, A.M. PLACES B. T. W. FE D. 1. IR. S. Nairn . 29.4862 s. W 4 2 S.W. a 1 Aberdeen.. 29B6461 s.s. w 7s. s.w r o0,19 2 Lv tb . 29,433 62 S.W.4 41 s. bol.. 8 Aidroasma. 20.84 50 s. i 8 .. .. r 0 0.io 8 Greeuc'tle 29.0G 50 W.S.W. ...

... I~, - - THE' RI RPE FATC OPBRTSHTAATI, To raise the enormous sum ,of sixty-fire to to trade and inc'Jvenience to -the taxpayers' is the'qdeation' whiih' the - Chancellor of the Exchequer'hai to s'o ve'n :his present a-ad in: all hisfothir budgets.- -In 'former times, little was thouhitof the*'eifeots of taxation on the convenience of the taxpayers or the prosperity, of trade, so long as -the, ...

... MPMEY DOCKS & HMRBaU) BOARD. The weekly meoting of the Mersey Docks anl p., bour Board was hel yesterday, at the dock o' e Revenue-buildisgs. Mr. R Brocklebenkpreidi,4 nr the other members present were -3fassm Fer;, Farnworth, Anderson, Hubback. Beazzle. lik Steel, Bold, B. Turner. rletcher, Bolt, Tobin, ArrZ Forwood, Busholl~and Littledalo. WOR8S COXMITTEF. The proceedings of the works ...

... THE GAS OMPABIY'S NEW BILL. VD,'n EDITORSn OP TRIO LIVERPOOL MBIBOU.4Y. Gentlemen,-I beg to enclosle you copy of at 'letter I have this day received from Mr. Willani Barrell, solicitor to the joint Committee for op. poig h above bill, and shall feel obliged by ycrISeing theflame in your paperof to-morrow. I tr wIl b noted with pleasure by those who hbave interested themselves actively in the ...

... AflaMIlnRr, MAY 5. The underurentloned, officers have been thie day pro-' incted to the remit of assistant engineers of the firot class In ber Majesty's Kleat, with senliorit of the 2Dtih Api-Mri. Richard Sellessr eMING lii~odhu ADMIRALT-Y, MAY 8. The-undermentioned officeti have been this day pro. minted to the rank of staft-commiander in her Majesty's fleet, with sen13ority from the 7th ...

... gut DEdAt',M 03,tr1865 WEDNE SDAY, May 3,186f5. I -- - , --A- NEvEr. (lid tho tragedy of a national convulsion closesez in such an arcumulationi of horrors as those which o ku'e signalized the last days Of the Conifedurate rebel- Wvas lion. By this time the news of the calamity which has cani befallen Amnerica hats been carried to every onro h o world. Governments, Legislatures, and public ...