... . We understand tbat Major Sykes, of WVest Ella, has givesi a second. donation of £~50 to the proposed parsonan e house for St. Mlary's parishi THEz'fsHsATRE-ROYAL.-Mr. Robinson, the builder and mortgagee of this theatre has advertised it to be sold or let. Mr. Coleman has, we understand, made an offer, which is now under consideration. BoAxmNv.-We. understand that an agreement has been ...

... A meeting of the above society was held en Monday at the Town-hall, when the Mayor (Alderman Loft) presided. Mr. T. F. Hewett, the honorary secretary, reported that he had received a legacy of £50 be- queathed by the late Miss Ellen Agatha Jehnings, of alton Abbey Rectory, near Driffield, and a £10 (second donation) from Major' Sykes, West Ella. A letter ivas read from the parent society ...

... p.1fl ,A short time ago, the following memorial, signed by sixteen clergymen and fourteen church- wardens of Hull, was addressed to the Archbishod of York:- * We, the undersigned clergy and churchwardens in the town and county of Kingston-upon-Hull, desire respectfully to approd'ch your Grace, and to tender our thanks for the plain and earnest way in which your Grace has spoken in reference ...

... I The prerises knovsn as Thanet House, and lately 3n the property of the Rev. H. W. Kemp, were a 3 s shoi ' time ago purchased by this institution for the purpose of being used as a Sailors' Orphan Home. b- Some ?? were needed to adapt them to the objects to which they are in future to be devoted. .e, The works are just completed, and the orpha,-s Le already in the temporary home in Spencer ...

... HOUSE OF LORD)S-ThI'DA.^. . - , Their Lordships me at five o'clock. ti The sitting was chiefly occupied by a discussion o upon education. .o The Earl of CORK called attention to the hard. l ships entailed upon small parishes, by making the employment of certificated teachers an indispensille f, condition. The Earl of MARLBOROUGH maintained that the only means of securing efficient edipation ...

... THE LAST HOURS' OF TuE ILL.FATED EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. T The following deeply interesting account of the ie last hours and execution of the gallant but unfortu. ci nate Emperor Maximilian is taken from a ParisY journal, theFi~qro, which states that it has obtained | it by the Atlantic Telegraph, froma the columns of in the New COrleans Picayune, which republishes it at from thde Esperanza of ...

... ACTIONS tR, DAMAGE AGAINST MESSRS I ?? _ WILSON & SONS. ESR On Saturd4 in the Court of Exchequer, the fol- lowing case: ' brought on for hearing before the Lord Uhief Bron and a special jur9. The plain- tiff, Messrs Iael, wool merchants, Leeds, brought an action agaist Mtessrs Wilson and Sons, ship. owners, Hull,)o recover damages for injury to 35 bales of wool ihich were shipped at Stettin, ...

... lOCAL - INTELLIGENCE. I We are, glad to observe the name of J. S. Morley, Son of Mr. Morley, surgeon, Barton-on-Humber, ia the Honours. at the Matriculation Examination of the Uxiversity of London. TinE PAins INTEENATIONAL ROwI14Gt REGATTA.- As we have previously stated, the Skelton boat crew were entered to compete in one of the races at the above regatta. On reaching Paris, however, they ...

... glwrivnrft.1-f fang 4.1,- Q ?? 1- - 1 -. . T ouoruiy aier iour, the 6nltaii reached the Lyons Station. Waiting to receive limi nere the Emperor, a number of aides-de-caps, chamberlains, orderly officers, the Pretect of the Seine, the Prefect of Police, several of the Ministers, some marshals, generals, and senators. M1ifost of these personazesivere in uniform. There were a considerable number ...

... I n,-- A ., .1. . . .. - . . . . THE feasibility of establishing an inter- Y national law-court, with jurisdiction more or ueless complete, is being largely discussed just ir now. The debate specially assigaed for the consideration of the case of the Tornado has so fully sheun, the difficulties attending inter- national settlements, that we are justified in feeling apprchensions of infinite ...

... - --lOOAL- INTBELLIGENCE. 3fo6BBEv ~osi .P AsANT.-On Saturday' night, or Al early on Sunday mornint, about twenty youn tvs phoasants were~atolenfromi te preserves of Mrs. Whit-fi 4 AIUoEXHIBTIONtoAiWA]D.-W learn that Messrs.,i sissons n ile of Hull,' have had awarded to 'II them a' bronze' medal. for the model of their steam s ,pile-driver. ?? ?? Ma. VALENTrINE, the metisetr ?? p- v' p1lied ...

... THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. VIENNA, July 4th (Evening).-Baron Beust has received an official telegram from BaronsWyden. bruck, the Austrian minister at Washington, dated July 3rd,.eleven a.m., which says Mr. Seward received to-day, from the United States consul at Matamoras and Vera Cruz, a confirmation of the execution of the Emperor Maximilian. HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST NIGHT. Their Lordships met at ...