23 NOVEMBER 1844, Page 8

Mr. Cameron, the Curate of Hurst, met a number of

his parishioners on Friday morning ; and, after a long discussion, he agried to discon- tinue the offertory as a regular weekly observance, and to reconsider other alterations in the church ceremonial.

The Town-Council of Hull have granted 5001. to make public baths adjoining the new Water-works.

At Brentwood, on Thursday, Miss Ellen Richardson, the daughter of a most respectable physician, was committed for trial, on a charge of feloniously cutting off some silk from a piece that had been sent to her to look at.