... IFeocal -t41igenc. It will be noticed that a town's meeting is to be held this evening in the Sessions Court on the ques- tion of the Hull fooks Bill. THE PERMISSIVE BILL.-On Wednesday evening a meeting wvill be held in Hengler's Cirque on the question of the Permissive Bill. The meeting is the annual one of the United Kingdom Alliance, and will I be addressed by IV. Hoyle, Esq, J. Patterson, ...

... HOW THE VOICES OF THE DEAD CAN BE | REPRODUCED. l es cc T or. MARVELLOUS SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. e Not many weeks have passed since we were startled by the announcement that we could converse audibly with each other, although hundreds of miles apart, by. means of so imany miles of wire with a little electro- I ruaglet at each end, yet we are on the point of realising some of the many advantages ...

... THE COUNTY FRAINCHISE. I I the at . a ?? length we mnay congratulate ourselves ape rthat the extension of household suffrage to the counties is only a matter of time. The ovaebeginning of the end han come. Not only the division but the ground taken up by the opponents of Mr. Trevelyan's motion on Friday night afford abundant proof that the citadel to which privilege has been driven as to its ...

... AIANX LEGISLATURE. THE BISHOP AND THE SE`' OF LIVERPO GL. The Manx Tyniald Court held s meetirg yestel- cay. The Goverror reported that smallpox had entirely disappeared in cli part-, only a few con- 'alececrnt cases reusaining. The Governor laid I efore- the court thbe raft of a propoie6 agreement )*etwern the Ilarnx Goverument aae the Man :Lrtt.rn Ril way Comypany, relative to e Govern ...

... LETTER FUOM MR. GTADSTONE. The London Joavtrality committee have isaued I a circular stating that, indefereuceto theearnestly- ?? wih sof a number of gentlemen in Parlia- ment, it has been decided to postpoae the meeting announced to take place in the Agricultural HEll to-day (Thursday). The circular adds- It is with deep regret that the committee have felt them- telve, compelled to take this ...

... SHIPPiNG D16ASTERS, SWAMPING OF A. BOAT AND LOSS OF SIX LIVES. The following is the report of the shippokeb Hla'l, from Iquicue for Qneenstown, Qd Cik. haven:- On the 11th of November, in 4; R 84 W., the carpeuter fill overbohrd. The 'bat went after him, erc after being away U1at s an half, had got vtariy back to the ship, wheattk breaking top of a wave swamped her. Anothg boat was 6ent Es ...

... 'PIl.SISON LIST ON TME VOTE N OF CREDIT. *tt Eonse of COnomons on Thursday nigat, I 'atO a ndment having beea ?? ?? iraWl, the debate UpOn the motion for Ctr ?? the Chair in order to go into to CaUnider *cbe proposed 'rote ot credit 'tt:I~ed aend a divisiou taken upon that t'reonit being tbat the house tesolved by o3:P 96 to go into committee at once. The .muemberse voted among the ONoee:- . ...

... A ROYAL LATv .U I . The follewing izCi. rt in the 'k'e ?? -t Sing of Italy may be of -inrlt . resde ?? day b'fora his vio,, Emn. anel gained a law''rlt .n whit h.! interested. His adver at w-s formerly a clergyman of ?? Esar ?? for 30 year 1 ice. w m a the Ppa&l chamberlaoiz. He raceive; o . Ie In:,: the Pope. and is rno0 s led ?? C - p Smi h OaHeritz. Thic. geln.t .z a p. c t:d fr.a tie late ...

... MERSEY DOORS BOARD. The weekly meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board was held yesterday, at the Dock Office, Revenue-buildings Mr. T. D. Hornby pre. sided, and the other members present were Messrs. Clark, Brocklebank, Gnion, Gardner, Orow, Moas, Ersucker,Bingham, Nelson, Holt, Harrison, Turner, Jardine, Glnun, Mason, anklD, WiliamsoD, Kellock, Pools, and Bally. THE BIRKENHBAD DOCK ...

... OUR LONDONL coESPOXDENCE I LOcnDor, TnVuSDAY EVENiMnG. So the deed is done. The Bri-ih ironoladashave entered the Dardanelles and are off Constauti- nople; and yet Lord Derby remains foreiga minister. The first event created less surprise than the second. For ft does not appear that the fleet has gone to the Bosphorus with the consent of the Sultan. The Standard imys that the temporary ...

... LATES A ND Ql OsBONPi - 13. the $dthe Princesis B11abtle drove out T ?? eoattend-ed by the Dowager chJ bf3Y n er ajdjesty ?? tanv wihthe Prinel. F her jatyost ship Hector, stee ~~ybi . VW5 ?? Thomson her pla ~ac Votol5and Albert, had the T of en inluedin the Queen's dinner We' troc ,UVy a to OomahiEcIAL. ' ?? ?? LO _01'STOKEXC?AGE. to I wv.42th buinssdone toW-dy- A The fellowing6 wa E the D. ...

... THE CHARGE OF MURDERING A MOTHER-IN-LAW ILIVERPOOL.I At the borough police court, yesterday, before Ur. Baffles, stipendlary magistrate, Anthony Met- calf, a man of tall stature, about 40 years of age, was brought up charged with having murdered tie mother-in-law, Ann Dalton, by kicking her, in No. 1 court, Grahan-place, Fontenoy-street. Detective Inipector Carlisle, who prosecuted, said that ...