... . a' u A MAY nit' 718r9tt. FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1879. Tn1 Canterbury election resulted yesterday in the return of Colonel LAURIE, the Conservative candidate by a majority of 56 votes over Mr. CIIARLES EDWARDS, Liberal. The number of the constituency is just over 3,000, so that it would seem that 800 abstained from voting. The Con- servative victory makes no difference in the state of parties. ...

... THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF HULL sAT CHURCH. to the 7 On Sunday last the collections ait the ?? places of J. * ;worship in Hall were devoted to the funds of the local hal-am I charities. The Mlayor (Alderman Wailer) had invited the appea members of the Cerporation to iittend with him the Scul- the de coates Parish Church, and the following gentlemen in qui availed themselves of the invitation ...

... ?? ?? HA ?? II . .- .WAR. I SURVIVORS PROM THE MASSACRE. trons -_ aedly RISING AT HERvAT. crop, Mt of MESSAGE FROM THE VICEROY TO THE coage- AMBER. a for mtet A desperate rising is reported as having taken place their at Herat. The Civil Governor and Military Chief have oelt, been murdered. Oomplete'chaos prevails ?? British force is to advance from Candahar to ea are Rihblat.i-Ghih2^ t hat ...

... E to We reproduce from the S&otmanm' Canadian corres- on. pondence the following account of the North-West aye territory of Manitoba :- There is a large portion of cry the province, and particularly for 1orne miles back on the the banks of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers, where his the land is so rich that manure is not required for the ids. purpose of growing the finest crops of wheat; and in ...

... - TB? n.ULVMUNIdIPM? CHARITIi?S. ? - ?? ?? GYBBNMEI~~~T INQUIRY. the The inquiry into the Hull municipal charitieswhichl omne has been looked forward to for sometsine, omr.ce ontha Wednesday, in the Cound~i ,Cbanmber,; before r W te Skirrow, the commissioner appointed to make the investi7 th~e gatiori. -The Town Clerk (bir. C. S. To) apre'for the Corporation,; Mr. Lo~we for the -Chani'sj ...

... THORNE AG1RICULTURAL SOCIETY. The twenty-seventh annrual show of this enterprisin, son, body took place oil Wednesday, on the well-ordwera Adairy grounds and park belonging to Mlakin Durliam, Esq., well; Thorne Hall]. The little ?? Was tastefully decorated Fell, and the whole of the inhabitants of the place seemed eit tborl) fdte. The (lay War, beau1tifully fine and thousanda of via. K Bel ...

... DESTRUCTION OF IMMORAL BILLS AND PAMPIHLETS. An~~ -=B 7 .. s :~ . . . ?? xnuay tee 1iders~eed magistrates ordered to be ,destroyed one hudred and fifty thousand hand bills bite, and twenty thousad pamphlets of an indecent and im. ray at mora nature, whtch had been seized by the police on North- the prees of Professor Martis, a medical botanist, da said e, and A CHURCH STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. The ...

... DINNER AND BA .RES$ES ,Dinner.dress eory. of, aafcsilt the same 'hade t hen froAt. andaiiit ofi th'ni't ?? trimmed wlth'a kilt'ing,.. pth t- ','parat ed- jsrou of four by astrayof pab wide. The edges of this are Cr is of gold threads with a pattr of, foget- oW i3( their leaves embroidered' on itl in:silk ii thetitnsi colours. The train is long'and rourid,'dded to thie ftie at the bend of the ...

... THE NORTH YORKSHIRE FLOODS AND THE DRAINAGE OF THE RIVER DER. I WENT. An influential meeting, called by the Rev. C. P. Peacl, vicar of Appleton-le-Street, was held in the Town Hall. Malton, on Saturday afternoon, to consider the best means of preventing the frequency of floods in the Rye and Derwent valleys, and the great damage arising there- from. The Hon. WT. H. Fitzwilliam, of The Lodge, ...

... I 1111wriat HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAT. LON, Their lordships met at four o'clock. Hu Annrerl AND THEc Bfmcut TnHAvv.-The Earl of Car. suppi natrvon called attention to the present condition of qr. as tise Armenian people in reference to the Treaty of Berlin, deare .and in dojog sohe called attention to the fact that under the Treaty of San Stefano the Porte undertook reforms in Armenia which were ...

... I THE BULL STAGE OF THE PAST. (SPECIALLY CON'IRBuTED.) (Continued.) The new' Amphitheatre, Paragon-street. was first opened to the public on the evening of October 12th (Hull Fair night), 1840, by Air. Cooke, who had entered into arrangements with Mr. Kirkwood. A grand military spectacle was presented, entitled The Wars of the Pun jaub ; there were various arenic exploits, and the farce of ...

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