... INTERESTING PROSECUTION UNDER THE I :: .'LICENSING ACT IN HULL. ad A MIDNIGHT VISIT TO CAUBfIDGE HOUSE. On Monday Btir. Twiss, the Deputy-police Magistrate, at Hull, was engaged nearly two hout' in hearing a prose- h cution under the Licensing Act. The defendant, Carry 56 Ballantine, of Cambridge House, Cambridgbystreet rel was summoned for selling or exposiig for sale excisable TI liquors ...

... ' i RfAILWAY COMd-MUNICATION . BETWEEN HALIFAX AND HARROGATE, vid KEICTHLEY. TO THE EDITOIRS OF THE LEEDSM2KERCL-RY. GrxN-TLEz3E. - Withj the prospect of all early cuor- pletion of Irailvay ?? b etw1eenll Haliftll and Keighley by the Great Northern om-al pany, which wiil ir-ove equally remunerative with mary other braneires made by this eniterprising company. itermit me to sutggest another ...

... ri Er. I TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. MERCURY-OFFICE, Tedinesday, 5 a.m. THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN. (D-ULY -NE.5S TEL.EILCU.S.) LnIon, mTuoediay.-.A new ilyvi eolumna, ceisisting- of 1,000 ?? of the three atneD ulnder Colonel ltobtrts, has been forlmetd tor the RhyecT. CL.Dua, Snturday.-Ju'gdetulnC wvas ?? on the 29th by Asiuatullatk lilan and all tile Luilunnan. chiefs. The eniemy was beaten oef at ...

... ,I -AVY ACCIDENT AT 3RADFORD. _V . ?? L3L t ?? nit eri.eotl lwi Ch ?? soiflo Itlarilla, t) i I n t 1 I a t I- I wilI lot at tendel with ?? airy to Ela1y onue, f r'itiit'li''{l itt-twa-eat thle xcll -litigo Stntion milt S. Diistan's Ct FIIItti oll. ,1ittord. W'itile a. (Beat Noir rit pci 5asid-eCI ( tl:111 vit-'- slllkiliq tt th1C ?? sigatil, tt'-o titacs a V-ii-Kit liltl got 10''SL ill ?? f ...

... A_ ~ - - Ia re tsfi ^ u (FRczM aV OWN CORRESaPONDENT.) PInes, Thursday. The debate on the proposed new general Customs t rariff is announced for eommencement on Morlddi-, 'J c-hen it appears that M. Tirard will propound the views Di the Government with regard to its economic policy. rhe task in store for the Chambers is no light one, ns the Tariffs Committee, which has just finished its 2 ...

... SPECIAL CO RESPONDENCE. (BY PBIV.TE TELEZnAh,) LoxNOe, Friday Night. i Trit ?? h s yk^-e ben e-racineuly pleased to confer t . ?? j . .lla. ?? l *i th(, C:6vil Division OL t .; *, ,~ ; JrUrer oi thu Bath on LieuL- It o ?? tt 'o BaliI, semior officer ?? o . iy Pay Department; ?? U.-- y nc-rail \Viliiaei Fredik. I J: :1' t, rt Ar .l'ir-g-o ?? thet t .-e fl'; Dr ont r n. Hy. White, n . L ...

... LEEDS TRAINED NURSES IENSTITUTION. I I -- * . . I- lit . ?? .8\ il. t} I 'Yesterday. at nooni, the touitit amlura-t tueri ' of isI U itle-titltion was held in the Lilbrary or tet ± nttoerlt{t Ls laill, the MAven1 (Aid. Tathlk;u) ka irr t \..ith er.otv ed the annatid (51,5 iii`reseetiara Their fourth annaual repo-T, rite tciotrrvttee hoseo ?? iittioill itance; thati t-heut'tiVtlrCCri' ...

... M. JULES FAVRE AND THE DUCIC DE GR AM ONT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRaESoNDENT.) Panus, Wednesday. so Two men whose careers were widely marked to asunder, but which approached each other at a lx striking juncture in the history of their country, have ce just departed this life. The Due de Gramont and M. B: Jules Favre were two principal figures a decade ago, th and in their death they have not been ...

... YJULES FAVRYiS NEGOTIATIONS 'WITH THIE GErTMANS. CP -n r rare (FR-OX Otl OWa COr.'onrnn.) PIris, Friday. 1s PRi No;rd, a, journal edited by M. Jules Simon's snEs, publishes tv-o letters addressed to that statesman by Jules Fanre u.t the moment of the peace negotiations at the GermanL head-quarters in Versailles, vhiels give a vivid idea of the character and ardent sentillments of the deceased. ...

... TIHE ROYAL UINIVERSITY OF IRELAND. I DENTAILS OP TlE COH RTER. V The following is an outilne of the charter of the Royal r Utiversity oft Irelanld, whinch is no'.V aow itill uiaroliml nt in 1 s tie Court of Cliancciy, to which. his Craco the Duke of s Marlborough, Lord-Lieutenaut, is %vitue s. The charter D founds a flow University in Ireland, to be called 'IThe t Roval University of Irclanld ...

... RECOVERY OF THE BODY OF THE GUArED. Du.a-Drn, Tuesday Night. For about half an hour to-day the mortuary at the Tay Bridge Station was ept-ty, but to-night three coitins, eacle conrismiiigng body recovered to-day from the river, lie enl the floor-, waiting removal. About one o'clock in thel afternoon, while a whale-boat, under the charge of James - Phillips, was dragring about 300 yards cast ...

... ?? TH CLIPINGS FROM:4 THIf '.-.'C'9OMIC JOUNA4.S .e are :evidecitly .sofferipg.'l W hat aure you -.Ptintient ;i\A- worM-ater, sl-Physicia: What Why, wherever didyou acquire tmatidisgusting practice ?-Patieut In Wardouf-street, sir. (And he proceeds to explain that he is employed to give the worm-eaten effect in Sham- Antique Furniturem) THE TIGHT-LACING CURE.-[In Quean Elizabeth's day a ...