... CHRISTMAS DINNERS FOR AGED AND , - AFFLICTED POOR PEOPLE. e, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. )r SIR,-Tha announcement in your columns will have )r advised the public of the fact that 1,355 (actual number At1365) poor people were supplied with good dinners of k. beef and plum-pudding at their own homes on Christmas tDay, and althoughbcomparatively few reports havereached reme, I have reason ...

... SCR AP S. There is nothing more allied to the barbarous and sav-- age character than sullenness, concealment, and reserve.- Gddwise. We rmust learn to comprehend the essence of art' from admiration of excellence rather than from detection of ?? Schleg-el. Tim GOLDEN RULE OF. LovE.-I am of opinion that in matter of sentiment there is but one rule, that of rendering the object of your affections ...

... . ?? ..Zt, Putt varket I FRIDAY. JANNUARY 2, 1880. 1 t RAILWAYS .AND RIVERS. ?? | GthzN; on Sunday night 'last, full of hope, and quite as full of the pride of life. with hearts beat- ing happily in the expectation of being soon welcomed to the homestead and hearth of childish years-some of them young and joyous, some of them aged and apathetic-the passengers by the northward train from ...

... TREATSr=; TO 'THE POOR R ' , C | .. - BUTS ?? THE vPOOR.; ?? ?? ed H'LL- WibfOBKfOUSE-ThII members of the Hull Board id of Guardians exerted theniselves greatly on Christmas ae Day for 'athe entertainment of the'many inmates of the B. Workhouse. The annual Christmas dinner took place in r- the large dining-hall, whibh had been tastefully decorated El.Z withlib 7l~mistletoe, &c. There were ...

... 'The first annual dinnerof the above association, which was formed for the purpose of assisting countrymen in ?? difficulties, was held on Wednesday night, at the Imperial Rotel.-The President, the Mayor of Hull (Alderman 10 King, ?? occupied the chair, and the vice chairmen were Messrs. R. Murray and 0. 2acpherson. Amongst those present were Dr. Fraser, Dr. Merson, Councilor Ansell, Captain ...

... [ . ELATEST ANWS. UB' - ?? - 6LA, Frday Morsiia~, at - en Of THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN in ?? Times Peizeran correspondent telegraphs e_ as ?? defeat of the enemy in the Juat encounter wtas most. complete, anti their la$BB, he heavy. The combination against us is for the present )e completely at an end, and all fighting men are dispersilg, e. The city is empty. Cavalry are patrolling toward Id ...

... So long as a grass field grows about the usual quan- tity of grass, and tcattle eat it, the occupier is too apt to rest content with the good or bad reputation earned by particular fields, without any attempt to alter it for the better, or even to ascertain whether it is not gradually getting worse. In early life I learnt a lesson on this point which I have never forgotten. A neigh- bouring ...

... ITH i WA & I GENERAL. GOUo' ADVANCE. [OFFIOIAL THLZGTUM.i3- The following from the India Offiee laa been sent out for publication From Viceroy, 24th December, 1879. Bright reports further moves of reinforcemerts. Gough heard of within a maile Of Latebund, Mil right; convoy reached Jagdulluk. All quiet alone line. Norman, from Jagdullulk, reports arrival of mail bags from Cabul; sowars carrying ...

... ?iUt?kct ?Cb3?. I RVRAL SANITARI AUTHORITY. - At the. monthly I meeting of this authority, on Wednesda, under the'E preslidency of Mr. D. Burton, the question of re-alppoinit- ing the Medical Officer of Health, at the old -alary ofE £100 a year, was considered. The :Authority- unani-] mtously agreed to reduce: the salary frem £100 to £80 per annum. IDr. Thompson accepted the offlce on the ...

... JIBlLsRANCH, SCHOOL. TRA ELLERS XPEECH ' ANN'UAL DI1NNE1. ' SPEECH BY COLONEL SMITH ON THE NEW- RAILWAY. The supporters of the Hull branch of the Commercial Travellers Schools, which are established at Pinner -,held their fifteenth amnnal dinner at Glover's London tSl, on .Monday evening. The chair' was occupied bjihe Mayor (AlderianK IL Kinj, ?? and there were also present the Sheriff ...

... THE OUTBREAK OF PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN NORTH YORKSEIRE. I A. -I -- - OF Another outbreak is reported at Nuanington, near rdHelmsley, a fine Irish cow having been attacked and slaughtered on the premises of Mr. Geo. Simpson. is This makes the fourth case and the third distinct out. ' break in the district within five days, -and the disease y has also appeared in the East Riding. THE MYSTERIOUS ...

... 1'AfL0SA- X ?? A ?? ?? t ,ja - ! - AX YUE-IE A : : R g - - CHARLES FARQQURARSONTFINDLAY..,:. CHAPTER I. TWO PLCT;IJRES. London in a, fog! , rI It is that hour when', if the sun could only penetrate the thickness, it. wouldV make the lamnps burn pale and flicker feebly. in the,'growing daylight; yet as vainly as. with sunshine ado these struggl'e against the -density 'of ,the prevailin'g at-, ...