... I .WEENLYI RETUTN OF B IRTHS AND DE ATHS I | IN THIE BOROUGH OF LEEDS. I 2ND WEEK, 1860. In the week etidiug Jan. 17th 5,202 births and 3,484 deaths were registered ih twenty of tho largest Euglish towns estimated by the Registrar-Gelerral to contanl a population of nearly seven iiiosl a half oillious of pergoels un the middle of this year. The birthsI exceoded by 771 and the deaths by 209 the ...

... I TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. AfERCU1?Y-OFFICE, Friday, 6 am. OUR POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN. The Yinses holds that the time has come when it is the first duty of the Indian Government to declare their intentions beyond the possibility of mistake, and to take energetic measures for making them understood by the Afghan people. We hear nothing at piesent of any efforts being made with this purpose. It ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... i lbI~IMPORTA?NT MEETING IN HULL. by Mr. Gray, the Assistant-Secrelary of the Board of eo1 Trade, accompanied by Capts. Murray and Weller, met th at the offices of the Hull Local Marine Board, a few Tb days ago, a deputation from the smackowners of Hull eni and neighbourhood, in order to confer as to the new regu- Wu lations for the lights to be carried by fishing-smacks, ma . which are to ...

... The Financier of this morinigl ?? understand il that a further dividend of Is. Xd. in the pound, makiug, o with the former dividenils, ls., wvill be paid to the E creditors by the liqnidators of the City of Glasgow Balank early in February. As regards the efforts of the liquidators Ii to secure an abatement of the interest in cousideratiou t of an immediate payment ill full, we iunderstand ...

... T T D - Ia THIE TAY BRIDGE DISASTER. DrUN-DEE, Friday Night. C Owving to the prevalent belief that bodies remain s entangled aimong the broken ironvork of the sunken 0 girders ait the Tay Bridgc the committee of the Dundee I Town Council appointed to make arrangenients for recovering the dead have resolved to make anothernnd I fuidl investigation of the wvreck. With this object in view. a L ...

... Ift TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. re rr fE RCURY-OFFICE, Wedialay, 5 a. re ors THE AFGHAN WAR. Ird The -Daily Xnes publishes the following telegram :- Zo LAHOLE, Tuesday.-The Lughman Valley expedi- er tion starts from Jelalabad to-day. The report of the P death of Mahomed Jan is incorrect. He still com- inands the insurgents, whose head-quarters nre at a Ghitznee. Gen. Roberts is iuspecting the site ...

... I LEEDS HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND 3 I CHILDREN. The twenty-seventh annual maeeting of the subscribers to the Leeds 1-ospital for Women end Children was held tes- Ites-day, atteisiui n h President (the Rev. Dr. Gott) occupied the chair, and there were aliso present the Rev. Dr. F lood, the Rev. F. J. Wood, the Rev. J1. II. MVlicdhane, Dr. Jam es Braithwvaito, M.S m e tis n lMl. James Walker ...

... (REaTER's TELEGRAM.) NEWSr FROM AFGHANISTAN. QrcU TTLA, Thursday. - Authentic information from I i of vesterday's dlate states that the endeavours to irnduce tie leading Sirdars to come in are meeting ?? -l;cCS. Two sous of Hubbabulla hlqan arrived at ,F,, >r t.s- camp on thre 20th inst. lfinillfents are at Gheizni with LMahomed Jen. TILE EMPR1ESS OF RUSSIA. ?? Thursdayl --Count Adlerberg is ...