... : ~ ' . . XF I i~,ttie, x; - OYL sT~trU'TOK.-On1 S9attidy at thre6 oc~hk, ficN the Chairman, A. K. 'Rollt, Esq., LLD:, 'ill lecture on HE haieaa~ba ?? 316t iat .d ~~ Sa~&Cy; '7th. t day, ns. nT Life 'arrison, of the P~ost Ofc,~seneetda Lie onrary Member of the Hull Melchanics:' Instibtute, DI recognition of services rendered ha ii scientifio lecturer.- ,THE HUrLL TRAMWAYS' Radrirrs-.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 ...

... 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 ...

... 'THE HULL SCHOOL BOARD 'LECo' -. ; I D ELWT+ ONAl ANOTHER MEETING OF THE CHURCH*. PARTY.. On Monday, at noon, a meeting of Churecmen was called at the Imperial Salerooms, Bowlallev-lane (which, bad been kindly lent by Messrs. N. Easto and Son): Mr. R. M.- Craven (ex-Sheriff) occupied the chair. Chevalier Hewitt moved, and the Rev. S. B. Craig' seconded, that a general central committee be ...

... Since tile disastrous explosion at tile Leveett Colliel-, the Fair Ladv Pit, in W hichttheexplosionoccuried, ?? itlie'other pits coinprised in the Leyeett Colliery, has been just in the market for sale. Tile aork of relieving the distreissed is proceeding as raidliV as ?? xvill eriiitit. It is foisld hit therse is mnore dist ress than ivas at ?? asiticipiated. II Olle fit llii- siix Selildion ...

... LORD DERBY SCOOL BOARDS AND EDUCATION. I . . .. - The Earl of Derby,. yesterday Pr'esidled ?? the annuailT distribution of scholarships and prizes offered by thle c Liverpool Couneil of Education to the pupils inl public Elemientary Schools. Thle ceremony took ))lace inl St. Geolrge's f1lal, the Small coucert-roemi of whinch building was fllmed by a large audience, compiosed of ladies and I ...

... THE FRENCH,. TARIFF COMMITTEE'S Rh POIRT. The Times Paris correspondent writes onl Thursday- Thu report of tile General Tariff Commuittee was diotri- eutod to-day. The part of the text relating to Treaties of Cornueree is asi follows ?? The cennuittec deenied it impossible to submit to Parliament a declaration con- i -etenlimug the principle of Treaties of Cominserce. It was o-f ?? that France ...

... le MR. SANDERSON, MI., ON COMMERCIAL ?? - - - -- - MATTERS. IVIA I ItttiSt. i Mr. T. K. SANDERaSONi, M.P. for Wakefield, attended the annual mleeting~ of the Cliamubesr of Comimerce in that- towvis yesterday, presided over by Mr. NV. 1I. Lea, the Mayor. In mnoving, the adoption of the annual report afJL- the Chamber, lie ma1de sosne observations on various corn- inercial questionss which lied ...

... FRIDAY, January 23red, 1SS0. AUTHENTIC information received at Calcutta C from Cabul states that tho endeavours made to induce c the leading Sirdars to conic in -were meeting with sue- cess. The same telegram states that six regiments t were at Ghuzni with Mahoined Jan. - n IT is arranged that the Empress of Russia 1 shall leave Cannes at once. I TirE funeral of M. Jules Favrc took place at I ...

... THE NTAIG AIOWj OF THE HUMBER : ,, ~ . ' , . . . The first meeting of the Pilots' Comnittee'of the Hell Corporation was held: at the Town Hall on Monday. ' The committee was appointed by the Counoil at their last mefting, on the motion of Alderian Leak, who thought . 'it advisable, seeing the importatce of the'imatters 'which came before the .Pilot Comimissionerai, that :both,' the Council ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...