... I ., S4?at ? 144?4007 ?? R hOYAL INSTITUTION.-On Saturday, -at three lodki,' W. Carpenteri Esq., .M. (late Fellow -of Trinity-Hall), will lecture on Sound'.- (illustrated-with- experimenits).. LAUNCH.-On Monday Mr. George Bin, Wilming- ton, Hull. launched a tinelyminodeid steam 'yacht for Mr. .J. Palmer, -of Lincolu. She was named hercules by Mliss Ada Jane Brown.. LiaTuREs TO PAnENTS.-The ...

... TH' : A-FGHAN WA-R. AYOUB MA{RClING TO GHUZNEE. THREATENED COMBINED ATi'ACK ON CABfL. RUMOURE'D DEATH 'OF MAHOMNIED JAN. CABUL, Sunday. It is rumoured that Ayoub Khan is imaking his way from Herat to Ghuzuee; and that he will shortly arrive at that'pljsce, whence, in' conjunction with Mahomed Jan, -he will, when the snows' melt, act agi' nst Cabul.I These reports are not authenticated, biclit ...

... ~EYERYBODY~~CLM.' THIS HADIN WE :PJEOBEP TO HAVE A COLUMn oF COaenrrS, CoeuzurOh , AND ENQoBRS, To9 ; 'BiC iB4 UTD-VOLUNTILY BY bU ADZERS, AND ON WHATEMEVER SUBTJS-THXY PLEXSE. THE ONLY RESTRICTIONS WIL BE IN RESPECT OF ILLEGITIBMATE cTICiSM, LBfitLS, AND 5'LAGRANWL' 1UNTAT3 TOPICS; -OB WHILST EDIT I- EEEI'ONSIBILITY FORTHM COLUMN IS DISCL&AIID, ! 5TIL WILL' BE SUBJECTED TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ...

... ;~l'Lo~tdon -was visited' ky an'exceedingly dense fog' on .Tresday . . bti. inbbhe dy 1iX i:;bringig .the: ;numbe up 'to '31, 'was recovered froioh ?? Tueday.S' : ?? . -. ..The Empress on' her return: to Russia will reside at St. Petersburg.m ?? ' - ; The remains' of 3r. Thomas Landseer'were interred on Saturday. at Highgate,. The Earl of Bessborough is asid to be dying at his seat -in ...

... There is no truth in the report so industriously cir- culated throughout Lincolnshire, that the owner of a largely advertised medicine .would shortly assume the mastership of a crack pack of foxhounds in the Midland. This gentleman's recent exhibition in the huntingfield did not give the impression that he was exactly the right sort of man to be quite at home as a MLF.H. The Duke of Sutherland ...

... L~~ jaATES .EWS., have had innumerable letters, sol expressing goodwill &wd cvompassioa- for the enlamities which a Aries of bad seasons ?? the West. of Irelan:d. You must- re-meinber'that:sinoeiI Applied to ]3:igland.for aid other .f6ndsAve,1ieetsBrteds which meMe-8 it:more necessary -for our lord eommstitee's:to bS Every diforiminating with 'dio ?? vthi relieve and .ou'r e-'ODXZ: ire ...

... LINCOLN?IRE' OI{AMBER'O]?AGRI 0Ur/IMJRE. i Or the 22nd inst. the thirtieth aninual 'eeting of this Chamer w~s hld t-the Town -Hell, Brigg, under, the preside ncy qf thle Marqis ofRipn, KMO. Theew alao present;the Earl 'of Yarberougb,'Sir J. W. Astley, Mr. H. Chaplin, T, Sr hre Anderson, 'Bart,,' and a number of i'nfluential localj l j downersa&friends At b the; meeting held at noon the ...

... IDR. HANS VON BULRW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. SiR,-The great artist who is about to visit oui town is one of the finest pianists of this century, and many of my musical friends have asked me to write a biographical sketch of him, as it might add to the interest of the con- cert. With your kind permission I will do so. Dr. Hans Guido von Binlow was born in Dresden in 1830. His father ...

... I - -* LI V I -i.-EITL ?? It is stated that the polling for Liverpool will takse place on Friday, 'the 6th of February. PLYMOUTH SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. The Plymouth' School Board election resulted in the return of four unsectarians, four 'Churchmen, one Roman Catholic, two Wesleyass, and two workingmien. THE TAY BRIDGE DISASTER. A bedy, supposed to be that of a young American sailor, has been ...

... I a _ _ _ w THEHULL SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. of RESULT OF THE POLL. ie The election of fifteen members of the Hull School n. Board topk place on Wednesday last. . There was none ig of the usual outward signs of electioneering excitement, r and the event passed off with great order and rega- re laiity. The votes were recorded between the hours of 1twelve and seven, but the counting of the votes ...

... HE WANTED BIG WORD%. I want to see the man who writes the editorials for this paper, said an individual, who looked cross between a country-store clerk and a job preacher. I mean your regular big gun- your sledge-hammer heavy-weight, so to speak- the one who writes those thick, solid leaders, that nobody can understand ; them kind with four syllables in 'em, you know. Well, sir, said, ...

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