... The particulars of many curious marriages are not revealed to the public; but during the last century less reticence was observed in the matter; the ages of the respective parties wefe frequently put -down without reserve, and the fortunes of the ladies were mentioned with much unction and gusto. Among these announce- ments a few of- the more remarkable are worth select- ing. Here is. one from ...

... I Goole Mirket Hal Company have paid a dividend at %he rate of S per cent. on the paid up capital. The vicar of Scalby near Scarborougt, has been pre. aented with a silver tea service on the occasion of his mazriage. There was a tea for all the parishioners even the poorest, and bride cake formed a leading feature of the repast. EAHRL BraDs.-On Monday a robin's nest withsfour ?? in it was ...

... FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, l186. , : THE political Outlook for the coming year RA promises much excitement. from its intense un- certainty. A new Parliament, with an immense )H) influx of new members, elected largely on a new M franchise, would be sufficient to arouse unusual BK curiosity, but when to these elements of interest ' is added the fact that a new cleavage of English parties has taken place ...

... A Breton tragedy like that which forms the haes of Lord Tennyson's Despair has just come to a close so far as the outer world is concerned, though the lasti act may drag on indefinitely behind the watlie of a. prison. A husband and wife, finding themselves, with their three.young children, on the brink of starvation, agreed-that death by drowning was preferable to death by hunger, and ...

... O FOR -LVE OR QUEEN.| A ~~ETL~~lNG ROMANCE OF TBI DAYS, Lil F MNARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. Ai B-Y ?? BYJ. E. MUDDOCK. treat CHAPTER XXII, Bave( THlE CONeSPIRATOiRS, He cetrled theway' along a gloomy corridor that hera pnstig nyby it small oil lamp suspended from and 4 sell~'11 d he he reached the end of this Li 'he e Id lyin hi hevy andon the what cetiorn shoulder lie said in his customarY solemn ...

... THE PUBLIC :EXECUT ONER. | ?? I Readers familiar 'with that :most curious and intsrest- NC In* work, the Memoirs of the Sanson Family, ar a aware that the beanger. of, that lurid title, Monsieur de 0514 PA tis,wisa persosa f no small consideration. The first ~h Iof. thes ?? Uw*ich family the office of 'nubil Btu1 executioner to 1he Metropolia of France was hereditary, Jni for nearly two ...

... M With the marriage of the daughter of the Comte de I Paris- to the CrownsPrince of Foetugal,. the, Houser of I which her father is now the head will be connected by e ties of blood or marriage with the reigning families of I Great Britain, Russia, Austria, Spain, Italy, Denmark, -Bavaria, Belgium, Greece, MecklenburgSchwerin, and Saxe Coburg-Gotha. It is interesting in this connec- tion to ...

... TZA AND ENTERTAINM]IfNT TO MESSiS -; . SISSONS BROS'. EMPLOYS. . :1On Satu'rday evening, -an-, excellent meat tea and fa entertainment was'giv`am to' the employda s of Messrs bi Sissons Drops. and Co.,. in' St. Paul's, Mission-room, St. iL'~uI-stieet. The roam kad been- kindly lent by the'h a leis Canomb Rowsell, rand was exceedingly well fitted for. Si purpose. The gatheriing- was also the ...

... DrypooL WARD CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. I on Wednesday night the second annual meeting of ?? Conservative Association was held at the loiklinens Club, Drypool, Mr J. Morrill pre- aiding. Among the other members present were Dr fo dllyng, Messrs R. Caley, W. Harker, K. Smith, H. 5ilken J Ii. Cooper, J. T. Smith, W. P. Walton, p g Hope, W. Hilken ?? and W. H. Stancer th 1nc (treatsurer);TAity, in ...

... HULL FISHERMEN AND CASUAL, l . HANDS. BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. At the request of the Hull Trawl Fishermen's Pro. tective Society, a Board of Trade inquiry was held at St Andrew's Hall, Monday, into the unsatisfactory state of affairs with regard to the casual or weekly hands employed in the trade, before Air J. G. Swauston, Captain Cowie, and Mr C. Richardson (superintendent Mercantile Marine). ...

... LOCALNEW - ; - IJ~ OCA8L 'NEWS.: A Liberal Club has been formed for East Hull at East-parade, Holdernesa-road.- A large audience was entertained at the Royal Institution qu Saturday, afterrioon by a seasonable lecture, ably delivered by Mr William Andrews, F= R.HS., entitled, Christmas-de Customs and Carols. In Albioni-street Congregational Church, on Sunday afternoon, there was a Christmas ...

... HFULL TOWN COUNCIL. and a5rt~y meeting of the Hull Town Council was towl .A q~ur~1~ the Mayor (Alderman Willows) wers beld q nd thersdye were present: Aldermen Sir Mo presidingko1it, 'Witty, 'Seaton, Atkinson, Fraserr, be a .Ajlber et 1,utan Waller, Woodhouse, Stuart, that it, Went, Councillors Smith, Richardson. Itj. ?? -VbWeatley, J. Shaw, J. Balding, men an5~fl Janai &rrill, Stirling ...