... t I The correspondent of the Standard, telegraphing on Wednesday, says: raitdthuh There is considerable ?? hreae iteidtho proabl Tat f a ivasooof Afghanistan is under- ?? hat f S in ati frools toarrechaeobe taken, a division will be sent up o r hirb the Indus, to join the forces which w by e Bholan Pass. According to the orders at present issued the situation may b e sumedup asfollow t One ...

... .~GvnSB TELEGRAMS. I rjaGJ1AX DIFFICULTY' BOMBAY, FRIDAY. gprs designate Lieutenant-General eaniberlin as the Commander-in. ;4OVl the armY for Afghanistan. SnIMLA, FRIDAY. 1, Gaholam Hassain Khan, the special en- voygot by the Vioeroy to Cabul, has returned to ao SIMLA, THURSDAy. thousand five hundred troopi will be l'reiniorce the Qaettah garrison, and 4t,000 1;t11% be assembled at Thull, at ...

... - 5 r: ?? .1 Colonel Cameron, Inspeetor G'dneral of the Ordnance Survey, died at Southamptrin on Monday. Lord Cowper was on M'onday elected chairman of the HeIrtfordehire quarter see rIone, vice Lord Salis- bury, resigned. Mrs, Clara L. Balfour diea on Tuesday at her residence in Croydon, in dr seventieth year. She Was well known as a write* ud lecturer on temperance and other subjeots, The ...

... About three o'clock yesterday week the Allan Line steamer Sardinian arrived in Lough Foyle to receive mails and passengers befere proceeding on her Traus- atlantic voyage. Shortly after coming to anchor, an explosion occurred in -one of the coal bunkers, and the vessel immediately caught fire. The passengers in the forecastle were out off from their comrades, and for some time the greatest ...

... I No. LXV. It is time to end this discussion, the length of which may have unduly taxed the patience of my readers, bat as this is my last letter I venture to hlope ibat they will extend their goodness to my closing observations. My reply would have been much shorter if I had simply confined myself to rebutting the Reviewer's arguments. Nothing would have been easier than to crumple hirn up ...

... ELECTION INTELLIGENOe N SOUTH NORTHUMBIELAV The declaration of the poll took Z on Thursday afternoon. There wer 3 3t > persone waiting to know the reslt. Tn ets0 counted several times. Th naunbere e I equal, as follows :-e Albert Grey (Liberal) . Edward Bidley (Conservative)j ?? 2,1 Two papers signed Grey, which mad th5> figures 2)914, were declared by the High° tse . invalid, and he decided ...

... ,EIN TELEGrAMS. T1E SITUATION. I CONSTANTINOPLE, THUaRSTIY. I bournals of to-day state thbt i i8s 1 ?? the Government to resist the t 0aonsantinople by any foreign ;, conuity, the Armenian Catho I Ci',Catholics of the other nationalities I 5' Sht ujgaria are preparing a petition to I raying that the rights of their rr. It -.cbes may be assured in the new 1E'T\'EEN RUSSIAN AND e' ,1 0oTNIAN ...

... I APPOINTMENT OF OVERSpERS, J A special session was held on Thursday at the P Court, for the purpose of receivi!;g the lists of the PG men nominatedas overseers in t i, ?? get. the ensuing year. The folhowin - were the ion-7iw,- Manchcster: JohnHough,mercl' ?? Adam Murray, manufacturer Arde ck; John monger, Northenden ; Wi-ian ctt llrcwe,b Old Trafford; Henry Wiflswu, me chant, Chedl. T. ...

... THE BATHS AND WASHROUSES SCHEME.. - - . .- The Manchester Corporation having applied to the Local Government Board for power to borrow £50,000 for tho carrying out of works under the Baths and Washliouses Act, Mr. S. J. Smith, an inspector ap- pointed Vy the Board held a public inquiry into the matter on Thursday at the Town Hall. The Mayor (Mr. Alderman Grundy), Mr. Bright (chairman of the ...

... ITHE WEEKLY TIMESI I SUMMARY 01_ THE WEEK. I FOREIGN. The Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces arrived in Mtlta on Sunday night. Both Houses of the American Congress have appointed committees to investigate the causes of the depression of industry in the States, and to report on the remedies that may seem to be practicable. The Fishery Award Bill was discussed on Monday night in the United ...

... FBY AN INSIDER. I FRIDAY EVX ;Na. The Eoias of Commons assembled to-night in th' mniat of a dense fog-I mean material, not menta'- - 'leioh hbad overhung London all day. Notwithstanding thie rqtlwr unfavourable circumstanee, the attendance of members on both sides was very large indeed, rather unusually so for the second night of the session, whici is gonerallyregardedasan off night, As ...

... I foF.-EIGN TELEGRAMS. I Tru! AFGHAN WAR. DISAFFECTIO(N AMONGST SHERE AMI'S TROOPS. ,;1JJ SSION OF AFGHAN OFFICIALS AT JELLALABAD. The ?? has been sent to us from the g1dia Office for publication: (From Viceroy, 13Sh December.) ltbertB telegraphs from foot of Shutargardan, gtb December. Hopes to reach top that day, egd return to Ali Khel No opposition met with. sears from Cabal that Ameer has ...