... THE AEASTERN 1 QUESTION | THE AFGHANISTAN DIFFICULTY. THE DEPUTATION TO THE 'S PREMIER. A it The Fre Association is enabled to amounce that a letter was, on Monday morning, sent to r the Troeaury from Lord Lawrence, on behalf of t the Afghan Committee, asking Lord BecOufield e0 to receive a deputation on or before Wednesday Iy next. tho 20th inst. The object of thedepitation S e, will be ...

... DISASTROUS FIRE AT MAYNOOTH I 1 COLLEGE. c~~ ~ ?? _ ad GREAT DESTRUCTION OF in -aD, PROPERTY. Asas he _ A ne The alarming rumoursa that a disastrous fire hadl the he destroyed the greter Rart of Maynooth College on J en ?? confirmed caes ethe greatest excitement in We ad Dublin on Friday morning, and during the day Mel ad details were anxiously expected, but telsgraphic you Ir- arrangemnentes ...

... FORESTRY AT NEIVPORT. I $PEERC BY MEL OOBDES, M p On Thursday, 4 members of Coart pr, A rthr, to er ith. number of haeir fr r 'g had theirannual dinar party, at the Caseu ' (Mr. B. Dean's), wheat pood oompsay 3st VC D to an excellent repast. Th chair WUS takti Mr. ,Toeeph Gibbs, the Mayor of New'o, w ?? by Mrn T. OCrdes, up' Abernetf , C.E., hIZ. J. -8. Adam, Mr. G, Jones, Mr. G. Fothergill, ...

... LOCAL AUTHOBITIES. t ~ ~ - - - A. ?? ry (CHRISTCHURCH &SHOOL BOARD.-On Jorii Sr Thursday &1 the members were resent at a Thon meeting held at the oioes in M eaeD Newport, shire J rwhen Mr. Goodman presented new plain for with; 2,school at Liswerry, tlie estmated cost of Which W. Y Lt i about X7 per head. The plans were approved. pear or snd ordered to be sent to thi EPlUcat0o eve. n r. ...

... TOWN WCONCILS. * ELECTION OF _ MAYO . os The a nnu al m ptiuu Of the CG NiE Corpo ration, 1 n the deltm or mayor for the ensaing 1 r. and the transacin of Other bunes w Lo the Crown Court of the Townbha; t 1Z o'cock L- on Saturday. There were preetsz ao Adr a manTTylor) presiding Al Le or if eleotjthans, Jones,Eoehszneati, i 4 and ' tCouclosLW aob,. . A p Sbackell, ewsW Sn , B. .j Dav, D. E, ...

... THE AFGHANISTAN DIFFICULTY. The Standard corresnondent at Siml writes OI A Tuesday ?? hundred Mollahe are re Dorted, in a Cabal news letter, to be presohing a iehad at &hizni. Thirty thosand mea who have joined them have been ordered by the Ameer to remain at Gbizri, since it is uncertain whether 61 the British will attack themn. i-a have also been V1 raised for a jehad in Kohistan, and ...

... >I)WltNAT1GIN OF S3HERIFFS. . rosa s~lnarr ?? _ Me I -- ?? rhe amnral lnomninatjon of sheriffs for England e *:d ?? ?? Cornwafl and Lancaahire) d -L plauoe i: t!,o Court of Exchequier, at West.. e 'nter. on Touedeby, boing the morrow of St. a] 'rtis Day. aid was attendod with the usual e1 nihabtie8. The oily Mlinisters present on the t waiion were the Chancellor of the Exohequer :. nrtl ...

... THE AF HAN WAR. | ?? OF GENERAL bQ0JiEUTh'6 TROOPS. 1 A i'V ALLI RECONNAISSANCE. ! ; J PQI LT r1'0 NATIVE CHIEFS. I ] ' J:]{;ijj l'lfl'§ AT PEIWAR. 1S EeCtind fdili¶ii of the Times of Friday COn. toi:'i t F4ClifLl ti gram dated Kurum Fort, ?? ,.,ing that GeneralRObertemadea av~iary ?? yesterday, and discovered three reginenws antd twelve guns at the foot of tle liilli makivg for the Paaa. The ...

... I TBE CEULTS OF .THl SWA~ea A - 1. : . .BLFiEETION8. t ' . . .. .. . . . . .. , I Z.LM.Vfl~~~iNO. the Th. geneald ralt of the rauicipl eloctions at teie Swansea has been to strengthei the voting power amy -of that a4mit-ctlve group in the Towu Council, re from which the-town km deriv6d the least, from oajt * prodeire point or viaw, in the pst,; and from in o wbielsbit wculd be wellnot to expet ...

... MR. HEPWORTIH DIXON'S LETTERS FROM CYPRUS. No V. ti L&BNACA, Ocr., 1373, of With the firt streak of dawn I rose. I d( descended to the courtyard, where two horse4 a# w were already saddled for the road. An English re r frend was with me, and the native guide wras b eady on his ase. A ride cf ?? hours brought Fi us to the skirt of Larnaca. In the muleteers' W camp outside the town, moving among ...

... BHRXHT, Thursday.—Tho sale of the lately published pamphlets, essays, and speeches on Social-Democratic subjects calculated to excite and keep alive agitation was inter- dicted to-day by the Chief of the Berlin Police. In connection with this interdiction 25 domiciliary visits were made to-day.— ...

... All the members of the Cabinet were present at the Council, which assembled at three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, at the. Premier's official residence. A large crowd gathered in the immediate neighbourhood. Lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury were loudly cheered on their arrival. The mention of Lord Lawrence's name in the crowd brought forth groans and hisses. The Daily News correspondent at ...