... 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 ...

... ABERTILLERY. THE ENGLISH BAPTISTS.—This church has recently built a commodious schoolroom. The contractor was Mr John Edmunds. On Sunday and Monday services were held to ,celebrate the opening of the new room. The sermons were Sreached by the Revs. Mr Lloyd, of Castletown ewis, of Risca Davies, of Newbridge; Wil- liams, of Brynmawr; and Jones, of Blaiua. The collections realised ...

... By Order of Her Majesty in Council, the Con- vocations of Canterbury and York have been further prorogued to Friday, December 6th. While a bowling green was being laid out in the grounds of Conishead Priory, once attached to the monastry of Furness Abbey, and which is now oc- cupied as a hydropathic establishment, an ancient burial ground supposed to be about 700 years old, was disclosed. ...

... CARDIFF CORPORATION. IMPORTANT MEETING. FURTHER PARLIAMENTARY POWERS. THE TOWN CLERKS SALARY. A special meeting of the Cardiif Town Council was held on Monday, at the Town-hall, to receive and consider the report of the Finance Committee resper-tinsr the town cleric's salary and changes proposed in the office of tho town clerk and to receive the leport of tne special Committee in reference to ...

... S'f. PETERSBURG, Friday.—The Novol Vremja of to-day, in an article on the Afghan war, says that the responsibility for the embassy rests with Russia, not Afghanistan. England, it is added, avoids a strong opponent and falls upon her weak neighbours. ...

... SUFFOL:K AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. I A Committee meeting of this Association was held i at the Station Hotel, Ipswich, yesterday (Friday), for p the purpose of receiving deputations from towns in v Suffolk desirous of entertaining the Society at its A annual show in 1879, and for the transaction of other d business. Sir John Blois, Bert., occupied the chair, p l and the other gentlemen present ...

... T TERRIBLE COLLISION TX THE CHANNEL. 1 SERIOUS LOSS OF LTPE. SINKING OF A MAIL STEAMER. At midnight oa Monday a terrible casualty occurred about eight miles S.W. of Folkestone. A German ship, the .Pommerania, was run into while coming up Channel by an iron barque, foet Bilian, of Carnarvon. The German steamer was struck with great force, and the ship was so damaged that she immediately began ...

... PWSLMLHET. TEmlyDDIAETH DDA. Dydd Ian, yr 2lain cyfisol, cynhaliwyd gwyl ar- dderchog gyda Theml y Plant yu y dref hon. Am 2 o'r gloeh y prydnhawn, ymgynullodd aelodau Ternl y Plant, i gapel Salem, a Ifurfiwyd' gorymdaith yn rhifo tna 000 o aelodan, yna trmnwywyd trwy Church Place, Church Street, High Street, Kingahead Street, North Street, Traeth Street, High Street, Penlan Street, Gaol ...

... PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, Om,not been imitated by the Duke of Argyll, and the i ag- result is a decided public gain. The ?? I bb, trusts that certain papers will be included in the cl Parliamentary Blue-book which will bear out his lay view and confound Lord Cranbrook, so to speak, mi- out of his own mouth. The ?? Secretary, 1 Ma, with a full knowledge of all the surrounding cir- ...

... - tre Several letters reaclied us yesterday for which we arc unable to u I ?? find room. 'Usedli etters THE HARBOUR WATERMEN. D me of SRR,-I noticed in your paper that some kindly disposed hard gentleman proposes a subscription for establishing a Ltone 1Soup Kitcene for the benefit of the unemployed water- Look- men of this port. Whilst fully appreeiating the benevo- be iction lent ...

... WEATHER I 'HART, Nov. 29. .1 .- .. - I . The chart represents this western countries of 'Europe from Nerway to the coast of Portugal, and embraces Great Britain and the Britishi Isles. It also includes the North Sea or German OceALn, the Bay of Bisaay, the Mediterranean, the Atlantiq, with the English Channel, Bristol Channel and Irish Sea. 1X 1 . 5'j 0 ID- _- _ _ 6 I.- *~ - ---z T. e r. Ca7o ...

... PARIS, Friday. THE nomination of Ghazi Mukhtar Pasha as Governor of Thessaly and Epirus has given offence here, because in sending to Janina the pacificator of Crete it is concluded that the Porte has no intention of ceding that essentially Hellenic town to Greece and of acting in harmony with the Treaty of Berlin. On the other hand, it may be supposed that the Porte wishes to avoid a ...