... IM1. ALEXANDER MACDONALD, W.P., ON kOORBlGN COMPETITION. ma TO TIIS ED1TOU. d Sia,-I have read your leader in your MoudAy's id imnse with some care, in which you give Mr. H ?? Vivian as an authority that we are shorty to iaa n ionor iron goods sold in America, sa 10 next the Americans are Likely to drive us out of al the markets of the world. Could I believe that re this gloomy foreboding was ...

... I_ 1 SUCCESSFUL EDUCATIONAL I HBESLT8 AT ABERDARE. Aberdare School BZrd held its fortuightly meetin on Thursday, wrhen there were preent Dr. Pnce (in the chair), Eev. E, W. buoyd, sev. T. lnee, Meets. D. Danves (Cantoneeone), and J. Willam. Aprecept upon the overseers for the payment, on aciont ot the board, of £900e wasw ordered to be issued. The atendsoue offier reported that 4 number of ...

... INTERESTING ENTERTAIN- MNT AT MOUNTAIN ASH. - ?? b4 A. J'VDTNILE CHRISTMAS PL&Y. b On Friday evening last a juvenile Christmas G PlAYU enttled Nursery uha, or the Prince, V the PArty, And the Pie,. wee given at the Work- a, man's-hall, Moutain Ash, ander the direction of oe .the Ron. Sarah Brea and her sisters. The audienee vas a large and appreciative one, a number of children being ...

... I .:THEPt ADVANCE OF GENERAL ROBERTS. PREPARATION TO WINTEE. r3IENDLY DISPOSITION OF TH1E NATIVES. e. je oerd special correspondont, writing !;Ll, on Monday. ?? main body f lor-e oame on to Ali Khoyl on Sunday- . dianotly a change for the better, for the thermometer fell last night to Ve.. degrees above zero, we are sheltered eo . ?? wind which rendered the cold fa ,ioS' rninpportable on the ...

... SPIRIT OF THE WELSH PB*SS. . ?? MOuaN). ' The Aieriean Wasg sates thet Quees rs*tp contributed last year '2,oO% ddollrs towards ts temperanoe cause, end that tour of her. tbu~in are total abetses. It is- ahid sain Xtha must go from homa for news, and the above ills. trates the truth of the atatesomt. We kadw il Wales so little about the Court that we are quits unable even ts gues as to whether ...

... PARIS, Dcznusw 11 Pri While the country is fully determined to have ?? a, conservative Senate but Republican instead of wb lMerarehical, and so obst'ruotive, it is not loss de. lbs cided to have the present Cabinet digpli-y more courage or gtive way to more vigorous adnilois.He tratorso. Ministers collectively arc not ulp to opiflino in point of Republican pluck. As the 5ob Piet oi Jancary ...

... *.HOM-E. - POLITICAL AFFAIRS.--The Bishop of Manchester has written to the Supertor explaining that, but for severe illness, he should have attended in the House ?? and voted against the Afghan war. His lordship says- The vote of opinion of a non-political person like myselfis of little value or significance, but as a Bishop of the Church of England, I would not be thought indifferent-as by ...

... ?? ?? .x , - r ament. I . .hOUSE OF ..DS&-FIDAY. 7 'i.5iiiehro';dshlpsi t'at hislf post four o'clock, when'the 4,ot 1i4dh bhlidsto kik hli seat as Viscount earnnoyle, of *ms5l, OiEar Cairns, on h18 promotion to the new 7,TilI APa& POxY .-The Ear of Cork, on behalf of Lord Halifax, gave notice that on Monday he will move an a a4n went-to the resolution of the Secretary of India, O ...

... THE HAYMARiET FARMERS' CLUB. A meeting of farmers and others was held at the Haymarket Inn, Liverpool, on Saturday, under the auspices of the above club. Mr. Richard Webster (Litherland) occupied the chair, and in opening the meeting said that the first business was to consider a petition to the Liverpool town council respecting farmers' grievances at the North Haymarket. As a committee had ...

... TUESDAY. DECEMBEP, lo. The chart represents ;he wegera CO=n4 Burope fromn Norway to the cant Di Port,& embraces Great Britorn and the Bnrtms Ii - aeso includes the North Sea or Gefatn ORp B3yof Biwcay, the Mediternanean.tLeAtlis the nf Obannei.Bi-oID'a di s The direction aud fore of awe wind am CrvmAFUBi ?? the dirotion boardbi~ ?? The t2es is Lndlasted by the camber of tn2 thie srows; 1tsz - ...

... EASTERN ITEAIS. A Votes Constantinople telegram says that the cegotiations with Austrir. concerning Bosnia and (r'*nsf.3 bihave been narrowed alnost to a sof words. The basis of the arrangement is that the Sultan Rreserves his sovereign rights, and that the Aestrians retire when permanent I order is established, and payment made t4> them of V the expenses of the occupation. t From ...

... LIVERPOOL PRESB3YTERY PRJtESBYTERIlAN CaLTIR' All' Y EG)LAND). T1e iiotal Monthly mneeting 1 idais presbytery r';is I held yosterdiayaiternuon, atohs Cioirnson Hall. Us.t is |buy, thsI Rev. G. Lewis, iii 1rator. The ?? meinstrs p1 ,sent were the Re;. U. Jolistoone (Ic:ier;, I. T. R Hwat, R. H. Lundie. A. . Syinlugton, A. fiardner, I,. DMff, J. Barles, J. Bode], V. Fergison, .J. Fraser, J. ...