... AF THE I ruN . W e [MrSTIER OF 'I3iE 1IIHILL MEN, CRITICAL POSITION OF BROWSTE'S FORCES. THE BRITISH COlMMUNICA- TIONS CUT. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM THE, VICEROY. London, Sunday. The following telegram has been sent from the India Office for publiction: - FFrom Viceroy. Lahore, November 30. Ameer reported to have withdrawn treasure and ammunition from Jellalabad, reconbaiecauces, ...

... I TO THE RDIMOR OF THE FERMAN. SIR-I think it very unfair and most injadicolus on the partof your correspondent, Pro Bono Pub- lico, tocontinuehiseffortsto depreciate thevalueof cattle, and by so doing injure the interests of the tenant-farmers and the cattle traders of Ireland. There is no reason why these interests should be exceptionally attacked in this manner. Owners of stock and ...

... ANOTHER TERRIBLE COLLISION IN I THFE CHANNEL. REPORTED LOSS OF FIFTEEN LIVES. (InDQX OUR CO NDT.) Liverpool, Sunday. Powl Forforka, a German sailol, who arrived at the Liverpoul Sailors' Home on Saturday, gave in. formation that the barque San Juan had been run into and sunk by an unknown steamer, and all the crew with the exception of himself had perished. He states that the San Juan, an ...

... r : .j ing 2ad Dragoon Guards-. Lieutenants Ottley bhe Clerk, Bayly, and Gould Will return to Dublin to- esy day from leave of absence, and resume their duty. - It 8rd Elussars-1aptain Napier and Lieutenants aeO Peckham' and Forbes have been appointed a coAi. 'he' nitteo of paymastership, Lieutenant Peckham Ind performing the duties on the responsibility of. the arO committee. I bhe 7th ...

... I Last evening the Very Rev. Canon Murphy, Ag Sp, St. Kevin's, and President of St. Kevin's qui Dranch of the Catholic Union, gave a lecture in e bhe hall of that institution, on the career ofc Gleo. Despite the severity of the weather a dii ,nuerous audience gathered for the occasion. The Ga Right fon. the Lord Mayor presided. Amongst eeV theeo present ?? Woodlock, Patrick of ! Martin, M.P.; ...

... I - MZTEOROLOGliAL REPORTS. ?? DUB3LIN I-- Adln~s of the barometer In Dubl ?? iAweduc# to «e .p t asle Fel The black lines shove * O J4ht of the barometer at ufsettledweatb . ?? * . itrbp~ LN4. and X.Ei. ?? re Algwwip4tt wtm lo gt ?? bO@ W ?? wltn tle NOr. mybp.I ,Dublin, 9 a.m., Dec. EL' Baromnetor,. 29.98 Inches (rbsing td ) ;t dry ?? thifh TEJ defg. ?? bnlb tb $j, view point tempera~ture, ...

... I- ?? , ; Co,,, let us take a walk down Graftonnsdtreet shop windows are not so gay, buti the,'twing s3thick this Christmas as evei it was, and if. the stioe of making presents at this partiq4r ' n-,d is a pagan one, we have become imore a than the pagans themselves. There a for every stage from infancy to aenectitde; 1 a in every degree from a Christmas card, {an t ,30rud. There goes ...

... SIR W. LAWSON, M.P., AND MAJOR I O'OORMAN, 'MP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREMl..N. Springfield, Waterford, December 2nd. SIB-I BhOuld be much obliged by your having the gooruess to publish the enclosed true copy of a correspondence between Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart., A.P,, and myself.--I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient, bumble servanlt, PURCELL O'GORMAN, M.P.- Springfield, Waterford, ...

... I THE PRICE OF MEALT. ' o THE1 DI'IOR OF Tim Pnmu. Sin-Will you kindly allow me poe In yoeW useful iotirnal to addreas tL few remarks in tplij to the letter of An Irish Farmer,' publl'hed in your paper of the 29th ult., in reply to one of mise on. the above subject, to w)ich y6u kindly give publifty in your paper of 23rd t This gesitlein finds fault with na f wrliting under a= snrh moua ...

... iite fr fnlin's &nrnal. a ?? IN PARIS THE PREEMAN'S JOURNAL Is now exclusively supplied at the KrosQuE, 131 BOULEVARD DES CAPU- CINES, near the GRAND HOTEL and PLACE DE L'OPEPiA. Wz publish to-day an important letter ad- dressed by Mr. Edmund Deno, M.P., to Mr. Adam, M.P., the whip of the English Liberal Party, giving his reasons for not tak. ing part in the late divisions in Parliament. If ...

... I MR. BDUT, M.P[, ANl THRE L1MgRIOc [ -. ?? CORPORATIO1, .- The following has been sent to up fot publica. man XToft Clerk's Office, T ow Hall i ~nerick, 16th Decemrber, 1878.. ,DBI St-I have thelionour to ?? to you that-in pursuance of the enclosed requisition to me, I: convened a special meeting bf the Toivn Council of this city for to-day to consider the sub. ject of the requisitioh. The . ...

... T1THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF RbUCATION-I I PAID MONITORS. OW TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREAMc. in. Ballymena. Dec., 1878. lal Quod si difeclant vires audacla certe laus erit. M.- DEAR SIp-Your recent editorial article, excel- in lent in spirit, on the appointment of paid monitors in National schools, arising out of the couflict that d has arisen between the departmentalauthorities of the National Board ...