... TEDITESI M&HSTE AND} TH a SALbORD. I AL'- -- E-.- fl IA ITE N At the head-quarters of the Manchester and Sslfor,'d District Provident Relief Society's special relief! con- niittee, Windmill-street, yesterday, orders for relief wvae distributed to between 1,300 and 1,400 persons, mostly heads of families. The destitution in a l.ge numbsr of oases had been found to be so great that several hun. ...

... I LE'TTERS OF IERAX. I No. LXXXV. SOCIAL EXAMPLES. We are just now suffering from a severe attack of social unbelief. It is more commonly called a want of confidence, and that is properly descriptive of the symptoms of the disease to which I refer, but it does not go deep enough. That which people con- fide in they first believe in. They confide in it because they believe in it, and when ...

... ITE PRECEDENOE OF THE DUKE OF CUmS I I BERLAND. - - I lar)?6s Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage for P bca just boen published, with corrections down to ? 4tat possible date. It narrates the genealogical ktiee of some 1,500familiel, comprises about 150,000 tOE, and includes the names of more than 200,000 per- :. In a preface Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King-at zi observes:- I4e death of the ...

... FOREIGN NEWS1 THE AFGHAN WAR. The report that the Ammer hag fad to Ttrkestan 15 confirmed. He has left Sirdar Yakoob Khan, who hags been relesBsd, in authority. Someodoubts are, however,I entertained as to the destination of the Ameer. The 1 Russian Mission is said to have left gith him. I A state of ?? is sad to exist at Cabal. The 1 Ameer's soldiers are deserting. 3 General Browi e reached ...

... MINERS' CONFERENCE IN 1MANCHESTER. ' I A. conference of represeutatives of the miners of England, Scotland, and Wales was commenced at the b Ardwick Town Hall, on Monday, the purpose of the meeting being to consider the laws relating to miners and mining, with a view to urge upon Parliament the necessity for their amendment. The conference is held under the auspices of the Miners' National ...

... I I t Snow fell very heavily at Shields on Tuesday night, the streets being eovered to the extent of two feet. r, At Clerkenwell Police Court, on Tuesday, John Baum and John Evans were again remanded on the a charge of fraud and conspiracy a Jefferson Davis, the late President of the n Southern States, is now actively engaged as president . of a life aesurance company in itemphis, Tennessee, ...

... The Afghan rockets specially manufactured by the Royal Lvboratory Department for export to India have been filled with their explosive composition in one of the isolated factories on the outskirts of Woolwich Arsenal. A powerful press bad been ereated for the work, and careful precautions were taken as usual to prevent accidents. The workshops are built in blocks of four, subdivided by brick ...

... RAILWAY COLLISION AT [YLDESLEY. On Monday morning, a collision, resulting in injury to many passengers, took place between a passenger traic and an engine, about half a mile en the Manehestet side of Tyldealey station, on the London and North, Western Railway. The collision occurred at Green'S coal aiding, bolonaing to the Tyldealey Coal Company. The passenger train leaves Liverpool at 7 45 a ...

... I p0.inlto for te ,otto4rbial I .EDITED BY TEx AqTHoa or' 1TExqnincr WITHIN.3 No. XIr. DPlTHEwRnt,-The death of Princess Alioainareases the melancholy interest which prevails in connection with this strange and fatal malady; and the following extract. from the report of the physicians in attendance upon the Royal Family should be placed upon per- manent record: No member of the household ...

... I LOCAL NOTES, The missionary season has get in with great govirt In my neighbourhood the little collectors were lot l1cr upon the community on Sunday, and the painters, bel hangers, and general repairers are now around put things straight again. I mentioned last week that the City Surveyor had r signed. The cause of his resignation was not fat h eeek, but it would have been improper to ...

... OPERATIONS IN TRE KHURUM I VALLEY. I The Standard's correspondent at Ehurum, telegraph- ing on Monday a-nd Tuesday, S3y3:S During the week the native$ of the valley between this placo and Thull have been doing a great deal of mischief. The telegraph wires have been brought on as far as Khurum, but they are ?? useless, as not a day passes withont their being oat. The poople of braimzie ...

... I . LETTERS OF VERAX. I No. LXXXVI. BISHOP ELLIOOTT. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol was oat of the half-dozen Fathers in God who voted wviu the Government in favour of the Afgh&l W br, and he has since thought fit to publish a letter of explanation. It may or may not have struck him as a remarkable fact that some explanation should have been thought necessary, but, in either case, if ...