... I foF.-EIGN TELEGRAMS. I Tru! AFGHAN WAR. DISAFFECTIO(N AMONGST SHERE AMI'S TROOPS. ,;1JJ SSION OF AFGHAN OFFICIALS AT JELLALABAD. The ?? has been sent to us from the g1dia Office for publication: (From Viceroy, 13Sh December.) ltbertB telegraphs from foot of Shutargardan, gtb December. Hopes to reach top that day, egd return to Ali Khel No opposition met with. sears from Cabal that Ameer has ...

... I - ?? _fCoullanemw. It has been decided to start a London Home- rule Club of a political, literary, and social character. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales -was again nominated on Wednesday night as Grand Master of the Elglieh Freemasons. Mr. Kirkman Hodgson has applied for and received the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, and it is thought that the new election for Bristol will ...

... I Mahomed Yakoob Khan is about thirty years of ae g and is the oldest surviving son of Ameer Shere ?? _j th5 dmughfor of M osnl ,hief. When Nabhoma Ali, the eldest son of Shere Aliq was killed ry hig uncle, Ameer Khan, in 186f, it was generally understood in the Cabal Durbar that the Ameer had really nominated Yakoob Khan as his heir to the throne. Believing himself to be thus in favour, ...

... I LABOUR DISPUTES MD TE STATE OF TRADE I TnE STRIKTc AT OLDIIAB. On Saturday might a special meeting of the share- holders of the Glodwick Spinning Co. Was held in the Bapti t School, Sugar Meadow, Glodwick. Mr. Beta t tomley, chairman Of the Board of Directors, presided, There was a large attendance. The meeting was called n for the purpose of deciding whether theorompanyshould withdraw from ...

... DISASTROUS IAIL)VAY ACCIDENT. Shortly before ten o'clock on Monday night a dissM- troa mcid.dent happened at Talyboint, on the Brecon ?? itlerthyr Rtailway, resulting in the loss of tur livea and the total deatanotion of a heavy train of goods and minerals. The line is single, and tra- ver~cs the most mountainous distriot of South lVeAos. From Talybont it ascends by a contina. uat gradient of ...

... I _ _ THE BLACKHEATH BURGUARIES. I At Bow-street, on Saturday, Hannah Peace, a women apparently about 55, was charged before Mr. Vaughan with being in possession of property knowing it to be stolen, the proceeds of the burglaries which have taken place about London recently. Mr. Poland, instructed by the Treasury, prosecuted; Yr. Beard appeared for the prisoner. Henry Phillips, inspector of ...

... PRESENTATION TO LORD BEA ONS.- FIELD.I On Thursday, a deputation of British residents in California waited upon the Earl of Beaconsfield, at his residence in Dowmng-etreet, for the purpose of pre- senting him vfith a gold and silver oacket, containing an address expressive of their high appreciation of hie Lordship's setvicea, The deputation, which was intro- duced by Mr.13, Maclvor, MY.., and ...

... OSS OF LIFE. After the snowfall of Wednesday night a rapid tha set in and continued during the whole of 1Thuradaut rendering locomotion in the streets of Afane ster ranc Salford still more unpleasant than daring the froet;' On Thursday night, however, a slight frost s upervene1d in consequence of which the Streets were in a verg slippery condition. The body of James Beavan, carpenter, of Al ...

... r|XWCHESTER NURSE.T ,INING lS~'9 ti The annual meeting in conneotion with the lle B ter Nurse-training Institution was held on 'i morning at the old Town Hafl, Kingtsstreeb; r Heywood in the chair. B The statement of aocounts shored ?? iCeO 3 been received the following iaemi : o Sr 1 beginning of the year, £146. 5, 61A £354. 1e. ; donations, C378. Is. lo1.; Penses returned, £39. 4s. ; narses' ...

... E T-A F0 EG TLG A S. I ITALY. THE NEW MINISTRY. RoME, PRIDAY, 3 P.M. I to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Depa. ?? presented the memborsof the e,! Cabinet. In his address to the Rouse, he de. clred the Ministry would maintain public order ah the aid of existing laws, neither displaying ,anesa nor having recourse to arbitrary mea. ;ee. EHe also stated that the Government would undertake the ...

... I . MANCHESTER CITY COUNOaLl The monthly meeting of the Manchester City Council was held at the Town Hall, on Wednesday, the Mayor I (Mr. Alderman Grundy) presiding. THE SALE OF (iAB PRODUCTS. On the motion for the confirmation oE the minutes of the gas committee, Mr. HILTON called attention to a contract which lid been entered into by the committee for the sale of am. morniacal liquor for the ...

... GUARDIANS AND THE PAYMENT OF ISCOOL FEES, I The weekly meeting of the Chorlton Board of GuDA dians was held yesterday, at the offices, Grosvenor Square; Mr. Charles Cutting in the ?? Curicr (Mr. Edgill) read a report in reference to the appication made to the city magistrates, on Wednesday last, by Mr. Ituspini, with respect to the application of a womau named Delahunty, who said she had ...