... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 - ...

... 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. ...

... ?? ?? .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 ...

... 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 ...

... DERE, HAM, (EAST). at FiRa.-Between twelve and one on Wednesday morn- ta ing this place was alarmed by a fire being discovered in rh a building used als a tailors' work-roomn and storehouse, Bi bohind the premises of NMr. Maclaren, seedsman, and st, Mr. B3stes, tailor. The alarrm was given by a manci named Foster, also a tailor, living 'in a cottage close to w the premises; and IASias Cariter, ...

... afthleiastical. The Bishop of Durham has resigned his see owing to failing health. PFEFERMENTS AND APPOINTMESTS. 11ev. J. W. Aston, B.A., vicar of Amobleside, Westmore- land. Rev. C. c. Bartholomew, vicar of Cornwood, and rural dean, prebendary of Exeter Catbedral. Ron. and ev., C. Dundas, rector of Epworth, prebendary of Liddington in Lincoln Cathedral. Rev. A. Edwards, vicar of Kirkland ...

... I1 ORPNEC (BY, P G R. PG ,) Loxroox, Friday;. Although the Whips on both' sides of the House had to-day isued* oaf strong -appea[ 'to their respective supporters. .to be in their. places to-night, as a-division wouldta1ke 'place,' there- was lnevertheless the greatest d6ubt whether' te debate would really terminate this 6veping. The early appearance of Sir Wm. Hi couit, who rose se6ond ...

... I I I_ |filEscZa'a TsazWGiBAS |A - ?? THE EMIPEROR'S RETURN TO BERLIN. Berlin, December 8. A thanksgiving service in celebration of the Emperor William's return to Berlin was held, to-day in all the churches of the capital, and was sit] attended by large congregations. A Te .Detna was sung in the Catholic Church of St the 'Ssdurg. The Emperor and Empress and all 010 the members of the Royal ...