... - FLIGHT OF THE AMEER. LON THE SHAH OF PERSIA AND: SHERE AL. ALT BAGHAN, bec. 19. The Ameer, Shere Ali, has fled from Cabul to Wh Turkestan, having released Yakoob Khao, and left Barle him in charge of fafirv. Sir Samuel Browne reaches Jelalabad to-day. LEI VIeNNA, Dec. 20. diate The evening edition cof the Prese publishes a note. ley e) worthy telegram :from St. Petersburg. Whl According to ...

... A YEAR'S WORK EN THE POST- OFFICE. a The 24th report GI the Poetmaster-General on The lPostofice, being that for the financial year which ended March 31, 1878, has been issued as a Blue-book. Dealing with the inland service, the report states 'v that the number of postoffices established in the r year 1177 was 316l, raising the total number of eflices open in the United Kingdom on December ...

... I ?? The twelfth ?? and Birkenhead Gordovic Eisteddfod was heil yesterday afternoon, at the Concert HallLord Nelson-street. Owing no doubt to the dreadful state of the weather, there was a small attendanee as compared with previous years. The mayor (Mr. T. B. Royden) was the president, and the conductor was Tanymarian (the Rev. E. Stephens). The eisteddfod song ?? Baner ein gwlad) having been ...

... IOUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE LONOON, CiiRIS IMAS EVE. ?? metropolis is to-day given llp to pro- it paratiouis for to-iIloiTow. The. principal streets seem to be cleared of ordinary pe(ldestrians, and e heir places to be taken by family parties, a fathers, mothers, and children, the latter loaded r. with toys. Politics no longetr till maen's brains, ;_ and social reforms are hardly mentioned. r ...

... LETTFd 1TO THLE EDITOR. I : 15 thor Jll On5Tt must wrte ca 0P EWS o2 r t ' only. or their Leftr will be rejectead . a t Onnn.-The terse. are unsitable to then L columns. AbI1). W. J.-A lioence is necesmrT. YVocaLIST,-It was ronounoed at the time to be a worthlees lbetto, with inferior music. vu 1. J. (Pentre).-The return relating to coal crges (spontaneous combustion, &o.) hae been published ...

... SECOND EDTION I A_. ?? ?? ?? - - - - - - I . WZST'mc MAIL 010i-C3 4.y3f AXr (nEUTER'S TzRLEeaAsS.) RUIOURED 3 ATTEMPT TO KILL THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DEc. 27 (10.46 A At.) - The Ye Viemnas TagblZact of to-day statea that in. mci tellience received from the 1a'ikce of mi Gooaolloe, .Hnngary, where the Emperor anid :Empreo and rowi Prince -Rudcdph Are sending the Christmas holiday, has ...

... 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 ...

... 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_ .,P A special meeting of the Council was held on Monday lat, under the presidency of the Deputy-Mayor (AXd. Cavell), the Mayor being absent through slight indlspo- sitioa. There were also present Ald. Hughes,, Randall, Eaginston, Galpin, Spiers, Dore, and Carr; Councillors Evetts, Calcutt, Lowe, Round, Sheard, Greenwood, Castle, Wells, Turner, Gray, Cooper, Emberlin, Seary, Parish, Clarkel, ...

... 'IC) 'T.TR. RnT'T12Rl few sired, .XvmlQ ?? m TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCUUIY. tl Le GENTLLiL,-I have no intention of going back from ti er my engagement not again to ask your pormissio4,to con- Ol tinue the diacusion of those purely tecisnical rnd iuci- I dental questione that have been specially referred to by a Y, some of yoar corraespondeuts in connectiou with my lotter' m Le, oi the ...

... _ _ . . 1 AAA* Z v at.b LERDs.-In connection witb the distress at present existing in Leads, it will be seen that the Mayor (Aid. Addymau) has convened a meeting to be held in his rooms in the. Town Hall, on Saturdav, and his ?? cordially invites the attendance of all persons interested or willing to assist in the movement for its relief. BAiNELEY. - The distress in this district increases ...