... wirerpoli r-i V£tg sGArS POPSW LZESWREK1MA. SIJ M ARY. I DOMESTIC. A Ciouncil was held bv the Q`1,cI'a atl O~sborne. yesterday, at which the Da111,e ?? Edhiburgh was raised to 'lhe rank of Admiral in tho Roval Navy. Ini the paper entitled The Friend, and ?? of Ru'~sia.- contributed to ,he nowy Wimber of the Ai,o te,-,,tA .,ntale. Mr. Gladstone claimn' to have estrablishe d three propositions, ...

... THE YEARB 1878. l PART 1. d The year which is just closing adds a very full but not very creditable page to the D history of this country. If it has seemed to be an exceptionally long one, it is not solely because it has been crowded with events. The mind measures time not so much by the number as by the newness of the memories which it adds to its store. So long as events travel in the same ...

... IOUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE I LONDON, S I'11RDAV EvFNiNcx. There is really nothing new about the Afghan difficulty to-day. Not a single line con- firmatory or otherwise of Yakoob's visit to Sir Samuel Browne has come to hand. The India Office is as ignorant on the subject as the newspaper officee. Not a word has yet reached Lord Cranbrook on the subject either from Lahore or any other place. In ...

... I COMMERCIAL TiRAVELL 1U- SCHOOLS. The annual general court of tha 6gt r. ot thisinstitltion was teld on Saturday. h. C!1c Ity Terminus Hotel. Cannon-street, Loud, .r the purpose of receining the report of iito v *;ard of z1anagemieM t for the past yearv o iiing officers for the ensuing year, and e'l. igq- 26 children--1i b(ys and S girls-to the b-otiinsof the institution fnrom a list of 43 ...

... LATEST A ND TEL.EGRAPHiN' STEWS TrHE COURT,~G 02 :t'li.SS DEC. ?? lie Qteez and the riucessl; iatrxe, attended by the I)ow5q r Marchioness of Eiy, arove ?? yestex doy aftertiA' i' The Dluke of C'oDnaught 'na Prriace Leopold valked out Her M. ,esy, accoompaniid by the Princess ieastice. -e Ilked out this mornlng. Di urager Duchess of Atule left Osborne vecterdavnt*oroinfg, sud is suocee 'ed bV ...

... I FINANCIA-L REFORAI AThANACK. I We have never met with a publication which Lr. gives so mulch information in the way of at political statistics as thle Fsnerancial ?? at Alma iria aty Almonack.. Itrequi-edyoars of cireful analysis ht to build the workr up to its prasent enormons L proportions: and a very large part of every [it twelve months must be expended by its is compiler in. correcting ...

... LANDING OF A SHIPWRECKED C('EW AT HAVRE. A Havre telegram says the County of Pictos, from Barrow for the United States, was abandoned in a sinking condition on December 2.ith. Tiv crew were taken off by the City of London, and lauded at Havre on Sundav. COLLISION OF STEAMERS. A Corunna telegram says -The Mondego and Glamis Castle steamers have been in collision. Both have arrived here, the ...

... ?? ?? , , _M _ 2;.-.tCP t-t/rst*4r~d Fan I THEf WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. i THE REPORTED StTBMISIOY OF YAKOOB KEAN. (O'CsIAL TELEGRAM FROM THE VICEROY, DEC. 30.) Cavagnari reports all well at Jellalabad on the 27th. Friendly letter received from Syad Mahomed of Kunar, announcing his intention of coming in. No further news of the Ameer or Yakoob Rhan. Stewart reports considerable difficulty in the ...

... Mr. Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist and singer. conducted services at Darlington on Sunday. It is understood that the marriage of the Duke of Connaught will take place at Windsor Castle about March 13, the event has ing been postponed for a month in consequence of the death of the Princess Alice. A young man named Alexander Montgomery. on Friday evening, in his mother's lodgings at Kings- town, ...

... RANK OF THE DUKE OF CU]MBERLAND. In a' preface to Burke's Peerage, riiage. fnd* lnibhtae, for lSY9, just pubiL'e.el, Sir Bernard Burke, UlFter 'Kig-at-Arms. observes - The death of the King of Hanover h4-s raised a difficult poiot in peerage precedence-the position of his son and successcr, H.1.11. Prince Frnest Augustus, the present duke. Has his royal high- ness inherited a dukedom, which, ...

... THE STRIKES OF V.s7s - The following letter appears in Saturdays Titnes: -You were good enough last vear to find me space in your columns for a brief analysis of the strikes in the iudustrial market for 1877. With your permission. I propose to offer the same for the year fliat has just elapsed, feeling that the subject has gained rather than diminished in im- portn nce,althogli more presing ...

... I I On Satsurday night a fir, caused by the upsetting of a spirit lamp, occurred at Campardown Snow Field, Bernonidsey. Two boy s named Purcell were fearfullyr burned, one of whom L 9s since expired. The Press Association is enabrled to announce that the Ifon. Mr. Justice Denmal is going the western circuit, vice Mr. Justice Field, who will take Mr. Justice Deunran's place in towt- A letter ...