... CORRLESP ONDENCE. REMONSTRANCE. To ?? EDITOR o.f Ale PALL MALL GAZETTE. Sii,-A pamphlet has been issued by M1essrs. Chatto and Windus containing the articles on the Rhodope Commission from the S~peclator's point of view. These articles were so ably dealt with in your journal that reprinting them is a matter of little moment; but the reprint is prefaced by an Introduction ' at once so ...

... OETif Obenhtuv'ud Oth# THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. The following telegrams from the Viceroy have been sent to us for publica- tion from the India Office:- January ?? soliliery very disaffected. A ?? cavalry regiment ,'t'rtcdI bodily fiom Cabol. Disorder prevails in city. Roberts reports return to ,Iti on after visiting south and west extremity of Khost Valley. People civil, promised i,, gic no ...

... BERLIN. fan. 6. THE negotiations between Prince Bismarck and the Curia have come to an end; the happy peace by which the Chancellor hoped to win the support of the Centre in order to overthrow the Liberals has proved a failure; and Dr. Falk has obtained a new lease of power: that is the latest phase of the Kulturkampf. It has proved anew how little the Prince, for whom politics are a simple ...

... We hear from Constantinople that in consequence of the representa- tions of France the Porte has ordered the Turkish commanders to evacuate the country occupied by the Miridites. The state of siege in Monastir has been raised, and Kiamil Pasha is reported to have sent a delegate to the mountaineers with a view to re-establish among them the old friendly relations which the recent rising ...

... The resignation of Marshal MacMahon will, it is believed, be announced in the French Chambers to-day. The Ministry resolved yesterday to abide by its JecisionI respecting the military commands, and to-day the Marshal is to preside at a Cabinet Council, at which he is expected to formally announce his resigna- yion. The two Chambers will then be summoned to meet in Congress this evening. and ...

... Alicady it seems ald/ons d'essai are being sent up to try which Ir way the wind blows for a prolongation of the Russian occupation of th Roumelia beyond the 3rd of May. This might have been anticipated. a' 'The one object of Prince D)ondoukoff-Korsakoff and his subalterns since the conclusion of the Berlin Treaty has apparently been to render the condition of the occupied province such that ...

... PARIS, Wednesday. MATriRs will probably remain in a state of uncertainty for some little time, for M. Dufaure is not likely to make a sacrifice of the objectionable procurators and other functionaries in a hurry. He is a methodical and obstinate old statesman, by no means inclined to change his habits to suit the convenience of intemperate Radicals. By the way, the Radicals seem to be in ...

... PARTS, Tlthrsday. Tinl Liberal papers have been writing very angrily of late about the turn which affairs are taking in the Balkan peninsula, being evidently under the impression that the Treaty of San Stefano is replacing, if not in letter, at least in spirit, that of Berlin, and that Russia will lose little even when she evacuates Turkish territory. This evening the Teips, commenting upon ...

... Elyid Obttvivql? Otb3d- THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. The following despatches from the Viceroy have bmen sent to us for publici- tion from the India Office:- January 7.-Roberts reports reached Yakubi Sunday; hoped to reach Matoon, the )(host cantonment, yesterday. Mahommed Akran Khan, Deputy-Governor of Khost, came in to pay respects with principal Maliks. People seem friendly. Attitude of Akran ...

... THE AFGHAN WAR. T1he Saturday Rcvicie' observes that while Liberal writers and orators N busily prosecute the controversy on the origin of the Afghan war, the actual campaign seems to be almost suspended, probably in consequence of the weather. It is strange that nothing is known of Shere Ali's rela tions to his son, of his present place of abode, or of the causes of his tI derartule from ...

... Civid Obtninald VtWd. THE BULGARIAN ASSEMBLY. DREUTER-S TELEGRAM.) ?? Dec. 30.-The number of members of the Bulgarian Assembly, \hich is to mect at Tirnova on the i8th of January, will be 290. T'he Bulgarian Exarch was not, as was at filst arranged, to attend the Assembly ; but it appears now that he will be present in his capacity as Bisho | uf Loftcha, preserving at the same time his title ...

... ENGLISH PA UPER L UNA TICS. THE ever-growing cost of maintaining paupers in the lunatic asylums of England and Wales is naturally causing discontent among ratepayers, and it cannot be acceptable to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who now has to provide for about 40 per cent. of the absolute outlay. Looking through the thirty two or three annual reports of the Commissioners in Lunacy, a rather ...