... DISTR~ICT NWAS. I - - - -- -- -- &I NEWPORt. . LocA Disafs-The Mayet kw d received a eommunioatloa from Mea. WestM Goves, the lesae of Albthall, snng s thei sympathy with re mewntvfoe w dise, andthe have vry a gee ously : devote to the r f fund the b oft t sa is entertainment- in the aUl, of which duuoeo s rs wfl be gives. P it, SnDDE DExA&T OP A Onn.-_Eary Oa e Tuveeda morning r mouths We Old ...

... ENGLAND, RUSSIA, AND TURKEY, Tuesday. Admiral Hornby has informed Sir Henry Layard that the fleet under his command, finding difficulties in obtaining provisions and letters at Artaki, will arrive at Ismid on Thursday evening There is no foundation for the rumour, which has been current here, that Sir Henry Layard has summoned the fleet to the neighbourhood of Constantinople. BERLIN, Monday. ...

... EXPECTED VIGOROUS DEFENCE AT CANDAHAR. WINTER QUARTERS AT JELLALA- BAD. PBSHAWUR, Monday.-Two brigades are camped comfortably at Jellalabad. Prepa- rations are being made apparently for a winter resides The arrangements of the commissariat;, :isport, and communications are gradually improving, but the details are still extremely defective.—Daily HAZARPIR, Monday. — We have no* further ...

... The Sheffield fuud for the relief of the distress, amounts to £ S,000. The committee report to the Home Secretary that the distress is not on the increase, and that 1;nlesll it iacre;18 local efforts will be adequate to meet the case. I The Woost-ro Park miners were on Tuesday afternoon served with notices of a reduction of i>er cent in wages. At Moncktcn Main Col- liery, notices are stated to ...

... SflARDLOW BGARD O GUARDNS. - A. At a meeting of the Guardias, held on the 28rd ult., Mr. e do aurzoa in the ohair, Messrs. Sims, Barron, Webster. Towle, b as Wella, treasley, Fulton, Gretton, Qeo. Aduock, -Barrow aie, le Pa~et, Sketahley, Canner, Evan4 the Revs. Jun. Wsidam, h and 1. C. P. Jones. . The Clerk was directed to write to the Overseers of, the b r. parishes where the Contribution ...

... FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT 1UNAR SOUTH STOCKTON. A shocking shooting accident occurred on lion- day afternoon in the neighbourhood of Maltby, some two or three miles from Sooth Stockton, by which a man named William Lambert, a monlder, between thirty and forty years of age, unmarried, and belonging to Middleebrough, met an instan- taneous death. On Monday deceased, in corm- pany with Robert and ...

... El ra - The Mayor of Burnley has replied to the Home of Secretary's inquiry as to the distress in that town. ye The Mayor cenclndes his letter by saying:- The th , most effectual way in which the Government can r aid us is by putting an immediate stop to the war af in Affghanistan, the cost of which, whether laid it upon England or upon India, alike paralyses our trade by curtailing the ...

... [T OPHAN HOME AND PRINT- I i ING PRELSS, LEONdINSTER. 'IlI1c eisnual report of the Orphan NaImes ard n s Orphaans' i'ting Press, Leominster, for 1878, ha3 been issued. The list of chiidren UOw di in the Houn s (every one of whom has U ,ost both father end mother by death) in- Bi cludes two froma Bishop Auckland and one ni ,roltm Darlington, in ths couity of Dnr- ob it iaum. During the year ...

... OFFICIAL TBLBGRAMS. atd (From Viceroy, December 26, 1878.) to y Roberts reports completion of telegraphic communication nei ij Koorum. Some hesdemen of Mongolia and other indepen- all 'a dent tribes come in and seem satisfied with reception. as Le Tytler, commanding Dacca, reports return of his column p, h from Bazar expedition. Enemyfollowed upclosely, but by everywhere repulsed., Our ...

... ANSWERS TO CONUNDRAUMS, &c. to_ En - . _- m - I ?? n.* I Inay| ' (See Flying Post for December 24th.) Ile 1.-A sardine. Lf ter 2.-When he is taking a fly. the 3.-A thousand ilHs, for we are heir to them. tion 4-Because he has great li-abilities. real 6.-Because his setays are limited. ving 6.-Bacchus (back us.) the 7.-By turning him round and round until he became Dizzy. fre- 2.-Galled (Gaul ...

... DISTRESS IN THlE COUNTRY. Prior to Chrisetinas the President of the Local Coerll- ment Board, in view of the distress existing in sonic pcnrts of the country, and its probable increase, directed tbo particular nttention of the general inspectors of the Board to the subject, end requested them to watch closely tho weelly returns of pauperism, and wherevor any consider- able increase was ...

... A NEW ZEALAND-EMIGRANT SHIP ON FIRE. 282 PASSENGERS RESCUED. The Loch Dabor, arrived at Queensto vn, portsa.* follows -.—Nov. 11th, spoke ship Piak., from Loudon, for New Zealaud. Lat. 10 south long. 32 degrees west. which vessel wis on fire. Took 282 passengers from her, and accompanied her v. Peruambuco, and arrived there ou the 15th, ...