... NOTES ON THE AFGHAlt CAM- PAIG N.I [From ott owA Corrtspondcnt.] LAhHolto, Decenber 5. The lapse of a fortnight has enabled us to look a,t the taking of Ali btusjicl calmly and dispassion- ately, and ...

... e NORTHERN AaRICULTURAL COMPANY.-The employds of the Northern Agricultural Company held their social meeting and ball in Lockhart's Hall on Monday a evening. Mr Anderson, manager of the company, oc- I cupied the chair, supported by the heads of the depart- r ments of the works at Aberdeen and several of the I a agents. After tea, the Chairman delivered an address, i - expressing his great ...

... THlE PRESENT AF(UHAN DYNASTY. m sia] fnr. - ij I ia - -A -- A b. - AA7 - -1. A ..1 A Few ruling families have produced such a series of notable characters as the present dynasty in Cabul, and if we throw back oir glauce to a slightly more remote period, and include in our retrospect the great and tlrst Duran, Ahmed KIhan, of the Sudosye house, it may be said that the Afghan monarchs are ...

... (Fom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PAnes, December 20, This is an age of scepticism, when old-fashioned, well-established beliefs are submitted to the rude test of practical experience. As the truths of religion and even the maxims of morality have been roughly handled of late, it need not be a matter for wonder that the axioms of political economy appear less self. evident to-day than they did a ...

... A lad aged nine years, the sot of a lamp- lighter, out of work. at Marvlebonfti hM been found dead in bed on Christmas Day. The family, six in number, had scarcely anything ta live upon, whilst they had hardly any clothing to cover them, and the room-a small ODe-Wa.3 in a destitute condition. The body was very much emaciated, and some of the other children, were iii. On making a port mortem ...

... WRECKS THE WEXFORD COAST. Intelligence Lu reached 'Wexford that the Debonair, Greenock, baa pone aahof* off daring a great storm. She waa bound from Bilbao to with a cargo of sardine* and iroa ...

... AND JOUR-NAL. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1979. NEWS OF THlE DAY. The Grand Duke of Tliaqssn-Dnm)F.sDAnr, the hiusband of the late Princess Aonl, svill, with his children, shortly pay a visit to Hor Majest ...

... THE ROMAN REMAINS AT LINCOLN, - L 1 il. ftn l. -jlfl fl'.J flf jL s2As. - AL the second meeting of the new session of the British writb oit8 Noranciation an Interesting paper was read by in Aroughsotoiak Assone3f.M nd we ffnd thenremains the u; the Rev. S. M a. Myhw, one of the VIpe o r, ntb. on te P discoveries recently made at Lincoln, the Coloniu Linden of ati the Romans, and with ...

... DESTRU'CTIVE FIRE 1N STrPHEN'S- I _ CREN. - I iet eight ak firet which eaused, thS desirctiou of pi a coniderasbe amount of propertt, oceurred on T the premises 113 and 114 Stephen ea*reen, West, t' vher Messrs. Dobwsn ad Co. %Wy eM basin=ee ae upholser%, decorators, and pa&er merchants. About 3O yards at the rere 6f the buodings e s Sepbou's-geea, which hmve been only recently built, is ...

... 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 ...

... ON THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE. [BY LUKE THE LABOURER.] LETTER VI. -NATIONAL WEALTH AND NATIONAL POVERTY — A SPEECH THE PRINCE SHOULD MAKE. Yorn 11OTAL HIGHNESS, — You eannot run your eyes, however cursorily, over the commer- cial status of the country without being impressed with the fact of the hugeness of our realised wealth, and the equally stupendous amount of our ...

... THE CHILD'S SCHOOL BOOK IN VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS.—At a meeting of managers of voluntary schools, held at the National Schoolroom, Oxforvi- street, on Tuesday—the Rev. S. C. Morgan, vicar of St. Mary's in the chair, there being also a large attendance of gentlemen from voluntary schools in the neighbourhood—the following resolutions were passe,i:—That this meeting has heard with regret of the ...