... I - i TE GOVRMMYENT COMPENSA- I TION TO WORKMEN BTLL. On Saturday an adjourned special meeting of the woor Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society of they Railway Servants was held at the heal offices of the wf societyCity-roa~dLondon, to conider the Attornecy- General's bill fcr compensation lo workmen. The and l chairman of the executive, Aind Mr. Frederick 0iiee: Ir W. Evans, the ...

... icat 0ect [BY A NORTH LANOASHIEE ROVER.] ARTICLE 3. hen It appears eva are not at present to annex Zaluland, Iree fromdiscussing thi policy of which I am prohibited. But age could we not annex that country where the dreadful and East is all tLh1 wind that blows ? I don't know ?? tlfrmtheex tuld geographical position, but judging from the ex. the perlenso of the past few days, we should ...

... - - iPER, IA, L -.-1 HOUSII OF OOMMONS.-.FBID~f The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. THN flRRLIN ThRITy. Lord% M.~ONTAGU gave notice that ?? four weeka ho would bring forward his, motion in reference to the Berlin Treaty, and call attention' to Lord- Salisbury's despatch of the 26th of January,~ i879, an move an Wadress. ENGLAND AIND AFGH1ANiSTIN. Mr. FORSTER: A statement appears in one ...

... of -ft__ ?? (Frona the London Gagette of Frida.y|) PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Metcalf and Gibbons, Preston, marchinists. E Hnesey anu Tickle, Manchester, cheese frators. Paric aurl White, Liverpool, eatate agents. James Kersluaw and Co., Ashtoa-under-Lyne, Laca- shire, ?? spinners. John and Thomasb Whittaker, Royton, La.cfshire, brick- makers. D F. G. Baker, 3. Crews, and M. Leab, uder the style ...

... i DePartures for March. I _ __ 3'rom PROESTON To BARTO;U Ahli BRooGHiTON..7.o30. 5.5 10.0 1?. 4.40 6.15 9-20.t,-Sundays: 8-10 f-50. (*Saturday, 8Lj-? To BLAOHnURNcAACeSIvNo-ozN BuY, A A DIlANL -6-0 7-30 8.5 9.10 10-50.m., 12.10 1.20 2.0 .j.3 > 6-25 8-0.-Sundays. 6-40 9-23 M. 2-25 6.2o -0 To BURNLEY AND COLNE-6-0 7.30 S.- '10-50 . 12-10 1-20 2.0 3-40 1-40 5-15 6 - u° o Sundays: 6-40 9-25Y. 2 ...

... ?? A FGHAN WAR. lt s still uneertain whether the Afghan waS r is to be brought to a speedy close by a stri od aetal agreement hcltweer. our Indian IT ot we0 ernment and Yahoob Klaan, or is to be roa ree GoenetadYof t renenew on the sett ing in of spring by the t .nd advance on Cabul of the three English ; aell armies of Generals Browna, Roberts, and thie a3 Maude. and a correspondiing adtance ...

... THE INDIAN IMPORT DUTIES. red I A town's meeting was held in the Area of the Preston the Corn Exchange, on Tuesday night, to s~isniler the pro- to priet5 of usging upon the Government tire necessity of Suid abolishing the Indian Import Duties. The hall was Mycrowded, end the prorceedings weere of anl Orderly and en- am thnusinatic character. Alderman M. S. Maynard, in thle 3el. absence of the ...

... THE WEEKLY TIMES.j I SUMMA1Y 01 THE WEEK. I I FOREIGN. The Calcutta correspondent of the. Times reports that there is no longer any cauee for anxiety as to the crops iu'the North-West Pro. vinces and the Punjab, rain having fallen in suffioient quantity to ward of disaster. The , harvest, he adds, will perhaps be short, but it will be well above the famine point. The King oof BUM3wAR is ...

... ?? I HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. NV[ The DuBsE of CAuneIsOGr( mande a pelsonal statement Th with respect to the remark in Lord Chelmsford's recent cot despatch that he had communicated to the Commander- thi ?? in Jule last the effect of mental and physical nff strain upon him. The Duke said ho had no recollection it , whatever of such a communication, and a two days' search gis had failed to bring ...

... WORK AND WIGM GLASSMiAXBES:- The 3Ldhand fnt glass macufactnum at a meeting at Warzlngton yeatpday resolved to givo mtoee to tbelr operaties of an luaediae reouc- tion of wages. BARNSLBY QOLE}& The dispute at Thape'a Gawber Hal Oollienee, Barnsley, is not settled. Four hundred men are thus thrown ont of employment. The Stanhop, Sl1kstone Collieriee, and Bilkstone Main Collieries, Barnsley, are ...

... - I - a: _ . _ I M J To FAIoER9. .- Read Walker's Practical Mannal of Alodern Agii, nltiue-' ilow to F1irm with Profit. prics, l,. GJ. ;;iay be ObLtained at tine Ohminticle Office.- [Advt.1 Grass Parks are being let in the north of England a! a reduction of from 14 to 20 per cent. on last year's rents. Tio pasturage around Hamilton i'alaco, amnounting to 1,400 acres, was let lately for it ...

... I On Wednesday a meeting was held at the Memorial lall, Albert Square, under the auspices of the Man ester and Salord Sanitary Association, for the purpose e hearing a paper by Dr. John Watts on The loss Of te31th by the lose or health. Dr. A. Rainsome pre- ided, and there was a good attendaneo.-Dr. WATTS aid th At ins ?? *1o1i AUIaUtOn to the money value .t health he was doubtless ...