... FOUR DAYS ON A CAPSTZED VESSEL. Tim Pncifio Steam Navlgation Company's royal v maU steamer Sorats arrived in the Mernsy on ( Thursday from South America, and landed the } otptain and four of the crew of the brig Emnorald, It appears that the Emerald left Shields for Anocna with a cargo of coal on the 23th of November Inet, t under command of CApt-dn P. inool, For the first i few dams ...

... - - ?? ?? I.- - i - Tllu??t I.. i - o F Delft if 0, I? ?? ? I . . (SPLCI.IJ; TEL~tbii,'. _- Clo~nqei! Fiidav Niht. The installation of the Mayorolf.Clonmel,.2deV,' man O'Connell Hackett, j.P., took place at the - Courthouse to-day. 'His worsbip wes a'tiredj'n his official robes. Hi was preceded by-the swoi7I- bearers and the mace-bearers, enad was Acpomrpanied* by.the members of the Coupoil ...

... THE LORD MAYOR AND CORPORA- i TION AT THE CATHEDRAL.. , ._ - I The Right Ron, the Ltrd Mayor (Edmund Dwyer; Gray, XIP.) and the Lady Mayoress, accom- panied by the High Sheriff and the Catholic Alder- men and Councillors of the Corporation, at. teaided High Mass in state yesterday at the Marl. borough-street pro-Cathedral. The occasion was made remarkable not only by the grandeur of tle sacred ...

... TEE AFGHAN WAR. MORE FIGHTING. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) London, Thursday Evening. The Daily News publishes the following tele- grams:- Cabul, Dec. 22. The 12th Bengal Cavalry left Sherpur garrison for Butkak last night. They found Butkak held by the enemy, End proceeded to Luttaband, which place they reached in safety. Three men were wounded. The wluhle of General Gough's brigade are at Luttaband ...

... GROCERS' ASIISTANTS' ASSOCIATION. -n I. , I ?? . The half yearly genei al meeting of the members of this association was held at the Alexandra Building, Eustace-street, yesterday, for the pur- pose of rea3eiving the report of the managing corm- mittee for the past half-year, and to elect officers and a mnanaging committee for the coming six months. Hugh O'Dongell, Esq., president, occu- pied ...

... *he 'erillalfn 'j9o4nal. I The Freeman's Journal is sold on the Evening of Publication at our London Office, 211 Strand; and Smith and Son's Bookstalle, Buston Station. On the fol. lowing day it is also procurable at the undermentioned addresses in Londonr- Steel and Jones, corner of Spring Gardens and Trafalgar-square ; W. Everett and Sons, Royal Exchange Flags; Al. Pittman, 2 and 3 Silver ...

... : THE APPALELING RAILWAY DISASTER, I ,1 - _ DETAILS OF YESTERDAYOS rIVING: OPERATIONS. NO BODIES DISCOVERED. SPECIAL.fTlLEGRAM. Dunden, Thursday Evening,. No progress whatevef has bean made at. the wreck to-day.- Under the new arrangements de- cided onyesterdaythe barge was 'to be moored between the third and fourth piers, the object of the divers on board being to explore the ground to -tho ...

... MR. PARNELL'S VISIT TO AMERICAL. I IFrnm tr n vtamp s :f It I;- Iha roem me i coes Oi zestermay.) I It may be doubted whether the people of the United States, after enjoying the blessings of pol- tical tranquillity for many months, will be grateful to Mr. Parnell for the New Year's gift wbiclh he has brought them in the shape of a foreign agita- tion. New York is almost as much an Irish as an ...

... I __ ~ The following letter appeared in yesterdays Times:_ SIR-The suggested relief works will onll employ men, leaving the women and children practically idle. My suggestion, if carried out, will at a small cost provide feminine employment for thousands of these duringthe coming famine, and, if properly worked, for years after the famine has ceased. The women of the West of Ireland knit ...

... STIR NV. HARCOURT, M.P. _ A., . ,. ?? (SPXOO1L TELEQ!4M5.) O-ford,ThuedA v Night. The annual dinner of the Druids waS held in this city to-night, amongst those presew.1 being- Sir W. Vernon Harcourt, Q.C., I.P., and Mr Hall, M.P., members for the city, and Mr. Chitty, the Chosen second Liberal candidate at the next elec- tims. Sir W. Harcourt, on rising to respond to the toastof The City ...

... I THE POSITION I A mG p.ISTAN. (From the Mornag Post of Yesterday.) The dispersal of Mobamned Jan's army and thti restoration' f British authority inr Cabl xitigata the military diffipultie' iii 'Afghanistan and con. front us with more serious questions relating te the political settlemient of thateountry. Supreme control'ovet the foreign 4ffairs of Afghaniitsi and the, right to ssed British ...

... ] |1 . 7_ (By Reuter's and: Ordinary Telegraph.) ENGLAND AND TURKEY. SUSPENSION OF DIPLOMATiC RELA- TIONS WITH THE PORTE. Constantinople, Wednesday. Sir Henry Layard having received no reply to the note presented by him to the Porte in reference to the measures taken by the Turkish Government against M. Koelle and Ahmed Tewfik, the Mussulman Presi- dent, yesterday suspended official relations ...