... IRON RAILWAY BRlIDGES. 5 ?? the Ljaiy Acts.) The disastrous end of the sh'ort-lived Tay Bridge h as t apparently given rise to a, largce amount 0f niiioufl'i1, aiapprehension in this and Other countries. btruleteros I which have- been crossed Without he'sitation (luring9 :l - winds and weather for several years past maynew be ?? f to be, for the fir-st time., under saspiesou. Ue-c~li- ...

... th WC tiii he ~ THE DIVING OPERATIONS. te lieth Oil (Byr TELEOG5APU FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) V ?? ~~~DuNDEE, Thursday Night. no in, In syimpathy with the saddened feelings excited by the so ayrecent disaster, it was with a muffled chime that the belle be ,Id of the old steeple of Dundee announuced the advent of the lal New' Year. For live minutes befoiro twelve o'cloeck last to of nig-ht ...

... ri Er. I TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. MERCURY-OFFICE, Tedinesday, 5 a.m. THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN. (D-ULY -NE.5S TEL.EILCU.S.) LnIon, mTuoediay.-.A new ilyvi eolumna, ceisisting- of 1,000 ?? of the three atneD ulnder Colonel ltobtrts, has been forlmetd tor the RhyecT. CL.Dua, Snturday.-Ju'gdetulnC wvas ?? on the 29th by Asiuatullatk lilan and all tile Luilunnan. chiefs. The eniemy was beaten oef at ...

... ' i RfAILWAY COMd-MUNICATION . BETWEEN HALIFAX AND HARROGATE, vid KEICTHLEY. TO THE EDITOIRS OF THE LEEDSM2KERCL-RY. GrxN-TLEz3E. - Withj the prospect of all early cuor- pletion of Irailvay ?? b etw1eenll Haliftll and Keighley by the Great Northern om-al pany, which wiil ir-ove equally remunerative with mary other braneires made by this eniterprising company. itermit me to sutggest another ...

... ,I -AVY ACCIDENT AT 3RADFORD. _V . ?? L3L t ?? nit eri.eotl lwi Ch ?? soiflo Itlarilla, t) i I n t 1 I a t I- I wilI lot at tendel with ?? airy to Ela1y onue, f r'itiit'li''{l itt-twa-eat thle xcll -litigo Stntion milt S. Diistan's Ct FIIItti oll. ,1ittord. W'itile a. (Beat Noir rit pci 5asid-eCI ( tl:111 vit-'- slllkiliq tt th1C ?? sigatil, tt'-o titacs a V-ii-Kit liltl got 10''SL ill ?? f ...

... THE BOILER~ EXPLOSION' AT ROCTIDALE. An inquest was held yesterday ait Kitson's Hotel F,1Pl1t is Wick-street, Rolioccale, before Mr. John A lolesxwortli, tou ching the death of Thomas Baker at Jamies takler, father and son, wvho were killed by cthe boiler ?? ' ,u tecitiin works in Dotlgson-sti-eet, the preious day Mr. LO 1-1. Ocorn, ?? present to watch the proceeidings. Ito TIE tirst witness ...

... Lo A complimentary dinner was given last night to Me-. S. Ii !j D. 'Waddy, QO ., M.P., by the members of The Finsbury v to Literal Association, of which he is president, in London, d r- in celebration of his return as M.P. for Sheffield. Mr. I flY. SPRIER occupied the chair. There were about three )uhundredgyoests presenit, amonigst whom ?? Andrew :, Ltus, L .P., Mir. Hlopwood, Q.C., MYP,, Mr. ...

... THE TAT BRIDGE DISASTER. RECOVERY OF FOUR BODIES NEARZ TlE, C ~~~BRIDGE.ti ins tet~ opratons t te fuoNca, Tuiesday'Xight. T Diiig oeraion ?? Bridge were, totally th ry' slspenided to-day, thie attendane of thle dlivers alit ofictial S flu ben nrreqitiredlat thea Board ?? in~pili-Y'. The searlch li fole tbodies wvas. bnwe Ic'r, co-,itiniied with grmat signor by 3d the whaling and Other boats, ...

... lVTTE P ROGRAMME OF THE FRtENCI i .IINISTRY. (FrOet OuR OW-X COeiraESPODENT.) PARIS, Monday. It won Id not bo easy to give an cxact, or even an a ipproxim iLte, idea of tho feeling in the public mind tl o .iw is1w l neiv 2Ministry. Outside the small world of 1 j rtr~i ^s i ?? place-liullters t1lere is the great Iass of P v;ori.o:rs a: 1 ch-albsiirbed citizens, who, in ordinary i tiers. ar , cr ...

... T iE TEE REVEN -E. The follo wing is ant abstract of the gross produce of the revenue of the United Xingdoin in the undermentiotied periods, elided December 31st, 1879:- I. Qu;arters elded Y(ear -- elnded 3M::lie31, Junie 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, Dce. 31, 1000. 1879. 1801. 1070. i879. Customs ?? ,279,000 4,027,000 4.433,000 5,355,000j 19,750,000 xcd-a . ?? 8,327,000 7,250,0001 5,240,000 6,400 ...

... THURSDAY, January Ist, 1880. ; H STimm is little additional news with respect t to the attempt on the life of the King and Queen of a Spain on Tuesday. Their Majestics attended the Opera subsequent to the attenmpt, and were received t with great enthusiasnm On quitting the theatre they were accompanied to the Palace by a crowvd bearin c torches. The preliminary examination of the prisoner s ...

... METTERNICHI ON THIE DISIMEM- BERMENT OF TUR1K EY. (Fuoxt ova GzzxA Coanu.srow~nzT. S There is evidently in many circles in Germcany a firm YU belief that Turkey is about to fall, and a natural desire Wvc to turn this to advantage, as will be dlone by ether great saii Powers. A leading paper had a few dlays ago an im- ftC portant article headed ''The Task of Germiany when h'al Turkey F alls,'' ...