... SPECIAL CORRESPONDE NCE. . t n (BY RRPVAnr TELEGRAPo.) to 0 ?? The di1)Ion~atic* LeDox-, Monday Xight. SC PS The diplomatic difficulty at Constantinople appears w _ to have terminated, but it leaves behind a vemr im- hi portant lesson. There have been many rumours of n' late of the approaching recall of Sir HIenry Layard, r - and it is vcry generally admitted that su h a step has th s bocome ...

... (*Em;AN COLOMA MG ON, R nD ANNEXATION :QUESTIONS. Jitox Con tiEruL CosO-ax5P9xnxx) | B C4MMSRURE, Saturday. I ti The c t.2 question, so far as it concerns the South e Sea Llands, may now be considered as settled. A newc company will be formed instead of the German South L Sea Trade and Plantation Company. It will be termed a the German Sea-Trading Company (D- Wsche Secrandels- ha Ueselscha f), ...

... LEEDS MECHANICS' INSTTTUTTIC'. ?? mtectrir. et tljre rtcrrler-s erird ri tcii tt a ilte Leeds ?iechnticts, ?? held onl Tmicdiov in the Couinnutiec r20cm oft nrc Institute. 2Cr-. TliiOoASt DAwsoN presided. There was asmall attendance. a Mr-AV.J. 2t EiLD re td the 37th annual report, of which the l'oliowing is anl abstraict:I Th., i'Iirr) tir~re It-i', (oir' it L11ecien inlieel irc'e iri~tr ...

... LrvxzaronL, Friday Eveig 1 The Speak-er's writ for thte elsection was received by the,, Mayor of Liverpool this rmorning-, and the notices, which had ?? in readiness, were iforthwith issued, appointing the nomnination for Tuesday next, the 3rd of February, at the Town Hail, between t he hours of eleven and one, and the election for Fsiirtay. Both candidates took the fiold to-daly daring the ...

... In view of the existing prevalence of rot in sheep-onn of the many consequences to farmers of the late wet s season-thc floyal Agricultural Society issued yesterday r en exposition of tho disoase, drawnm up by the Consulting Veterinary Inspector, Professor Simonds, Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, in which he gives an account of the nature and enaso of the rot, as woll as instruction ...

... PATTERNS OR SAMPLES ADDRESSED TO lFRANCE OR ALGERIA. Ott 111( fro tie1st f Feruay thle limits of ei1t d atl~ aliusui or paketscontainling tra de patterso iipc-oddreseed to Franc or Algeria will he consider-i a1 l3 ex tended, and will to2 as follows : 0 T onaimum2111 ?? of sitelo pacetm is raised fromI I S o ouc-es ;the ma,-ximumI dimiensious are fixed at 12 0tush'cs inste-ad of S ioeclis in ...

... The Central News Claretnorris correspondent tolo- graphs that on Thursday a serious collisiou took Place between the police and the people at a little village called Xelvine, in H ayo county, in which the former had decidedlv the worst of the encounter, receiving severe maltrcatnit from the hands of the people, and being forced to retire, although they had their guns loaded and bayonets ...

... THE MONK BRETTON COLLIERY SIT3' I TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MTRTsT I-D TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS 3lElicvP, GENTLMrEN-, -At a meeting hold by the Monk Br- men, the proceedings of which were published i.: ' Mercury of the 'Jth inst., the report says that tiecr. cipal businass before the meetin was my letter teeth in M~onday's mercmbry, and goes on to say, That le will be remembered, stated ...

... AFGHANISTA4T. We have received the following from the India Offrce:- j (From VicERoy, 16th January, 1SS0.) n Ilostile Mobmunds, who had crossed Cabul River near il.akka, to the number of nearly 5,000, were yesterday suaciceil, defeated, and driven across the river by troops f, ,i Dakka and Lulldi Khotal. Our loss. otto kiiicdl, spvcli s- ?? Other Khyber tribes perfectly quiet. All well S CFCUT ...

... Since tile disastrous explosion at tile Leveett Colliel-, the Fair Ladv Pit, in W hichttheexplosionoccuried, ?? itlie'other pits coinprised in the Leyeett Colliery, has been just in the market for sale. Tile aork of relieving the distreissed is proceeding as raidliV as ?? xvill eriiitit. It is foisld hit therse is mnore dist ress than ivas at ?? asiticipiated. II Olle fit llii- siix Selildion ...

... le MR. SANDERSON, MI., ON COMMERCIAL ?? - - - -- - MATTERS. IVIA I ItttiSt. i Mr. T. K. SANDERaSONi, M.P. for Wakefield, attended the annual mleeting~ of the Cliamubesr of Comimerce in that- towvis yesterday, presided over by Mr. NV. 1I. Lea, the Mayor. In mnoving, the adoption of the annual report afJL- the Chamber, lie ma1de sosne observations on various corn- inercial questionss which lied ...

... FRIDAY, January 23red, 1SS0. AUTHENTIC information received at Calcutta C from Cabul states that tho endeavours made to induce c the leading Sirdars to conic in -were meeting with sue- cess. The same telegram states that six regiments t were at Ghuzni with Mahoined Jan. - n IT is arranged that the Empress of Russia 1 shall leave Cannes at once. I TirE funeral of M. Jules Favrc took place at I ...