... I LEEDS HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND 3 I CHILDREN. The twenty-seventh annual maeeting of the subscribers to the Leeds 1-ospital for Women end Children was held tes- Ites-day, atteisiui n h President (the Rev. Dr. Gott) occupied the chair, and there were aliso present the Rev. Dr. F lood, the Rev. F. J. Wood, the Rev. J1. II. MVlicdhane, Dr. Jam es Braithwvaito, M.S m e tis n lMl. James Walker ...

... (REaTER's TELEGRAM.) NEWSr FROM AFGHANISTAN. QrcU TTLA, Thursday. - Authentic information from I i of vesterday's dlate states that the endeavours to irnduce tie leading Sirdars to come in are meeting ?? -l;cCS. Two sous of Hubbabulla hlqan arrived at ,F,, >r t.s- camp on thre 20th inst. lfinillfents are at Gheizni with LMahomed Jen. TILE EMPR1ESS OF RUSSIA. ?? Thursdayl --Count Adlerberg is ...

... (Pri om the Titnes.) The following is the forecasts of thi weather for twaety- four hours, froul S p.m. or. Thursday:- . North-westerly or wpst- north - O. Scotland N. .. westerly breezes, moderate, veering 1. Scotland E. to north; weather cloudy, ther . fine, and rather cold. 2. England N`.E ?? in g ,Northerly winds, backing to north tcads and~ ert- ?? est; cloudy, rather cold. S. E. England ...

... FOREIGN EXCHANGES IN 1iS9. of Ca-o- L Saimuel has furnished the fni1nti, Mr. Sydney M~. Samiuel has furnished the following IairetilP evewof the comate of the foreign exchiange- in 1579 :- j ?? During!- thec year 123 the fluctuati'ons of the foreign a rc'ufi 0 -reliil influenced by political and financial ?? marked contrast to this, the asoverments ofli * jnj~t c'osed were chiefly due to ...

... TUESDAY, Jannary St7l, 1880. e i A TELEGRAM fron the Viceroy, dated the 4th, l confirms the Reuter's telegram published yesterday. t THE official bulletin issued at Cannes on the l 3rd states that the condition of the Empress of Russia was less satisfactory than it had been. A St. Petersburg telegram says that Prince c Lieven has been appointed MNinister of Domains in I place of 2I. Walujeff, ...

... The Lord Mayor of London received yesterday the fol- lowing letter from her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough, is on the subject of the distress in Ireland: 1. ?? Lodge, January 3rd. I ig My Lord,-I have been requested by the Executive .le Qarnuiittee to thank you for your letters of the 30th ult. ce a~nd its cheque enclosed for £;3,000, and kind premise of Je fnrthier aid in obtaining ...

... I . I iI | SUSPENSION OF1F OFFICIAL K RELATIONS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Wednesday.-Sir IHenry Lavard having received ?? reoly to tellc N-ote rieseisted by himiiI t( to the Porte in refere1cf to thi llemesu!'os takell l),V the Turki.-li ?? Lugainjst 31. Koeller amd Aihmed rIesIti.-, the iussluhlaimi pric , c -estra ?? b ; ofcial relation1s with the POrLe rile Brit ish Eenba s - ;cevetliheless ...

... T111S MORNING'S NEWS. TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. MERCURY-OkICEf, Tuesday, 5 a.v., THIE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN. (DAILY 9EVwS TELERCnAM.) CADIL, Mfonday.-A hundred Hindou families are 1 imigrating to Peshawur for fear of another tribal I occupation of Cabul. We rar thus losing part of the most industrious of the citizens. This seriously reflects upon the British Government. A declaration of ...

... I . 1 I - -. .. _ C CJLI t 10 . At the weekly mceting of the Loudon School Board c yesterday, a deputation was introduced, who presented a r mnemorial'onathe subject of the Chairman'ssalary. The a deputation was introduced by Mr. E. N. Buxton and Mr. s S. Gower, and comprised Mr. S. Morley, M.P., Mr. J. Hehlms, MP., and ninny others. The miemorial set forth that the growving work of the board ...

... 1.L. .BELL. MP.. AND THE RE MR. I. L. h;ELL, M.P., AND THE RmESRENTA- 1 T* ElN Or NEWCASiT1e.-Mr. I. L. Bell, AL.P., who was eLI favoured with a communication from the committee of the 26 Newcastle Liberal A~ssoeiation, has, after mature con- le sideration replied to the effect that he does not feel him- 7- selfi inageitionto agree to permit his name to be submitted 51 to the association as a ...

... DUSIIRANGING IN VICTORIA. ?7,, , ?? .) .. j,, > / ; A-/st; ?? O.pib (From the j~fdlourne .Mryna, .Xbwmhbr 284L.) During the month there have been two buslirrmging out- breaks, thle first being ant attacek onl the Bank of Australasial at Moe, Gipps Lanld, and the seeoiid the Sticking iup of a, station at Wantabadgery, in New South Wales. Both were snore or less attributable to the con- Itinned ...

... THI-E WEST COAST OF APPT'ICA. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY 13Y THE BI{ITIS GO ER1tNMENT. Ocr Liverpool correspondents received the following special despatcli yesterday from their correspondent on the (iold Coast, datetlte 8th eecinber:- The Kiln of Agbosomes, head teie, and chiefs lmet the Lienteirnlt-Governor of tie G-old Coast at Qinetta on tho 2nd inst.. and ceded, iuderl pressure, their ...