... ITTIE RUSSIAN. EXPEDITION TO MERV. II The correspondent of the Dailgy Chro/'isflc at Sb, Peters. burg states that the preliminary operations in connection with the renewed attomnit this year to reduce the oaSIS of Marv to a Russian dependency wili coummence as early as the weather will permit. Fie says: Altering theplsn of last year, tlco casin oxaedition %eiil be from the north nud north ...

... The Berlin correspondent of the Dailly News says that he las received the following communication from i.t. Petcrsbarg :- You will remember that aboattwo months since, in connection with the expedition that bad been. pronosed by General Kauffman for Northern Afghanistan, and to the information subsequently received, that it was considered better perhaps not to proceed with the neces- sary ...

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... FOREIGN l8TELLIGEENQ1, g ~[RUUTER1'S TELEGaMlIMS. MR. PARNELL, ALP., IN THE *XNITEu eit ,r STATES. 0111c\^YO:I, 111Nm)y,-Air. PWarn~ell, )B.,,iBC reenoyastet clay at Gilinore's'garclcn, l'i -lit t~t le pe-sons atteadcd, incltdlitig rii', Titurlow 'A e- i r- ally) prowiiielit lrihh Ateki trics. A large p lri Mf Bir. larmell's speech was dewa ted to answering'I ?? frotuz Mr. ]acanalil, ,.t ...

... EXTRACTS FROMi FUNNY FOLKS. OCNic volt JolN ClilxAx- (Ocerleard at a restall- ?? lady-A nd you Chinese actually eat Iicet with chliopstikes I-low fuiny ! Jhiniamnan-)ou tillec so?' Loquacious lady-of course, Why, ?e use u spcuon. Chinniian-So didee we, mnadam, long 'go, wthen Chines 1i ?? cbarb il too! Go LEta; !-We understanid that Mr. Alravood Avill ie despatched to the assistance of ...

... Thompson, aged 61. evidence showed that the deceased was auctioneer and surveyor of Liverpool, and that some time ago he was found to missing. At that time was engaged action at the Liverpool C«nrt. In November went to reside 49, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, and after being for some time asked the housekeeper if she would purchase him some laudanum, and upon her refusing he told her she ...

... 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. ...

... MONDAY, JANUARY 5. EIrGHT &-.-The barometer is falling someswhat over Scotland, aud a large depression shown to the north-west of that country, while a small subsidiary disturbance has advanced over Ireland, occasioning a slight decrease of pressure on our south-west coasts also. The wind is southerly to south- westerly at nearly all statioas, and in the neigh- bourhood of the two disturbances ...

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... to Id LATEST CENERAL NEWV '01 (l ~[BY T El.EMiRAPrH. 1 t of ol, RISE IN TME TIN STANDARDS. eat Cornish smeltersyesterday advanced dile tin Ant.I-,. to 3s,, making the prsccut ptices fur connoll 87s, at li: \Ir. suficlior common 2id. eir = tFOOTBALLI the The Middlesex and York;;Ilire football Ii t ! thle mirl , yesterday, under Riugby I rule,, .L, : Lii-i Yolihlhirc by two tries to nothing, ...

... | OBIESTEfl S' DINNER AT WESTBUlY-ON2 I I TRYM, 'fts nitietentli anniversary of Court liaise Castle of the Ancient Order of Foresters was celebratedl last ivt evening by a dinner ait the court-bontes, the White Lionl, lil lic Wc~sthctry-on-Tcymn, iand was attended by about forty I it; it ciebeie, 'T'le chair was ocenp~ied by Brother 1lits, UX., aind] Brother Magge, ?? filled the vice-chair, it ...

... (By ?? Correspontdent,) Ceir LThough I have all along inclined to the opinion who .that we should probably have a full session of Parlia- cose L sent this year before the Dissolution, I cannot help dayt being impressed with the persistent and widely pre- expi Evailing Conviction that we shall get no further than shot the Spring before finding the clections upon us. At Auc any rate, while I am ...