... THE AFGHA WAR. LEE SITUATION AT CABUL. APEECEI BY THE VICEROY. (OTcUL~s TEL5EGBA3S) From Vicer~oy, 4th January; so Genera Roberts reports from Cabal on 1 st: -Several leading men from Hazara come in. Baker returned from Kohistaia without a shot fired. Riesults of expedition very good. wounded generally doing wvell. Colonel ClelancI and all officers out of dantger. 12th and 14th Bengal ...

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... THE FIRE AT YSTPiV MYNAOH CHURCH. EXTENSIVKDAMAGE. In these columns an account was published, ok Monday, of the burning of the belfry of Holy Trinity Church, Ystradmynach, ou Sunday after- noon. A deal of trouble as experienced after out p-ircel was closed, it appears, and the men were compelled to take a second turn at throwing water on the fire. From an examination made, on Mon- day morning, ...

... JUST ARRIVED PER S.S. RHUBINA 20 BOXES, containing 800 vEight Hundred) specially mild cured HAMS. To those who like the flavour of fresh-cured meat, I woulrt say try one. The price is (Sixpence Halfpenny) per lb. These Hams were cut from hoes five n onths* old, which had been fed on maize and skim-miik. No finer meat is produced in England. Carriage paid 7d per oound. GEORGE HOPKINS, THE HAYES ...

... POUTS uullt. was reported in Portsmouth yesterday that >.ir .'times Elphinstoae, one of Lords of tho Treasury member for taut borough, has intimated to the leaderß o, the Conservative party will uot present himself for re-electiou. Gf.OUCES I'KESHIKE. r.iay afternoon at a meeting leading Liberals of West Jlouecstershire it was stated that Lord Moreton, eldest son of the Earl of Dueie, had ...

... Itew 4reemn'ai-,.:onrrni| DUBLIN: 'UESDAY, JAN. . Tan FRnr.iq's JOURNAL and Tna WEnKLY FaERuAN and Iaisa AGRiCUL- TUiIST are regularly on sale jn Olasgow, at tie Queen-street Bookstall, and at 31 Buchanan-street. They sirealso regularly on sale at, Denvir'jA, Tithebarn-street, Liverpool' Tszs decision of the Cabinet to retain per- manent possession of Afghanistan, and to break up the kingdom ...

... LZTT185 fQ 2'HD .WFe? PRVATE! CHRARIT-OHARI:Y O3RGANlSAflGY \E . ~1 Miontrose Street,: Glasgow,- 3d January, 1880.- Smn,- did not wish to trouble you again upon. 4he-aubiect of the relief. of the sick poor in Clas- ?? the statement of their case in my letter. hdbeen -longer under the consideration of the public. It iw necessar, however, for me to exr- cate the question from a certain amount of ...

... 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), ...

... CORRESPONDENCE, INDIAN OFFICIALS ON INDIAN ADMINISTRATION. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTd. SIR,-It is a circumstance of evil omen for the future good govern- ment of India that her affairs have become a favourite topic for rhetorical exposition, not merely with outside critics, but with the very officials who have the best opportunities of learning the facts and whosea Poiti ?? seem to ...

... 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 ...

... LLANDAFF. ALLEGED POACHING.—At the Llandaff i^etty- sessions on on. iay—before Messrs J. I'rich ard an l G. Domford-Hnrv Leer and William Evans were charged vith treepasgint' ic pursuit o* game. ■ Edward Porter, gamekeeper to Mr G. W. G. Thomas, who claimed right of shoot- in over the land in question, said that defendants, a far;i er's son and labourer, were seen beating the covers for gan e. ...