... MR CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., ON THE SLIDING-SCALE. The meeting of the Mill and Forge Wages ird was held at Birmingham on Monday, er the presidency of Mr Chamberlain, M.P., dirator. The men asked for an advance of )d per ton on puddling, and 25 per cent on wages. The president suggested whether time had not coiae when the re-adjustment of mierht be dealt with on a broader principle, something like a ...

... THE GERMAN ARMY. It is expected that very shortly a change will take place in several of the principal commands in the German army. Some of the leading generals have petitioned forretiretnentcnaccountof old age. ...

... FLOODS iTluSTRIA. ELEVEN PERSONS DROWNED. Ice has been flowing by Vienna in large quantities. The ice accnmnlated in the river is two* metres higher than in the canal. The river flowed off to its old Danube-bed and inundated the country, leaving masses of ice behind. Near Fischamond, 10 kilometres below Vienna, the ice had accumulated, forming an embankment four feet higher than the river ...

... TWO VERSIONS IN IAMBIC METRE OF J wuus Vwsar, Act iii., Scene i. Antony. O mighty C-sar ! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure? Fare thee well. I know not, gentlemen, what you intend, Who else must be let blood, who clse is rank. If I myself, there is no hour so fit As Cesar's death's hour; nor no instrument Of half that worth as ...

... PROPOSED ADVANCE IN WAGES. A meeting of the members of the Soutlh Staffordshire Mill and Forge WAfages Board was held yesterday, at the Queen's Hotel, B ...

... TEE AFGBAN YWARI General I'allor returned to ( abui on the ;1st ldrimo from Kohistan, without having, fired a shot or having met with:the slightest opposftion. In a telegram to 'the .Viceroy, 6 (:enor ...

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... 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. ...

... I MR 'PARINELL IN AMErIICA. I NewRv V-onti, Jaw. 5. t lr. rarnell, M.P., held a recep)tion at Cilmo:e's ar GsCdars, yeeterday. wbinh was attended bh 6000 I -( reoae, iceluding Mr. Thurlovi Waee1 and s ...

... the Akthell Journal,. OrNE or two items in our intelligence this morning relating to Afghanistan are of some im- portance. Telegrams from the occupied dis- tricts of the country contain nothing new ; but the movements of Abdul Rahmaa Khan are watched in many quarters with close attention. A . ...

... ITA THE 7LY BRIDGE DISASTER.; - I Ino THE DIVING OPERATIONS. K1 ga.c eaF RECOVEIRY OF A BODY. up bei be( THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY. bb Ws DUNDEE, Monday. too This morning the weather gave hope that the work it . at the bridge could be carried on under favourable by auspices. The crews of the whaling boats were early vel astir, and about eight o'clock a dozen boats, fully manned, and each having on ...