... BERInSHIRE.-The county papers make the an- nonucemscnt, by request, that Mr. Walter has no intention of resigning his seat for Berkshire, but will, at the proper time, offer himself for re-election. COUNTY DONEGAL.-A movement has been set on foot by the leading Liberal electors of the county to invite Mr. Charles Russell, Q.C., to become a second Liberal candidate for Donegal, in conjunction ...

... The Duchess of Marlborough's fund amounts to more than £20,000. The )alke of Norfolk has contributed £200. and tho Mayor of Manchester £250. On Saturda~y the Yu-blin'MsM s ouef uaouted to £14,500, including £5,000 from Melbourne, further contributions of £X1,00 from Sydney, nd £2,50 from Manchester. In urgent cases of distress tho rules were again suspended, and immediate relief forwarded. Our ...

... TIE LEEDS M ERICURY. TVREDZESDAY, Jantuar 21st, 1880. IXrTLLGF-cE-C received at Calcutta from Afghan Turmestan stites that the rebellion has greatly wealkenied the power of Solum Hyder. Daoud lihali is expected to reach Calcutta to-day. M1. JULES FAVnE, who has been lying dan- ucrouslY ill at Versailles for some time past, died on Monday night. Ile was boen at Lyons on the 31st March, 1S09. He ...

... EB- C O I I. I EVERBODYV-S i:to.i: jtTNDER TM HEADING WA PEPOR R TO EAE A: COLWM: OP COMPLAINTS, COXMMETST, :AND ENQ-Riz, TW. BE CONTIBTI VOLTARILY ST ona -RBaDBB, AN6 ON WHATEVER SUBIECTSTE ?? OaNLr ESTRICTIONS WILL BE DiN tERSP4CT OF - , DLEGLTXMATE G~TCISC1, Tangv9, AND) PLAGR%'I'iT: UNST.BLE TOPICS; 01 WHI[LST EDiTTiS ROSPNIBI ILITY FOR -T11SCOLUMN IS DISL0nD, IT STILL WILL 3B ,SUBJECT TO ...

... The Press Association Dublin correspondent telegraphs that on Tuesday four men with blackened faces cntered the house of Mr. John Chapuiau Judge, at Galborough, nsear f Moate, county Westmeath, demanded arms, and carried I away a. gun and a revolver and their cases. An investiga- . time was held yesterday, at wvhich lM1r. Judge stated that ho could not identify the parties. No arrests were ...

... HOWS'S .MEE!INGS, IN HULL,; YESTERAY. | THE SIR ROWLAND BILL MEMORIAL Yesterday, a meeting, called by. requisition to the Mayor, was, held in. tle Sessions Court, to-consider the desirability of supporting the movement for a nftional memorial- to the late Sir Rowland Hill. There was a very small attendance. Hisas-orship the Mayorpresided, and upon the bench were the Town Clerk, the Rev. J. ...

... In that singular collection of delightful and ddsultory learning and reading, Southey's Doctor, there is a curious calculation founded upon a saying attributed to Thomas Campbell, the poet, to the effect that a man who shaves himself every day, and lives to the age of three score and ten, expends during his life, as much time in the act of shaving as would have sufficed for learning seven ...

... ROL-BECK WARD SPECIAL ELECTION. Yesterdav evening at mass meeting of the supporters of Mr._R. MIN. ~Iarter. the Liberal cacididicte, Was held in the A I ?? M.~arshlall-strect, There was a rwe ac this being the last opportunlity Mr. Carter I Iculd leave of addres'sing the burgesses, as the election It takes place to-day.. i AId. MNAT1ucris, Chairman of thea Liberatl Ward Corn- B iaittec, ...

... E iiAIIER C(HART, J.W. 14. The chart represents the western countries of Europe 2 from Nornay to the coast of Portugal, and embraces Great i Britain and the British Isles. It also includes the North Sea or German Ocean, the Bay of Biscay, the Mediter- 3 ranean, the Atlantic, with the Eaglish Channel, Bristol , Channel, and Irish Sea. 1 EXPLANATO1N Or Tfl1' CHrART. .In tar :lilf (lci u ?? -7tt ...

... The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends to the Leeds Reformatory School at Adel wits held yesterdaY, at noon, in the Grand Jury Room at the Town Hall, under the Presidency of the MAyon (AId. Tatham). Mr. J. RAlwnsoee Foan (hon. sec.) read the annual report, which set forth, the number of boys oa'tho books of the school comparatively in December, 1878, and December, 1879, as follows : ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...