... I TO-DAY'S LONDON PAPERS. AfERCU1?Y-OFFICE, Friday, 6 am. OUR POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN. The Yinses holds that the time has come when it is the first duty of the Indian Government to declare their intentions beyond the possibility of mistake, and to take energetic measures for making them understood by the Afghan people. We hear nothing at piesent of any efforts being made with this purpose. It ...

... M. JULES FAVRE AND THE DUCIC DE GR AM ONT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRaESoNDENT.) Panus, Wednesday. so Two men whose careers were widely marked to asunder, but which approached each other at a lx striking juncture in the history of their country, have ce just departed this life. The Due de Gramont and M. B: Jules Favre were two principal figures a decade ago, th and in their death they have not been ...

... The Financier of this morinigl ?? understand il that a further dividend of Is. Xd. in the pound, makiug, o with the former dividenils, ls., wvill be paid to the E creditors by the liqnidators of the City of Glasgow Balank early in February. As regards the efforts of the liquidators Ii to secure an abatement of the interest in cousideratiou t of an immediate payment ill full, we iunderstand ...

... 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 ...

... FRIDAY, January 23red, 1SS0. AUTHENTIC information received at Calcutta C from Cabul states that tho endeavours made to induce c the leading Sirdars to conic in -were meeting with sue- cess. The same telegram states that six regiments t were at Ghuzni with Mahoined Jan. - n IT is arranged that the Empress of Russia 1 shall leave Cannes at once. I TirE funeral of M. Jules Favrc took place at I ...

... ?? I AA I=.t.A A meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. T. E . aSanderson, the Member for Wakefield, was held last Light, I 1- in the dining hall at the Bull Hotel in that town. Ald se ToxLixsoNx, the chairman of the Wakefield Conserva- to tive Association, occupied the chair, and he was s- supported by Lord Harry Thynne, Mr. Sander- son, IMr. E. Green, the Conservative candidate to for ...

... ; THEIG STAFFORDSHIREOLL.p. | ~~E:XPLOSIONo. ' LOSS OF SEVENTY-THirE LIvys e Our Hanley correspondent telegralp)lhs-'rerric5-e- s the anticipatians yesterday as to the resultl e; l a and overwhelming disaster at tbe Fair L-, P t1. subsequent investigations have shownL 'n - true, and, in fact, that they are rathei lI * the mark. Man after man has died, snld ; . * ber of deaths is now believed ...

... HALIFAX CHAMBER OF COMIMERl]', ma ras. - I _ .. - - I I The annual meeting of this Clhamiber w-a.s Licll ;1I I,1 s' Council-roomn, Town Hall, oa Wednesday-:!r. . ' the President, in tr' chair. The report, liaken ?? . recapitulated thle principal questions diselll h *- 3 Clammber during the year, and congratulated c 1- 0 on the imiprovemuent in trade, although slilhrt. Ip TIhe PRESIDENT, in ...

... I i U. BEsna~ncox, Thursday Night. U Mr. John Brigqht, M.P., was present at the annualjf soirde of the Junior Liberal Club, held at the Town H allI to-night. There was a very large gathering of the mem- ai hers of the club end their lady friends. The earlier pro- tl ceedings partook of the character of a conversaizione. Mr.'S Bright, accompanied by Mr. Arthur Chamberlain, -whose n guest he is, ...

... FUNTERAL OF THE LORD MAYOR OF I !. I -YORK. . This event took place yesterday at the York Cemetery, and was one of the most imposing, demonstrations of r y mournigo and respect ever remaembered in thle ancient city. 0 There wixs a novelty in the fact of the interment of a, Lord d Mayor, in that a chief civic magistrate has not died in the h Icity within the present century and all classes ...