... In view of the existing prevalence of rot in sheep-onn of the many consequences to farmers of the late wet s season-thc floyal Agricultural Society issued yesterday r en exposition of tho disoase, drawnm up by the Consulting Veterinary Inspector, Professor Simonds, Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, in which he gives an account of the nature and enaso of the rot, as woll as instruction ...

... PATTERNS OR SAMPLES ADDRESSED TO lFRANCE OR ALGERIA. Ott 111( fro tie1st f Feruay thle limits of ei1t d atl~ aliusui or paketscontainling tra de patterso iipc-oddreseed to Franc or Algeria will he consider-i a1 l3 ex tended, and will to2 as follows : 0 T onaimum2111 ?? of sitelo pacetm is raised fromI I S o ouc-es ;the ma,-ximumI dimiensious are fixed at 12 0tush'cs inste-ad of S ioeclis in ...

... ADINiL MA I MAN-NG AND TEE I ONDON I N A E.MPLOYED. I I: lt.nI the ?? in the variouis districts I 1 1 Lo-khair's Cocoa-holuse. ILiivkiriar's- -i 1 akitoid a resolutiorn-' That this ltaivi s 0! the UIllnlployeCd labourers of ; l l. IlLw :i Iwarii 12,-00 lien, ith their ?? - . i r it, 0i humatn beiuns nol wanting the : : S Ce~lvlirzts of lite bcg to petition the Chief or Ibuhh WNolrks aud tie ...

... There is no truth in the report so industriously cir- culated throughout Lincolnshire, that the owner of a largely advertised medicine .would shortly assume the mastership of a crack pack of foxhounds in the Midland. This gentleman's recent exhibition in the huntingfield did not give the impression that he was exactly the right sort of man to be quite at home as a MLF.H. The Duke of Sutherland ...

... MANCI-IESTERm LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. il Tihe annual osectiug of the Manichester Liberal Associa- COlion was held last night in thle Free T1ratlo Hall1. 'hela orlarge rooxas was crowdeod, and the proceedangs were air naarled witlh great eatuausniesi. Mr. B. LLe.kuc presided, n, M',d Mrs Bupi2rte o the platform by Mrll. Jacob Bright, ig M..I~r l~iggs, Mr. WVadrly, MBP., Mr. Slagg, Inthe new ...

... THE PANAMA CANAL ,SC1EBIE. PnY'ourII, Weduesdaty.-The Royal Mail Company's steamer Para, which arrived here last evening, brins~gs the following intelligpence from Patansa, dated January 8th - The I-nanemi 8S/ar and lierald says that l.I de Lessops has arrived at Panama, and favours the Colon-Panallma route for the interoccanic canal. M. do Lesseps declared his groat satisfaction at the ...

... SIR HENRY RAWLINSON ON THIE I SSITUATION IN AF'GHANISTAN. of The Fecbruary number of the Niocaurf/snt Ccnetrir Con- I 'or tames an important article by 'Major-General Sir Henry I 30, C. Ifawlinsou, ?? on thle situation in Afghanistan.i ~ic- Sir 1-eery explains at the outset that hie does irot come I icr forward iks a. controversialist or at prophet, and that ho nialces no claim to he tire ...

... CASTALTIES IN AFGHANISTAN. 3 tJullowvijl-T vnal:tiP, 1' iii Tuesmlay ni ?? ?? LA Afl,rLt Jr1LcIE1A24.' 1lie tfullovij ng casualties are reporwt.ti in TuesLay ?? viii- occurred durinig recent cagageinents ul i th -,Afghanistan _- lb t AnaAsNDI, December 11th, 1S79. D H KILTED-Lieutenant 13. HIardy, F. A. Royal Horse c Artilhler i. Lieutenant C. J. r Hcarsey, 9ti Lancers th Secoud-LioiteiI.,it ...

... WEATIER FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. (Flrom S til m Tles.) The following is the forecasr, of th wea~thler for twenty. four hours, from 8 p.ln. onr Wednesday:- 0. Scotland N. SOath-westeilv strong gales and 1. Scotland E. strong wvindls; rain at times; very squally. 2. England N.E. line ud i g ?? wvinds, strong to a leeds and gale, squally; soein rair or-snow. District] ?? Southerly and south-westerly ...

... WEATI-IER, FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. from the Times. The followinx is the foracast of tin weather for twenty. f four hours, from S.0 p.m. on Thursday:- t O. Scotland N. t South-westerly winds, Strong to a * J gale; rain, dull. 1. Scotland E. . 2. Englan d N n Southerly or south-westerly winds, 1 tn ds at af strong; dull, rainy, and misty. s Disrrictj. *. 3. E. England Light or moderate southerly ...

... WESLEYAN METIIOD)IST TI{A-NKSGIVING 1 UN-D. :: ., ,i.. -. -1 - I -, F.?rIetiVC (tComlmittee of tiuc Wcslcyaii Thanks- t : d.1'ld. ull aL sc-cial circular a h-rcssiod to the eircuit I out I ?? :is r'rS of the fluid. iaskiiiu them to put I rits iiurts to ttt :iiiliti etirlyo pflayim i it of tlue * th e ; otrat a 1t lit ulit prom tised, sthite o v ithl i :: I t' tite Inove'mliezit that ?? The ...

... A meeting of this society was held oil Wednesday eve,5 iog, in thle rooms of the Institute of Civil En3gineers, GreCat- George-street, Westminster. Lien ?? OsiAai PAIN, R.E., took the chair, asid introduced to thle Meeting Mr. V. H. Preece as President for thic ensuin yr. A vote of tbhance having been accorded to Colonel Chianspain Ifor his services in the chair during the past yesir, MUr. ...