... THri; BTRITISIT LOSSES AT A1BU KLEA. The Tinwio wilitarv critic, discussing the formation of the british troop's at Abhu Klea, says -The existence if a vely slight physiCal obstacle would make a vast difference iu repelling an Arab attackl A mnere visible and palpable line m irlding the sides of a square and showing the mon the preci-ic positioi at which they must .stanrd and( to which they ...

... oa~ok'' CORRESPONDlNOE. 65 Fr.5-tr S'rnZaZ V WVednersday SIiht. 1 ren l~avtr hardly emerged fro= ona!, _ i3 e.ciernnt has to-day been plunged I' o anothel. For four days the town hba been .n a stae of mingled pain and indignation tcbs dynamite outrages of Saturday, agd to- 0J it3 pulse has been quickened afresh by theI dews from the Soudan. As early, I believe, ; ?? nine or ten o'clock this ...

... X, LONDGt,- N. LL' l rTL. I I~A ii-- I::t .- -1 v' firs en- :, ltIi-'., ?? xoc 'esi- r, NiLTI Er. V- S ?? of ani:iey and ura that Lung - Gh'eiiiral Sttwa'e anud his a-f ~lit ea y rt iai-refsably lifted ?? mutt1 u~i't f afresh vict-n-ry, for- lie te - ,ta I eY of the lend ind toItl~htuiiJ, wits taken, sprettl 101½- 3ove'r, JP itlietrnpohi';. The roorriin' - ?? c .udCi iiti'oii buy, before *1 ...

... TIHE CaUUCIH OF ENGLAND, Bishop Mobcrloy's impending resignsL ion of the 'See of Salisbury cannot take offeet rsntil the con- .clusion oftcertain legal procoeadini instituted in his name ag7ainst a ?? the Church Discipline Act, as, en a vaczancy of the see, thle wvhole. p-oceediaga wolld £all to~tbo ground. T'he suit. will be heard before- Lord .lPenzance on thle 19tl -of nest mouth. It isnrot ...

... IS PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTAlTION A PUZZLE? BY MR. ALt RED FRISrY. IN order to give the advocates of this system an opportunity of familiarizing the public with its operation, we have given one of its most enthusiastic supporters, Mr. Alfred Frisby, an opportunity of conducting an experiment in proportional voting. Mr. Frisby invites ou;r readers to take part in a test election on the ...

... i , I!I~ . I , . I , . , I . .. ,EGYPT AND ;:TET , ~, ?? ,SOUDANO'. I $EYERE FIGHTINGT JNMIE DESERT. GENERlAL STEWART SEVERELY WOUNDED. COMMUNICATION WITH GORDON. - ?? SIR CBHARLES WILSON DESPATCHED TO KHARTOuM, TWO SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS KILLED. LIST OF ]KILLED AND WOUNDED. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. The following despatches from General Wolseley were received at the War Office yesterday Kona, ...

... ABERDEEN GIrMNASTTrj AND ROWING, CL UB I ANNUAL ASSEMBLY. The members of the Aberdeen Grymnnastic anew Rowing Club held their annual assembly last night in the Albert Hall Buildings, Huntly Street Thor gathering was, as usual, a very successful one,and in- deed it could not be otherwise, seeing that the' arrangements in connection with it were carried out in a manner which, in every respect, ...

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... LETTERS TO TIE EDITOH DEAN OF GUILD AND PROFESSOR - GAIRDNER. St Vincent lane, 28th Jandary, 1885. SIB, - Owing to the vrell-known C ?? loquendi of toe learned Professor it is always difficult to condense his meaning, even When you comprehend it; but comparing what I said at the meeting on Mlonday ivith his letter -in to'dsy'e' paper, the difference, to use his own term, is inappreciable. ...

... | Colonel Majendie and Colonel Ford revisited Westminster Hall and the House of Commonrs yesterday and completed their inspection there. ; Despite the fact that a numerous staff of work. .nen have been engaged sinee Monday afternoon in clearing away the dehris from the interior of the House their task has not yet been com- pleted. At the Tower no steps have been taken to remove the ddbris, ...

... THE NEWIS FROM THE DESERT. TiE news from the desert stirs the blood like the sound of a ?? Seldom has there been any operation more brilliantly con- ccixcd or more bravely executed than that by which our troops ?? across two hundred miles of desert in the presence of an enemy ten times their number, andsucceeded in opening communi- cations with the beleaguered garrison at Khartoum. Everything ...

... THE SANITARY CONDITION OF WAKE GRUEN ROAD. A mecting of the King's Norton Rural Sanitary Autho- rity was held at tho Workhouse, Selly Oak, yesterday afternoon ; Mr. TL. W. Elliott (chairman) ?? General IPurposes Committee, in their report, recom- mended, with reference to the coedition of the Wake Green Dead, that it is desirable that a thoroughl and exhaustive examination of the drainage ...