... THE sad affair in which this promising young officer lost his life took place on October ith. The circumstances of the case appear to be as follows. There was a Pathan, a native of Kramsal, in the Candahar territory, named Jan Muhammad. He had been employed by a contractor on the railway through the Khojak Pass, and declared-very possibly justly, knowing what the ways of sub-con- tractors are ...

... I (MM 0UR COBWESPONDNT.] BEBLIN, Tauses NW. The men of the Guards who are already serving their third year have beea invited to apply for volunteer service in Africa. The eou- ditions are that they are to bind tbielvec for at least oue year's service in Africa, sn in return they will receive a thousand maru in cash, a uniormn suitable to the climate, and fe rations, as well as a free journey ...

... TsECHOOL BOAD SCNDAMP I , TEMEN7S PY TEE CHAIUAN OF THE YORIKS COMI1TTEE. Tht? Oaly ?asng of the School Board for 10 held yesterday at the offices, Victoria touneut : the Rev. J. IL DioLue presitded. The 1 c siral¶es were coiwded. ^. 9T s askcd the Chairsuan of the Work-s Crt-. .1W i he would make a full statement in respect of .,,d lous disclsursR concerning Saltsrs'-hill i w VW~si-*t ...

... Sparrow. Ox the tbreshold of the *ter, when the sands of the old year a sinking and days are ,drkning, more than ever from the leafless landsespe do we miss the presence of the birds. But although the open country is anl sie now, and lane and copse have long been emptied of their music, in the heart of the gret city there is less f change. Toilers of By* in crowded court and dingy attic, thote ...

... CORRESP ONDENCE. MADAME NORDICA N.) MADAME ALBANL To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-MY attention has just been directed to an interview with Mdme. Albani, which appeared in your paper, and in which the writer says that I pursued my vocal studies at the expense of the State in which I was born. Will you kindly publish my contradiction of this statement, which arose, of course, ...

... IMTEOBOLOGIOAL AEPORT. ..n : ?? D4ILF A(EIS 071103, Anova ZAs You BY NEBI ITsz ND ZAtBllA'S BAROMETER. WED. 2. ,THU. 2. FRI. 20. SAT. 30. W. . I, W soI ' a 3g-0- 1- 5Z -. ' . - - - 'sI 61- 29 -e I _ W amc w to sa-law; ad weduo to 32 dco. P. The ?? shW thO Isolghte the ~camenS t aI ecsek ea morins. The dotted Me indisat, the Ths leitlal ?? So hea s oetln of 1a! wind The sse fall fa¢r lie, ...

... rorged Tmdsfed liN the cue of BTaoN v. the Lon- don and North Western Railway Company the Coart of Appeal has lately given a decision of considerable im- portance to companies and their shareholders. The question arose out of a matter which has already been the subject of extensive litigation. In 1S70 one SAxuML BARTON died possessed of considerable property, having appointed TnomAs ...

... . . . . . . ?? -- WHY are some places always thronged with English tourists whilst others, equally beautiful, equally interesting, and perhaps more easy of access, never receive even a passing visit from our countrymen ? Switzerland, Tyrol, all Southern Europe in fact, is what the Germans style ganz verenglandert ; but in some seasons you may wander from one end of the Harz Range to the ...

... IRE'LAND. THE OLPHERT ESTATE COLLAPSE. (FROM OUR1 CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, Tauus=DeT Nar. fc It looks as if The T'imes had been masde the M1 ?? of a practical jokh, judging by its comuients upon what it calls the breakdown of the Plan of Camipaign cuthe Olphert estate. it states to-day that several leading tenauts, whose teozi oL redemption C. expired yesterday, have paid the full rent and ...

... Ghe AV.' Ijiel. VIR. JTgTIN MCCkRXTIRY, Mrs. CaPiNL.L 1RASw, wd Mr. Moit- V31Eg M-2>Nrss have, amrorng tben, ea elightful volume. They have called I fil Ot'rev aiver. sid Messrs. SmzL5y akind d Ce. ?? published it for them with a luxury of t~e sad hinding that will make it ona. of the t esqcisite gift books of the ses-on. Yet I e~te is hardly tbe vword-the size forbids I : it is rather ...

... . The Irish Committee of the Cdbinet, a body of which we hear in the newspapers for the first time this morning, consists, it seems, of Lord Salis- bury, Lord Ashbourne, Lord Cadogan, Sir Micbael Hicks-Beach, Mr. W. H. Smith, Mr. Goschen, and Mr. Bahour-that is to say, of seven persons- quite a respectable Cabinet in itself. The formal announcement of the select seven as the Special Committee ...

... THE deliberations of the Brussels Conference, Count HERBERT BISMARCK told the Reichstag yesterday, will naturally not proceed at a very fast pace;' He did not say why, but we will make bold to supply the omission. The deliberations of the Brussels Conference are dragging along at a deathly slow pace because of the action of Portugal, action which is exciting-and rightly exciting-the keenest ...