21 DECEMBER 1878, page 1

General E. B. Hamley Delivered A Lecture On Friday Week,

at the Royal United Service Institution, on the North-West Frontier. His contention was that India could not be invaded by Russia without a thoroughly organised army of......

The Last Night Of The Afghan Debate Was Chiefly Remarkable

for the vigorous speeches of Sir W. Harcourt and Lord Hartington. The former proved carefully, what he has since verified still more carefully in his letters to the Times, that......

The News Of The Week From Afghanistan Is Not Important.

General Stewart, with the western column, is pressing forward slowly, and has found the Khojak Pass undefended. General Roberts, after ascending the Shaturgardan, which he found......

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The Bristol Election, Like The Maid= Election, Seems To Show

that the artisans, at least, are growing more and more dis- gusted with this Government of secret actions and bombastic words. Mr. Fry, the Liberal candidate, obtained 9,342......

News Of The Week

T HE death of the Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse- Darmstadt, which occurred at 7.30 a.m. last Saturday morning, has thrown a gloom over all English society. The Princess......