25 JANUARY 1879, page 4

The New Departure In Afghanistan.

T HERE is one object in which the present Government succeeds most perfectly, and that is in keeping its policy hidden from the people of Great Britain. No one appears to know,......

Topics Of The Day.

THE NORTH NORFOLK ELECTION. T HE defeat of Sir Fowell Buxton in North Norfolk, and his defeat by a much greater majority than in 1876, is un- questionably a great blow to the......