27 SEPTEMBER 1879, page 1

The Military News From The Frontier Is Slight, But Is

for the . most part all favourable. General Baker, with a lightly ()quipped brigade, descended the Shuturgardan on the 23rd inst., and on the 24th occupied Kushi, without......

There Has Been Absolute Silence Throughout The Week As To

Herat, though news should have reached Candahar, with which London is in telegraphic communication. No explanation of the emeatc there has been given, nor does any one know......

Lord Hartiugton Made Two Speeches At Newcastle On Friday...

both very vigorous and incisive. In the first, he defended his position on the Land-laws against Lord Beacons- field's misrepresentations, declaring that he sought the removal......

The Turkish Government Is Believed To Be About To Extend

its interference in Egypt. 'King John of Abyssinia is deter- mined to recover Massowah, a victory which would render the Egyptian possession of the Soudan useless. Gordon Pasha......

The Continental Papers Are Full Of Prince Bismarck's...

Vienna. It has been' a most successful one. The Chancellor was received by the Viennese with enthusiasm, and the Emperor, 'the politicians, and society vied with each other in......

It Is Demi-officially Stated That An Arrangement Was Made...

Prince Bismarck's visit to Vienna for a commercial treaty between Germany and Austria, and extra-officially added that it may include the Christian States of the Balkan, which......

News Of The Week.

THICK fog has settled for the moment upon affairs in IX Afghanistan. The Ameer has despatched two of his highest officers to General Roberts, apparently to assure the British of......

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