It Is Officially Announced That Mahommed Jan, The Officer...
has commanded in the recent insurrection, has proclaimed. Musa Khan, the eldest son of Yakoob Khan, Ameer of Afghani- stan. This was unexpected, and greatly simplifies the......
The Intelligence Of The Week From Afghanistan Is, On The
whole , a little more satisfactory. . General Bright has still difficulty in sparing any men ; and while Colonel Norman, at Jagclalak, is attacked by the Ghilzais, General......
Lord Lytton, Anticipating, Perhaps, Some Excitement In...
a "statement," with a very rose-coloured account of the position of affairs. He says General Roberts has 7,500 effeetives in Shirpore, with 2,500 of whom he can defend the......
Sir Garnet Wolseley Has, At All Events, One Of The
qualities of a General. He succeeds. It was very important to defeat Secocoeni, because on his defeat depended tranquillity in the Transvaal, and he has defeated him. With great......
The French Crisis Drags. It Seems Clear That M. De
Freycinet is the Primo Minister designate, but not clear whether or not he can form a Cabinet, or lay down a line of policy of which M. Gr6vy will approve. Hitherto, M. Gr6vy......
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NEWS OF THE WEEK r E Tory and more than Tory journalists appear to be easily pleased. On Monday, Mr. Waddy,—a staunch Liberal of the Gladstone school,—was returned. for......