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attempted to stop an Orange procession on Broadway. RIOVS. FEARED AT CORK. General Grant declines all efforts to draw him into an expression of his opinions on the subject, saying simply he would be ashamed of hiscarcer if it contained any word inconsistent with his belief in the widest civil and religious: liberty. resolution not to visit Cork was taken be- fore hearing of the action of the Cork Coun- cil, on account of the shortness of his time. It is believed now that, had he gone there, riots of a dreadful character would have ensued. This, at least, was the apprehen- sion of the authorities. , THE Grant's HERALD WEATHER SERVICE. TERRIBLE GALES ON THE WESTERN COAST OF GREAT BRITAIN---PROSPECTS OF CONTINUED ATORMY WEATHER. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.) ‘ Lonpoy, Jan. 9, 1879, The storm predicted by the Henatp Weather Bureau to reach our coasts be- tween the 7th and 9th has at length ar- rived, and from the way the winds blow on its eastern margin one would judge that it will be one of the severest disturbances that have visited us for some time. During yesterday the sky became overcast and the weather grew more and more threatening, Last night the wind began to inorease in force, and to-day very strong gales were blow- ing at nearly all the western coast districts, The following reports have been received from some of the coast stations:—Ply- mouth—‘“‘A strong east northeast gale pre- vails here, and the weather is very cloudy. The barometer marks 29.45 inches.” Holy- head—‘‘The gale from the east blowing hero is terrific, and -is likely to continue. The pressure is 29.710 inches.” Liverpool—“‘A very strong wind continues to blow from the east. The prospects of fine weather are decidedly bad.” Scilly—‘‘Ihe weather is dull and thick; avery strong gale has blown all day from the east southeast, and there is very little indication of itsabatement. .The barometer is 29.00inches, but iscommencing to rise again.” ‘The fulfilment of the prophecy sent us by the Hezatp Weather Bureau has been complete, BEVERE STORMS IN FRANCE—LOW TEMPERA TURIS AND HEAVY sNow. {BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Panis, Jan. 9, 1879, Very heavy storms. are reported from the central departments, the wind doing much damage in the agricultural districts. Snow has fallen in large quantities throughout the northern part of the country. Fears are entertained that the approaching storm centre will prove very severe. peadaecued 2 MEXICO. RSOOFEDO IN CLOSE CONFINEMENI—NEXT IN- STALMENT OF THE MEXICAN AWARD TO BE PAID--DAD EFFECTS OF THR CONTRABAND TRADE. . Wasninctoy, Jan. 8, 1879, Minister Foster, in a communication to the Secre- tary of State, dated City of Mexico, October last, says that General Escobedo, the Lerdo Minister of War and leader of the late revolution, is still kept in close confinement in the military prison of that city. His trial by court martial has been ordered, but not yet commenced. HK MES(CAN AWARD, In noticing ths report published in the United States that the next instalment on the mixed claims awards might not be paid when due, the Diario Oficial of Mexico states that a considerable portion of the funds for that purposs has already been sent to New York, and that the instalmence will bo paid promptly when due, even at the sacrifice of any other fuancial obligation. THE CONTRABAND TRADE. Minister Foster refers to the extensive contraband trade which has unsettled commerce and greatly re- duced the receipts of the national Treasury. There is no question but that the existence of the Zona Libra yives great facilities to this traffic, but he shows from the declarations of the Minister of the Treasury and the newspapers of Mazatlan on the Pacitle coast that the evil exists in other parts of the Kepublic. CUBA. REFORMS IN THE CUSTOMS TARIVF TO DE DISCUSSED—COMMERCE OF THE PORT OF HAVANA. Havana, Jan. 4, 1879. ‘The Special Committee, created by a royal order of October 8, 187%, at Madrid, for the purpose of effecting a reform of the customs tariff, and of promoting mercantile navigation and national commerce, has invited all persons interested in these objects on the island to give their opinions, first, opon the consequences which the suppression of differential duties has had in Spain as viewed from this side; and second, to suggest means for the pro- motion of navigation and commerce. The latter question is of the utmost importance to this coun- try, as it it involves two princ# points—-namely, the abel ition of dutics on articles exported to and fuuported from Spain and the declaration of free navi- gation between Spain and Cuba, just aa tf Cuba formed of the coast of 5 . The concession Of these two points by Spain is, it is claimed, abav- lutely necessary to the future prosperity of the island. Commerce in general has lony clamored for them, and it will be tor the Cuban Deputies to pro- ne them when they have taken their seats in the Jortes, ‘The home government has approved the restura- tion of the embarygoed property of Sefor Miguel Aldama. ‘The Cuban deputies would accomplish an immense work if they succeeded in persuading their brother members in the Cortes, that all Cuba wauts for the present, in order to prosper and progress rapidly, ta simply an assimilation in all respects to the mother country, whereby the idea of u —. shall bo obliterated trom the people's minds, and they will come to themselves as rej an integral part of tiv Spanish nation, ‘There in evidence that the Spanish government un- derstands this, but it is no longer an arbitrary cov- ernment and must wait and abide by what the Cortes cides, ‘The exports from this port during the year 1878 ‘were as follows :-Sugar in hogsheads, 159,472; sugar iu boxes, 341,876; coftec, 14,400 pounds; molasves in hogsheads, 9,339; honey, gallons, 154,100; wax, 197,075. yunds; aguardiente in casks, 9,403; paper cigars, 1,284,062 packages; ciyara, 110,892,000; tubace 12,640,635 pounds, During the year 1,006 vessels on- tered port. CANADIAN LO HOW THEY HAVE RECEIVED RECOGNITION IN THE LONDON STOCK RXCHANGE. Touovro, Ont., Jan. 8, 1879. A special cable despatch from London to the Globe says:--"The Stock Exehange Committee has ap- Canadian lown of the eity of Quebec. Both loans will be offi cially quoted. hpenosae NEW DILEMMA. | The weather here has grown intensely cold and threatening. Tho. barometer has fallen rapidly, which shows that a strong depression is approaching from: the west, | SHERE ALL Awaiting: an Answer from St, Petersburg. BUROPE WAST HEAR HDL | An Interesting fand Delicate Diplo- i mati¢ Situation. OPINIONS. OF THE LONDON PRESS. The Kaufmann luterview and Its Great Importanee. 2 | General Keaufmann’s Disappointment and \Its “Meaning. SARCASM, PITY AND IWCREDULITY. A New Estimate of the Afghan War Expenses Refidered Necessary. INFORMATION FO |THE —PORBIGN OFFICE, | _—_———_——_ eee OOOO. am [py CABLE [10 THE HERALD.) TasHKEND, Turkestan, Jan. 7, 1879. Another lettet as received by General Kaufmann to-day from General Rasgonoff, { dated December 25, The letter announces liis arrival, with |the Ameer, at Mazar-i- 1 Sharif. It conveys the important informa- tion that Shere Alijstill persists in his'in- tention of going tol St. Petersburg, whence General Kaufmann has hot as yet been in- structed. The situation is, therefore, one of extreme delicacy and grows hourly more interesting. COMMENTS. OF THE LONDON JOURNALS ON THE INTERVIEW OF THE HERALD'S CORRESPONDENT WITH GENERAL KAUFMANN—THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION DISCLOSED—DILEMMA IN WHICH THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, FINDS HIMSELF— BUSSIAN INTRIGUE IN CENTRAL ASIA, (BY CABLE TO THE HERALD. ] , Loxpon, Jan, 8, 1879. The Times, the Stanuqrd, the Daily Tele- graph, the Morning Post and the Morning Ad- vertiser publish the Hxgatn's telegrams from Tashkend. ‘The last four and the Globe have editorial comments, as follows:— DESERVING OF ATTENTION. The Daily Telegraph says, in a leading edi- torial article:—“We publish two. telegrams from Tashkend supplied by the Naw Yorx Hznatp. They contain statements which are certain to receive attention, be- cause they give the Russian view and reston no less an authority than General Kanf- mann. Some of his information is untrue, such, for instauce, as his assertion ‘the English journals have concealed the British disasters,’ when the plain truth is that every petty mischance has been magnified to the utmost and that we have no great disasters to conceal. Another point worthy of notice is that General Kaufmann, in replying to the direct question, did not deny that Russian officers had been allowed to assist the Afghans, but parried the query by stating that a native horseman had been mistaken for a general's aide-de- camp. Upon that opinion, however, it is needless to dwell, since the facts are not likely to be made known. Other errors might be noticed, but we pass them by, be- cause the substantive information con- tained in the despatches is more pertinent and interesting. UNHAPPY ENVO1S. “Thus, we learn that on the 31st of De- cember General Kaufmann, much against his will, as he alleges, and we therefore assume in obedience to direct orders from St. Petersburg, categorically declared to the Afghan Embassy that the Czar abso- lutely refused to intervene iu the affairs of Afghanistan. The Envoys were dismissed with this unwelcome message and set out to join their fugitive Ameer. Shere Ali had reached Mazar-i-Sharif, a place between Kulon and Balkh, and only a few miles from the Oxus, He had been accompanied in his flight by the Russian General Rasgonoff, whom Kaufmann had affected to regard as ‘literally a prisoner’ in Cabul, and of whose return he could not be secure. TOO WELL INFORMAL. “The Ameer had requested permission to. cross the Russian frontier in order to proceed to St. Petersburg and sub- mit his differences with England to the Emperor. General Kaufmann, while reo- ommending that he should be received, had telegraphed to Prince Gortschakoff for instructions, and on the Sth of January he was still awaiting a reply, According to General Rasgonoff, the Ameer, on quitting Cabul, empowered his son to negotiate with the. English, and Yakoob refused to undertake the task,. =. 2 The Governor General of Turkestan, with whom, perhaps, the wish was father to the thought, seemed to hold that Shere Ali might disavow his son's acts, in order that he might recommence the war, which, we are told, ‘is very heavy for the, English, the invaded country being too cold in winter and the heat in summer being insupport- able.’ General von Kaufmann. must have counted largely on the credulity of his listener, saa OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. “The pith of these semi-ofticial communi- cations lies in the facts that the Czar thus proclaims his intention to sbstain from meddling ; that the Amecr has arrived in the Oxus Valley with whatever amount of force may be meant by ‘all his bat- talions;? that he had solicited leave to visit St. Petersburg, and that, for what it may bo worth, Yukoob Khan was intrusted with power to nego- tiato a settlement which the Ameer might repudiate. As to General Kaufmann’s opinions on the war and its results so far, we may note them only to say that he was not likely to state frankly his real judgment, but to put forth such views as he thought might be useful to his friends abroad, If the Russian General were so. satisfied as he seemed it may be hoped that no rash tongue in Tashkend will disturb his com- placency.” bie “ HISTORY DOES NOT REPEAT ITSELF. The Standart of to-day has the following in an editorial on the Hersxp's despatch from Tashkend:—‘‘The interview is so far interesting that it shows that the Russians in Central Asia still indulge in the belief that the Ameer has actually created a for- midable army. ‘They also appear to possess | information had induced us to draw. NEW. YORK: HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY .9, 1879.-TRIPLE. SHEET, energetic explorations of the neutral coun- try beyond the Russian frontier and by his warlike demonstrations, has done every- thing in his power to inflame the resent- nent of this country against his own, LOSS OF PRESTIGF. “Russia's prestige must be seriously low- ered by her desertion of Shere Ali, with whom she had contracted an alliance and sought to conciude a treaty, for, having embroiled the Ameer in a contest with us, she now strives to wash her hands of the business, having found the Afghan ruler a weak and powerless. prince, (Gen- eral Kaufmann has even to send for in- structions to Eyrope, in order to know. whether he may. admit the Russians’ ally within the frontier,.and-as yet no reply has been received. General mits. these duties to be very painful, and. there need be little doabt on this point, They meant to him nothing less than the failure of all his plans, the destruction of all his dreams. It is satis- factory to find that on some points the Yashkend authorities are not beyond the control of the imperial government, anc al- though it would be rash to count on this controlling influence over ambitious gen- erals and administrators being permanently exercised, it muy be hoped that it will bo firmly asserted during the next few months.” é . A VIEW OF THE SITUATION. The-Morniny Post says in its leading ed- itorial article:—‘‘We are to-day supplied with an unusually large budget of news respecting the crisis in Afghanistan. The intelligence may be generally character- ized as confirming by its many details the broad views of the situation which previous The Kaufmann ad-. quite as. vivid a recollection of the | main facts are, therefore, supplemented, Afghan blunder of 1841 as the poli-| not contradicted, by the conclusion which ticians of the ‘masterly school. But both the Russians the devotees of Lord Lawrence ignore the fact that these biunders were caused by tolly almost incredible and scarcely to be repeated in the same century. This being 80, it is evident that those blunders Trepre- sent no valid basis from which to deduce the argument that all subsequent Afghan wars, including the present one, aro to witness a repetition of similar er- rors and disasters, Gencral Kaufmann’s opinions with regard to the course of the war up to. the present point are hardly worth a moment's. notice, even on the assumption that they are, not expressions of sincere ignorance. He. ap- pears or affegts to imagine that our suc- cesses on the Afghan frontier hitherto have been obtained by the merest freak of good fortune; that we were defeated on the first day of the engagement, and were successiul on the second through bad generalship on the part of the Ameer, who scattered his troops too much. NO GAG LAWS, “As to the assertion that the reverses already experienced by our troops have been concealed by the English journals, we were under the impression that by some persons the very reverse was held to be the case, and that it was rather laid to the charge of the British newspaper press that petty and insignificant delays and checks were magnified into serious repulses. General Kaufmann , probably imagines that India Office exercises as close a supervision over the columns of the English press aa he exercises over the doubtless very accurate reports which occasionally lighten the dreary monoto- nousness of that most monotonous of official journals, the Tashkend Gazetle. It. would be a waste of time and labor to endeavor to convince him of his mistake, WAbRE 18 THE FRONTIER? “General Kaufmann is more instructive when he condescends to enlighten the world as to the whereabouts of the Ameer, who ap- pears to bestill within the Afghan territory at Mazar-i-Sharif, about eighteen miles east of Balkh, It is noteworthy that the Gen- eral speaks of this place as being close to the Russian frontier, which is now being pushed forward by a few strokes of the pen to the Oxus, Mazar-i-Sharif is more than two hundred miles distant from the ostensible Russian frontier, as Ilnid down the official map, but only ‘fifty miles from the Oxus, which is now, according to General Kauf- mann, the border of the Russian territory. This assertion is not devoid of practical importance, to which, at a later stage of the Afghan question, reference must be made. A DISAPPOINTED Ma4N, “It is also very instructive to observe that General Kaufmann speaks in a very desponding tone of the policy of Russia with regard to this Afghan war. He is evidently not. overpleased with it If he had had his way he would have followed up the demonstration along the Russian frontier last spring by an advance tothe Oxus and the occupation of Balkh when hostilities commenced between Eng- land and Cabal; but he was overruled. More prudent counsels prevailed at St. Petersburg, as the enormous risk and cost ot a Central Asian war were perceived more clearly at the capital than at Tashkend, General Kaufmann, by his intrigues within Cabul and throughout Afghouistam, by his our on inactivity’! we felt justified in drawing yesterday— and | namely, that England had the situation completely in her hands, ‘This still re- mains sound. The principal facts in the telegrams of the day refer to the circum. stances ef the Ameer’s departure from Cabul, the position of Yakoob. Khan and the attitude of the Russian authorities. THE WANDERING AMEER. “Shere Ali seems to have left his capital about the 13th ult, He was accompanied in his flight by the remnant of the Russian mission. We may remark in passing that the fuller details respecting the representa. tives of the Czar atCabul strengthen the belief that they were allowed to see very little of the Ameer’s cipital, as we have the authority of General Kaufmann for the statement that General Rasgonoff was kept under strict surveillance. The point tow- ard which the ex-Ameer had directed his flight is shown pretty clearly to be Mazar-i- Sharif, This is a town of some importance afew miles east of the city of Balkh and not far from the River Oxus. ‘he place, however, is not, as General Kauf- mann insidiously remarks, close to the Russian frontier. The territory to which it is contiguous belongs to Bokhara; but we are quite accustomed to these quiet assumptions-by Russian Generalsof a claim to their neighbors’ landmarks. Shere Ali's object in going to Balkh does not appear to have been the hope, at any rate in the first instance, of being able to raise ths people of that district in his favor. Mazar-i-Sharif seems to have been selected as the rendez- vous for him and those emissaries whom he had sent to Tashkend with General Stolje- toff to beg Russian assistance, THE AFGHAN MISSION AND ITS BELURN. “Turning now to the Afghan mission, whose return Shere Ali is awaiting, we have a pretty fall description of their fortunes. They have been tarrying at Tashkend somo weeks, inthe hope that they might ulti- mately succeed in shaking the purpose of the Russian authorities not to give them any assistance. On Tuesday last, however, they appear to have received their final answer trom General Kaufmann and to have mude up their minds, there and then, to depart. The Czar refuses to interfere in Shere Ali's quarrel with this country. Such is the answer which the Afghan emissaries are now conveying to their ex- pectant master. Such is the upshot of the the unscrupulous intrigues of Russia in Afghanistan. Those tidings when received will suggest to tho ex-Ameer reflections Such an answer ought certainly to dispel the wild dream that he can obtain any redress from St. Petersburg. The illusion which seems to have taken complete possession of this unfortunate man may be the result of this interpretation of the magnificent promises which Russian agents dangled before his imagination when he found it necessary to leave Cabul. Russia's TREACHERY, “We do not think it improbable that, even if he should desire to persist in his appeal to St. Petersburg, he may find himself stopped en route by a message from Prince Gortschakoff, notwithstanding General Kauimann’s recommendation. The Rus- sian Chancellor, whose mind is not warped by any exclusive ambitions in Central Asia, may regard Shere Ali as an embarrass- ing guest at St. Petersburg. Should the ex- Ameer be interrupted by such o refusal, he will vrobably be still further tommted ‘to, more instructive than encouraging. make his peace with us, Indeed, the evi- dence of to-day points to Shere Ali as being the source of almost as great perplexity tothe diplomacy of Bussia as to that of England, He is willing to bestow himself upon them. What are they to do with the gitt? SURPRISING NEWS, “General Kaufmann has favored the world with some criticisms on the English conduct of the war. Our respect for the military talents of the Gov- ernor General of Turkestan is not so deep as to compel our be- lief in his statements, which are in fool- ish contradiction to well-known facts. He professes to have out-of-the-way sources of information ; and so he must have when he learned that the English commanders in- dulged im such a debauch of generosity as to give $6 apiece to every man and between the Indian frontier and Afghanistan, ‘This absurd story has a parallel in the extraordinary statement that the British army had suffered a great defent and that the correspondents of Eng- lish newspapers had formed a conspiracy of silence. woman We know too well that the repre- sentatives of journalism are only too ready to expose what they consider the drawbacks of our generals and our armies.” MORE HERAID ENTERPRISE. The Morning Advertiser says:—'‘We are indebted to the enterprise of both English and American journalism for a large amcunt of intelligence with regard to the present phase o/ affuirs in Afghanistan. The New York Henarp has once more broken into the comparatively unknown regions of Central Asia, and the late Mr. John A. Mac- gahan, the explorer of the road to Khiva, has found a successor in the gentleman who is at this moment the guest of General Kauf- mann at Tashkend. His telegram of day before yesterday gives a full account of the negotiations which have been going on be- tween the authorities of Russia and the representatives of the Ameer. MUIUAL DISAPPOINTMENT. “After much hesitation, and to his deep regret, General Koufmann was compelled to send the Ameer’s envoy back with the poor story that neither he nor his master can do anything for the hapless tuler ‘whom he has been one of the chief meaus of leading on to ruin. Shere Ali is now at a town on the frontier of his own State anxiously expecting this cruelly disappointing reply, and whavever hope he may still retain of finding in forcign assist- ance means for stopping the tide of Eng- lish invasion must be completely dis- pelled, The conversation which General Kaufmann had with the representative of the New Yorx Hrnaxp gives a pretty clear picture of his views. Itis evident that if he had had his way Shere Ali would not have been treated so scurvily by the Rus- sian authorities. He openly, and, indeed, with some plaintiveness, acknowledges the bitterness of heart with which he had dis- missed the Ameer’s messengers, bearing to their master the disheartening statement that he could do nothing him, He has strongly urged Prince Gortschakoff to give the fugitive sovereign a friendly re- ception. for HOSTILITY TO THE BRITISH. “In a most amusing way, tco, he displays the blind hostility with which evidently he regards all things English when he re- counts his stories of the British army, which read like extracts from immortal memoirs of Baron Munchausen. He attrib- the ferces the lavish expenditure of money and enters into details upon the subject which may make mauy Englishmen in the present depressed state of affairs almost sigh for the good fortune of being an Afreedee. The Russian commander, in fact, will not acknowledge that our armies have gained any victories at all, According to him special correspondents have up the news of moro than one de- feat. We to the expense of sending o representa- tive to the seat of war to rezord everything he saw, whether victory or defeat ; but we have no intention of doubting his fidelity to fact, though so highly placed an official as Gencral Kaufmann insists that the Eng- lish correspondents have violated their trust. A more important suggestion from General Kaufmann is that Shere Ali may attempt to disavow the acts of Yakoob Khan, At will be necessary for our diplo- matists and commanders to take precau- tions against sach o contingency. Itisa thing certainly within the bounds of prob- ability, but at the same time is among those dangers to our frontier which the present war ought forever to destroy.” VALUABLE OPINIONS, The Giobe says :~-**The enterprising corve- spondent of the Naw York Henaxp has just interviewed General Kaufmann on the sub- ject of the Afghan war, and we learn by telegraph the opinions of that distin- guished General on the probable course of the acrid tone of his replies and depreciatory views in con- utes success of our to hushed ourselves have gone events, From nection with our recent successes General Kaufmann would appear to be greatly annoyed by the orders lately received to observe strict neutrality. 7 of irritation, saying that ‘it pained him to have to state that Russian intervention wag out of the question.’ THE SARCASM OF PITY, “One cannot but pity the forlorn General, after all his desperate exertions to bring about such serious complications between England and Shere Ali as would afford an excuse for Russian meddling in the internal affuirs of Afghanistan. So far everything had fallen out exactly in accordance with his plans; but just at the last moment, when on the point of taking advantage of the opportunity thus created, a peremptory ukase from St. Petersburg doomed him to remain inactive. No wonder that the dis- appointed intriguer endeavors to make light of the British victories, and that he goes even further by representing that our columns met several reverses, especially at Peiwar. We can only hope that our arms will meet many more of a similar sort. In that case General Kaufmann will be grati- fied and the British public will not be exe actly displeased. + GENEROUS ALBION, “But, it may be asked, if our soldiers have fared so badly how does it happen that they have already gained positions opening two roads to the capital? General Kaufmann has ready his answer, ‘By bribery.’ In the first place, he says Eng- land has only gained thirty miles of terri- This is an important piece of infor- mation, because both Peiwar and Jella- labad were generally believed to be con« siderably more than twice that distance from the frontier, and these wretched thirty miles have been gained through the money given to mountaineers of the Afghan tribes, MONEY WaNTED AT HOME. tory. “Wewere not aware, before this revela« tion, that the mountaineers took any purt in the fighting at Ali Musjid and Peiwar; but, of course, we bow to the superior atthority of General Kaufmann, for he knows not only that commanders bribed everybody right and left, but the precise value of the gifts thus lavishly bestowed wherever the English passed in Afghanistan, According to the reports of General Ras- gonoff to his chief at Tashkend, the Eng- lish have distributed money to the natives at the rate of $6 to each male and female. Twelve rupees to each inhabitant of East~ ern Afghanistan! What will be the total cost of this war, if this sort of thing is allowed to go on?” CONFIRMATION OF SHERE ALIS ARRIVAL IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Sr. Pererssune, Jan. 8, 1879. The Agence Russe (semi-official) for the first time admits that Shere Ali has entered Russian territory, saying it believes the news is correct, but that it does not believe he was accompanied by his troops. YAKOOB KHAN PREPARING TO FOLLOW HIS PATHER—UNDISPUTED BRITISH TRIUMPH. [s¥ CABLE TO THE HERALD. ] Lowpos, Jan. 9, 1879, The Viceroy of India telegraphs that Major Cavag- nari reports rumors that Yakoob Khan is preparing to follow Shere Ali in his flight to the Russian frouticr, finding himself powerless in Cabul, The Ghilzzi chiefs, with the pti of Azmatullah Khan, have all sent ‘in friendly messages. The band of Mahond Waziris, who recently made incursion into British territory, plundered the inhabitants, burned a tank and re- treated to the hills, have been cut off, with heavy loss. The Khyber Pass is now quiet. The British attacked the an Khel marauders and killed The British lost two killed and ten ration will, it is exe er. wounded. pected, produce quiet 2. The Daily News’ despatch from Lahore says:— “Gencral Stewart's 0c on of Candahar will mark the conclusion of a definite period of the war, All will then have been done that the Quettah column can pos- sibly do before winter. It is true that unlimited disere- tion is given to General Stewart, and possibly he may project the occupation of Ghirisk, which isan impor- tant strategic position; but, unless the unforeseen occurs, the Army of Afghanistan will furnish no fur- ther intelligence of importance before the begins ning ,of March." 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