The Potteries Examiner : — 1880-01-31 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

THE CABI'L.  ..... . The &noodesed's correspondent at abul writing on January 13th, oars ;—I :emend Roberts tuna held a grand Durban Them were altogether upwards of 1 two hundred leading natives present, including repll... Motives of the Kohistanis amt of the city and ] environs id floe-nil Roberts informed the Kohistanis that, in ansWer to the request put for- : ward by Vieln he had appointed Skalds. Khan as their Governer. Five Of the leading Kohistani Chiefs will remain here for the present. nominally to act as a sort of Council also affairs in their distriet,but in fact as a sort of surety for the peace of the country. Deputy Surgeon General Porter was buried on the 11th. Dr. Keith died of pneumonia to-day. There have been several fitful ease, both among Europeans and natives. A report has reached us here that the Uhumee people refused entrance to Mahomed Jan until it was known that the newly-proclaimed Ameer, Musa Khan. accompanied hiM. The Elhurniws owe mew fighting the Mantras. There has been a great quarrel between Mahomml Jan and the Mollah Mushki Olam, the latter charging the former with devoting his attention to looting Cabal, not even sparing the stores of the Mahomet an merchants, instead of destroying the infidels. The gultend ophdoll now is that we shall onlyremain at Cabal until the people agree as to their choice of an Ameer, when we shall at once leavd the country. The chanees of Must Khan are considered most favourable, although in his uncle Ayoub he will find a powerful competitor. All the transport animals, exrept nine hundred which have been retained in tam: any expedition bmame urgently necessary, have been sent down to Poshawnr,. where they will find plenty of fmlder and eon to, properly fitted with packsaddles before reconuneueing won: in the spring. The &undo. oni's correspondent at Calod, telegraphing on Sunday, says it is rumoured that Ayoub Khan is making his way front Ilerat to thusnee, and that he will shortly arrive at that plave, when he, in conjunction with Malmmed Jan, will, when the anowa melt, art against I 'abet These reports are , not authenticated, Int it is believed that they aro founded on fact. Efforts are being made to ascertain the whereabouts of Abdulrahman, and to otter into eommunieation with ldm, but so far entirely without auccess. Mahomed Jan, with some regular troops, is still in the vu-unity of Ohnriree, and loudly proclaims his intention of renewing his attack upon us. Otherwis all is quit. Sherpur is TOW in a thoroughly defensible State, us is also the Bala Hisser, which will be held should the enemy again attack in sufficient form, to render it necessary for as to .aume the defensive.  A Daily Nrics correspondent, writing from Cabul, says hundred Minim, families are migrating to reshawur for fear of another tribal occupation of Cahill. We are thus losing part of the most industrious of the citizens. This seriously reflects upon the British Government. A dtvlaration of policy is urgently needed. People befriending us dread reprisals when we leave. General Roberts nusinwhile is doing his hest to reassure the Cabulees by occupying the Bala Ilissar, building stone picquet towers on the heights on both sides of the gorge, and making military roads about the city. Matimed ,lan otters three years' exemption from taxes lost! who join the now :am vSt huznev.  The Madrid tion,..“ C.,Loolic rs have resolved tv,t to report eases of iiitide, their belief being that such reports suggest the commission of the art. Recent returns show that the acreage of land ander cultivation in Cyprus greatly exceeds that if former yeara The rainfall has been abundant, and the crops are reported to be in excellent condition.  lire. Trinder, of ;a, Makin Vale, died suddenly in Eluanuel Church. Ntarylebone. during the celebration of Divine service on Sunday morning. A wholesale fruiterer, of l'aradise Street. Landport, named Henry George Saunders, committed suicide on Niturday by cutting his throat. The Grange, Sunninghill, Windsor. has, it is said, bccii purchased by Baron liudillekon. Iliudan is incited to row Trickett in Australia for £2,000  A s uttt'utin named Kolly, who has be,ii pa,,sing himself otf 1141 •• the lion. lt,gitudd Seymour, sou of 1.1,1 Stt moux," and under that nauie WWI alleged to have linvosect upon various tradesmen, has boon committed tor trial, at the Clerkenwell Police Cowt, on several ,hargea of forgery and fraud.  Ceout de l'hAteauvillari. the patron. pa,. rawellsmer. ef h.ating as an amusement inYrance. has just died is Paris at the age of 53. The deeeased count has Idt his entire fortune. estimated at about 2,000.000 frame, to tke poor sad to flip Societe de Seuretage. /It woe member a tis Jockey luta Union Clubs,