[REUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.] Calcutta, Ist January.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 313, 7 January 1879, Page 2

[REUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.] Calcutta, Ist January.

General Stuart advances on Candahar to-day through Gwaja Khojuk Pass. It is stated that the town is weakly garrisoned. The Khan of Khelat has expressed his desire to co-operate with the British in their advance on Candahar. The Governor of Candahar is preparing for a vigorous defence. Constantinople Ist January. The British fleet returns to fsmid, 83 provisions are unobtainable at Artaki. London, Ist January. The call made on the shareholders of the City of Glasgow Bank realised £600,000. The secretary was released, and becomes Queen's evidence. The revenue returns for the December quarter show a large increase over tbe previous j quarter. - The Turkish Commissioners appointed to consider the question of boundaries have agreed to surrender Podgaritza to Montenegro. j The Glasgow Bank will pay 5s in the pound on the 3rd February. Official correspondence in reference to reforms in Asia Minor has been published. ! Lord Salisbury, in a despatch, applauds and < accepts the concessions of the Porte as an adequate instalment, and as a guarantee for the complete execution of the promised reforms. Tbe American Secretary to the Treasury holds forty million dollars of gold. There will be a resumption of specie payment.