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Jean Luie, Alias Lundgren, A Most Important Witness In The

his evidence to induce him to go to America. This last point is admitted by Mr. Omdow, who says he wanted Luie to find some corroborative evidence of his apparently true story,......

The Ultra-denominationalists And Opponents Of Educational...

School Board are not beginning their campaign judiciously. In a discussion at the meet- ing of the Board last Wednesday, Canon Gregory, the eccle- siastical " Red " of the......

It Is Announced That Baron Martin Has Sent In His

resignation, after retaining his seat on the Bench since 1850, i.e., for twenty- three years. A growing deafness is the cause of his retirement. He will be a great loss to the......

The Elections For The North-german Reichstag Are To Take...

to-day, except in Alsace-Lorraine, and the Roman Catholics are hoping for something hie a majority against Prince Bismarck and his policy. That, -however, is in all probability......

Mr. Leatham, M.p. For Huddersfield, Addressed A Great...

on Tuesday night with his usual vivacity. He attacked Mr. Disraeli for his masterly command of political clap-trap, declaring that the Conservative leader has never been able......

The News Of The Bengal Famine Is, On The Whole,

exceedingly bad. The Viceroy's weekly telegram, published on Saturday, and dated January 3, reports generally no improvement, but two telegrams from the Times' correspondent are......

Mr. Grant Duff, The Under-secretary For India, Delivered...

speech at Elgin on Wednesday night On the very unfortunate omission in that speech,—the insignificant space given to the great Indian calamity with which the Indian Govern- ment......

A Very Large Body Of Hindoos, Said To Be 16,000,

have peti- tioned the Viceroy to double the excise duty on spirits. The Calcutta authorities have always been averse to this plan, as they think that in so vast a country......