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It Is Affirmed That General De Conrcy, The Commander-in-...

in Tonqnin, has demanded reinforcements of 18,000 men. According to current statements, he declares that the Black- Flags have reappeared in force ; that he cannot defend even......

We Would Call Attention To The Letter In Another Column

de- scribing the business methods of the American Congress. It is from an Englishman who has resided for years in the Union, and is greatly interested in the mechanism both of......

It Is Impossible For Us, In The Deluge Of Speeches,

to notice all, and we can only say of Sir C. Dilke's in Chelsea, that he affirms Mr. Chamberlain's programme, but created most enthusiasm by defending the abolition and not the......

The Last Formidable Leader In The Soudan Seems To Be

really dead. The Abyssinian Commander-in-Chid, Ras Alula, who was despatched to the relief of Kassala with 8,000 men, met him and his Hadendowas at Kufeit on September 23rd. A......

Several Correspondents Express Annoyance, Or Rather Pain,...

have called Lord Shaftesbury's faith a narrow one. They say his opinions on cremation—which, oddly enough, he favoured—on vivisection, on missionary enterprise, on many most......

'we Perceive From Lord Salisbury's Speech At Newport That He

half doubts whether there are properties in Essex on which the public payments amount to 10s. in the pound. We made the statement on good authority, and have since received the......

The Church Congress, Held This Year At Portsmouth, Opened On

Tuesday. If we may judge by the fellness of the reporting, the proceedings excite unusual interest, though as yet semi- political questions have been rather avoided, and the......

The Leading Thought Raised In The Minds Of Any Churchman

by these discussions will, we believe, be that reform and revival of Convocation is, next to Establishment, the question that most concerns the Church. Clergy and laity are......

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