11 JULY 1868, page 3

The Bishop Of Argyll And The Isles Preached A Very

striking sermon at Westminster Abbey last Sunday, from which we have had occasion to extract one remarkable sentence elsewhere. It was upon the text, " God is light, and in Him......

The Pall Mall Gazette Calls Attention To The Systematic...

practised on every one who lands from abroad in the port of London, the boatmen and porters usually extorting from four to -eight times the proper fare by terror. No policeman......

Sir Morton Peto Was Discharged By The Bankruptcy Court On

Monday. It was stated that as far as the firm of Peto, Betts, -and Crampton were concerned there would be no dividend, the free assets being insufficient even to pay expenses.......

Mr. Spurgeon Has Answered The Bishop Of Oxford's Silly...

upon him for at once preferring Voluntaryism to Establishment, and at the same time lamenting the miserable salaries of many dissenting ministers. His letter to the Times of......

Although The Dividend Payments Have Been Commenced At The...

of England, the business transacted in Home Securities this week has been very moderate, and prices have slightly declined. At one period, Cousols, fur money, were quoted at......

The Upper House Also Carried A Resolution For Negotiating...

an intercommunion with the Eastern Church " as shall enable the laity and clergy of either to join in the sacrament and offices of the other, without forfeiting the communion of......

The Members Of University College, London, This Day Week...

and justly elected Mr. Grote, the historian of Greece, their President, in the place of the late Lord Brougham. Learning and culture should always jealously protect their own......

Many Of Our Readers Will Remember A Captain Negroni, Who

some time since exhibited a remarkable collection of jewels plun- dered by him from the Winter Palace near Pekin. He has come to grief. He pledged some of his jewels for......

We Remarked A Fortnight Since Op The Difficulty Of Framing

a law which would suppress Newgate literature without also sup- pressing a book like Paul Clifford, just as likely to injure an -excitable lad under circumstances favourable to......

Yesterday And On Friday Week The Leading Foreign Bonds Left

off at the annexed quotations :— Friday, July 3. Friday. July 10. B razilian, 1865.................. Egyptian, 1864... ... Italian ... Mexican Russian (Anglo-Dutch) Spanish,......