11 OCTOBER 1884, page 3

The French Government Is Not Making Our Mistake In Tunis.

Having received from Lord Salisbury a "free hand "in the Prin- cipality, she has made herself completely responsible for its administration. The fiction of a Mahommedan......

The Present Temper Of The French People Is Strangely Shown

in a little incident. A Congress is sitting in Washington to decide on an International Prime Meridian. England, Germany, and America, having some ninety per cent, of the ocean......

Reports Continue To Arrive From Pekin That The Empress Is

arranging for a compromise with France, but no compromise has been made. The Chinese mob is so fierce against the French, even in Hong Kong, that the coolies refuse to load......

The Times' Correspondent In Calcutta Is Very Trying To The

patience of Anglo-Indians. There is always in so vast an Empire something going on of interest, but with the control of the telegraph for one night in the week, and a monopoly......

It Is Demi-officially Stated That Lord Northbrook Has...

the total abolition of the Egyptian Army, and the substitution for it of armed police. The object is to save 2400,000 a year, but Nnbar Pasha and the Egyptian Ministry resist,.......

Mr. Lowell Delighted Birmingham On Monday With An Address At

the Midland Institute, on Democracy, which he called throughout "a great experiment," though one that must be made. The "only argument against an east wind is an overcoat."......

The News Of The Week From Egypt Is Bad. General

Gordon, with four steamers, carried out his threat of burning Berber, shelling the place till its defenders ran away. He did not, however, apparently occupy the town, but......

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