12 FEBRUARY 1881, page 1

Thomas Carlyle Died On The Morning Of Last Saturday,...

5th, in his house at Chelsea, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, having been born ou December 4th, 1795. Ho was the son of James Carlye, a shrewd stonemason, of Ecolefechan,......

News Of The Week.

T HE news from South Africa is not pleasant; it never is. Sir G. Coley, with the relics of his force, encamped on Pro- spect Hill, between Laing's Neck, where the troops were......

The Reinforcements May Prove None Too Numerous. The Boers...

exceedingly well, and have immense advantages in their positions, in their intimate knowledge of the country, and in their ability, after fighting on foot, to mount their horns......

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Lord Granville On Monday Promised To Produce The Secret...

captured in Afghanistan, upon which the late Govern- ment so much relied to justify the iniquitous invasion of that country. On Wednesday, however, they were published in the......

All The Mosquitoes In The World Seem Inclined To Sting

England at once. King Koffee Kalcalli, of Ashauteo, has just declared war. Mr. Griffith, Lieutenant-Governor of the Gold Coast, on January 18th gave asylum to an Ashantee......