16 JANUARY 1892, page 2

Sir Michael Hicks-beach Addressed A Gathering Of Working...

a dinner of the Bristol Working Men's Conservative Association on Wednesday, and maintained that the Govern- ment had shown some constructive power in the recent legisla- tion......

The English Also Have Suffered A Repulse In Eastern Africa..

Commissioner Johnston, aided by a hundred Sikhs under Captain Maguire, and some Negro police, has been attacking the slave-stealers on the south side of Lake Nyassa with great'......

The Chilian Government Is Anxiously Endeavouring To Con-...

of the United Stites. The roughs who attacked Ainerictrn sailors have been severely punished, the rebels who took refuge in the American Legation have been allowed to oscape,......

Germans There Occupying The Tanga District Recently Im-...

tax which indirectly annoyed the independent Wadigo tribe, who incited some German villages to pull down their German flags. This was insurrection, so Captain Kreuzler, in......

Things Do Not Look Well At Tangier. Three Thousand In-

surgents, of whom 1,500 have rifles, are threatening the city, and the inhabitants of the suburbs show a disposition to join them. The result would be a massacre of Europeans,......

The Private Installation Of The Duke Of Devonshire In The

Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge took place at Devonshire House on Tuesday ;—Cambridge, of course, will be the scene of the public installation, which will not take......

The Duke's Speech In Reply, On A Portion Of Which

we have commented in another column, was pithy as well as dignified. As the son of the late Chancellor, he said, he must not pay the customary tribute to his predecessor, who......

The Death Of The Late Khedive Of Egypt Has Created

less embarrassment than was expected. The Sultan, it is believed, hesitated for a moment, and thought of sending a Special Com- missioner to Egypt ; and as the death of Sir W.......

It Is Stated Semi-officially That The Prussian...

its Session this week, will be asked to make important changes in the Education Department. The Ministry of Education is to be abolished, and its powers transferred to the heads......