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The Funeral Of Mrs. Booth, Wife Of General Booth, Of

the Salvation Army, was made on Tuesday the occasion of a re- markable display. Five thousand " officers " of that sect followed the coffin in procession through London, from......

Mr. Chaplin, The Minister Of Agriculture, Speaking To His...

at Osbournby, in the Sleaford Division of Lin- colnshire, on Wednesday, asserted that in the month of July, 20 Members of the House of Commons asked 1,728 questions, and made......

The Asiatic Review For October Contains A Remarkable...

Mr. H. B. Sterndale, of the Cyclopean remains in Polynesia. They are far more numerous and extensive than is imagined, and sometimes include gigantic defensive works. In the......

• The Bishop Of Peterborough, In Some Excellent...

the observance of Sunday, in the Diocesan Conference on Thursday, is reported to have dropped a remark at which we are amazed,—namely, that if the State is to enforce one Com-......

Sir Henry Roscoe, In His Address At The Opening Of

the Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, on Tuesday, made some ex- cellent remarks on the extreme feebleness of a great part of our intermediate education ; but his speech, as......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent.

New Consols (2i) were on Friday 94i to 94i.......

Lord Spencer, Speaking At Newport, In Monmouthshire, On...

his accustomed moderation, committed him- self to the Disestablishment of the Church in Wales as soon as the Welsh people, speaking by their representatives, shall desire it. As......

The Speaker Has Ascertained Apparently That Cromwell's "...

mace has in all probability never been in Jamaica. A mace was taken to Jamaica in 1662 by Lord Windsor, which was probably swallowed up in the earthquake of 1672; but the......