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The Government Has Decided That All Affairs In Dis- Pute

between ourselves and the Governments of the Trans- vaal and the Orange Free State shall be settled by a Special Commissioner, and Lord Reay has been asked to accept the office.......

The Bishop Of Natal Died On Tuesday Last, In The

seventieth year of his age. Dr. Colenso was Second Wrangler at Cambridge in 1836, and also Smith's Prizeman ; and his name was long known chiefly as the author of very clear and......

Against The Evil Omens Of The Day, We Must Never

forget to balance the good. Mr. Gladstone has written to the Midlothian Liberal Association, expressing a hope that he may yet fulfil the engagement to speak there which he had......

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A Terrible Catastrophe Occurred On Saturday At Sunder-...

conjuror named Fay, who had taken the Victoria Hall, offered to admit school-children to his afternoon enter- tainment for a penny. An enormous number, probably 3,000, of all......

Sir Henry James Admits That The Criminal Code Bill Cannot

get through the G rand Committee on Law during the Session, and that it must be abandoned. He stated in the House on Thursday night that he had given up hope, "in consequence of......

News Of The Week.

A NOTHER night (Monday) has been nearly wasted. Mr. Bright, in the speech at Birmingham which we noticed last week, accused the Conservatives of having formed an alliance with a......