Some Details Of The Tremendous Earthquake In Mitylene...
received in London. It occurred at 6 p.m. on the 6th inst., when a double shock was felt, which flung down in a moment whole blocks of solid stone houses. The castle, the......
A Scandal Was Exposed On Thursday In Parliament. Sir J.
Pakington has, it appears, promoted Lieutenant Yorke, son of the Earl of Hardwicke, to be Commander over the heads of about 350 senior officers, some of whom, at all events,......
In The Stock Exchange, One Of The Leading Features Of
the week is an advance in the value of Indian Five per Cent. Stock to 110, while the Bonds have sold at as high a figure as 45 per cent. prem. Consols for account have reached......
The Fortieth Congress Assembled On The 4th March,...
the thirty-ninth Congress had expired, and immediately .elected Mr. Wade, a strong Republican and an able man, Presi- dent of the Senate, and Mr. Colfax Speaker of the House of......
The Extraordinary Case Of "peaty Versus Peaty" Has Ended In
a somewhat unusual way. The relatives of a Mrs. Peaty, wife of a clerk in the Bank, applied to the Divorce Court to annul her marriage, on the ground that when it was contracted......
The Closing Prices Of The Leading Foreign Securities...
on Friday week are subjoined :— Friday, March 16. Friday, March 22. M exican .. .. .. Spanish Passive .. .. Do. Certnicates .. .. Turkish 6 per Cents., litsa .. Dia .. Untied......
The Legislature Of British Columbia Has Passed A...
in favour of joining the Canadian Confederation. There can be no objection except the difficulty of access, which is for them, not us, to consider, and may probably soon be......
Yesterday And On Friday Week The Leading British Railways...
off at the annexed quotations :- Friday, March 15. Friday, March 22. Great Eastern .. Great Northern .. Great Western.. .. 271 116 40 ,., ... •• 274 116 401 Lancashire and......
As It Seems Likely That The Liberals Have Almost Made
up their minds to make the Small Tenements' Act universal below houses rated at 5/., and then to make the borough suffrage and "personal payment of rates" conterminous, there is......
• The Bill For Totally Abolishing Compulsory Church-rates...
through its second reading on Wednesday, by one of those great majorities which have not been obtained for the last eight years,-76. Both Mr. Gladstone and his son, who is said......
The Other Day In A Western County An Excellent Clergyman
had all his farmers to dinner, wishing to ascertain their views on the edu- cation of agricultural labourers. Many of the farmers were much above the average British farmer, men......
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