24 AUGUST 1878, page 2

The Reports Of The Rhodope Commission Concerning The...

taken by the Bulgarians on the Mahommedans of that dis- trict are very frightful. They would, however, be better credited in this country, if more impartial men bad been sent on......

If The Accounts Contained In Correspondents' Letters From...

to be trusted, M. de Freycinet is carrying out his plan for the purchase and management by the State of embarrassed lines of railway with wonderful tact and success. He manages......

There Is Not A Little In The Present State Of

affairs that will recall to many persons a once celebrated parody of a letter from the Prince Regent, in 1811 :— " I repeat it, 'new Friends,'—for I cannot tloscrib0 The delight......

Professor Huxley Delivered An Amusing Address On Saturday...

Anthropological Section of the Biological Section of the British Association at Dublin, remarking that as in different epochs different portions of the earth's surface have......

The Absurd And Dangerous Measure For The Repression Of...

Socialism which we mentioned briefly last week, seems to be received with less disfavour than we should have hoped by the National Liberals,—who are a little alarmed at the......

To An Audience In The Same Section Sir John Lubbock

de- livered one of his amusing lectures on the habits of ants,—to some of the more interesting facts of which we have drawn attention in another column. Here we may add that, in......

The Heir Apparent To The Throne Of Afghanistan, Abdoollah...

Shere Ali's youngest son, died yesterday week,—an event which may prove fortunate for Afghanistan and for the interests of British India, if his father, Shere Ali, who is......

The Epidemic Of Assassination Barknot Yet Ceased, A...

having furnished two ;—one, unfortunately, successful, and one a failure. On Friday week (August 16th), General Mesentsoff, Chief of the Third Section of Police, was going out......