25 DECEMBER 1875, page 2

We Have Nearly Missed A Terrible Calamity. The Trainin G...

moored off Grays, in Essex, had on Wednesday 393 workhouse boys on board, all under trainin g for a seafarin g life, when she was discovered to be on fire. A paraffin lamp had......

The News Of The Week From The East Is Of

little importance. The Turkish Government is appointing Councils of varions. kinds to carry out its promised reforms, which the insurgents only ridicule, and is straining every......

It Is So Rare For English Policy Ever To Obtain

justice on th ere Continent, that we must q uote the opinion of the Opinione ortA the recent action of this country in E g ypt. It considers that action evidence that En g land......

The Times Of Wednesday, Apropos Of A Stru Gg Le Between The

ironfounders and their men at Erith, has another strong article in favour of piecework, which is remarkable for this—that the- writer answers, and answers well, every argument......

Lord Shaftesbury, In A Letter To Thursday's Times,...

the hi g h conditions imposed on schools by the London School' Board have practically broken up the Ra gg ed Schools of London, which used to account for some 80,000 street......

The Prince Of Wales Was On Wednesday At Diamond Harbour,

approachin g Calcutta, where a hu g e company of Chiefs and Princes awaits him, including Scindia, Holkar, the Maharajah of Travancore, and unless there is a mistake in the......

The Government Of Madrid Is Apparently About To Make Another

effort to terminate the Carlist war. General Jovellar, the Minister of War, has been sent into honourable exile as Cap- tain-General of Cuba, and is succeeded by General......

Poor Sir Hardin G E Giffard Is Still Out In The Cold.

Leominster was taken from him, Ipswich would have none of him, and now Huntin g don is more than doubtful, Viscount Iiinchin g brook having preferred his own claim to the seat.......

So Prosperous Is France, That M. Leon Say, The Minister

of Finance, believes the revenue this year will exceed £100,000,000 sterlin g , and be nearly £4,000,000 in excess of the estimates. Unfortunately the expenditure has risen in a......

The Further Reports Of General Grant's Message Now...

that the President made the proposal to tax ecclesiastical property like all other property, partly on the ground that if left untaxed its amount might tempt the people to se q......