26 DECEMBER 1891, page 2

We Regret To Notice The Death Of Mgr. Freppel, Bishop

of Angers, and a prominent Member of the French Chamber. We regret it not only because he was a frank-spoken man. who pleaded his 171tramontan.e cause very ably, but because we......

There Is A Public Opinion Even In Persia, And It

can be effective on occasion. The Shah recently sold a monopoly of tobacco to a European Company, from which great benefit to the revenue and great profits to the Company were......

The House Of Lords Gave Judgment Yesterday Week In The

appeal of "The Mogul Steamship Company (Limited) v. Mac- gregor, Gow, and others," which raised a very important point as to the right of shipowners to combine for the purpose......

Whether Mr. Redmond Or Mr. Devitt Succeeds At Water- Ford,

which we cannot know before we go to press this week, as the arrangements for Christmas compel us to go to press much earlier than usual, it is quite clear that there is a great......

The Americans, It Appears, Are Fortifying Their Canadian...

they are not building new forts, but they are strengthening and repairing old ones, so that they may hold "three times" the number of troops. This is not done, says Mr. Proctor,......

The Disturbances Going On In Brazil Are Of A Peculiar

kind. Province after province, it is said to the number of eleven, has risen, has cast out its Governor, and has elected a substi- tute, usually a soldier. The Central......

The Royal Commission Of Investigation Having Sent In A...

report, charging the Ministry of Lower Canada with corruption, the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, M. Angers, has dismissed it from power. He has sent for the Con-......

One Of The Best Of Our English Bishops, Bishop Harold

Browne, who resigned the bishopric of Winchester a year ago, died on Thursday week at Southampton, at the age of eighty. He was a man of learning, wisdom, and piety, who became......