27 DECEMBER 1890, page 1

The Efforts To Secure A Respite For Mrs. Pearcey, The

Kentish Town murderess, on the ground of her liability to epileptic attacks, failed, Mr. Matthews, who as regards the administra- tion of justice has been an excellent Home......

It Will Be A Difficult Matter To Replace Him By

a Bishop as strong, unless the Bishop of Chester, who also belongs to the Northern Province, should be named, and should turn out to be a man of the same calibre. We hardly know......

The Archbishop Of York Died On Christmas Day, In The

coma which frequently follows diabetes, from which he had long been suffering. He was certainly an able Archbishop, though he did not succeed in conciliating the Lower House of......

A Great Railway Strike Has Broken Out This Week In

Scotland. Seven thousand permanent hands, signalmen, shunters, engine- drivers, and all classes employed in the yards, making up the majority. The Companies continue with great......

The Desire Of The Russian Government To " Purify "

Poland of Germans continues intense. According to the Vienna correspondent of the Times, the authorities have ascertained that eleven thousand Germans and Austrians still remain......

News Of The Week.

ARDINAL LAVIGERTE'S project for recivilising great kJ tracts of the Sahara may be a dream, but it is a noble one. He is organising a French Sahara Brotherhood, who will live as......

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