28 AUGUST 1880, page 3

The British Association Was Opened At Swansea On Wednes- Day

by an inaugural address from Professor Ramsay, the chief idea of which was to defend the opinion that since the beginning of the geological history of the earth, as written in......

Lord Brabourne (better Known As Mr. Knatclibull-hugessen)...

for his Peerage by doing all the Tory work he can in the House of Lords. On Thursday he carried an amend- ment to the Employers' Liability Bill, the intention of which is to......

The Semi-official German Press, Once Fairly Assured That...

of the President and Prime Minister of the French 'Republic are peaceful, has,—whether wisely or foolishly, we -cannot say, without knowing what its ultimate object may......

The Bishop Of Lincoln (dr. Wordsworth) Reopened Last Week...

Church of Marston, and on being asked to er...r...ecrate an addition to the churchyard, he said, " /Co, excuse me ; I cannot, now. If the Burials Bill passes, consecration would......

Mr. Gladstone Is Gone For A Sea Trip Of About

a week round the English coast, in order to re-establish his health firmly before resuming the duties of his office. He embarked at Gravesend on Thursday in one of the Donald......

The Administration Of General Loris Melikoff In Russia...

succeeded in alleviating the extraordinary tension of the situation, chiefly by measures of relaxation ; and the Czar is so well satisfied with the result of the Special......

We Regret To Observe The Sudden Death At Brussels, On

Wed- nesday, of Dr. W. B. Hodgson, Professor of Political Economy and Mercantile Law in the University of Edinburgh, and very far, indeed, from a dismal teacher of" the dismal......

Sir Henry James, In Answer To A Question Addressed To

him on Monday, declared the intention of the Government not to prosecute the persons named by the Judges as having given bribes, in any case in which a Commission had been named......

The Supposed Divergence Between The Views Of M. Gambetta And

the French Prime Minister, M. de Freycinet, has been attracting a great deal of attention this week, both in France and outside France. M. de Freycinet's speech at Montauban, on......

Consols Were On Friday- 97-14 To 971-1.

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