28 JANUARY 1888, page 3

New South Wales Has Selected January 26th As The Day

for her centenary, because on that day 1788 Captain Phillip took possession of the Colony, and, indeed, of the whole island- continent, in the name of King George. Thursday,......

The Egyptian Government And Its British Advisers Have...

acted wisely in settling the immense " claims " of the ex-Khedive Ismail. That personage has never resigned the hope of being restored to Cairo, he was secretly favoured by at......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 102- to 1021.......

The American Telegrams Report A Significant Incident. On...

Palmer introduced into the Senate a Bill for pre- venting the introduction of undesirable emigrants into the United States. He wishes to exclude all persons of anti-social......

There Must Be Something Of The True Martyr-spirit In Louise

Michel, the woman who in France preaches anarchy as the only cure for the evils of society, but who in England declared, after a careful examination of a London workhouse, that......

We Have A Second Letter From Mr. Gerson, From Edinburgh,

complaining of our remarks on the decisions by the Crofters' Commission that affect his client, Lady Gordon Cathcart, the proprietrix of South Uist. His point is, that there was......

There Is No News From Eastern Europe, Where All Military

movements have been arrested by an abnormal depth of snow, which has impeded necessary supplies to the Russian troops, and has, it is reported, stopped the march of 50,000 men......

The Defect Of The Italian Preparations In Abyssinia Is A

certain want of boldness. The Government is so afraid of the effect of a reverse on Italian opinion, that it has fortified Massowah as if it were to be attacked by a civilised......