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The Viennese Papers Are Trying To Convince The World That

a league of some kind was arranged at Gaatein to which Germany, Austria, and Italy are parties. The Kreuz Zeitung endorses this rumour, and both intimate that the basis of......

We Are Requested To State That The Family Of The

late Mr. Buxton are unaware that he was offered office by Lord Palmerston. That is, of course, final as to the fact, but it was universally be- lieved in 1859 that Lord......

Mr. Gladstone Has Acknowledged Some Resolutions Passed At...

the conduct of the Lords about the Ballot in the fol- lowing terms :-*" It is scarcely needful for me to assure you that I regret alike the vote and the grounds of the vote for......

Lord Shaftesbury Is Mellowing. He Made A Speech On Tuesday

t the good folks of Glasgow, who have just presented him with their citizenship, on the Sunday question, which must have greatly disappointed the Presbyteries. Instead of......

Mr. Watney, The New Member For East Surrey, Was Girt

with the sword on Saturday, and endeavoured to recite a speech to the crowd. He broke down once, but his supporters were good- tempered, and he finally managed to say he was......

Mellowness Comes With Age, But A Sense Of The Absurd

does not, and Lord Shaftesbury could not refrain from one of those absurd state- ments or stories which do the cause he loves so much harm. He says there exists in Londou an......

The Rev. T. H. Sikes Writes To The Times To

describe a new swindle. While he was staying at Antwerp, a letter addressed to his wife there was opened by some swindler, who sent off a tele- gram to the writer in Mr. Sikes'......

Captain Vivian, M.1'. For Truro, Has Accepted The...

of the War Office, succeeding Sir E. Lugard, who has been appointed one of the Purchase Commissioners. The change will be a great assistance to the department, which is now......

The Farewell Given By The Lower Orders Of Dahlia To

the French visitors on Sunday appears to have been an imposing ceremony. A crowd estimated at from fifty to sixty thousand persons accom- panied them to Kingstown, wearing green......

Earl Russell Presided On Tuesday At A "conference "for The

re- striction of the liquor trade, which was addressed also by the Bishop of Rochester. Earl Russell merely said that Mr. Bruce's Bill combined the maximum of provocation with......