31 DECEMBER 1887, page 3

We Have No Intention Of Taking Any Part In The

quarrel about homoeopathic medicine into which Lord Grimthorpe has plunged with his usual pugnacious verve ; but it is at least worth remarking that Mr. Millican has scored for......

The King Of Abyssinia Has Rejected The British Offer To

mediate with Italy, and intends, if he can, to expel that Power from Massowah. Rae Monk, his commander-in-chief, is, in fact, hurrying to attack that place with two corps......

The Times Of Friday Publishes A Paper Showing The Amazing

increase of the shipping of the United Kingdom during the last ten years. The total tonnage was 6,336,000 in 1877, and in 1886 was 7,321,000 tons, while the steam tonnage alone......

Mr. E. Forbes Lankester Has Sent Us, Too Late For

publication, a long letter showing that in the case of " McClenaghan v. Waters," it was assumed (rather than decided) by the Court of Queen's Bench that the police have no right......

The Sternness Of The Dutch Character, Noticeable...

and in their colonies, comes out in their treat- ment of the poor. They assist paupers in two ways,—by gifts in kind, and by careful admissions to houses of work, where, though......

The Rev. Brooke Lambert, The Vicar Of Greenwich, Haa...

and sent to Thursday's Times a very curious entry in the marriage registers of St. Alphage, Greenwich, under the date November 18th, 1685:—" John Cooper, of this parish, almsman......

The Reports Upon The Condition Of The Crown Prince Are

end- less, and his own letters are always hopeful ; but the only state- ment worth studying is the following (December 26th), from Sir Morell Mackenzie :—" Although the......

Sir Louis Mallet Has Clinched His Very Able Argument On

the Sager-Bounties dispute, by asking, in his letter to Thursday's Times, whether it would or would not be to our advantage for every foreign country with which we trade to make......

Eight Theatres Have Been Destroyed, Or Nearly Destroyed,...

by fire since 1877. The eighth was the Grand Theatre, Islington, which took fire at 1 a.m. on Thursday. This theatre, built on the site of the Philharmonic, could hold three......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 1011 to 1011xt.......