4 SEPTEMBER 1858, page 18

Vital To Tht Rita.

CHURCH-RATES. August 23rd, 1858. is to be hoped that in the next session of Parliament the church- rate question may be got rid of one way or another. Four plans, it seems, are......

The Chapel And The Busts.

BEFORE the Prince Imperial was born, the Empress Eugenie used to ride in the Bois de Boulogne. In the wood is an effigy of the Virgin Mary, and, according to the tale, the......

The " Free-state " Boers And Missions In South Africa.

Sin—Beyond the British boundaries in South Africa there is a "free state," enjoying freedom from British law, and the restraints of justice and humanity. It is composed of the......