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Chief Justice Smale, Of Hong Kong, Has Probably Done More

to put down the coolie slave trade than Lord Grauville will be able to do. He decided on the 22nd of May, in the case of Kwok-a- sing, accused of piracy and murder, that a......

There Are Occasions Every Now And Then On Which Radicals

think it a moral duty to talk solemn nonsense. The appointment of Military Attaché at St. Petersburg was vacant, and as the attache there to be of any use must be a good......

The Run Of Ill-lack Which Sometimes Sets In Against Private

shipowners has evidently turned against Her Majesty's Fleet. First there was the loss of the Captain, then the grounding of the Agincourt, and now here is the wreck of the......

The Majority In The French Assembly Is Getting Very Restive

'with M. Thiers. It thinks him too liberal, and on Tuesday passed a vote right in his teeth by 430 to 212. The vote rejected M. Thiers' proposal to make the Prefects presidents......

Dr. H. L. Mansel, Dean Of St. Paul's, Died Suddenly

on Mon- day morning from the rupture of a blood-vessel in the brain. Re is a loss to the kingdom. The system of philosophy which made him famous, and which we describe in......

• The Grant To Prince Arthur Was Introduced Into The

House of Commons on Monday, and was opposed by Mr. Taylor, who moved the rejection of the resolution, and by Mr. Dixon, who moved a reduction of the sum from £15,000 to £10,000......

Every Threat Of Resignation Increases The Difficulty...

and the Chamber, and it is proposed, therefore, to relieve the situation by declaring M. Thiers President for three years. He would be invested with all his present powers,......

The Peace Campaign In Berkshire Has Been Abandoned, To The

great irritation of the whole country. We have discussed the matter elsewhere, but may state here that Sir Henry Storks said on Monday the single difficulty was the lateness of......

Sir W. Thomson Believes In Evolution As A Zoological Truth,

though not as a biological truth, and he startled Edinburgh by one of the wildest fancies we ever remember to have read. Life, he says, can only come from life—which is true,......

Consols Were On Friday 93i To 931.

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