5 OCTOBER 1878, page 2

The Eighteenth Church Congress Was Opened At Sheffield On...

under the presidency of the Archbishop of York, who gave a moderate address, faintly tinged with Evangelicalism. The most original thought in his speech was one which he did not......

The Whitehall Review Publishes A Letter From The Ameer Of

Afghanistan to the Sultan, dated January 19th, 1878, which it declares to be authentic, and which certainly looks so. In it Shere Ali, after praying God to guard the residence......

It Is Difficult To Pity A Sultan, But Torture Should

not be in flitted even on Abdul Hamid. That unfortunate Prince, who only wants to be let alone, and to scrape up what revenue he may, and to spend it happily on the Seraglio......

When Next We Hear A Little Truth From Constantinople, It

will be found, we suspect, that the Pashas have very nearly killed the goose with the golden eggs. Sir E. Hornby, in common with most Englishmen, believes that a large sum is......

The Albanian League Has Completely Thrown Off The...

the Sultan. The leaders have organised a militia of 45,000 men, and demand that the three districts of Scutari, Kossovo, and Janina should be formed into one province, to be......

Lord Lawrence Has Published In The Times A Letter Distinctly

denying that we ought to go to war with Afghanistan. He maintains that we have consistently allowed the Ameer to refuse to permit us to send a Mission to Cebu'. In 1857, Dost......

The German Government Have Accepted Most Of The Modifica-...

introduced into the Anti-Socialist Bill, but will struggle hard to enlarge the limit of time fixed by the Committee. They would greatly prefer that no limit at all should be......