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We Pointed Out To The Record Its Mistake In Having

omitted to impute Mr. Purkiss's sad death by drowning at Cambridge to a divine judgment on Sunday bathing. And a correspondent of that paper, who is piously profane enough to......

Archdeacon Allen Writes To The Guardian That He Received The

following answer from a candidate for deacons' orders to the question, " What reasons have you for loving your Prayer Book and for being attached to the English Church, as......

The Defeat Of The Paraguayans On The 17th August Appears

to &are been a real but not a creditable one. Flores, General of the Argentine forces, was, when he met the enemy at Yatay, in com- mand of 9,000 men, with 40 pieces of rifled......

Miss Garrett Is Now An Apothecary, Having Last Week Passed

her final examination at Apothecaries' Hall, and received a licence to practise. The Apothecaries' course includes a five years' apprentice- ship, a preliminary examination in......

A Prospectus Hail Been Issued Of The Merchants' Company...

with a capital of 500,0001., formed to carry on the business of Mersrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co. The business of that firm has been purchased for 25,0001. and 2,500 shares of 151.......

The Following Were The Closing Prices Of The Leading Foreign

Securities yesterday and on Friday week :— Friday, September 29. Friday, Oct4be: 6. Greek Do. Coupons — Mexican .. 261 2:if Spanish Passive • • .. — 22 Do. Certificates 14f......

The Latest Device For Killing People Seems A Very Successful

one. On Wednesday Mr. Beardslee, maker of torpedoes for the Ameri- can Government, made some experiments before the first Lord of the Admiralty. After blowing a great deal of......

The Closing Prices Of The Leading British Railways Yesterday

and on Friday week were :— Friday, September 29. Friday, October O. Caledonian ............ Great Eastern .. Great Northern .. .. .. .. Great Western.. .. .. . • • Do. West......

The Directors Of The Bank Of England Have Raised Their

rates of discount 1 per cent. this week, and the minimum quotation now stands at 6 per cent. The Bank return is very unfavourable, the stock of bullion being only 13,183,8371.,......

An Audience In A London Theatre Has Actually Found Courage

to mutiny. The lessee of the Princess's on Monday produced a play called Never Too Late to Mend, based upon Mr. Reade's famous novel of the same name. The story is not a bad one......