9 MAY 1885, page 3

A Successful Little Action Was Fought Near Suakim On...

which will probably create great Parliamentary discussion. The railway has hitherto been undermined, and attacked almost with impunity ; and early this week it was known that......

The Government Of The United States Has Taken A Great

stride towards the annexation of the Isthmus of Panama. It was necessary during the recent gmeutee there to land Marines for the protection of American property, and, indeed, of......

A Reversal By The Court Of Appeal On Monday Of

the decision pronounced by Baron Huddleston and Mr. Justice Grove on the case of the Lewes Magistrates who were declared by those Judges to have given an order for the......

It Is Not Easy To Make Out, From The Probably Abbreviated

account of Sir James Han eon's and Lord Justice Lindley's judgments, why they do not regard the fulfilment of those conditions precedent as essential to the jurisdiction of the......

A Bust Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Presented By The...

of Dr. Mercer, a distinguished American, was unveiled in Westminster Abbey on Thursday, after a striking address from the American Minister, Mr. James Russell Lowell, delivered......

The Royal Academy Banquet Was Held As Usual On Saturday,

but the speeches were not remarkable. The President made several of his little addresses, but they were only as happy and as ornate as usual, and no one said, anything striking,......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent.

Console were on Friday 38a to Osi.......