10 MAY 1879, page 3

The Times Of Wednesday Publishes, In A Way Which Indicates

special authority, the statement that "Lord Beaconsfield has recommended that a special grant of 2200 should be made towards defraying the expenses of Dr. Ginsburg's work on the......

Mr. Herschell On Tuesday Carried A Resolution Stating...

the opinion of the House of Commons, "the action of breach_ of promise of marriage ought to be abolished, except in cases where actual pecuniary loss has been incurred by reason......

The Tory Journalists, And Even Some Statesmen, Keep...

if Turkey is to live, she must have financial assistance, with- out which she can make no "regenerating reforms." Why ? Turkey has at this moment, by her own account, an ample......

The Liberal Defeat At Canterbury On Thursday Is A Consoling

one. The city is Tory and ecclesiastical, and just one of those places where Lord Beaconsfield's policy is appreciated, and the Tory candidate, Colonel Laurie, was returned by......

The Bill Declaring That Affinity Is Not Consanguinity,...

Parliament the Bill for Legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister, was thrown out in the House of Lords on Tues- day, by 101 to 81. Of the Bishops, one (Ripon) voted for......

A Most Remarkable Instance Of Criminal Fanaticism Is Re-...

from Massachusetts. Charles Freeman, a small farmer, residing at Pocasset, and a member of the Congregation of Second Adventists, declared a week since that he had received a......

We Wonder How Many Of Our Readers Are Aware Of

the extent of "Fiji," as the colony is called. We certainly had in our own minds greatly underestimated it, and we venture to say most even of those who have watched the Colony......

The Iron Duke,' The Splendid Ironclad, Of 6,034 Tons And

4,268 horse-power, which ran into and sank the 'Vanguard' on theist of September, 1875, is stated by Lloyd's agent at Shanghai to have gone ashore there on Friday. She remains......

The House Of Commons Made Considerable Way With The...

of the Army Discipline and Regulation Bill on Thurs- day. Some half-dozen Members, dreading quiet Constitutional -changes, and suspicious of martial law creeping into places......

Consols Were On Friday 98i To 981.

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