14 JUNE 1884, page 3

The Republican Convention At Chicago Had An Unexpected...

Friday week, after only three ballots had been taken, during which Mr. Blaine's numbers went up steadily, the whole party of Mr. Logan, General Grant's nominee, joined him in .a......

Hermann Stellmacher, Socialist, Was On The 10th Inst....

Vienna of murdering and robbing an old banker, his son, and another boy, and of killing Police-Agent Bloch, and was condemned to death. Stellmacher denied the murder of the......

The French Chamber Refused, As We Reported Last Week, To

exempt candidates for the priesthood from the three years of barrack life to be imposed on all the youth of France; but the remonstrances of the propertied classes have been......

The Foundation-stone Of The New House Of Parliament For...

was laid in Berlin on Monday with extraordinary ceremony. The Emperor was present, all the Ambassadors, the Princes of the Imperial House, Prince Bismarck, and all the grandees......

Lord Henry Scott—conservative—having Resigned His Seat...

W. H. Deverell, of Bossington House, Stock- bridge, has come forward to contest South Hampshire in the Liberal interest, and the polling is fixed for Friday week. Mr. Deverell,......

We Noticed Some Months Ago That The Number Of Catholics

in the United States, according to the Catholic census, did not -exceed five-and-a-half millions. This includes, of course, the 'French Catholics of Louisiana and the Spanish......

There Was A Skirmish Between Lord Salisbury And Lord...

in the House of Lords on Monday night. Lord Salisbury likes to make unprovoked attacks out of the House of Lords, but seems to be very much injured when they are answered in the......

India, Which Rarely Receives Windfalls, Is About, It Is...

to benefit by one. The Government appears confident that a petroleum district has been discovered near Sibi, on the proposed Quetta Railway, and has sent experts to report and......

Bank Bate, 2} Per Cent. Console Were On Friday 99i

to 99}-i x.d.......