18 SEPTEMBER 1880, page 9

The Close Of The Era Of Colonisation.

T HE annexation of Tahiti by the French, formally announced on Tuesday in the Journal Wel, is not an important .event. The French may as well govern the island as " pro- tect "......

The Punishment Of Children.

W E sincerely hope the discussion raised by the action of the Home Secretary in the case of the boy Dean will not die away without a result on opinion, for the matter is a very......

The Harvest.

W ITH the exception of some late pieces of corn outstand- ing in the northern counties, Harvest is now over in England, while in Scotland and Ireland it is nearly finished.......