20 AUGUST 1887, page 3

A Pamphlet Has Lately Been Published In Paris By The

Abbd Larrien, formerly a missionary in China, in which he seeks to demonstrate that the Great Wall of China does not exist, and never has existed. According to the Abb6, the......

Lord Rosebery Was Entertaining, As Usual, At Manchester...

He went to Manchester to see the Exhibition, and he made two speeches there,—one in aid of the Melbourne Exhibition, to which he exhorted our manufacturers to send specimens of......

The Inquiry Into The Causes Of The Burning Down Of

a portion of Mr. Whiteley's premises has not as yet resulted in the pro- duction of any evidence to show how the fire arose. Colonel Majendie, the Chief Inspector under the......

It Is Stated In A Telegram From Simla That No

fewer than 70,000 persons died from cholera in the North-West Provinces during June and July, being 1 per cent. of the population. For a two months' mortality that is large,......

The Question Of The Reprieve Of The Prisoner Lipski, A

Polish Jew, condemned to death at the Old Bailey for the murder of Miriam Angel, a young married woman, found dead in her room at 16 Batty Street, Whitechapel, has been......

Among The Various Efforts Which Have Been Made To Discredit

the Government, none has been more determined than the dead set made at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's very " innocent" little Inland Revenue Bill. The object of this Bill......

The Recent Attempt Made By Some French Aeronauts To Reach

a great height above the earth, has not been productive of any particular scientific results. The balloon in which the ascent was made reached an altitude of over 20,000 feet......

On Wednesday, Lady Burdett-coutts Opened At Baltimore, In...

an industrial fishing-school, which is to be accessible to all Irish boys, who will learn there the most approved modes of fishing, as well as carpentering, coopering,......

Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent, Consols Were On Friday 101-i

to 101/.......