Some Change Has Passed Recently Over The Aspect Of European
politics. The Russians are interfering in Con- stantinople to protect the Cretans, whom the Sultan promises in a vague way to forgive, and some hint seems to have been given to......
The Bishop Of Peterborough, Dr. Creighton, Delivered On...
Oxford the " Romans" lecture, choosing for his subject the English character. He believed national character to be "the abiding product of a nation's past," and more important......
A Terrible Marine Disaster Has Marked The Week. On The
night of Wednesday, the 17th inst., the Castle Line steamer, Drummond Castle,' 3,600 tons, with one hundred and forty-eight passengers on board, besides a crew of one hundred......
It Appears To Be Assumed In America That The Republican
party must win, but that is premature. It is not certain what policy the Democrat Convention, still to meet at Chicago, will adopt, or what candidate they will ultimately......
The Celebration Of The Jubilee Of Lord Kelvin (even Now
better known to the older generation as Sir William Thomson) as Professor of Natural Philosophy in Glasgow University, has taken place this week in Glasgow, and has produced a......
Professor Courthope, The Professor Of Poetry At Oxford,...
interesting lecture this day week in the Taylor Institution, on "Life in Poetry," the first of a series of three, of which the first was on "Poetical Conception," while the......
The Times Of Wednesday Gives An Interesting Summary Of Lord
Kelvin's practical discoveries. He has given us the theory of the speed of electric signalling through submarine cables, and has rendered the most effective assistance to the......
Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.
New Consols (24) were on Friday, 11Zi.......
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