News Of The Week.
T HE Emperor of the French has pardoned everybody who has done nothing. By a decree of August 14, countersigned by all his Ministers, he releases all persons under sentence for......
We Published The Other Day Some Speculations On One Of
the most startling of astronomical facts, the explosion, or rather the conflagration of Tau Corona. It appears that another and much more important star is slowly taking itself......
It Is Suggested That There Is A Complete Excuse For
the conduct of the Duke of Edinburgh which has so irritated the Australians. The Prince was told on arrival at Melbourne that he was the guest of the colony, that money had been......
The Text Of The Letter Addressed By The Sultan To
the Viceroy of Egypt has been published. It bears date the 3rd August. It is a dignified but most severe reprimand from a sovereign to his vassal. The Viceroy is reminded that "......
The Paper War Between Count Beust And Baron Thile, Ad
interim Secretary of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, continues, and grows hotter. Count Beust says he has neglected no effort to conciliate Prussia, but has always, failed. Baron......
Marshal Niel Died, As Expected, In The Night Of Friday
week, a terrible loss to the Empire, though possibly a great relief to the Prussian Cabinet. The Marshal really believed in war, and held that the military training of a whole......
The British Association Has Met This Year At Exeter, And
Pro- fessor Stokes has been elected President. His address was highly orthodox in tone, his main thesis, after he had passed from the progress of astronomical inquiry, being the......
