If^ The Germans Have Held Another National Festival. Herr...
a Hanoverian sculptor of merit, has at length completed his life's labour, a colossal statue, 45 feet high, of Hermann, the German leader who, according to Tacitus, defeated......
The Royal Agricultural Society's Shows In Ireland Are...
by sunny Viceregal optimism. We do not remember a single Lord-Lieutenant who had the courage to discourse gloomily on these occasions. But now there is really very little excuse......
Mr. Gladstone, In The Preface To His Collected Edition Of
"Essays on Vaticanism," complains that the Due Decazes has refused to allow his book to be sold on railway-stalls, in kiosks, and on the public highways in France. M. Buffet,......
The Chairman Of The Midland Railway Explained At The...
half-yearly meeting on Tuesday how the abolition of second-class carriages had worked during the last half-year, the first completed since the change ; the passenger traffic......
The International Telegraph Conference At St. Petersburg...
differences of policy between the English and the Continental delegates. The objection of the former to con- ducting the ordinary telegraphic business without limitation on......
A Somewhat Important Letter From Mr. Gladstone To Mr....
has been published this week. Mr. Eubule-Evans recently published a paper in the Contemporary suggesting re- forms in the English Church, and Mr. Gladstone tells him that they......
The State Of Affairs In The City Is A Little
unusual. So great is the supply of money, that the Bank-rate is only 2 per cent., the Joint-Stock Banks are giving only 1 per cent, for deposits, aid money can be had on good......
An Immediate Consequence Of The Unreasoning Faith With...
great proportion of the English people accepted the story of the 4 ' Claimant," apparently because it was incredible, was the resus- citation of several minor " claimants," some......
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