On Saturday, H.m.s. Victorious, A Battleship Whose...
5,500 tons—she will weigh 15,725 tons when she is ready for sea—was successfully launched at Chatham. The process alone cost E2,000, and in its progress 70 cwt. of Russian......
On Friday, October 18th, Mr. Courtney Made One Of His
characteristically detached speeches to his constituents at Liskeard. The Liberal Unionists would, he said, remain an independent party, and would not be fused with the Conser-......
The Americans Are Discussing A Story—which We Do Not...
and, therefore, do not give the names—of a Professor who has been confining three children in a lonely house for years, all by themselves, in order that he might ascertain how......
The Westminster Gazette Of Wednesday Quotes From The...
really delightful story of the Pope. It appears that Leo XIII. is a great chess-player, and that his favourite opponent is a certain Father Guile., with whom he used to play......
Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.
New Consols (2i) were on Friday, 104......
The Pall Mall Gazette Of Monday Gives A Most Striking
account of the way in which the Macclesfield Board of Guardians are trying to solve the problem of the aged poor. They have established "privilege wards" for old persons of good......
We Have Dealt In Another Column With The Formal Enuncia-
tion of their views on the Education question put forward by the Irish Bishops a week ago. We will only note here that a section of the Opposition Press, a props of the......
On Monday The Country Woke Up To The Fact That
it was Trafalgar Day, and after an interval of ninety years, the anniversary was commemorated by articles in all the news- papers and by the placing of wreaths on the Nelson......
The Daily Chronicle Of Thursday Publishes A Rumour That The
Government has been informed that the advocates of the voluntary schools are prepared to agree to an arrangement which alters nothing in the settlement of 1870, "on condition......
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