The Cabrera " Convenio " Has Evidently Failed, And The
Madrid correspondent of the Times draws a gloomy picture of the con- dition of Spain. He says that Spain has now 247,000 men under arms, and is levying 70,000 more, without whom......
Mr. Froude Has Explained His Views As To The Administration
of the South-African Colonies, in a lecture to the merchants con- nected with the Cape and a letter to the Times, and they appear- to amount to this :—The South-African dominion......
All Manner Of Statements Are Current As To Some Action
taken by Germany to induee other Powers to threaten that unless at the next vacancy a moderate Pope is elected ) they will refuse- him recognition. It was at first affirmed that......
The Public Is A Little Surprised To Find That This
Government is- just as "stingy "- as the one which preceded it. It has sanctioned. an Arctic Expedition indeed, and has winked at a job or two, but it has not raised everybody's......
Mr. Froude, In His Letter To The Times, Tells A
story which throws the British contempt for the dark races and for idleness into very high relief. "When," he says, "I spoke in Natal of immigra- tion from England, I was told......
The Oxford And Cambridge Boat-race Came Off On Saturday, An
usual, and Oxford won by seven or eight lengths. The crowds were very great, though the day was cold and the east wind keen, but there was rather less interest than usual taken......
It Is Stated That One Result Of The Last Session
of Congress has been to raise Mr. J. G. Blaine, a Pennsylvanian, who, however, resides in Maine, to theafirst position as the next Republican candidate for the Presidency. Mr.......
Sir George Jessel On Wednesday Attended An Anniversary...
aid of the funds of the Jewish Hospital, and made a speech showing how rapidly Jewish disabilities had been swept away. Twenty years ago he could only practise by sufferance, no......
We Regret To Record The Death On Monday Of The
French Ambassador in London, the Comte de Jarnac, at the age of 60. A member of one of the oldest families in France, yet half an Irishman by blood and residence, a thorough......
John Mitehell, Who Was, We Suspect, Very Improperly...
here by the importunities of his friends, only to kill himse/f hi an utterly fruitless Parliamentary contest for which his broken constitution was wholly unfitted, died at......
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