M. De Lesseps, At The Recent Meeting Of Shareholders In
the Panama Canal, expressed the most absolute confidence in the opening of the Canal in 1888. He stated that all American opposition had disappeared, that shipowners were at......
Mr. W. H. Smith, Formerly First Lord Of The Admiralty,
does his best to utilise the cry which has risen for additions to the Navy. In a letter to the leading London papers, published on Tuesday, he deprecates any discussion as to......
The American Presidential Campaign Is This Time A Most...
business. So equal are the parties, that every American not bemused by party feeling admits that the result depends upon the importance attached to certain "scandals." Mr.......
The Holders Of Land In Large Blocks Are Foolish To
sell just now, when a kind of double panic is abroad. Those who buy for investment think they will not get their rents, which is true, if they adhere to the old terms ; and......
Mrs. Kendal, One Of The Few Cultivated English Actresses, On
Tuesday read a paper on the Stage before the Social Science Association. It is, on the whole, decidedly unfavourable to the present condition of the drama. The comfort of......
The Probabilities Of War In South Africa Increase. The...
relying on their kinsfolk in Cape Colony, and transported with their success in defending the Transvaal, are losing their heads, and will shortly do some act equivalent to......
A Worthy Correspondent Is Angry With A Missionary Society...
receives converts in India without compelling them to break their caste. The Societyis probably unwise, though caste is not exactly what Mr. Dyson thinks ; but what will he say......
Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent. .
Consols were on Friday 101* to 101+.......
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