On Thursday, An Extremely Interesting Paper On The Geo-...
of the Mediterranean and its coasts was read by Sir E. Lambert Playfair, her Majesty's Consul-General in Algiers. He pointed out that the Mediterranean had formerly been divided......
The Summer Has Been More Severe On The Continent Than
even in England. In France, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria, the floods have done serious damage, in the latter country sweeping away whole villages, and threatening the very......
The Failure Is Announced Of Mr. William Steenstrand,...
the " Cotton King," who raised the price of cotton so high last year in the middle of September. This year he has found himself unable to continue the struggle against the......
There Have Been A Few Swifts Seen This Year In
England as late as September 1st, the ordinary time of their departure being about August 20th, while it is exceedingly rare to find any of them still in this country in......
Messrs. Hudson Brothers Have Promised, In A Letter To...
Times, to withdraw the sky-sign on Ludgate Hill which is said to interfere with the view of St. Paul's Cathedral, though they themselves strenuously deny that there is any point......
The Address Of Sir Frederick Abel, The President Of This
year's British Association, at Leeds on Wednesday, ranged over so many topics, that we can only select the one which seems to have excited most popular interest,—his account of......
Sir Lambert Playfair's Address Included A Very Inter-...
of Corsica and its pine-forests, and also its chestnut-forests, on the fruit of which the Corsicans subsist more entirely than the Arabs do on dates ; indeed, the chestnuts......
Lord Hartington Spoke At Barrow This Day Week On The
prospects of agriculture. He thought that the new Ministry of Agriculture, from which he had never anticipated very great results, had signalised the very first year of its......
Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.
New Consols (24) were on Friday 95i to 96xd.......
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