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  2. OUR MELBOURNE LETTER.

    The political situation in [?]onfused, and for this reason, that the Liboral section of the House—now dead as any barn-door nail—do not take kindly to the proposition of another coalition Government. They all ...

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  3. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS. The Pacific Mail Company's steamer Australia arrived in Port Jackson on Saturday morning. We have received files of San Francisco papers to the 3 1st December, of which we extract the following telegraphic intelligence:— IRISH AFFAIRS.

    London, December 23.—An urticle on the Irish question, supposed to have been written by Cardinal Manning, appears in this week's issue of the Tablet, the Catholic organ in England. In this article the writer obiects to the ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  4. The FATAL ACCIDENT in PITT-STREET.

    An inquest was held at the Assembly Hotel, Hunter-street, on Saturday, before Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, relative to the death of James Joseph Heley, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Friday afternoon from the ...

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  5. TEE LATE MR VANDERBILT.

    From the way in which America seems disposed to great the news of the death of Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt, it might be imagined some great potentate had left us. And in his own line, he was among earth's mighty ones. To possess ...

    Article : 1,557 words
  6. MEXICO.

    St. Louis, December 28.—The following is furnished by a Brownsville, Tex., correspondent of the Globe-Democrat under to-day's date:—Advices from Rome, Tex., say that a force estimated at from 100 to 150 men are congregated at ...

    Article : 379 words
  7. BLACKMAILING THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    London December 23.—The magisterial examination of the case of John and Sarah Magee, arrested on the 18th instant at Kensington, on the charge of attempting to procure money from the Prince of Wales by writing ...

    Article : 235 words
  8. ENTOMBED MINERS.

    London, December 23.—A despatch from Pont-y-Pridd, Wales, reports that a terrible colliery explosion has just occurred at the Ferndale pit, near there, and that 400 miners were entombed. No details of the catastrophe have ...

    Article : 170 words
  9. BURNED AT THE STAKE.

    Mobile, Ala., December 28.—Carrie Boyer, a handsome girl of 16 years, who lived near Gainstown, spent the night of December l8 with a friend about a mile distant from home. In the morning she started home, and upon ...

    Article : 395 words
  10. BULGARIA AND ROUMELIA.

    London, December 28.—The Czar is about to reinstate Prince Alexander of Bulgaria in his former rank in the Russian army. The presence of Prince Varikoff and other Russian officers at Sofia makes a close alliance between ...

    Article : 176 words
  11. POLICE.

    At the CENTRAL POLICE COURT on Saturday Mr. L. Yates, D.S.M., presided in the Charge division. Michael Houlahan, a labourer, was fined 40s., in default 14 days, for an offence against deceney. Cornelius Piggott, and ...

    Article : 185 words
  12. EGYPTIAN REBELS ROUTED.

    Cairo December 30.—A despatch from Kosch says:— "Licutenant-General Stephenson, commander of the British forces in Egypt, who recently arrived here with large reinforcements, attacked the rebels who have been ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. VITRIOL THROWING.

    Dubuque, December 28.—A sensational case of vitriol throwing occurred here to-night A few minutes before 10 o'clock Frank Woods, on engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad, was walking to the yard for the purpose of ...

    Article : 158 words
  14. THE BRITISH ARMY IX THE SOUDAN.

    London, December 11.—It has for some time been pointed out by military crities that the abandonment of Dongola was a mistake which would have to be repaired The activity and daily increasing strength of the rebel forces have ...

    Article : 355 words
  15. "OUEDA'S LAST NOVEL.

    Thus the Whitehall Review reviews Ouida's last novel which is entitled "Othmar":—"Princess Napraxine, the principal character, is described as holding a court of love in the grounds of Amyot 'seated on an ivory chair carved ...

    Article : 431 words
  16. SUFFERING IN IRELAND.

    New York, December 29.—The Sun's London correspondent says that there are tidings of sore distress throughout certain sections of Ireland the principal resources of the islands of Achill, or Egle island, and Innishboflin, and of ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. FRANCE.

    Paris, December 24.—The Chamber of Deputies has adopted the Touquin credit, by a vote of 274 to 270. It is rumoured that owing to the closeness of the vote the Cabinet has resigned. Before the vote was taken General ...

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  18. ITEMS OF NEWS BY THE LAST MAIL.

    The population of Berlin according to a census taken on December 1, is 1,316,382, or about 200,000 more than in 1880. An escape of gas occured at an asylum for idiots at ...

    Article : 465 words
  19. STANLEY'S CONGO RAILWAY.

    New York, December 27.—The Times' London cablegram of December 26 says:—Stanley is [?]lated at his success in securing capital for the Congo railway. The Times is disposed to throw cold water on the project, but ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. THE ADVANCE OF THE RABBITS.

    Sir,—With reference to your report in Friday's Herald, there is a slight error and I would claim space in your paper to connect it. The report says: "One of the recommendations of the conference was that a rabbit-proof fence ...

    Article : 482 words
  21. RAILROADS FOR CHINA.

    Berlin, December 23.—German frnanciers are taking much interest in the development of railroads in China, and to-day it was publicly announced that the D[?]utsth Bank, the Discount Compnny of Berlin, and the Krupp ...

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  22. A "ROTTE[?] ROW" FOR SIDNEY.

    A correspondent says that a "Rotten Row" is a positive necessit[?] for Sydney, and that "if the Government of New South Wales wish to regain the proud prestige for this colony as a horse-breeding country—and there is no ...

    Article : 423 words
  23. THE SILVER QUESTION IN AMERICA.

    Washington, December 24.—The Secretary of the Treasury will be asked to appear before the Semate Finance Committee to discuss his policy concerning silver As to the matter of his making no bond calls, it seems to have ...

    Article : 219 words
  24. A REFORM TORY FOR BOYS.

    In connection with the establishment of a reformatery for boys as proposed by Sir Alexander Stuart, the following information has been supplied to us by Mr. Robison, Inspector of Public Charities showing that this matter has ...

    Article : 295 words
  25. THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

    Lincoln (Neb.), December 23.—Patrick Eagan, president of the Irish National League of America, has received a cable from T. M. Harrington, secretary of the National League in Ireland, in which Harrington states that Parnell ...

    Article : 199 words
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  28. AMERICA AND AUSTRIA.

    New York, December 20.—The Herald's London cable special says:—The relations between the United States and Austria, through the Keiley incident, are beginning to attract newspaper comment. It is generally agreed that ...

    Article : 196 words
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