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  2. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

    BY the P. M. S. City of New York, we have American news to 25th April, and European telegraphic news to 24th April. From files to hand we extract the following information ...

    Article : 2,257 words
  3. ITALY.

    The Pope's health is said to be "fairly satisfactory." It is added, however, that he has lost the use of his legs and has to be carried in a chair. The Liberte of Paris publishes a telegram from Rome, stating that ...

    Article : 315 words
  4. KIDNAPPING IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

    The Earl of Carnarvon set Lord Belmore's mind at ease on this score on the last instant. Nine of the Queen's ships are now successfully engaged in suppressing slave-hunting and slave-carrying in the South Pacific. The great abuses ...

    Article : 126 words
  5. BAD TIMES IN VIENNA.

    Letters from Vienna speak of very general and palpable distress in the Austri[?] capital. Numbers of labourers, especially skilled, are out of employ. A statistical journal estimates the number of artisans totally unoccupied at ...

    Article : 180 words
  6. GENERAL MOLTKE'S SPEECH IN THE GERMAN REICHSTAG.

    London, April 25.—The Times' Berlin despatch gives additional quotations from General Moltke's speech yesterday. The General stated that the French military budget exceeded the German by 150,000,000 fracs a year, ...

    Article : 358 words
  7. TWEED PREPARING TO LEAVE GAOL.

    New York, April 17.—Active preparations are said to be in progress at Ladlow-street gaol looking to an early release of Tweed. He has packed his books, pictures, and other appointments, and is ready to leave whenever the pending ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. TURKEY.

    The Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs has dispatched the following telegrams to the Ottoman Ambassador in London:- "Constantinople, March 9.—We are continuing the work ...

    Article : 844 words
  9. DEMONSTRATION OF "THE CLAIMANT'S" FRIENDS.

    All the troops were to be held in garrison this afternoon, in readiness to turnout, if required, in view of the threatened march of the body of Tichbornites to the House of Commons, on April 17, to present a petition for the release of ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. RUSSIA.

    The Nord says:—"In whatever way the question of peace or war may have been put by Russia, the responsibility of future complications must fall on England. By admitting that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has given the Powers ...

    Article : 1,613 words
  11. DEFEAT OF CANADIAN PROTECTIONISTS.

    The Canadian Protectionists in the Dominion Parliament are making a desperate, but apparently hopeless, fight against the "Revenue Tariff" policy of the Government. They have successively offered amendments increasing the ...

    Article : 254 words
  12. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    March 23.—Mr. Fawcett drew attention to the despatches of Lord Derby and Lord Salisbury relating to the recent Conference, and also to the present condition of the people of Bosnia, Bulgaria, and Herzegovina, and justified himself ...

    Article : 2,157 words
  13. ANOTHER VICTORY FOR AN AMERICAN HORSE IN ENGLAND.

    The concluding race at Newmarket, for three-year-olds, was won by M. H. Sanford's Brown Prince, by Lexington; Pietrol, second; Buglehorn, third. Five horses ran. The betting was thirty-three to one against Brown Prince, who ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. MEXICAN MATTERS.

    Considerable excitement prevails on this frontier on account, apparently, of the well-found rumour that General Ordmil, Commander of Texas, has directed the concentration of a considerable force of United States troops at ...

    Article : 225 words
  15. PRESIDENT HAYES'S ADDRESS.

    The New York journals applaud President Hayes's inaugural address as wise, sincere, courageous, and unpartisan in its declarations, and consider that, if the President fulfils the policy which it indicates, he cannot ...

    Article : 48 words
  16. AMERICA SUPPLIES THE BELLIGERENTS WITH COMBUSTIBLES.

    Both Russia and Turkey are getting large quantities of military supplies in the United States. Russia is chiefly buying gunpowder, while Turkey gets arms and cartridges. Russia for several months has been pushing the chief ...

    Article : 175 words
  17. OIL FIRE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.

    Petrolia (Pa.), April 20.—Yesterday afternoon lightning struck a large tank on the Troutman farm, containing 20,000 barrels of oil. The tank was destroyed, and the burning oil set fire to two other tanks, containing 25,000 ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. THE EXPLORATION OF CENTRAL ASIA.

    An expedition to explore the buried cities of Central Asia is being talked of in Bombay and elsewhere in India. Great treasures are known to exist under the shifting sands of some of the deserts, and if tradition is to be trusted, the ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. CANADIAN PILGRIMS IN NEW YORK.

    New York, April 21.—Eighty-six Irish-Canadians arrived yesterday on their way to Rome to participate in the fiftieth anniversary of the Pope's episcopacy. They bear with them for his Holiness 30,000 dollars. A grand ...

    Article : 100 words
  20. FATAL PANIC IN A CHURCH—SEVEN PERSONS KILLED.

    It being "Women's week" in Lent, St. Francis Xavier's Church has been filled on each evening of the week with audiences of women and small children who could not be left at home by their mothers. On Thursday night the ...

    Article : 835 words
  21. RETRENCHMENT IN THE U. S. COURTS.

    A circular has been issued by the Attorney-General to United States District Attorney, John M. Coghlan urging upon him a severe retrenchment in the conduct of the Court business of this district, as it is nearly certain that the ...

    Article : 283 words
  22. UNCLE TOM'S INTERVIEW WITH QUEEN VICTORIA.

    A London paper has the following interesting report of Mr. Henson's remarks upon the interview with the Queen: The Rev. Josiah Henson (Uncle Tom), addressing a meeting in Edinburgh, referred to his interview with the ...

    Article : 459 words
  23. SUSPENDED ANIMATION.

    Dr. R. H. Green, of Hoosack, New York, was thought to be dead, and his body was placed in a vault about two weeks ago. As he had narrowly escaped burial while in a trance several years since, his wife was requested to visit his ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. AFFAIRS ON THE WEST COAST.

    The appointment of another admiral in command of the French squadron on the West Coast of Africa may possibly bring matters there to a crisis. It is plain that the officer hitherto in charge has not done much else than to stand by ...

    Article : 204 words
  25. THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS.

    The Grand Duke Nicholas, who is at the head of the Russian Army of the South, is a very fast Grand Duke. Not long ago, he was sent to the Caucasus by the Emperor, and, whilst there, a baroness to whom he was attached was ...

    Article : 152 words
  26. GERMAN NAVAL DEFENCES.

    The German coast is now bristling with guns and torpedoes from Meinel to the Dutch frontier. The ironclad fleet, specially destined for the protection of the coasts, is composed of five frigates and a corvette, without counting ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. FOREIGN.

    The German Parliament voted, on March 17, the first reading of a bill empowering the Emperor to decree laws for Alsace-Lorraine, with the consent of the Federal Council, and without the co-operation of Parliament, ...

    Article : 651 words
  28. DOWNFALL OF ROYALTY.

    The King of Sweden, who during the last week has been staying at Christiana to attend the opening of the Norwegian Chambers, paid a visit on February 16 to the Christiania Skating Rink. His Majesty joined the skaters. ...

    Article : 137 words
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