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  2. MAITLAND PRICE CURRENT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,495 words
  3. PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    The following address has been forwarded by the Council of Education to the various teachers connected with the Public Schools:— Council of Education Office. ...

    Article : 1,910 words
  4. VIVISECTION.

    The following sad account is given of vivisection, as a writer in the Veterinarian saw it practised in France:— "It was a building or shed open to the air on ...

    Article : 293 words
  5. BRIDAL SUPERSTITION.

    In the north of Scotland a superstitious belief prevails that it is dangerous for a bridegroom, after the proclamation of the banns, to venture on a journey by sea, and a number of cases are ...

    Article : 252 words
  6. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.

    A robbery was committed a couple of nights since on the premises of Mr. Samuel Harris, an importer of foreign goods, situated in Houndsditch, and a reward of £100 has since been ...

    Article : 186 words
  7. SKATING BY TORCHLIGHT.

    Some time past, on the occasion of a slight frost, preparations were made for a grand torchlight procession on Lochburnie, near Maryhill, which was accomplshed on a recent night with ...

    Article : 214 words
  8. RAILWAY SIGNALS.

    The last new thing in railway signals, says a contemporary, is perfectly original, and promises to be the most popular yet brought out. A tube is inserted in the roof of each carriage, and is ...

    Article : 202 words
  9. PROVOKING AN ELEPHANT.

    A man named Williams, a groom at a circus at present performing in St. Helier's, Jersey, has received serious if not fatal injuries from an elephant connected with the ...

    Article : 198 words
  10. SPONTANEOUS IGNITION.

    Spontaneous ignition is known to be often the cause of fires and explosions. Mr. Trevor Clarke observes that chlorate of potash is one of the most dangerous salts employed by ...

    Article : 210 words
  11. A MORMON TRAGEDY.

    More than two years ago, Dr. J. King Robinson was ordered to Salt Lake city as surgeon of the United States troops stationed there to watch the Mormons, and look after Price's rebel ...

    Article : 244 words
  12. THE TICHBORNE BARONETCY.

    Sir Roger Tichborne, the long-lost heir to the baronetcy and estates of Tichborne, near Alresford, in Hampshire, arrived on the 2nd Jan. at the Clarendon Hotel, Gravesend. As ...

    Article : 755 words
  13. REFUSAL TO MARRY.

    BRYANT V. FOOT.—The Court of Queen's Bench sitting in banco have just given a judgment of great importance to persons contemplating matrimony and who are at the same time of ...

    Article : 336 words
  14. BURNING OF A CHURCH.

    The splendid church of St. John the Baptist, at Croydon, was the other night almost totally destroyed by fire. The sacred edifice is situated in the lower portion of the town, at the end of ...

    Article : 268 words
  15. CONVICTION OF PRIZE FIGHTERS.

    At the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions, James Mace, styled champion of England, Joseph Goss, also noted as a pugilist, Peter Morris, George Holden, and Joseph W. Wareham, were ...

    Article : 259 words
  16. LIFEBOAT GALLANTRY.

    A frighful scene was witnessed off the harbour of Calais on a recent night. A French vessel got ashore within 200 yards of the end of the pier, and it was evident that unless help was ...

    Article : 340 words
  17. DEATHS BY STARVATION IN LONDON.

    An inquiry has taken place into the cause of death of Sarah Berriman, 70 years of age, who had lodged in a house in Walmor-street, Marylebone. The unfortunate woman had lived for ...

    Article : 482 words
  18. CATHOLICISM AND PROSPERITY.

    Major O'Reilly, M.P., has delivered a lecture at Dundalk on the subject, "Is Catholicism an impediment to material prosperity?" The lecturer pointed out that England attained ...

    Article : 241 words
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