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  2. ARRIVAL. OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. PER GEELONG.

    ON Saturday we published a portion of the English News received by the A. S. N. steamer City of Adelaide, per R. M. S. Geelong. The latter vessel arrived at 7 a.m. on Saturday ...

    Article : 1,244 words
  3. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

    The Time of India says:—His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh entered Lahore on the afternoon of February 9, accompanied by the Lieutenant of the Punjab and Staff, and officers of the railway. The party were ...

    Article : 262 words
  4. TERRIBLE RIOTS BY COLLIERS.

    A formidable rict has taken place at a Yorkshire colliery by unionists on strike. The Sheffield Times says that the ricters divided their forces into two bodies, the first to attack the pit and deprive the non-anionists of the power ...

    Article : 1,098 words
  5. EMIGRATION.

    If ever one country's adversity presented opportunity to others, the evil state of England just now opens up a capital prospect for the colonies. Leaving paupers out of the question, there are large numbers of persons in England ...

    Article : 743 words
  6. THE GUILLOTINE.

    The recent execution in Paris has revived the old question whether death instantaneously follows upon the severance of the head from the body. In a letter to the Ga[?]is Dr. Pinel asserts that decapitation does not ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. PROTEST AGAINST THE DOGMA OF INFALLIBILITY.

    The following is a translation of the document issued by the most eminent prelates of Germany and Hungary:— Most Holy Father,—A printed document has reached us wherein is set forth for subscription by the Fathers of the ...

    Article : 849 words
  8. FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE IN A CHURCH AT LIVERPOOL.

    The Liverpool Albion, of January 24, publishes the following account:—Last night, about 8 o'olook, a catastrophe of a frightful character occurred at the Roman Catholic chapel of St. Joseph, Grosvenor-street, Scotland Road, which ...

    Article : 522 words
  9. FAREWELL BENEFIT AND DINNER TO MR. CHARLES MATHEWS.

    On January 10, a farewell dinner was given to Mr. Charles Mathews, who, as pleasantly stated by himself at his leave-taking benefit, is about to go on a "provincial tour to the Antipodes." The dinner took place at Willis's ...

    Article : 605 words
  10. PROPOSED ATLANTIC YACHT RACE.

    The long-pending match between Mr. Ashbury's schooner yatch, the Cambria, and Mr. J. G. Bennett's yatch, the Dauntless, is at last really to come off. A long correspondence has been published, from which it appears ...

    Article : 256 words
  11. "EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE"

    On January 3, Mr. Price, Coroner for the Manchester and Salford district, held an inquest respecting the death of a machinist named Joseph Vickers, aged 36, who had died from the effects of injuries sustained at the hands of his ...

    Article : 340 words
  12. FRANCE.

    In France we have witnessed political events of real interest, and they have been complicated by a painful incident which we will subsequently mention. The French Ministry having fallen, it has been succeeded by a Liberal ...

    Article : 779 words
  13. THE COUNCIL AT ROME.

    The following is a copy of a memorial (signed by 400 prelates) addressed to the Council[?]or, in other words,to the Pope, without whose permission no subject can be brought forward for discussion—praying that Papal ...

    Article : 1,215 words
  14. CHINA.

    A COLLISION occurred on the 24th January, close off Yokohama, between the P. and O. Co.'s steamer Bombay and the United States corvette Oneids, just leaving Japan on the homeward voyage. The following particulars of the event ...

    Article : 1,814 words
  15. HORRIBLE SCENE AT THE EXECUTION OF TROPPMAN.

    The world has now heard, it is to be hoped, the last of the sordid and savage murderer, Troppman, whose unexampled crime, in September last, has ever since occupied the pens and pencils of the French journalists. ...

    Article : 359 words
  16. PROPOSED NEW STEAM SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA.

    A private meeting of influential merchants and others was held on January 26, at the London Tavern, to discuss the projected steam communication with Australia and New Zealand via Milford Haven, Portland, and San ...

    Article : 110 words
  17. DREADFUL PARAFFIN ACCIDENT.

    A dreadful paraffin accident occurred at a place called Rughunishmore, near Cleggan, Connemara. About twenty persons assembled at the house of a man named Heffernan for the purpose of dividing a cask of paraffin oil which had ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. THE ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

    By telegram via India we learn that the provisional committee of the Albert Life Assurance have proposed a plan of reconstruction. They suggest that estimated deficiencies be subscribed by the ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. THE EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND.

    Meetings are being held in nearly all the large centres of population on this important question, and the liveliest interest is manifested in it. The National Education Union held a meeting at ...

    Article : 411 words
  20. IRELAND.

    AGRARIAN OUTRAGES.—On January 1, Mr. Crotty, a farmer, was shot near Ballinoove, county Mayo, while returning on a car from the fair at Westport. Some of his hair was shot off the top of his head, and the crown of his ...

    Article : 614 words
  21. PROFESSOR GAMGEE'S PROCESS OF MEAT PRESERVING.

    About four years ago, in consequence of the increasing price and scarcity of meat, and of the danger incidental to bringing live animals, possibly affected with contagious diseases, to the roads and pastures of England, Professor ...

    Article : 993 words
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