Articles from page 2: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

    THE R.M.S. Avoca, Captain Farquhar, arrived in Port Jackson at 10 a. m. yesterday, within contract time We have received by her our usual files of European and American papers ...

    Article : 2,732 words
  3. PROTECTION MEETING.

    At a large public meeting held at Hull on 7th November, to consider the stagnation of British industry, a resolution against the free trade policy, and requiring a Government inquiry into the working of our commercial policy with a ...

    Article : 62 words
  4. THE COLONIAL OFFICE AND THE COLONIES.

    On the 21th November, on influential meeting was held at the Cannon-street Terminus Hotel, to consider the relations existing between Great Britain and her dependencies, There was a large number of colonists representing the interests ...

    Article : 1,796 words
  5. THE LATE MR. PEABODY.

    Her Majesty's turret-ship Monarch, Captain John Commercil, V.C., C.B., will sail from Spithead for America with the remains of the late Mr. Peabady on the morning of the 9th December. The body will arrive at Portsmouth ...

    Article : 374 words
  6. THE POSITION OF AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

    In Paris the extreme party is losing ground M. Rochefort boldly avowed his intention of taking the oath of allegiance to the Empire, with the view of doing all in his power to replace it by a republic. He his not been ...

    Article : 454 words
  7. PAPAL LETTER TO ARCHBISHOP MANNING.

    The Pope has sent the following letter to Archbishop Manning:—"Pope Pius IX. To our Venerable Brother, Henry Edward, Archbishop of Westminster, Venerable Brother, Health and the Apostolic Blessing Having said, ...

    Article : 529 words
  8. OPENING OF THE SUEZ CANAL.

    The opening of the Suez Canal on November 17 proved a genuino success. The canal was traversed throughout its entire length by steamers of dimensions that had never before tested its capacity. The squadron, with its august ...

    Article : 727 words
  9. THE NEWLY-ERECTED BUREAU.

    The first use made by the French Legistative body of its newly-acquired power to elect its own Burcan has been to replace on the Presidential chair the very man who had been appointed to that same office by the Emperor Napoleon ...

    Article : 359 words
  10. MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.

    The marriages of the Marquis of Lanedowne with Lady Maude Evelyn Hamilton, and of the Marquis of Blandford with Lady Alberta Frances Anne Hamilton, daughters of the Duke of Abercorn, took place on November 8, at ...

    Article : 154 words
  11. DR CUMMING AND THE POPE.

    The Pope has releated somewhat towards Dr. Cumming. His Holiness has been touched by the forlorn condition of such hereties who, being excluded from his council, are left in their ignorance, without "a way being left open for them ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. THE PEERAGE.

    The following noblemen and gentlemen have been raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom:—The Earl of Southesk, the Earl of Listowel, Lord Edward Howard, Right Hon. J. Fitzpatrick, M.P.; Sir John Acton, Bart.; ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. DR. NEWMAN AND THE CECUMENICAL COUNCIL.

    A contemporary says:—"Some eurprise having been expressed at the omission of Dr. Newman's name from the list of expected visitors at Rome next month, it may be well to state that a special invitation from the Pope was ...

    Article : 109 words
  14. THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH LEGISLATURE.

    Paris, November 29, 1 p.m.—The Chambers were opened to-day by the Emperor in person, who delivered the following speech from the throne:— "Messieurs les Senateurs, Messicurs les Deputes, —It is ...

    Article : 1,323 words
  15. A NEW TURRET SHIP.

    Captain Coles's idea of a turret-ship is at length about to be practically tested. Mr. Childers has laid the keel of s new ironclad turret ship, the Devastation, which, although nearly 2000 tons burden less than the Warrior ...

    Article : 112 words
  16. THE ROMAN CATHOLICS AND THE NEW EDUCATION LEAGUE.

    Four thousand Roman Catholics met in the Town-hall at Birmingham, on November 15, under the presidency of Bishop Ultathorne, to express their opinions upon the education question. The Bishop denounced the scheme of ...

    Article : 174 words
  17. THE NEW PRELATES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    The prelates who will be entitled to take their seats in the House of Lords next session are Dr. Wordsworth (Lincoln), on ceasing to bo junior Bishop, Dr. Moberley (Salisbury), Dr. Temple (Exeter), Dr. Harvey Goodwin ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. DR. TEMPLE, THE BISHOF OF EXETER.

    The agitation against Dr. Temple, the new Bishop of Exeter, has collapsed, and in consideration that the Church of England, as by law established, at present owes allegiance to Queen Victoria, the Dean and Chapter of ...

    Article : 209 words
  19. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.

    The King of tho Belgians arrived in England on a visit to the Queen on the 13th November. On the evening of that day he passed through London on his way to Windsor, where he remained the guest of the Queen ...

    Article : 219 words
  20. THE INSURRECTION IN DALMATIA.

    General Court Auersperg, the Austrian commandant in Dalmatia, has addressed a long report to Vienna, in which he admits that the troops under his command have been forced by the insurgents to evacuate the hill districts, and ...

    Article : 261 words
  21. ILLNESS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

    We feared that the admirable Archbishop of Canterbury was to be taken from among us, He was seized with paralysis, and for some days it was thought that each bulletin would be the last. But his constitution has held him up, and he ...

    Article : 137 words
  22. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO THE CITY.

    Her Majesty made her entrance into the city from the South, on the occasion of opening Blackfriars Bridge on Saturday, November 6. The route taken was through the Parks to the Horse Guards and Whitehall, thence ...

    Article : 321 words
  23. THE VACANT LORD JUSTICESHIP.

    It has been stated that no Lord Justice will at present be appointed to succeed the late Sir C. J. Selwyn, and that the scheme of elevating the Master of the Rolls to that position, or of consolidating the offices of Lord Justice and ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. VICTOR EMMANUEL AND HIS CONFESSOR.

    King Victor Emmanuel, after an illness that was at one time expected to be fatal, and which had been brought on by exposure to the weather, has emerged from the dark valley dearer to his people for the danger he has passed, and the ...

    Article : 502 words
  25. THE MORDAUNT DIVORCE CASE.

    On November 23 this case came before Lord Penzance, of the Court of Probate and Divorce, in chambers, upon a summous[?]taken out on behalf of the petitioner for an order that Lady Mordaunt might be examined by two medical ...

    Article : 198 words
  26. AUSTRALIAN MEAT BANQUET.

    Some 1500 of the working men of London and their friends were afforded an opportunity of testing, the qualities of Australian meat at a banquet given to them by a committee of colonists in the Lambeth Baths on 1st December. ...

    Article : 604 words
  27. THE DISTURBED STATE OF IRELAND.

    The Fenian amnesty agitation has been dropped in England, but continues in Ireland, where O'Donova Rossa, a Fenian convict in prison, has been brought forward and elected for the representation of Tipperary. ...

    Article : 417 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$