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  2. THE TELEGRAPH BANQUET.

    On November 15, a banquet was given at the Cannoncet Hotel to celebrate the opening of telegraphic communication with Australia. The Right Hon. the Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was in the ...

    Article : 693 words
  3. THE DIVISION OF QUEENSLAND.

    On November 21 there waited upon Lord Kimberley, by appointment, a deputation consisting of the following gentlemen, viz., Mr. Archibald Archer (agent for the petitioners), Sir Charles Nicholson, and Mr. Sedgwick ...

    Article : 291 words
  4. THE INTEGRITY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

    At the Telegraph Banquet in London, on the 15th November, in proposing the toast of "Integrity of the British Empire," Lord Kimberley said:—"The only objection he could conceive to that toast was that it implied some ...

    Article : 1,619 words
  5. THE TICHBORNE CASE.

    "The Claimant" is to be put into the dock on the 5th day of Easier Term next, and be is to be tried at bar; that is to say, three Judges will be told off to attend to the case to the monstrous inconvenience of the body of suitors, but ...

    Article : 166 words
  6. THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND THE SITUATION OF FRANCE.

    Early in the month, M. Thiers again met the French Assembly, and delivered a message which pleased but few of his audience. Yet what he said was rational enough. He took it for granted that the Republic existed with the ...

    Article : 527 words
  7. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The will of the Right Hon. Sir James Shaw Willes, one of her Majesty's Privy Council and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, was proved on November 6, by Dome Helen Willes, widow, the relict, the sole ...

    Article : 729 words
  8. LEGAL CHANGES.

    Some legal changes have occurred. The Attorney-General refused to take the seat of the Judge in Divorce, and it was accepted by Mr. Justice Hannen, than whom no fitter person could possibly be found. Mr. Archibald has ...

    Article : 222 words
  9. DESERTIONS FROM THE ARMY.

    The Civil Service Gazette exclaims:—Our standing army is not such a large one that the present rate of desertion should be allowed to remain what it is. It is stated that the number of deserters, not including those from the ...

    Article : 173 words
  10. THE PRUSSIAN UPPER HOUSE.

    It is said by the Times correspondent that, from his retirement at Varzin, Prince Bismarck has sent a memorial to the Emperor and the Cabinet, advocating an immediate change in the entire organization of the Prussian Upper ...

    Article : 183 words
  11. THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA.

    There never was a time (the Times remarks) when the advance of the Russians in Central Asia was more discussed both in England and India than at present; but it is interesting to remark that there now appears in most of ...

    Article : 277 words
  12. THE BALLOT IN IRELAND.

    Derry election has resulted in the return of Mr. Lewis, a Conservative, with 696 votes, and 174 over the Attorney-General. The only effect of the home-rule candidature was to secure for Mr. Biggar 89 votes and lose a Liberal seat. ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. ANOTHER CASE FOR ARBITRATION.

    The English Government appear to have had enough of the Emperor of Germany as arbitrator, and placing full faith in the wisdom, equity, and honour of the President of the French Republic, has invited him to act as arbitrator in ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. THE NEW FRENCH COMMERCIAL TREATY.

    The following appears in the Debate:—"If we examine the appendices of the Treaty with which we have been furnished by the English newspapers, we see that the new duties appear to be exactly the same as have been voted by ...

    Article : 284 words
  15. SWITZERLAND.

    There is another conflict here between Church and State. Some time ago the Church appointed a Jesuit curé of Louéche, but as, according to the Swiss Constitution, Jesuits are forbidden to exercise any functions in the ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

    M. M., Haymarket.—In reference to an Answer in last week's issue, it may be explained that a steamer named "The Maitland," 103 tons, Captain Parsons, was in 1846 plying between Sydney and Port Macquarie. It is possible ...

    Article : 226 words
  17. SPAIN.

    This country is still torn by political dissensions, and the Sagasta clement is as bitter as ever against the dons who side with the Zorilla party. The King has been suffering from rheumatism, and some apprehensions have been ...

    Article : 196 words
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  19. THE KHEDIVE AND ABYSSINIA.

    Constantinople advices state that the Khedive, during his late visit to Constantinople, informed the Sultan of the expedition to Abyssinia, and that the Porte will throw no obstacles in the way of the eventual annexation of ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. ITALY.

    It has been stated that the Pope intends to support the Swiss clergy in their contest with the Council of State in, Geneva. The floods have caused much damage to life and property. It is estimated that the cost of repairing the ...

    Article : 127 words
  21. THE TRIAL OF MARSHAL BAZAINE.

    It is stated that Marshal Bazaine will be tried not merely for failing to do his duty as Commander of the Army at Metz, but also for high treason against the French Republic—in having attempted to negotiate with the enemy ...

    Article : 318 words
  22. FAGGING AND FLOGGING.

    Much indignation and much comment have been excited by a revelation of the system of so-called discipline at the great school of Winchester. A youth, who was guilty of insubordination—that is to say, who refused to obey a ...

    Article : 200 words
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