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  2. SUMMARY OF ENGLISH NEWS BY THE MAIL STEAMER.

    THE following has appeared in all the London morning papers:— Sir,— You will scarcely be surprised to learn that recent discussions in Parliament and despatches from ...

    Article : 913 words
  3. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The re-arrangement of the Australian Mail Service, to which I alluded in my last letter, has been carefully considered. The advantages which would result from a longer period being allowed for replies ...

    Article : 397 words
  4. TERRIBLE COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN AMERICA.

    A dreadful calamity occurred on Monday at Plymouth, in Pennsylvania, in the coal region of Avondale. The colliery had not been in use for some time on account of the labourers being on strike, but they ...

    Article : 375 words
  5. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    A paragraph, copied from the Newcastle Chronicle, has been going the round of the papers to the effect that the lessee of the Melbourne Theatre (Mr. Coppin) had authorised Mr. ...

    Article : 251 words
  6. DR. LIVINGSTONE.

    The Times of India of 1st of October says:— Dr. Livingstone is safe—at least he was so four months ago. The various interesting speculations by Sir Roderick Murchison and others as to the probability of the ...

    Article : 227 words
  7. "THE TRUE STORY OF LADY BYRON'S LIFE."

    A great sensation has been produced by Mrs. Beecher Stowe's vindication of Lady Byron, or, as she calls it, " The True Story of Lady Byron's Life," which commences the September number of ...

    Article : 422 words
  8. TERMS FOR NAVIGATING THE SUEZ CANAL.

    The Suez Canal Company have issued, in London, officially, the terms and conditions upon which vessels will be allowed to navigate the canal in passing from one sea to the other, in compliance with the Act ...

    Article : 428 words
  9. AGRARIAN OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.

    A farmer, named Hunter, was shot dead on August 30, near his own house, while driving on his car. The assassin lodged two pistol bullets in his head. Hunter is said to have given offence by levying a decree ...

    Article : 161 words
  10. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY—PETITION TO WIND UP.

    The following letter was forwarded to the Times of India on 30th September, for publication by the Officiating Secretary of Indian Branches of the European Assurance Society:— ...

    Article : 901 words
  11. CHAINED UP FOR SIXTY YEARS.

    A shocking case of cruelty to a lunatic has just come to light in Leicestershire. In consequence of certain information, a gentleman sent by the Commissioners of Lunacy, accompanied by Mr. J. Buck, ...

    Article : 261 words
  12. DEMANDS OF THE IRISH ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS.

    The Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops have published a series of resolutions adopted at their late meeting at Maynooth College on the education and land questions. They condemn the mixed system of ...

    Article : 116 words
  13. PREMATURE BURIAL.

    A terrible story, reported from Agen, and attested both by a doctor and by the Directeur des Pompes Funebres, shows that the fears of premature burial in France are not unfounded, in consequence of the law ...

    Article : 197 words
  14. PARIS FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER.

    Any novelties in the way of fashion at Paris in the month of September are extremely rare, for our arbiters of the mode are for the most part at Baden, Vichy, Spa, Plombieres, Dieppe, or Trouville, where, ...

    Article : 463 words
  15. CARDINAL CULLEN AND THE NATIONAL SYSTEM.

    Cardinal Cullen, flushed with the victory over the Church of Ireland, for which conquest he has ordered public thanksgivings in Dublin, on three days in the middle of next month, has proceeded to a new act of The Irish Episcopalians are rallying in earnest for the re-endowment of their Church, by means of voluntaryism, and large subscriptions are being raised —one gentleman has already given £10,000. The ...

    Article : 227 words
  16. A COUNTESS SHOT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

    Everyone in Naples has been horrif[?]ed by the details of a murder which was committed a few nights since in a first-class carriage of the night train to Rome and Florence. The victim was the Contessa ...

    Article : 388 words
  17. THE CHARGE AGAINST PROFESSOR RISLY.

    The investigation of the charge against Professor Risly was heard on September 2, at the Marlborough-street Police-court. The little girl Mason, alleged to have been assaulted, appeared and gave a minute ...

    Article : 165 words
  18. DR. CUMMING AND THE [?]ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.

    Dr. Cumming has already made it known that he means to attend the Pope's Council, at least if he can get a safe-conduct, for it seems from a letter he has addressed to the Times, that his presence at Rome ...

    Article : 418 words
  19. FIRE AT DAY AND MARTIN'S.

    Shortly after 11 o'clock on Friday night, September 3, a fire was discovered in the blacking establishment of Messrs. Day and Martin, Holborn. The premises consisted of offices fronting the street, and a ...

    Article : 239 words
  20. GREAT TIRE AT JANINA, ALBANIA.

    The following is from a private letter:— "In the night of the 9th instant, nearly the whole of Janina was burnt to the ground. The fire lasted nine hours, and the bazaar, about 1300 shops, and 300 private houses, ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. THEATRICAL NEWS.

    The "Anglo-Australian," in the European Times, states that Clarence Holt has taken the Croydon Theatre, vacated by George Fawcett, and opens for the winter season in a short time. That old ...

    Article : 134 words
  22. THE ALBERT INSURANCE COMPANY FAILURE.

    The collapse of the office, the Pall Mall Gazette remarks, was clearly due to a reckless extension of business. Nothing seems to have been thought of except how to multiply the amount of premiums, ...

    Article : 681 words
  23. THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.

    On the 27th August this great boat-race between gentlemen from the Harvard University and that of Oxford was decided. It caused the most na[?]y excitement, and the crowd that assembled to ...

    Article : 2,492 words
  24. A STRANGE TALE.

    A strange tale is told about the U.S. frigate Sabine at Cherbourg. It is said that a train was discovered. to the magazine, which in a few seconds would have "saut[?]d" the vessel. An immediate investigation ...

    Article : 83 words
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