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  2. THE PERCY ANECDOTES.

    HOW TO PRIZE GOOD FORTUNE.— In the year preceding the French Revolution, a servant girl in Paris had the good fortune to gain a prize of fifteen hundred pounds in the lottery. She immediately waited ...

    Article : 1,841 words
  3. THE DEGENERACY OF PLAYS AND PLAY GOERS.

    The European Times observes: Mr. Bouc[?]ault deserves the gratitude of the newspapers at this "off" season, for having supplied them with matter for apparently endless discussion. "Formos[?]" is ...

    Article : 429 words
  4. INDIA.

    It is understood there will be a deficit of nearly two millions sterling in the finances of India for the current year; and that the deficit for last financial year, under the ordinary budget, amounts to about 2½ millions. ...

    Article : 163 words
  5. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

    WE have Natal papers to the 5th August. With regard to the charges against Bishop Twells, the Natal Herald says—A criminal warrant has been issued by the Clerk of the Peace for the apprehension of the Bishop ...

    Article : 968 words
  6. THE RAILWAY WAR IN AMERICA.

    We must premise that the Albany and Susquehanna Railway is a local road running from Albany on the Hudson River westward 150 miles to Binghamton, near the southern boundary of the State, and that the ...

    Article : 973 words
  7. FRANCE.

    The Emperor has been ill, and if report may be believed, his life is not worth six months purchase, though persistent attempts are made to induce the public to believe he is in sound health. He was not ...

    Article : 1,933 words
  8. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The American Minister has withdrawn from Cuba. The Common Council of the city of London proposes to vote 300 guineas to the British and ...

    Article : 124 words
  9. PRIVILEGES OF COLONIAL LEGISLATURES.

    If an irresistible force encountered an immovable mass, what would be the result? This pet problem of the schoolboy very well expresses the theoretical difficulties that we sometimes meet with in the conduct of public affairs. All ...

    Article : 1,927 words
  10. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AT JAPAN.

    THE most interesting event of the fortnight has been the arrival of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh in the land of the "Rising Sun." The Galatea arrived on Sunday afternoon the 29th August, and saluting the flag of Admiral ...

    Article : 730 words
  11. LATEST TELEGRAM.

    A meeting of policy holders in the Albert Life Assurance rejected a scheme for its reconstruction, recommended by the official liquidators. A committee of policy holders was ...

    Article : 311 words
  12. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held on Monday afternoon, August 16, at the office of the Corporation, No. 4, Threadneedle-street, Mr. W. G. Whatman in the chair. ...

    Article : 1,235 words
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