To-day is the eightieth birthday of Prince Bismarck, who was born on April 1,1815. The ex-chancellor has received ...
Article : 208 wordsThe annual boat race between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was rowed to-day over the usual course on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake, and ...
Article : 192 wordsGeneral Docbesne, the commander of the French expedition for the conquest of Madagascar, has issued a proclamation to the soldiers warning them that during the ...
Article : 101 wordsRussia is exhibiting much activity in connection with the present condition of affairs in the East. No fewer than 21 Russian warships are at present assembled ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Japanese have captured the islands of Fuchow and Haichow, inflicting a loss of 300 killed on the Chinese. It is believed that the Japanese will now ...
Article : 37 wordsFurther details have been received respecting the attack by the tribesmen on Chitral, where Dr. Robertson, the British Resident, and his party are shut up in the ...
Article : 80 wordsThousands of Chinese are arriving at Nankin, one of the most important cities of the empire, in order to defend the ports of Southern China and the Yangtse-kiang, on ...
Article : 42 wordsThe total revenue of the United Kingdom for the year ending March 31 amounted to over £101,697,000, of which £7,000,000 was paid for local taxation. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe armistice which has been granted by Japan to China is to last until April 20, and will be limited to the province of Chili (which includes Pekin), Shangtung, ...
Article : 144 wordsFurther fighting has taken place in the South American Republic of Colombia, where a serious rebellion broke out some weeks ago. ...
Article : 74 wordsThe death is announced of Admiral Lord Alcester (Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour), aged 74 years. Lord Alcester, who commanded the ...
Article : 85 wordsGeneral Sir George T. Chesney, Conservative member for Oxford, and well-known as the author of The Battle of Dorking and other works, died suddenly yesterday of ...
Article : 71 wordsA strike of 36,000 men is threatened in Belgium as a protest against the communal electoral measure now before Parliament. Serious strikes directed against the use of ...
Article : 58 wordsLittle time has been lost in dealing with Koyama, the young Japanese who a week ago shot at and wounded in the fac[?] Hung Chang, the Chinese plenipotentiary, ...
Article : 61 wordsIn the House of Commons last night, the debate on the motion for the second reading of the bill for the disestablishment of the church in Wales, which was moved by Mr. ...
Article : 81 wordsSame of the cheeses made at the Agricultural College at Hawkesbury, New South Wales, and shipped by the R.M.S. Arcadia, which left Sydney on February ...
Article : 71 wordsA disastrous fire has occurred at Milwaukee, in the United States. It was caused by an explosion in a warehouse, and the flames spread with such rapidity ...
Article : 56 wordsAn important statement was made to-day by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affaire, in replying to an Armenian deputation which waited upon him in connection ...
Article : 130 wordsThe wool sales closed to-day, the market being firm. Best wools and crossbreds closed at from par to 6 per cent, above the prices obtained ...
Article : 103 wordsThe last lot of rabbits by the Maori King has been sold at 7d. apiece. Some of the rabbits by the RMS. Ballaarat, which left Melbourne on January 26, are ...
Article : 40 wordsA rather startling statement has been mads by Messrs. Hudson Bros., the well-known provision merchants of London. They have informed the select committee ...
Article : 67 wordsA leading shipowner engaged in the Australian trade has been interviewed with respect to the prospects Of the live cattle trade between England and Australia. ...
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