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  2. SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON.

    BY birth an Englishman, Sir Archibald Alison was of Scotch descent, as well as of Scottish education and association, his mother being a daughter of Dr. John ...

    Article : 711 words
  3. FRANCE.

    The Emperor and Empress have retired from the capital to the south of France for repose. The Legislative body, on July 25th, after successive adoption of budgets for all the ministries passed ...

    Article : 106 words
  4. AUSTRIA.

    The Emperor was invested with the order of the garter by the Marquis of Bath, who stated that the Queen wished to confirm the alliance so long subsisting between England and Austria; the Emperor ...

    Article : 54 words
  5. PRUSSIA.

    The Danish reply to the Prussian despatches on the subject of guarantees for the protection of Germans in the North Schleswig district is favourable, and they are to be ceded to Denmark, which will ...

    Article : 47 words
  6. ITALY.

    It is reported that Garibaldi and Mazzini are organising a party to invade Rome. ...

    Article : 15 words
  7. RUSSIA.

    The Emperor's return caused great rejoicings in all the churches, and thanksgiving services were performed for his recent escape from assassination. He is to be invested with the Order of the Garter. ...

    Article : 33 words
  8. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

    THE A.S.N. Co.'s steamer Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived off Glenelg Pier at 3 p.m. to-day. The passage to the Sound occupied ninety-four hours, and the return trip to Adelaide ninety-seven and a-half ...

    Article : 101 words
  9. TURKEY.

    The Cretan insurrection has ended, and the whole island has submitted to the imperial authorities. ...

    Article : 15 words
  10. AMERICA.

    The President vetoed a bill for enlarging the powers of the Southern district commanders, and has forbidden the removal of the latter without the consent of the Senate. Congress passed the bill over ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. GENERAL SUMMARY.

    The Australian May mails were delivered in London on the 20th and 26th July. The Queen is in good health at Osborne. The Empress Eugenie and the Queen of Prussia ...

    Article : 629 words
  12. MEXICO.

    The late Emperor's wife's health is alarming. She is not yet acquainted with her widowhood. The republican policy, since its triumph, has been one of blood—executions, imprisonments, and extortions ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. INDIA AND THE EAST.

    The Ceylon railway was opened on the 1st of August. New roads are projected and carried out; a large proportion of the revenue is devoted to roads and irrigation works in the supply bill. ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. JAPAN.

    An attempt was made to shoot the Dutch minister; political matters quiet. Complications are arising from the Daimios desiring to share in foreign trade, which the Tycoon refuses to comply with. ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. CHINA.

    The embargo on Formosa is removed. The first meeting of the creditors of Dent and Co. has been held. Great alarm prevails as to the action of the rebels ...

    Article : 136 words
  16. CURE FOR HICCUP.

    SIR,—As hiccup is one of the minor "ills that flesh is heir to," I beg leave to hand you an immediate remedy. Let the person affected close the ears with the thumbs, and ...

    Article : 1,180 words
  17. INDIA.

    The government contemplates sending eight thousand soldiers to Abyssinia for the release of the captives, and a subscription is commenced, headed by one firm with 200,000 rupees. ...

    Article : 119 words
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