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  2. English and Foreign Extracts.

    "It wis not till the 19th that Macdonald the piper was able to perform upon the bagpipes." Such is the climax reached by the immortal Jeamea in his recorded diary of the Royal progress across the ...

    Article : 549 words
  3. THE DEFENCE OF PARTS.

    "General Ducrot," the Pall Mall Gazelte says "has published the fourth volume of his work on the 'Defence of Paris and his contemptuous remarks on the part played by the National Guard ...

    Article : 256 words
  4. ATTEMPTS ON MONARCHAL LIVES.

    A London paper of November remarks—"The number of political assassinations and attempts on the lives or monarchs and primo ministers has of late years increased to an alarming extent in both ...

    Article : 171 words
  5. ITALIAN BRIGANDAGE.

    A band composed of about forty brigands recently laid siege to a house in Nucro (Italy), belonging to a M. Sicra, keeping up a sharp fire for a good half-hour, in order to intimidate the ...

    Article : 116 words
  6. THE BORNEO CESSION.

    The Straits Times publishes the following news from Labuan respecting affairs at the now English ' settlement on tue north-east coast of Borneo:— "From the coast of Borneo the news is that ...

    Article : 259 words
  7. THE AFGHAN WAR.

    The progress of the Afghan campaign is extremely satisfactory (says The Times of the 27th November). The Ameer's forces have been unable to offer any opposition to our advance since the ...

    Article : 380 words
  8. SIR WYVILLE THOMSON'S ADVICE TO ARTISANS.

    Sir Wyville Thomson delivered the prizes on Monday to the students of the Liverpool School of Science, and in the course of his address mentioned that the school was intended specially for the ...

    Article : 189 words
  9. SERIOUS RIOTS IN CAMBRIDGE THEATRE.

    Cambridge Theatre was nearly wrecked on Saturday night by the enraged audience, owing to some dispute between the proprietors and the lossee, through the agent of the former taking ...

    Article : 112 words
  10. LONGEVITY IN EUROPE.

    From the mortality returns of England and Wales in the year 1876, it appears that 183 men, and 409 women, a total of 592 persons, died in that year who were past ninety-five years of age. ...

    Article : 265 words
  11. SAD SEQUEL TO AN ILLEGAL MARRIAGE.

    A remarkable case, illustrating the folly of people contracting marriages in which there is no legal tie, came under the notice of Messrs H. H. Hornby and J. G. Livingston, in the Liverpool ...

    Article : 396 words
  12. SINGULAR CAPTURE OF A PICKPOCKET.

    At Buxton Petty sessions a man, wo gave toe name of John Smith, was charged with stealing a silver watch, the value of nye guineas, from the person of Mr. Booth Millward, butcher, Buxton. ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. DISTRESS IN GLASGOW.

    According to information received from Glasgow it appears that the number of unemployed is greater than ever. On November 18 about 1200 persons received orders from the magistrates for ...

    Article : 60 words
  14. FIGHT BETWEEN A FOX AND A DOG.

    A little terrier dog, weighing about 201b, seized a large vixen fox by the throat. The fox made determined efforts to shake the dog off, and at times rolled him over and over, until it was teared ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. THE FIGHT IN THE PEIWAR PASS.

    The following was the first announcement made in England of the success of the troops at the Peiwar Pass:—"Thull, December 5.—The Khurrum division, under General Roberts, attacked and ...

    Article : 171 words
  16. FIVE AT A BIRTH.

    A man named Cassidy, who lives near Bladensburg, Maryland, a few days ago was probably the most surprised of men. There have been many stories of people whose hair turned white in a ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. THE DISTRESS IN SHEFFIELD.

    In consequence of tbs continued depression in trade and the inclement weather the most painful and widespread depression prevails amongst the working classes of Sheffield. Last year the ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.

    Out of the 4181 seamen in the British merchant service whose' deaths on the high seas or abroad were reported to the Board oE Trade during 1877, only about one-fourth, viz., 1088 men, died of ...

    Article : 353 words
  19. FORTUNE REVERSED.

    Some twenty years ago an Australian heiress took up her abode in London. She had about £100,000, and resided in Eaton Square, Pimlico. A Pole carried off the prize, and she became his wife. ...

    Article : 278 words
  20. SWITZERLAND AND THE VATICAN.

    Rome, December 5.—Although the Swiss Federal Council has rejected the demand of some Catholic cantons for reinstating a Papal Nuncio at Lucerne, the Vatican has decided to continue negotiations ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. MYSTERIOUS OUTRAGE NEAR DOVER.

    Mr. Arthur Gillow, a brewer, was found on tne morning of December 4 in the road at Woodnesborough, a mile and a half from Sanwicb, fearfully wounded on the head. It is said that he was out ...

    Article : 87 words
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