The Chief Practical Work Of The Congress, If Practical It
can be called, consisted in discussing the Eight-Hours question. On . Tuesday, a resolution was carried in favour of an international eight-hours day by 302 to 136, but not......
Mr. Osborne Morgan, In A Letter Published On Tuesday, Again
complains that the Captain of H.M.S. Espiegle ' should have helped President Balmaceda by conveying 3,000,000 silver pesos (L120,000) to Monte Video. Admiral de Horsey ex-......
May We Make A Suggestion To The Managers Of The
Congress of Orientalists ? It is evident that interest in their gatherings increases rapidly, and this year some of the papers read to them, especially the antiquarian papers,......
The Times Of Tuesday Gives The Details Of The Canadian
Census. The total for the whole Dominion is 4,823,344, an increase of about half-a-million, or 11.52 per cent. on the pre- vious enumeration. Naturally the Canadians are much......
A New York Telegram Of Thursday Gives A Curious Quo-
tation from the National Provisioner—an American trade journal—in rega.;d to the manufacture of tin-plate. It appears that, owing to want of skill on the part of the American......
The Death Of Mr. Charles Jamrach, Which Took Place On
Sun- -day, leaves a vacancy in one of the most curious occupations in the country. " The wild-beast man," as he was sometimes familiarly called, had an establishment in the......
The Times Of Thursday Gives A Very Interesting Account Of
a -country-village museum established by General Pitt-Rivers at Farnham, in North Dorset. It is not a "rubbish-shoot," but a really interesting collection of antiquities, and is......
Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent. New Consols (4) Were On
Friday 94i to 95.......
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