24 JULY 1886, page 3

The French Republicans Are Already Preparing For A Great...

celebration of the storming of the Bastille three years hence, in 1889, and are hoping to make the three years' pre- paration useful for the purpose of organising a......

On Thursday Week, The Royal Academy Rejected A Proposal To

reduce the number of pictures which an Academician has the right to exhibit, from eight to four. The proposal was rejected by the majority of 14 to 9, in spite of Sir Frederick......

We Are Very Glad To See That At Least One

Act passed last Session is bearing good fruit already. We mean the useful little Act which enabled a married woman deserted by her husband to obtain a maintenance from him,......

As We Give In Another Column A Long Letter Dealing

with the Baker Street "mad-dog" case, it is only fair to give here the remarks of the Magistrate who tried it, as supplied by the Chief Commissioner of Police. Here is the......

The Country Has Been Deluged Throughout The Week With The

sickening details of the Crawford divorce case, which ended yesterday with a verdict in favour of Mr. Crawford,—in other words, against Sir Charles Dilke. If that verdict be......

Mr. Beecher's Lecture At Exeter Hall On Monday, On "the

Reign of the Common People," seems to have had a good deal more in it of the democrat than of the Christian preacher. He did not, he said, approve the conduct of the Nihilists......

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There Seems To Be No Great Doubt That The Senate

in the United States will approve the Convention with England en- larging the terms of the Extradition Treaty. Merely political crimes are, as before, not to be made the subject......