Our Power Of Defending The Thames And Medway From The
shore, and without the aid of ships, was tested on Monday night, when four hired steamers, representing a hostile fleet, attempted to raid the Port of London. At 9 o'clock, the......
The Times Of Tuesday Gives The Text Of The Bill
for splitting . Queensland into three Home-rule Provinces, with a united Central Government., which Sir Samuel Griffith recently laid upon the table of the Assembly. It is......
The Standard Of Thursday Contains An Amusing Account Of How
Stoke,' the elephant sent by the Queen to the Sultan of Morocco, was presented to that Potentate. The Sultan was in camp, and the elephant was, therefore, marched into the......
The Times Of Wednesday Gives An Account Of An Attempt
to introduce a sort of bastard hull-fighting into Belgium. A rough wooden bull-ring has been erected at Spa, and here on Sunday last a wretched bull, who, as the Times'......
The Powers Of The Mahatmas Are Not To Be Put
to the test in London. Colonel Desmond has Veen informed, on behalf of his spiritual superiors, that his acceptance of Mr. Stuart Cumberland's challenge cannot be allowed, and......
A Murder Has Been Committed At Liverpool Which Is Almost,
though by no means quite, unique in the annals of crime, and which will greatly perplex the Judges. A coroner's jury has affirmed that Samuel Crawford, nine years old, and......
The Government Of India Has Acted With Prudence And...
in the Bangabasi case. The jury, it will be re- membered, disagreed, andthe defendant, who had been accused of seditious writing, was not convicted, but the conductors of the......
Unless There Is Some Mistake In The Figures:the Wealth Of
the City during the last ten years has increased at a rate which is positively astounding. According to the City Press of Wednesday, the profits assessed to income-tax under......
Bank Rate, 31- Per Cent.
New Consols (2k) were on Friday'941 to 941.......