The Times' Correspondent At Maritzburg Warns His...
garrison in Natal must be strengthened. There are 350,000 Caffres to 17,000 whites, and the Caffres are settled in their "locations," while the whites are scattered. It is......
The Times Announces That A Russian Expedition, Organised...
secrecy, has started to occupy Merv, and is probably by this time in possession of a city which is the best stepping- stone to the conquest of Herat. Russia cannot, however,......
Sir Edward Ryan, Who Died On Monday At Dover, Had
led as useful and as enviable a public life as any man of our time. Retaining his strong judgment, sterling sense, and full health to the great age of eighty-one, and adding......
The British Association For The Advancement Of Science...
year on Wednesday at Bristol, under the presidency of Sir John Hawkshaw, the celebrated engineer. His address was a little dull. He stated that- the search after "the whence and......
Sir John Hawkshaw Alluded Favourably In His Speech To The
investigations carried on by Mr. W. Froude into the resistance offered by water to ships, and Mr. Froude subsequently read a paper on the subject. He held, and demonstrated by......
It Would Appeat. That The Greek Prelates At Bonn...
one instruction from the Holy Synod of which nothing lair hitherto been said in England, or rather which 'has been veiled under a very cautious reference to the authority of Old......
The Inquiry Into The Cause Of The Accident In The
Solent has continued through the week, the Coroner being assisted by an Assessor from the Board of Trade. An unexpected amount of feeling has been developed during the......
A Roman Correspondent Of The Times Seems To Think He
has at last discovered an instance of vacillation in the Vatican. On 22nd April the Pope issued a decree formally dedicating the Catholic Church to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,......
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