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  2. MR. STANLEY AND THE EASY-CHAIR GEOGRAPHERS.

    Sir,—The following is from one of the London papers published weekly—the Spectator:— "Mr. Stanley is very angry because some incredulous people decline to believe in the literal accuracy of his ...

    Article : 1,544 words
  3. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

    Under the significant title, "The Order of Battle," the Wanderer of Vienna has published a letter from Frankfort, dated August 27, the contents of which are ratber startling. The Vienna paper guarantees the authenticity of its ...

    Article : 727 words
  4. ATTEMPT TO SWIM ACROSS THE CHANNEL.

    On Saturday, August 24, J. B. Johnson, of Leeds, attimpted to swim from Dover to Calais. The feat was undertaken for a wager of £2000 to £60, and tho arrangements were made by Mr. Frederick Strange, the proprietor ...

    Article : 476 words
  5. CARDINAL ANTONELLI AND THE POPE.

    Cardinal Antonelli, acoording to the Daily News, has had a violent discuption with the Pope. The Cardinal declared that be could not continue to hold office if his Holiness persevered in his hostile policy towards the Italian Government. ...

    Article : 124 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

    Australian preserved meat continues to attract a good deal of attention, and, in consequence chiefly of the move ment in the north, to which we referred last month, the demand has sensibly improved. The "strike" against ...

    Article : 196 words
  7. THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF PERE HYACINTHE.

    Both Protestants and Catholics in Europe are interested in an act which reminds people of the days of Luther. The celebrated Father Hyacinthe, the eloquent priest who was expelled from Notre Dame for his bold protests against ...

    Article : 1,010 words
  8. A FREE CHURCH.

    It is stated that a Free Church of England is to be erected in the parish of St. Mary, Hornsey. The services, which will be nearly identical with those of the Charch of England, will be conducted by a regularly-ordained ...

    Article : 59 words
  9. A DUEL IN PARIS.

    A duel has been fought in the wood of Buzenval, between M. Armand Lucy and M. Edgar Rodrigues, of the Figaro, the origin of the quarrel being an insulting sketch of the former by The latter in one of a series of ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. THE TWISS LIBEL CASE.

    After the close of the ordinary business at Southwark Police Court on August 28, Alexander Chaffers, the defendant in the case heard before this Court some time back, in which Lady Twiss was the complainant made an ...

    Article : 883 words
  11. THE TICHBORNE CASE.

    Speaking at an amalgamated meeting of Foresters at Loughborough, on August 12, which was attended by the claimant to the Tichborne estates (who also spoke and addressed an assembly of about 12,000 person), Mr. ...

    Article : 609 words
  12. RIOTS IN BELFAST.

    Owing to the repeal of the Party Processions Act, the Fenians of Belfast turned out to celebrate the occasion last week, but were met by various Orange mobs, and a savage tumult has been the result. Recent telegrams represent ...

    Article : 3,034 words
  13. THE NEW LICENSING ACT.

    The New Licensing Act is down upon the tipplers, as it obliges the taverns to close at 11 instead of 12. All those who are fond of indulging even till the shrill shout of chanticleer heralds the coming morn view this Act with ...

    Article : 386 words
  14. THE POET LAUREATE.

    The seclusion in which Mr. Tennyson lives is well known, but he has succumbed at last to the everlasting Yankee. Life and work became intolerable with Jonathan for ever at the door; so the laureate took him and treated ...

    Article : 356 words
  15. THE STRIKES.

    The general opinion of the building trade in different quarters of the city and metropolis is now converging in the one direction The voice of the district committees has a similar [?]cho, and admits of an unmistakable ...

    Article : 397 words
  16. CRICKET.

    The match between the English Eleven and the Elevon of Montreal was played on August 22 and 23. The English Eleven scored in their first innings 255, and the Canadians 48. In their second innings the Montreal Club made 67 ...

    Article : 259 words
  17. THE FOURTH OF SEPTEMBER—THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

    The Paris papers, as might be expected, publish articles upon the occasion of the anniversary of the foundation of the Republic, their views of which are, of course, somewhat various. The Debats says:—"It is now two years ...

    Article : 796 words
  18. GREAT FIRE AT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.

    A serious fire took place in Canterbury Cathedral on September 3. It appears that at about half-past 10 a plumber waa at work ia the roof of the east end, when from some cause his coke fire got upset and set light to the ...

    Article : 901 words
  19. DRAMATIC.

    Mr. Barry Sullivan has been playing a round of his favourite characters at Margate, Here, too, is Spiers and Pond's Hall by the Sea—an establishment which is devoted io the Muses. It is fitted and adorned in that liberal style ...

    Article : 332 words
  20. THE MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL.

    The Congress of the International Association held a public sitting at the Hague on the 5th September. About fifty delegates were present, and a large number of persons, ameng whom were several journalists. The President, in ...

    Article : 615 words
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  22. A CHINESE JUGGLER.

    There is a heathen Chinee in New York, of whose sensational feats, as they will probably be repeated in admiring Europe, we may retail the description. He opened his exhibition with the "Supper of Hades," in which he ...

    Article : 418 words
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