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  2. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

    THE R.M.S. Avoca, Captain Farquhar, arrived in Port Jackson yesterday at 6.30 p.m., two days before contract time. By her we have received our usual files of European papers, and ...

    Article : 2,941 words
  3. THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE.

    Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., C.B, the managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, telegraphs as follows:—"Brest, June 17.—The shore end of the French Atlantic cable was successfully laid by half-past 10 this ...

    Article : 176 words
  4. THE ALABAMA QUESTION.

    The Government (according to a telegram from the Times' special correspondent) sanctions the publication of the following version of Mr. Motley's instructions:—"He will explain to the British Government the circumstances attending the rejection of ...

    Article : 190 words
  5. CURIOUS SUIT ABOUT A LYRE BIRD.

    If it be not fine feathers that make fine birds, why should there have been a fight on May 26, before Mr. Justice Hannen, as to the right of property in a "lyre" bird, of which the tail-feathers, bearing so curious a resemblance to that musical instrument, ...

    Article : 318 words
  6. THE PROTESTANT CONFERENCE AT WORMS.

    A Protestant Conference has assembled at Worms, attended by about one thousand delegates. The following declaration has been adopted:—"The Conference repels the supposition expressed in the Papal letter of the 13th of September, 1868, that ...

    Article : 294 words
  7. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSIONS.

    A dreadful boiler explosion occurred early on Monday morning, May 31st, at the Plough Colliery, the property of the Powell Duffryn Steam Company, in the Aberdare Valley. The engines for raising the coal and pumping ...

    Article : 581 words
  8. NEUTRALIZATION OF THE SUEZ CANAL.

    If the Suez Canal should really succeed at last, there will be (says a contemporary) a disagreeable question as to its neutrality to be discussed among the European Powers, which a rumour from Vienna asserts to be already brought up by England. The ...

    Article : 191 words
  9. THE LATE MAYOR OF CORK.

    The proverbial fickleness of "the many-headed monster" was never better illustrated than by the case of Ex-Mayor O'sullivan. At one time he was) the most popular man in this city, cheered wherever he showed his face or opened his mouth. Soon there ...

    Article : 139 words
  10. THE TICHBORNE CASE.

    Vice-Chancellor Stuart made an order on June 12, on the application of the plaintiff (the claimant of the Tichborne baronetcy and estates), that the time for retaining these bills on the file of the Court should be extended to the last day of Easter Term, 1870. ...

    Article : 269 words
  11. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE AND THE TURF.

    On May 28, at Chambers, an application was made before Mr. Baron Pigott, on behalf of the Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, in the matter of Byfus v. the Duke of Newcastle, for an order directing an issue to be tried between Byfus (the plaintiff) and Mr. Henry ...

    Article : 654 words
  12. DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    Between 6 and 7 o'clock on Thursday morning June 10, an explosion occurred at Ferndale Colliery, Glamor ganshire. About half-an-hour after the colliers, of whom 60[?] were generally employed in the Ferndale pit, situate ...

    Article : 561 words
  13. GOLDWIN SMITH ON MR. SUMNER'S SPEECH.

    Mr. Goldwin Smith has delivered a long address before the members of Cornell Univereity, in reply to the speech of Mr. Sumner. Mr. Smith commenced by stating that he spoke as a loyal Englishman, who hoped for many years to make his ...

    Article : 189 words
  14. SNOW IN SUMMER.

    The Times of the 18th, June says:—The most extraordinary weather at present prevails in the county of Westmoreland, and has done now for many months. On wednesday morning the bills to the north were entirely covered with snow, and the ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    ON Monday, June 14, both inside and outside the House of Lords considerable excitement was exhibited; it being felt that on the second reading of the Irish Church Bill depended the great constitutional question as to whether the Pears would seriously ...

    Article : 2,928 words
  16. CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST MAJOR BESWICK.

    Major Beswick, late chief constable of Birkenhead, was indicted at the Central Criminal Court, on June 9, charged with having forged a power of attorney for the tranafer of a sum of £491 Consols. The defendant was a trustee with a resident of Gibraltar ...

    Article : 121 words
  17. ELECTION RIOTS IN FRANCE.

    Great excitement has lately prevailed among the populace in various parts of France. In Paris, on the evening of June 8, considerable crowds assembled on the Boulevard Montmartre, and commenced singing the "Marseillaise," and shouting "Vive ...

    Article : 1,002 words
  18. MR. BRIGHT AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    At a meeting called on the requisition of the Liberals, to consider the Irish Church Bill, in Birmingham, on June 14, the following letter from Mr. Bright was read:—"The Lords are not very wise, but there is sometimes profit to the people even in ...

    Article : 248 words
  19. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OF POWDER.

    A terrible explosion took place on June 17 at the powder mills of Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, near Hounslow. At about four o'clock the inhabitants of Twickenham, Hounslow, and the surrounding districts were startled by a terrific report. In Hounslow ...

    Article : 325 words
  20. AN AUSTRALIAN ROMANCE.

    Some remarkable litigation is expected to result from a case which has just been brought to light in Liverpool. It is said to arise out of the disputed succession to some heritable property in Ireland left by a gentleman in that country to a lady and her ...

    Article : 359 words
  21. THE NEW AMERICAN MINISTER.

    The Hon. John Lothrop Motley, the United States Minister to Great Britain, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, May 29th, by the Cuba, and was received by the Mayor. An address was presented to his Excellency on Monday morning, and he afterwards ...

    Article : 174 words
  22. FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY IN GLASGOW.

    On Friday evening, May 21, a shocking tragedy occurred in one of the eastern districts of Glasgow. About 8 o'clock a window in the fourth story of one of the houses in Main-street, Calton, was seen to open, and immediately after the people ...

    Article : 219 words
  23. PRESERVED MEAT.

    A dinner of preserved meat is on the tapis, to be given by Australians in London, to about 1500 working men, under the auspices of the "Working Men's Clubs," at the Agricultural Hall. The project has received the approval of Messrs. E. ...

    Article : 180 words
  24. LIFE IN NEW SOUTH WALES

    The subjoined is an extract from a letter on this subject by Robert Adams, of Sydney, published in the Times of May 27:- "There appears at present to be an abnormal amount of distress and overplus of labour in England, and I take the liberty of ...

    Article : 316 words
  25. THE FORTNIGHTLY POSTAL QUESTION.

    The "Anglo-Australian," in the European News, says:—"A Parliamentary paper has been lately published in regard to the proposed fortnightly communication with Australia. It is a very clumsy document, the credit or discredit of which must be ...

    Article : 307 words
  26. MURDER OF MR. FOWELL AND FAMILY.

    A Welsh gentleman, of wealth, a keen sportsman, named Powell, went off some time ago to Abyssinia for sport, taking with him his wife and child, and several servants. All have been murdered by the savages of Brazen, but we are without any ...

    Article : 120 words
  27. THE NEW ZEALAND MEDAL.

    "Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to extend to the officers and men of the Royal Navy and Marines employed in the operations in New Zealand, during the years 1845-6-7, and the years 1860-1-2-3-4-5-6, the medal which has been awarded to the ...

    Article : 156 words
  28. SPORTING.

    In the Derby, at Epsom, Pero Gomez beat Martyrdom by engths; in the Prince of Wales' Stakes, at Ascot, Pero Gomez had to succumb to Martyrdom; while afterwards Alpenstock, who was lengths behind Martyrdom in the Derby, beat him for the ...

    Article : 205 words
  29. THE SUTHERLAND GOLD-FIELDS.

    The diggers at the Sutherland gold-fields complain that they have some difficulty in keeping up the average find of gold. But the fact is, that the men are generally very secret as to what they are doing, and try to avoid the subject. They feel the position ...

    Article : 308 words
  30. FATAL RIOTS IN WALES.

    A terrible riot, in which four persons have been shot dead, and several others maimed and wounded, took place at Mold, in Flintshire, on June 2nd. The occasion of the diaturbance was the attempted rescue of two prisoners whilst being conveyed to gaol. ...

    Article : 618 words
  31. REDUCED RATES OF BOOK-POSTAGE.

    A Treasury warrant was issued on June 14, which, we trust, indicates that, as regards the rates of postage, a more enlightened policy—one more in accordance with public opinion, which in this respect is far ahead of official ideas, and tradition,—is to be allowed ...

    Article : 266 words
  32. THE RACE FOR THE DERBY ON 26TH MAY.

    The weather opened gloomily, on the important day that was to decide the winning of the "Blue Ribbon of the Truf;" but before the first race came off, the sun broke out gloriously. Belladrum was evidently the selection of the great mass of the public. The ...

    Article : 1,270 words
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