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  2. NEWS BY PANAMA MAIL.

    FROM the papers to hand we extract further items of general intelligence, some of which will be found alluded to in our telegram via Suez. THE QUEEN AT LUCERNE. ...

    Article : 1,314 words
  3. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Dr. Grey, Bishop of Capetown, who was to have left England on the 9th of September, has postponed his departure, in order that he may proceed with the consecration of Mr. Macrorie, arrangements having been made for ...

    Article : 1,250 words
  4. DR. PUSEY AND THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

    Dr. Pusey addressed a letter to the Ex-president of the Wesleyan Conference, pleading that the Methodists should co-operate with the Oxford Tories in resisting Mr. Coleridge's scheme for throwing open the honours and ...

    Article : 558 words
  5. THE NEW JUDGES.

    The three new Judges announced are the Solicitor-General, Sir William Baliol Brett, Q.C., M.P., to be a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; Mr. Sergeant Hayes to be a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench; and Mr. ...

    Article : 320 words
  6. SURVEY OF MOUNT SINAI.

    A committee, consisting of Sir R. Murchison, Sir John Herschel, Sir Henry James, and other gentlemen, has been formed for the purpose Of carrying out a survey of the peninsula of Mount Sinai, with a view to determine the ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. AGRARIAN OUTRAGES.

    An outrage of a most distressing character has been perpetrated in Ireland. It appears that Mr. Scully, a brother of Mr. Scully, M.P., lately purchased a small property at Ballocohey, a couple of miles from the town of ...

    Article : 687 words
  8. THE QUEEN AND THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.

    The Duke de Persigny has sent a telegraphic despatch to the Opinion Nationale, denying the rumour current in Paris to the effect that the Emperor had written a letter to him complaining that Queen victoria had not returned the visit ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. THE CHURCH IN THE COLONIES.

    Some serious apprehensions are beginning to be entertained amongst Churchmen who are interested in the question of the Church in the colonies, in connection with the present extraordinary state of the colonial episcopate. ...

    Article : 406 words
  10. MR. BRIGHT'S ADDRESS.

    Mr. Bright has issued the following address to the electors of Birmingham:—"Gentlemen,—I have reason to believe that it is your wish that I shouod become a candidate for the honourable office of one of your ...

    Article : 828 words
  11. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH.

    The Bishop of Peterborough died at a quarter before 11 on Friday morning, 21st August. The late Bishop was the son of Mr. Francis Jeune, of Jersey, and was born in 1806. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, ...

    Article : 284 words
  12. DEATH OF " JACOB OMNIUM."

    A remarkable man has died (says the Home News) Mr. Matthew J. Higgins, better known to the reading world as J. O. (Jacob Omnium). Mr. Higgins, once one of the finest-looking men in the army, and to the last ...

    Article : 228 words
  13. SPORTING.

    The race for the Warwick Cup, value 200 sovereigns, by subscriptions of ten sovereigns each, with 75 sovereigns added, the surplus to go to the winner; the second to receive 75 sovereigns out of the stakes, two miles and a-half, ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. CRICKET—ENGLAND V. AMERICA.

    The English Cricketers sailed from Liverpool on the 4th of September in the steamship City of Baltimore, to play a series of five international matches against the United States and Canadian cricketers. They will play one cricket match, ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. MURDERS AND OUTRAGE.

    Alexander Mackay, a youth only l8 years of age, was tried on August 20, at the Central Criminal Court, for the murder of Mrs. Grossmith, an eating-house keeper in Norton Folgate, in whose employ he was. It will be ...

    Article : 418 words
  16. ELECTION PROCEEDINGS.

    The Home News of 2nd September says:—Election proceedings are the only matters which at all disturb society, and these are interesting only in their respective localities. The cries, " Disraeli and the Church," " Gladstone and ...

    Article : 490 words
  17. TRIAL OF MADAME RACHEL.

    At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, August 20, before the Recorder, Sarah Rachel Leverson (alias Madame Rachel) described as 43 in the calendar, was indicted for obtaining under false pretences, from Mary ...

    Article : 273 words
  18. THE FIRE AT NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE.

    The fire which destroyed a part of the Duke of Northumberland's town palace at Charing Cross, on the night of Wednesday, 19th August, broke out in the ball-room, a magnificent apartment, forming one wing of the mansion ...

    Article : 322 words
  19. FAREWELL DINNER TO MR. DU CANE, M.P.

    A very large gathering of the Conservative party in the county of Essex took place on Tuesday night, August 25, at the Corn Exchange, Colehester, to bid farewell to Mr. Du Cane, who has represented the northern division of the ...

    Article : 696 words
  20. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

    GUATEMALA.—Don Federico C. Augener has received his exequatur as Consul to this Republic from the North German Confederation. Owing to the want of regular rains the past season, the cereal crop, especially maize, has ...

    Article : 403 words
  21. BRUTAL OUTRAGE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

    The Northern Whig (Ireland) gives the following account ot a brutal outrage committed upon a young lady on Thursday, August 20, in a first-class carriage of the Ulster Railway Company. The young lady is a resident of ...

    Article : 356 words
  22. TERRIFIC GALE

    The gale which swept over London on Saturday night, 22nd August, was very destructive on the coasts. The ship Tara, which sailed from Liverpool in the course of the day, was totally lost off the mouth of the Mersey, and, ...

    Article : 292 words
  23. EARTHQUAKE Ar GIBRALTAR.

    For the first time for many years past Gibraltar has been visited by an earthquake. Yesterday afternoon (August l8) two most unmistakable shocks were felt at many different points in the town and south. Some people assert that ...

    Article : 192 words
  24. RUMOURED TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETW EEN FRANCE AND SPAIN.

    The Gaulois gives a very startling explanation indeed of the visit to Fontainebleau of the Count and Countess Girgenti, which, from various indications, has already been suspected to be important. If this journal may be believed ...

    Article : 236 words
  25. THE MONT CENIS RAILWAY.

    The Mont Cenis Railway has met with another disaster from the over flowing of the River Arc. Several bridges have been carried away, and the rails and road between St. Jean and St. Michel have been destroyed along a space of ...

    Article : 256 words
  26. WEST INDIES.

    CUBA.—Havana, August 25.—The Captain-General of the island of Cuba has notified all consuls that passengers arriving from abroad not provided with passport vises by the proper Spanish Consuls will not be allowed to land, ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. LORD AND LADY FARNHAM.

    Lord and Lady Farnham, the chief victims of the horrible accident on the North Western Railway, near Abergele, were excellent members of the aristocracy, and added grace and honour to their high rank by their many virtues ...

    Article : 639 words
  28. COLLISION BETWEEN TWO IRONCLADS.

    The Channel Squadron left fortland on the 14th August for Ireland. On the following night, which was dark and stormy, a collision occurred between two first-class ironclads, the Warrior running into the Royal Oak. The ...

    Article : 232 words
  29. THE CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

    A demonstration "in defence of the Throne, the Church, and the Constitution," was held on the 17th, at the Crystal Palace. For many weeks past great efforts have been made by the National Protestant Union, the Church ...

    Article : 650 words
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