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RUSSIA

... RUSS[A. ST. PBHERSBURG, JUNE 2. The appalling intelligence of the sanguinary night contests of the 22nd and 23rd of May, with'the frightfully long lists of the killed-for the attack was carried on with such embitterment by the French that the far greater part of the Russians were killed outright by the bayonet, and the number of wounded is, therefore, not worth speaking of-followed almost ...

Published: Wednesday 13 June 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1166 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE GALES OFF THE COAST

... 8UNDERLAND, Nov. ?? strong galesl rain; see heavy. We have had no arrivals during the ?? four tides, and no vessels can sail, on account of the weather. The storm previously reported continues. The report sent yesterday of a vessel having been seen to sink on thia coast appears to be too true. She is said to have been a small vessel, with no mest standing. Intelligence has ben re- ceived here ...

Published: Saturday 03 November 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 978 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

METROPOLITAN SEWAGE

... to r' TH, DITO OP THE DAILY NEWS- SIR,-Having seen the three lengthy articles in your paper relative to the proposed plans for remov- ing the great nuisance and waste of sewage flowing into the Thames, I beg to offer my suggestions for a permanent and lasting remedy of the monstrous evil, which is daily increasing, and as I have devoted several years to the investigation of this not by any ...

Published: Thursday 11 October 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 600 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE TURKISH ARMY IN THE CRIMEA,

... (m1OM OUR sPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) d EUPATORIA, MARCH 22. The long talked-of commencement of the outworks was made the day before yesterday. The whole of r the cavalry which has yet arrived (numbering about e 2,500 men), with twelve guns, went out about day. 0 break, under the command of Ali Pacha, whose f movements were under the control of Major Vierg-. bitaki, as a staff officer. They were ...

Published: Saturday 07 April 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4944 | Page: Page 5, 6 | Tags: News 

PEACE MEETING AT OLDHAM

... PEACE MEETING AT OLDRAA. The Manchester Peace Society, whose head-quar- ters are at Newall's-buildinge, have been exceedingly active of late. Mr. George Thompson, who was formerly one of the Anti-corn-law lecturers, is now the principal lecturer for the Peace Society, and has been delivering a series of lectures in Manchester and the surrounding towns; the ob. ject of the meetings apparently ...

Published: Saturday 03 March 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1005 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

ENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COMMUNICATION BILL COMMITTEE

... IENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COM- I . MUNICA Ti ON BILL COAAMl TTEE. APPROVAL OF THE BLtL. Yesterday the committee met at 12 o'clock, but no business was done till half-past, at which time the room was cleared for the committee to consider their decision on the preamble of the bill. At 1 o'clock the public were re- admitted, when the chairman announced that the cemmittee had decided that the ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 902 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

WHAT IS THE EFFICIENCY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY?

... WHAT IS THEF FFICIENCY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY ? (From the New York Courte~r asad Enqusirer.) 'If' the madministrationi succeeds in involving the ehuntry in a war with Spain,' that war must be a noval one. Where are the ships that are to conduct the belligerent operations and also to' furnish protection for American oon. xnerce on every sea egainat Spanish cruizrsre? This is a Iiirtinient ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2115 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: News 

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS

... I~ETROPOI.TAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. N Yesterday a special court of sewfers was held at the Court' house, Gkreek-street, Soho; Mr. Jxan in the chair. The SxoRxThstXreported that the total balance Sn the hands of the treasurers, including the deposit account, amounted to 114,091i. 169. 8d. The adjourned discussion of 3fr. TaWVArrE'S8 motion, set- ting forth that ?? the drainage of that part of ...

Published: Wednesday 24 January 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 731 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

AUSTRIA

... A USTRIA. (mo0M OUR OWN COORRSPONDSNT.) VIENNA, JAN. 18.- There can be no doubt that the number of special couriers received and sent off by the different embas- sies here within the last few days has been very great;' and, among others, probably the arrival of the Marquis de Chateaurenard, the secretary of the French Legation, from Paris, in an incredibly Dbrief time, has given rise to the ...

Published: Wednesday 24 January 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 495 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

... I UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF GULLIVER7S I TRAVELS. The same ingenious gentleman who discovered the t MS. of Moredun, has by good fortune laid his p hands upon an original MS. of the Travels of Cap- t tain Lemuel Gulliver, which contains several pas- i: sages omitted in the printed copy. We have been 2 favoured with his permission to publish the following I specimen of these discoveries: I ...

Published: Tuesday 27 February 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1488 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 10

... Tuz latest telegraphic despatches from the Crimea are, in so far as the siege is concerned, of a more stir- ring nature than the news from that quarter has been for some timb back, and are also encouraging in their tenor. The batteries of the besiegers opened fire at daybreak on the 5th of September. The Russian two- decker Marian was set on fire by a shell from the right lines of the French ...

Published: Monday 10 September 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4495 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

EDUCATION

... I TO THE EDI-TO O- THE DAILY NEWS. SIP,-Will you allow me in your columns to revive a scheme for a general education bill, the leading points of which I brought forward once before in 1846 ? It has, I t conceive, this advantage over the other place at present t before the public, that it does not in any way interfere with existing schools, and avoids flinging the enormous burden of the entire ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1855
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 716 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News