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... The news that the Indian Government have received orders to despatch a number of native troops to Malta, has excited no small degree of attention in this country and on the Continent. It is true that the number ?? large, as it is limited to 7,000 men, but there is ?? reason to believe that 100,000 would be immediately available if desired ; and, indeed, those who are com- petent to judge, say ...

Published: Friday 19 April 1878
Newspaper: Essex Standard
County: Essex, England
Type: Article | Words: 3003 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: deaths 

A VISIT TO THE NORFOLK COUNTY SCHOOL AT ELMHAM

... A VISIT TO THE NORFOLK COUNTY SCHOOL AT ELMHAM. I had read much respecting the Public Schools estab- lished in the Counties of Devon and Norfolk, intended to supply at a cheap rate education of the best charac- ter to the sons of Farmers and others of the Middle Classes, but not until Saturday last had I the oppor- tunity of observing the practical operation of either of them. The system on ...

Published: Friday 14 December 1877
Newspaper: Essex Standard
County: Essex, England
Type: Article | Words: 2430 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: deaths