... k ircsibcnt of 6u;Ucm;U;i The newly-elected President of Guate mala, General Reina Barrios, is a near relative of President Barrios who fell in the war with San Salvador in 1885, and who did so much f ...

... lonie ftefos POLITICAL To adopt the expression of our leading journal-- the V-shaped depression which overhung the Treasury Bench has passed away, and gradients are rising round the Unionist coast. Pe ...

... ffeRE I Q,N J ^Sa^g *^zEz. THE FALL OF THE GREEK MINISTRY POPULAR discontent with the conduct of home affairs used to be diverted by foreign quarrels, but nowadays it is the custom to indulge the peop ...

... Dome itrtos As Mr. Balfour complained a little while ago, there is no close time in politics; and even the Whitsuntide recess has been devoted by the hard-working member to addresses from the plat for ...

... Jtojjtons for Utog THE veritable London season will be one of the shortest on record for many years past, but promises to be very gay whilst it lasts. There is a great variety both in the colouring an ...

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... place mx James i By lady violet greville PEACE AND PALMS MR. SPURGEON was laid to rest a short time ago under branches of palms instead of flowers. The act was appropriate and full of poetical and spi ...

... [ie J?ims=4M$oit CcrntroMle Qlotpck The first public trial in English waters of the Sims-Edison elec trical torpedo took place on Monday in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth. Sir William Armstrong, Mitchell and ...

... fomc ilcfos POLITICAL AFFAIRS ONLY two events have signalised the last week of politics, one of lively interest but not important, the other dull but weighty; and the two things were Mr. Gladstone's m ...

... . The honour ot knighthood has been conferred by Her Majesty the Queen on three distinguished musicians MM. Cusius, Barnby, and Parratt and we take this opportunity to give some particulars of their respective careers. Sir William G. Cusins was born in London, a.d. 1833, and was at an early age one of the Chapel Royal choristers. He studied harmony and composition under Fetis at Brussels, and ...

... PRESENTATION TO THE EX-MAYOR OF CANTERBURY. ...

... . THE Poultry Farm at Dork ing was again selected for the annual S.C.C. encampment. The spot, delightfully situated on a rise behind the town, which is within easy access of the camp, is surrounded by hills, including the famous' Box Mill. The camp wo think opened on July 29th. The Stanley C. C., who have generally been prominent at previous festivities, joined the Harrogate Campers, while ...