... pieces by a shell, with which, in spite of the most stringent orders, he was tampering. February 23. — This being the Independence- day of the Orange Free State, we expected the enemy to make a demonstration. This, how- ever, they failed to do. A heavy ...

... thousand pounds. The Lord Chief Justice (Lord Russell of Kil- lowen) has accepted an invitation to be present at the Independence-day banquet of the Ame- rican Society in London, which will take place at the Hotel Cecil on the 4th of July. Our Athens ...

... swords of their officers.' The perpetrator of that Belzebub lie ought to be shot from a Naval gun feet first. Feb. 28. — Independence-day (the Orange River Government was abolished in 1854). When the flag was hoisted in the market-place it was found to be ...

... the French Republic, which is to be unveiled in the pre- sence of M. Loubet, on the Place dv Carrousel, on Thursday, Independence Day, was the sub- ject cf a special Motion in the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon. M. Leon Bourgeois moved : — The Chamber ...

... per cent. Stirling exchange steady, with sixty days sight _c. up. Silver commercial bars are unchanged. To-morrow being Independence-day, all the Ameri- can Exchanges will be closed. Wheat opened firm and «c. up, and continued to rise under reports of less ...

... opened firm, on yesterday's rise in Wall-street, but business was quiet, in view of tlie holiday in New York to- morrow (Independence-day), and prices de- clined slightly until tho afternoon, when New York gave renewed support, especially to Atchi- son, New ...

... honour, from the habitants of Ladysmith, to Sir George White, by Sir Walter Peace, -Agent General for Natal. American Independence Day, reception by tli- American Ambassador and Mrs. Choatc, 1, Carlton- gardens, 3.30 to 6.0 ; dinner at the Hotel Metropole ...

... INDEPENDENCE DAY. DINNER AT THE HOTEL CECIL. Under the auspices of the A merican Society in London, a dinner was held last night at the Hotel Cecil in celebration of Independence-day. The chair was occupied by Mr. F. C. Van Duzeh, and among a numerous ...

... Committee earnestly hoped that the Education Board would, before long, agree to recognise the i raining College as an independent day training college tor teachers of the deaf. There was urgent need lor lurther Qnaucial assistance.— The Chairman, in moving ...

... TO-DA Y. Independence Day dinner. Hotel Cecil. Reception by the American Ambassador and Mrs. Choate of their fellow-dtisen*, 1, Carlton House-terrace, 3.50 6.0. Proposed Australaaian Chamber of Commerce in London, meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. 4 ...

... twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth the I. nited States was celebrated with fitting honour* on both aides of the Atlantic. Independence Day has, indeed, become International, and, to a large extent, an Anglo-American, festival, Mr. Choate observed in the course ...

... bey about 5.40, and was followed by the Challenger, which had bad short turn in the*Firth after the finish of the THE INDEPENDENCE DAY BANQUET. SPEECH MR. CHOATE. The annual banquet in celebration of Indepemlecce- ...