... should not agree as to a policy. Then e they resolved to maintain the domination of the y Porte; but when asked about that of Persia, which y is as important for us in Asia, they refused to give i.any similr guarantee. When the Liberals put an v alternative ...

... columns as they straggle across. tlhe desert. In any case, now thatt} DuP- e,. of Argyll admits the supremacy of Russia nl.l Persia, and that the. ca pture:. of Geoqk Tepe will render that supremacy complete, 'we may look forward to the further eaterprise ...

... noblest response that the reproving gods M. of Paganisntevercomuauuicatecltoman. In the i she great Ionian revolt against P'ersia the Chiaus an( took; a gallant part, and severely paid the Co penalty of their heroism. According to c Herodotus, the Persians ...

... fr, i present day, withl their numerous gates, such as 1 A~lenpo, whose gates are Bab-el-Farag, ;the , gate of pleasure;' Bab-el-Nasir, the gate Sof 2B victory; Bab-el-Hadid, the gate of irOn, . ho. It has long boee a matter of discussion i p w ...

... north to south. But then it is the it > little lands of the earth that have made the earth w great. Not China, nor India, nor Persia, nor t Russia, no, nor America, but Palestine, Greece, la Rome, Britain, have carried forward the burden rn of civilisation ...

... THIIE COUIRT. ey| 3qceuedy o oat His Blajesty the Shah of Persia arrivecd at b a Osborne yesterday afternoon to take lease uf tbe E oat Queen. i 2at The Queep and the Royal F mily,with the Shah b were conducted to the aDawillg-rnomw, where the ti e Queen ...

... it is - difficult to say: off-hand . who could - ill with - credit I h Mr-Curson's-place at thereign -Office were 1- he' t--bab remove& from iiitjustnow.; Ithis a ,jain~ourousap Mont MrEfurszon hassalready, o .-|broken vdswrn partially winden-itsi btzdeui ...

... which comes from St Petersburg to the effect that Great Britain has taken under her protectorate the whole of South Arabia from Bab-el-.Mandeb to the Gulf of Oman. This coup is recognised in diplomatic circles as of the most vide-reaching importance. It will ...

... whether the water-tube boiler is mak- . ing any progiess in the merchant marine, some facts from a return just prepared as to the Bab- 3 cock boiler are worth quoting, especially in view I of its growing favour in the United States Navy . and thiE ilering of ...

... beautiful fine needlework displayed in all was I especially noticeable in a cap, on which were I embroidered the words Sweet bab, don't cry, dated 1599, the year in which Cromwell was - born; £32 was paid for the clothes. A minia- I ture portrait of 'Miss ...