... the south- east of the island. On October let, 1874, Mr, G. A. Shaw, of the Bettiteo mission, having been invited by the King of Ikongo, set out to pay him a visit. One of the great difficulties of Mr, Shaw's march arose from thousands of leeches whiol) ...

... the King of Oude, dating as far back as In 1S-V) the territory of Qude was annexed by the late Earl of Dalhousie, and vested in the Hon. East India. Company, by an Act of Power, without the assent, although without the armed resistance, of the King of ...

... KINGS AND EMPERORS. Mr. Gilfillan has delivered his tenth historical lecture at Dundee. He gave a minute account of the battle of Bannockburn, and closed by remarking as follows: -lat. What blessings this victory gave us! Eng- land, says Dr. Arnold, ...

... DEATH OF THE REV. DR. VIVIAN. The death is announced of the Rev. Dr. James Wil- liam Vivian, rector of St. Peter-le-Poer, Old B mad- street, minor canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, and priest in ordinary to the Queen. Dr. Vivian graduated at All Souls', ...

... which will be devoted to Mrs. Riddell's story. —A statement has appeared in several daily and weekly papers giving an account of the will of the late Mr. Holmes, and naming a one-fourth share in the Athrrueum as having belonged to Mr. Holmes. The will is ...

... MR. GLADSTONE AND HIS OPPONENTS. Mr. Gladstone has issued the following letter :— Within the last fortnight, or thereabouts, the fol- lowing statements, purporting to be of fact^ have been assiduously circulated respecting me in different parts of the ...

... was at the Court of King George III., a Rev. Dr. Wilmot who claimed kinship with the Earl Rochester: and that this gentleman had a daughter of great beauty by a private but legal marriage with the daughter of Stanislaus, the late King of Poland. It IS alleged ...

... MR. GLADSTONE AND THE VATICAN. W. quote some of the most remarkable pauagea from Mr. Gladstone's Political Expostulation on the Vatican Decrees just published by Mr. Murray. Mr. Gladstone begins by reiterating the principles he laid down in his famous ...

... MURDRR OF MR. BRIGGS. FURTHER PARTICULARS. On the evening of the murder Franz Muller, it has- been ascertained, went about seven o'clock to the house of Mr. Repsch, Jewry-street, Minories, and was there left in the company of Haffa, Mr. and Mrs. Repsch ...

... being not a whit inferior, either in demonstra- tion or fervour, to that Mr. Richard had received else- where. At half-past seven, Mr. Richard, accompanied by Mrs. Richard, and Mr. Charles James (chairman), en- tered the chapel, and the proceedings then ...

... reference to lunatic pauper. Mr. Lewis, of Ely Plaf$^ London, appeared for the Lunacy Commissioners,; and Mr. Frank James for Mr: Watkins. Mr. James then took certain objections, which after taking time to consider, Mr. Fowler in a very ...

... repeal the clause, amongst those who voted, or paired with me. being Mr Bri/dt, Mr Lowe, Mr Gosch- en. Dr Lyon Piayfair, Mr Peel, Mr Grauc Duff, Mr Cave, ...