The Journal de St. Petersbowrg expresses great satisfaction at the friendly and peaceful expressions which fell from Lord Salisbury in his speech at the Mansion House on Wednesday, and trusts that events will fully justify his lordship's remarks, Ceylon Obsercer: is perhaps scarcely necessary for us to direct attention to the despatch from the Governor of Formosa to Li Hung-chang, a translation of which will be found in another column,
the sky from 6 to 6.30p.m. on Wednesday.
A peculiar phenomenon was witnessed in While the sun was setting the rays, spread out like a fan, were reflected on the opposite side of the heavens in all the colours of the rainbow, orange predominating. The reflected rays on the south-east met those from the opposite side of the horizon and formed an immense arch overhead. Similar phenomena have been witnessed several
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