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Trade Is So Rapidly Improving, And The Returns Of The

Revenue are so good, that it is believed Mr. Goschen, if no misfortune occurs, will, when he produces his next Budget, have upwards of £4,000,000 to dispose of. The distribution......

No Further News Has Been Received From Brazil As To

any insurrection, or as to the general condition of public opinion. The Government, in fact, appears to control all sources of information, the Press being silent or laudatory ;......

News Of The W Eek.

T HE Spanish Republicans, like the Portuguese, are greatly excited by the news from Brazil, and the heads of three Liberal fractions in the Chamber have withdrawn their support......

For Himself, Mr. Asquith Is Clearly For Federalism Under The

euphemistic name of decentralisation or devo.higon. He thinks that Parliament is choked with work, aml that it must be disembarrassed of the more local work, which should be......

It Is Said That The Majority In The French Chamber

intend to insist that all the commercial treaties of France, which are now rapidly expiring, shall - be left =renewed, and that France shall adopt a policy of g eneral......

* The Editors Cannot Undertake To Return Manuscript, In Any

case.......

The Only Important Speech Of The Week Has Been Mr.

Asquith's, delivered on Monday at Leeds. It was important because he repeated the demand which he made some months ago, that the leaders of his party should drop their reserve......

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