The New Water Bill For The Metropolis Recommended By The
Select Committee will not do much good. Its intention is to compel the Companies to give a constant supply, instead of an intermittent one, and it does compel them, but on......
Mr. W. Taylor, F.s.s., Read To The British Association A
paper containing some very suggestive facts. The total number of labourers in England and Wales of all classes living on weekly wages and working with their hands is, including......
There Was A Grand Duel Between Mr. Disraeli And Mr.
Gladstone on Tuesday night. The Tory leader, like Sir It. Peel, is an in- habitant of the House of Commons, and never heartily approves any proceeding derogatory to its......
The Statute Holiday On Monday Was Only Partly Observed. The
, clerks went out of town, but the workmen stopped there, which, considering that our long-absent friend the sun has reappeared, glowing with his long holiday, is a pity. The......
A Statue Of Oliver Cromwell Has Suddenly Appeared Before Old
Palace Yard. It was at first believed that Mr. Ayrton, careless of the refusal of the House of Commons to put the Protector among the Kings, had 'placed him there as a prophecy......
The Centenary Of The Birth Of Sir Walter Scott Was
celebrated at Edinburgh on Wednesday with great enthusiasm, the great speech at a splendid banquet held in the Corn Exchange being delivered by W. Stirling-Maxwell. His speech,......
The Shakers Of America, Though Slightly Cracked As To Their
religious tenets, and given to curious excesses of anthropomorphic speculation, are by the testimony of all observers good people, industrious, self-sacrificing, and pure. They......
Consols Were On Friday 931 To 9.
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The Earth, Then, Is Either Solid, Or Has An Exceedingly
thick crust, becoming harder as we descend, harder than any known rock. At least, that is the conclusion pointed at in a paper presented to the British Association by the Tidal......
Lord Houghton, In A Well-turned Speech At The Centenary In
'honour of Miss Hope Scott, the sole survivor of the line, men- tioned the kind of loneliness in which the names of all the great • littdrateurs stand. They have rarely left......
The Times Remarks That The Returns Of British Trade For
the past month show an extraordinary increase, particularly in our exports, which reached £19,811,000, the largest total ever attained. We are told that there is also a distinct......
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