It Is Announced That , General Sir F. Haines Will Be
the next • Commander-in-Chief in India. 'Probably no man so little known to the• public ever obtained so important a command, but Sir Frederick is evidently trusted by his......
In Answer To The Argument That Our Colonial Empire Presses
hardly on the British taxpayer, Mr. Forster showed that at present at least it is not true, and is becoming less true every day. He showed that in 1872-3 it was only £370,000 on......
Nothing Has Come From The East This Week Except Rumours,
all of which point to some projected _pressure to be brought on Turkey by the Imperial Powers. Action seems to be delayed by the illness of the Grand Vizier, whose digestion is......
It Is Stated Demi-officially That Mr. Cavendish Bentinck...
Judge-Advocate-General, and that Mr. Stanhope willencceed him as Secretary to the Board of Trade. The object of that curious shuffle would seem to be to keep the Board of Trade......
The Lord Chancellor And The Lord Chief Justice Both Made
speeches at Guildhall, and both of them referred to the great changes brought about by the Judicature Act, but in a decidedly different spirit. Lord Cairnpapoke of himself as......
Mr. Forster Also Spoke At Edinburgh On Education On...
when receiving the honorary gift of the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, and told an excellent story of the use educa- tion had been to Scotchmen. A Scotchman recently applied......
A Pamphlet Has Appeared At Berlin, Called " Pro Nihilo,"
con- taining many of the letters produced at Count Arnim's trial. They are full of bitter complaints from Prince Bismarck against the Count for not supporting M. Thiers, for......
At Edinburgh, On The Duty Of Maintaining The Integrity Of
our Colonial Empire. He answered the remark that it is not for us to anticipate the future of our Colonies, by pointing out that we' " always do and must anticipate the future,......
Excluding Colonies Which Are Mere Advanced Fortresses,...
like India, West Africa, and the West Indies, which the white race can never properly colonise, Mr. Forster showed that..cur Colonies occupy upwards of 6,000,000 square miles......
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