The Papacy Is Worrying Again About Mixed Marriages, And In
the oddest way. It has not prohibited them altogether, but has forbidden any priest to perform the ceremony if it is to be repeated in a Protestant church. It might as well......
Last Week A Woman Named Sarah Dobner, Aged 56, Died
suddenly at the Great Western Station, at Paddington, after hav- ing travelled by the Underground Railway from King's Cross. The medical evidence was that she had died from......
If The House Of Commons Is Wise, It Will Next
year increase the powers of its Speaker. It is possible the Householders may send up more than one Whalley, and if they do, gentlemen, unless armed with direct authority, will......
Sir Stafford Northcote Introduced The Indian Budget On...
a clear and not uninteresting speech, the main points of which were that he agreed with Mr. Massey's figures ; that he accepted Mr. Massey's budget ; that he disliked the extra......
Mr. Welby Pugin Has Brought A Very Serious Charge Against
the late Sir C. Barry. He says that the Houses of Parliament, which made Sir Charles's fortune, were not designed by him, but by the late Mr. Pugin, who sold his plans to the......
The French Used To Be The Frog-eating Peoplepar...
Englishmen, who eat pork, which Mussulmans consider unclean, and eggs, which Hindoos think filthy, and eels, which Scotchmen abhor, and black-pudding, which turns all decent......
Some Of The Unions Seem Determined To Make It Impossible
for decent men to advocate their cause. The Sawgrinders of Sheffield have resolved that the crimes of Unions arise from their want of legislative power—whether over their own......
Before The Budget Mr. Ayrton Produced His Suggestions,...
(1) that the Viceroy's Council shall consist of chiefs of depart- ments, each of whom, but not all of whom, shall be consulted on each subject ; (2) that there be a Minister for......
Englishmen Are Always Buying, And, By Their Own Account,...
have anything. We spend 15,000,000/. a year on the Army and cannot find troops for the smallest expedition ; 17,000,0001. a year on the Navy, and have no ironclads ; Heaven......
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