18 APRIL 1874, page 1

The Dispute Between The German Liberals And The Govern- Ment

on the Army Bill has been, as we expected it would be, compromised, partly, no doubt, through the disinclination of the Liberals to avail themselves in any way of Ultramontane......

Sir Stafford Northcote Expounded His Budget On Thurs- Day...

with too much prolixity indeed, and with a certain tendency to blander as to arithmetical detail . which re- minded one more of the results .of Mr. Lowe's defective vision than......

The Prussian Government Is Rapidly Coming To Very Close...

with the Roman Church. On Wednesday, Archbishop Ledochowski's case was tried before the Ecclesiastical Tribunal at Berlin, and the Archbishop not appealing, he was condemned in......

News Of The Week.

T HE French Government has finally decided that the Septennat shall not be considered an interregnum, but a substantive Government, established for a period of years. M.......

For The Coming Year, Sir Stafford Northcote's Estimates...

and expenditure, if no change were to be made in the taxation, would be as follows :— REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. aust01313 420,740,000 Interest on Debt ... 426.700,000 Excise......

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