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The Discussion Concerning The Countervailing Duty Which...

by the sugar-refiners to put on all sugar the exportation of which is promoted by bounties, like the French bounties, does not often touch the real issue. That a countervailing......

The Present Mayor Of Birmingham—alderman Jesse Collings...

very sensible innovation on the traditional usages of the office which he holds. He has arranged, at his own private cost, to give a series of free concerts at the Town Hall ;......

It Is Very Difficult To Doubt That Lord Lytton Has

decided on an advance to Cabul, although such an advance may not have actually begun. Sir S. Browne's force at Jellalabad has been strengthened by an additional Division, and he......

A Sharp Discussion Has Been Taking Place In The Times

during the week, between Mr. C. H. Pearson, one of the Victorian Com- missioners for the settlement of the Constitutional difficulty, and Mr. Frederick W. Haddon, who takes the......

The Times Publishes A Curious Account Of A...

in France, which but for one circumstance might turn out important. A good many moderate sceptics are im- patient of their position as Catholics, and are willing to turn......

At The Examination Of Katherine Webster Before The Rich....

Bench of magistrates, on Thursday, a fresh statement was read, which the prisoner had made,—a statement which changed her version of the date of the murder from the 3rd to the......

A Reporter Of The Boston Herald Has Interviewed Mr. Jeffer-

son Davis, the late President of the Confederate States. He states .that he accepts the results of the war, which he now de- scribes as " that great cslamity." He is of opinion......

A Curious Discussion Between M. Renan And M. 314zieres Con-

cerning the personal appearance of St. Paul, has followed the public reception of M. Renan into the French Academy. M. Renan has described St. Paul as a bald man, of short......

Consols Were On Friday 98 1 1 1 . To 98a.

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