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Scott Centenaries Are Still Going On, And We Want To

know why so many speakers think it necessary to abuse " Anne of Geier- stein." Did they ever read that story ? It is always mentioned as the last most melancholy evidence of Sir......

The Officers Of The Indian Staff Corps, Or Some Of

them, have 'another grievance which was discussed in the House of Commons on the 10th inat. They say they joined the Staff Corps on con- dition that they should enjoy its......

Mr. Fowler On Monday Moved The Rejection Of The Vote

for the police employed to carry out the Contagious Diseases Acts, that is in fact, the nullification of the Acts themselves. The debate is so prudishly reported that it is......

Consols Were On Friday 93g.

......

Mr. Tomline, The Member For Great Grimsby, Has Again...

to his silver question. This time he wants to know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer will help hint to try before a Court his claim to compel the Mint to coin his silver.......

A Correspondent Of The Times Recently Attacked Colonial...

coming home too often and resigning their sees too easily, whereupon Dr. Ryan, late Bishop of Mauritius, says that Dr. Wilson lived his life in Calcutta, that Dr. Smith was......

Mr. Gladstone Stated Ou Friday Se'nnight, To The Disgust Of

a great section of the Liberal party, that Mr. Disraeli had pledged the Government to pay Governor Eyre's legal expenses, incurred in defending himself for his conduct in......

Great Alarm Appears To Be Felt Iu London About The

cholera—an alarm very useful in many ways—but the few facts known do not justify it. Cholera, after being endemic in Russia for two, or, as some say, for five years, has reached......

An Absurd Little Debate Was Raised On Friday Week In

the House of Commons, which seems to interest a groat many people. Mr. Eastwick wanted such officers as had clone great services to the wounded during the war to be allowed to......

The " Orthodox Catholics," As They Call Themselves In...

have taken a great step forward. It was announced at a recent meeting at Heidelberg that they had scoured the adhesion of two Dutch Catholic Bishops, Jansenists, belonging to a......

The Select Committee Of The Commons On Pawnbroking Have...

that the time has not yet arrived for free-trade in pledges, and have advised that up to £2 interest should still be fixed by .statute at a halfpenny a month for every 2a. or......