Lord Tennyson Has Been Very Ill ; But We Are
thankful to observe that he is well advanced in his recovery. We cannot spare him yet. "Passing the Bar" indicates so large a reserve of poetical power, that the country would......
On Monday Night, The Debate On The Address Actually Came
to an end within the fortnight,—a great improvement on the precedents of recent Sessions. Unfortunately, however, the debate on the Commission Report, which is to begin on Mon-......
The House Of Representatives At Washington Has Decided...
"World's Fair," or great Exhibition to be opened in 1891, shall be held in Chicago. That city had for rivals New York, St. Louis, and Washington, and five ballots were taken ;......
Lord Wolseley On Tuesday Made A Highly Optimist Speech To
the North London Rifle Club. No one can be more com- petent to judge, and, according to him, the Fighting Services were never in so good a position. "Thanks to the energy of the......
The London County Council Is Learning By Experience That All
democratic principles will not work. It is one of them that secrecy is bad, that "the people" have a right to know everything their representatives are doing, and that to......
The Strike Of The Stokers Employed By The South Metropolitan
Gas Company cost that Association 233,000, or a third of their profits for the half-year, the directors, however, only reducing their dividend from 13* per cent, to 12. The......
Lord Salisbury Is Getting Into Arrears With His Bishops. The
Bishop of Bangor is resigning, the Bishop of St. Albans is resigning, and the Bishopric of Durham has been vacant for the last ten weeks. The filling-up of these Bishoprics is......
Mr. Chamberlain Made A Very Statesmanlike Speech On The...
expressing his own individual devotion to the prin- ciple of free schools, but recognising fully the rights of the Voluntary schools and the financial difficulties of the......
• Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent. New Consols (24) Were
on Friday 97I to 97i.......
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