And Sir Stafford Northcote Was Only Too Happy To Get
the opportunity of endorsing this doctrine. Evidently he had not enjoyed the quasi-recalcitrancy of his colleague, Mr. Ward Hunt, and was eager to show that the Cabinet wholly......
President Grant, We Are Happy To Say, Has Vetoed The
" In- flationist" Bills passed by Congress, declaring that he desires a return to specie payments. It is a bold step, and reveals with curious clearness the immense extent of......
News Of The Week.
L ORD DERBY'S chance has arrived. M. de Lesseps has warned the Admiralty that, in future, British men-of-war must pay the passage-dues before entering the Canal at Port Said,......
Mr. Gladstone's Criticism Of The Budget On Thursday Night...
more than candid and mild,—almost unreasonably tender. Not only did he refrain from saying a word in favour of the alternative policy he had recommended to the country, and -......
Mr. Goschen Is A Very Clear And Very Earnest Speaker,
but what with his candour and what with his habit of speaking as if his audience knew something, he sometimes gives to outsiders an impression of admitting that which he is......
Mr. Ward Hunt, The New First Lord Of The Admiralty,
brought forward his Estimates on Monday. They are, with one slight exception, Mr. Goschen's estimates, and amount to a demand - for £10,000,000 sterling for the Navy. The......
