A Scotch Deputation Waited On Sir Stafford Northcote...
week, to represent to him the grievances of the Scotch farmers in respect of the dog and gun tax. The dog tax was a griev- ance to all who kept sheep, and were therefore......
The Stroud Election Resulted In The Return Of The Liberal
can- didate, Mr. Marling, a local magnate, who represented West Gloucestershire in the Parliament of 1868-73, but did not come forward at the general election of last year. He......
The Pope Has Addressed An Encyclical To The Prussian...
telling them that the Falck laws are invalid, as no temporal ruler can interfere in things which concern the service of the Church or deprive Bishops of their functions. All......
Sir Charles Lyell, The Greatest English Geologist,...
geologist who ever lived, died at the age of seventy- eight, in Harley Street, on Monday last. He was one of our widest-minded scientific men, keeping his mind open to the very......
Sir Henry James On Tuesday Asked For A Select Committee
to inquire into the circumstances attending the making of foreign loans, and made a most amusing speech. He took as crucial in- stances the loans effected by Honduras for......
The Colonial Office Is Embarrassed By Anew Difficulty In The
Langalibelele affair. Lord Carnarvon restored the Potini tribe absolutely, but there were political objections to restoring Langalibalele, who hail disobeyed a legal summons,......
The Editor Of The Frankfurter Zeitung, A Liberal Paper, Not
at all given to Romanism, quite the reverse, has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for three months for publishing in his paper a translation of an article—" A Week......
The Correspondence As To The Contest At Liskeard Between Mr.
nommen and Mr. Courtney has been succeeded by a still more trivial correspondence as to the last contest at Stroud between Mr. Brand and Lord Bury. Lord Bury charged Mr. Brand......
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