The Pall Mall Gazette Gives A Valuable But Very...
account of the military force within the United Kingdom. It consists, it says, of 22 cavalry regiments, numbering 400 each, or, say, 8,800 men ; and 68 battalions of infantry,......
The Ruin Worked By This War On 'change Has Been
terrible, but not, perhaps, unhealthy. It seems that a mania for speculation had set in ; quiet people all over England were buying and selling time-bargains, and when the crash......
The Latest News As Regards Neutral Powers May Be Summed
up in a very short paragraph. Russia remains nominally neutral, but her troops are concentrating in Poland, where there is grow- ing agitation, and the Imperial Guard, 60,000......
Lord Northbrook, Under-secretary For War, Stated On...
Lords that Sir H. Storks had authorized him to declare that " as to artillery, small arms, and ammunition the country had never been better provided than at present." Moreover,......
Mr. Gladstone Acted As Chairman At The Dinner Of The
Cobden Club on Saturday, and made a speech on Mr. Cobden and Free Trade which contained one noteworthy idea. He doubted whe- ' ther Englishmen were much better or wiser than......
The Education Bill Has Been Read A Second Time In
the Lords, amid a unanimous expression of approval, the only point strongly reserved being the election of School Boards by ballot. Lord Shaftesbury, whose opinion was by far......
We Have Received Endless Maps Of The Seat Of War,
all bearing marks of hasty manufacture. The cheap maps, in particular, are atrocious, the railways running apparently according to the drafts- man's discretion, and half the......
The Emperor Arrived At Metz On Thursday, And Immediately...
the following proclamation to his army :—" Soldiers am about to place myself at your head, to defend the honour and the soil of the country. You go to fight against one of the......
The Only Parliamentary Discussion Upon The Draft Treaty...
by Mr. Disraeli on Monday, when he complained of delay in producing papers, denounced the reticence maintained towards the House, and asked for information about a projected......
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