If An Account Published In The Times Of Friday Is
correct, the Post-Office Money-Order system is unexpectedly unprofitable. In 1873 no less than £21,630,000 was remitted through the Post Office, and a commission of 1 per cent.......
There Is A Grand Discussion Going On In The Papers
as to why Englishmen do not get the best teas, and Russians do. Some of the writers, who all seem to be experts, say the cause is the price ; but then Englishmen will give any......
Long Telegrams Are Reaching England About The Relations...
and the Porte, which of late have been rather "strained." As far as we can gather from them, Austria wants not only that a system of Railways in Turkey should be con- nected......
Mr. E. A. Leatham, The Member For Huddersfield, Who Is
a Quaker, laid this week the foundation of a Baptist chapel, and gave an address on the occasion. As Quakers do not baptise, he thought it necessary to defend himself from a......
The Times Publishes A Long Description By M. Koscheleff Of
the present state of the Russian Civil Service. It is, he alleges, arbitrary, idle, selfish, and even in the highest ranks, corrupt. Its members seek nothing but their own......
Mr. Childers, On Tuesday Evening, Delivered A Lecture To His
constituents on Canada and the United States, the main points of which seem to have been these :—He thought the Canadians were beginning to bear to their American neighbours......
It Is, We Suppose, Clear From Sir Stafford Northcote's...
that we may expect a very quiet Budget this year, but the method by which our contemporaries satisfy themselves of that is, to say the least, very summary. The Revenue returns......
It Appears From Some Statistics Published In The Times That
the total indebtedness of the local authorities throughout England is now £77,073,000, of which the boroughs owe £30,441,000, the Harbour Trustees £19,733,000, the Metropolitan......
President Grant Has Formally Abandoned The Attempt To Im-...
the Civil Service of the United States. He had threatened that if Congress would not legislate on the subject before dis- persing, he should regard its inaction as a disapproval......
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