Mr. M. Stewart, On Friday Week, Began A Debate On
the Opium monopoly in Bengal, urging that it should be abandoned, and the opium taxed, as in Bombay, at the port of export. We have shown the fallacy of this proposal elsewhere......
The Annoyance Given To The Young Lady On The South-western
Railway last week has caused a lively discussion about "ladies' carriages," and several ladies have given the reasons why they decline to use them, their reasons being, to our......
The New Egyptian International Tribunal Of Appeal For...
opened by the Khedive on Monday with a formal ceremonial. The Court consists of representatives from the European States and some Egyptians, and has jurisdiction in all cases......
It Is Affirmed That The German Budget Will Show A
deficit of nearly £1,000,000 sterling, which is expected to be permanent for some years, and will be met by an increase in the excise on beer and a tax on operations on 'Change.......
Mr. Fawcett And Sir J. Lubbock Made Excellent Speeches On
Monday in defence of the National Debt (Sinking Fund) Bill. Mr. Fawcett pointed out that if such a Bill as this had been passed before last year, it would have been simply......
Ferdinand, The Dethroned And Retired Emperor Of Austria,...
Tuesday at Prague, where he had lived in privacy for many years. A German correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette tells one or two very amusing stories of his peculiar, and......
The Royal Commission To Inquire Into The Practice Of...
tion, and to recommend remedies, consists of seven members,— Viscount Cardwell, Lord Winmarleigh (better known as Colonel Wilson-Patten), Mr. W. E. Forster, Sir John Kerslake,......
The Admitted Deficit In The Turkish Budget For This Year
will be £5,000,000, which is attributed, without reason, to the famine in Asia Minor, and which must be met by a loan. The Finance Ministry in putting forward this statement, at......
The Irish Members Almost Won A Victory On Wednesday, And
deserved it, for they were in the right. Mr. Butt moved the second reading of his Bill for transferring to elected County Boards the powers now belonging to Grand Juries, and he......
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