A Happy-go-luckier—or Rather We Should, Perhaps, Say, An...
policy it is scarcely possible to con- ceive. If the Zulu War costs less than the Abyssinian, we shall be fortunate indeed. Yet Sir Stafford Northcote evidently hopes to bring......
This Is The Estimate For The Current Year, 1879-1880 :—
ESTIMATE OF REVENUE. ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURE. Customs £20,000,000 Permanent Charge of Debt a:3,000,000 Excise 27,270,020 Interest on Local Loans 410,00) Stamps 10,780,000 Charge......
On Monday Night, Mr. Dillwyn Asked The Chancellor Of The
Exchequer whether his attention had been called to a passage in Mr. Archibald Forbes's article in the new monthly periodical called Time, to the following effect, —that Lord......
Prince Bismarck Is Said To Have Proposed, At His Parlia
mentary soirée last Saturday, that the German Reichstag should " imitate the English example," and fall to debating only after dinner. The forenoon, he said, should be given to......
The News From Burmah Is Not Yet Satisfactory. The Chief
Commissioner, Mr. Aitchison, has ordered an official intimation to be put out by the Secretary, stating that to defend its sub- jects the Government has strengthened the......
The French Senate Has Decided, On The Suggestion Of The
Govern- ment, by a vote of 157 against 126, to adjourn the discussion as to the return from Versailles to Paris, till after the Easter recess, M. Leon Say declaring the opinion......
As We Have More Than Once Intimated, We Believe That
the return to Paris is a mere question of time ; but the highly sentimental character of the arguments in favour of this return, is not in itself a consideration that would in-......
There Can Be Little Doubt That The Chancellor Of The
Ex- chequer, alarmed at the falling-off of the revenue, did quietly tell Income-tax collectors to put on the screw. We hear from all sides of surcharges, and so numerous were......
We Have Had A Disaster And A Success In Afghanistan.
The tribes round Jellalabad have become so hostile, that on April 1st two strong expeditions were sent out, one to Futteha- bad, under General Gough, and one to Lughman, under......
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