A Very Curious Scene, Illustrating The Singular Want Of Tact
in the Tory Party, took place yesterday week in the House of Commons, when Mr. Pell, the Member for South Leicestershire, challenged the decision that the third reading of the......
The Outburst Of Cholera In Toulon Has Not Yet Been
very severe. The highest rate of death has been fifteen, and this only for one day ; and on Thursday it was only six, while there were only 118 cases in hospital. A large......
At The Anniversary Dinner Of The Cobden Club Last Saturday
Lord Carlingford delivered the speech of the day, and made an amusing attack on the " Fair-traders," especially Lord Dunraven and Lord Salisbury. Lord Dunraven says that he is......
On Thursday, The Annual Meeting Of The Metropolitan Asso-...
for Befriending Young Servants was held at Stafford House, under the presidency of Lord Hampden. The report explained how much the Association had effected during the last......
Miss Muller Has Allowed A Writing-table And An Escritoire To
be carried away from Cadogan Place, by way of distraint, in place of the taxes which she refuses to pay until she is allowed a vote. She held a meeting on the occasion last......
On Thursday Mr. Chamberlain Admitted Very Reluctantly...
no hope of carrying his Merchant-Shipping Bill against the continued hostility of the Clyde and the North- Eastern shipowners, though many of the most powerful of the London and......
Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.
Consols were on Friday 99t to 99i.......
Sir W. Harcourt, On Thursday, Moved The Second Reading Of
the London Government Bill in a persuasive speech, the pith of which was that, although his opponents spoke of "local self- government" as a better alternative, they made no......
Mr. Henry Fowler (m.p. For Wolverhampton) Also Made An...
speech on the real danger lest a certain section of the community should be bitten by Protectionism. He believed that a considerable section of the Tory Party is in favour of a......