12 APRIL 1873, page 1

The Discussion Which Followed The Budget Was, As Usual, De-

sultory, and not particularly instructive. Mr. White (M.P. for Brighton), while approving the Estimates and the Budget, op- posed any attempt at reducing the Debt, and seemed......

Out Of This Surplus He Proposes To Pay Half The

Alabama indemnity (21,600,000), leaving £3,146,000 for the relief of taxation. Mr. Lowe then gives up ld. in the income-tax, which will dispose of £1,425,000 in the current year......

Some Of His Friends Ought To Warn Mr. Plimsoll That

he is in danger of going just a little too fast and a little too far. In the redress of real grievances the zeal that outruns discretion is one of the most dangerous qualities a......

As Regards The Comparison Between The Estimates Of...

the actual revenue, the estimate had been for £71,846,000, and the actual revenue was £76,608,770, so that the actual revenue had exceeded the estimate by £4,762,770. Of this......

The Prince Of Wales Commenced The Observance Of Passion Week

in a way that, if it cannot be said to do any one any harm, is not calculated to add to the honour that ought to hedge the personage who stands on the next step to the Throne.......

News Of The Week.

LO WE made a rather short and probably popular financial _LT L statement last Monday. He observed that the unfavourable harvest and the disturbances in France and Spain,......

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