12 JANUARY 1884, page 2

Prince Bismarck Has Introduced A New Bill For In- Suring

workmen against accident. The employers in each trade, or rather, division of trades—upholsterers, for example, being classed with carpenters—are to form an insurance guild,......

As We Anticipated, The Rejoicings Over The Commercial...

Spain prove to have been premature. The Council of State at Madrid, by a vote of 14 to 13, has advised the rejection of the Draft Treaty, and though it will be submitted to......

If Mr. George Wishes, As He Evidently Does, To Be

considered rather the Professor of a new Political Economy than an in- cendiary, he should separate himself from colleagues like Mr.. Michael Devitt. That person is losing his......

M. Ferry Has Explained Himself Upon Revision, By...

friend to repeat to the correspondent of the Times his exact words uttered in conversation. There will be no Revision at all until Bills have been passed by both Houses limiting......

Mr. Gladstone Made A Very Fresh And Interesting Speech To

his Hawarden tenants on Wednesday, at the annual dinner of the tenantry, on the subject of the present condition of English agriculture. He insisted that the farmer, as the......

Mr. Henry George, The Author Of " Progress And Poverty,"

explained his views on the nationalisation , of the land, or rather on the confiscation of all land rentals, on Wednesday, at St.. James's Hall. He spoke with great eloquence,......

Matters Are Fast Approaching A Crisis In Spain. The...

tension there must be much more severe than outsiders per- ceive. The Prime Minister, S. Posada Herrera, has hitherto been rather ultra•Liberal, has accepted advice from......

On Tuesday Morning The Head Of The Brahmo Somaj Of

India, Keshub Chunder Sen, died at Calcutta, at a comparatively early age. Ever since 1878, when the marriage of his daughter with the Rajah of Cooch Behar took place, at an age......