14 DECEMBER 1872, page 2

The Gas Strike Is Said To Be Over. It Was

evident from the first that the men had miscalculated their strength, and on Monday a decision of Mr. Lushington, sitting magistrate at the Thames Police-court, spread a perfect......

Sir G. Balfour Has Been Elected Member For...

a contest, and although the numbers will not be known in time for our issue, there is hardly a doubt that Mr. Barclay will be elected for Forfarshire. His adversary, Sir James......

The Test Vote Against The Prussian Bill For County Reform

was taken in the Herrenhaus on Saturday, on a motion by Iierr von Stahl, and was defeated by 114 to 87 votes. The Conservatives there- upon refused to discuss the Bill any......

We Cannot, Of Course, Contest A Legal Question With Sir

John , Wickens ; but if the Vice-Chancellor is right in his law, the law needs improvement very much. Lord Aylesford, on coining of age in 1870, wanted some money to pay off old......

Lord Malmesbury Has Published A Letter On The Game Laws,

to which the Times has accorded its largest type, but which, we ven- ture to say, is the most muddle-headed letter ever written upon the subject. Lord Malmesbury says rabbits......

Lord Rosebery, A Peer Who Does Not Talk Half Enough,

has added a chapter to the great English " History of the Uncomfort- able." In a speech at Edinburgh on Monday he told the citizens, on the authority of the Census return, that......

Among Dr. Stanley's Supporters Was Dr. Hayman, The Head...

of Rugby, who has pursued a policy of " masterly inaction " in relation to his own difficulties, and who may possibly have thought a Liberal vote on such an occasion not a bad......

The High Orthodoxies Should Not Attempt Coups De Main. Their

natural movement is slow, and like nature itself, they can never do anything of consequence without an ample allowance of time. The attempt to exclude Dean Stanley from the......