15 JUNE 1878, page 2

The Reactionaries In The French Senate Made A Great Effort

this day week to embarrass the Government once more,—and again failed. They proposed a resolution contesting the right of the Government to fix the date of the Senatorial......

The Bishop Of Manchester Has Written A Very Able And

tem- perate letter on the Lancashire cotton strike, in which he urges on the cotton operatives the danger of losing a considerable por- tion of the trade, if they insist either......

It Begins To Be Evident That The Masters Have Defeated

the operatives in Lancashire. According to the latest intelligence from Burnley, the mills are reopening at the ten-per-cent. reduc- tion, eight mills having resumed work on......

A Frightful Accident Occurred On Friday Week In The Wood

pit colliery, belonging to Messrs. Evans and Co., about five miles from Warrington. The gas, from some unknown cause, suddenly exploded, and of 248 men in the mine upwards of......

The Clerical Ministry In Belgium Has Fallen. Under The...

Constitution, half the Chamber is re-elected every two years, and half the Senate every four years, and on Tuesday an election came off for both Houses. The Clericals suffered......

A Great Philanthropic Experiment, Commenced By The Late...

the millionaire, of New York, and completed by his widow, has failed. Ile erected a grand hotel for working- women, in which 1,000 women were to be respectably lodged and fed......

The House Of Commons Reassembled On Thursday, And Mr....

moved a resolution declaring that no Treaties involving guarantees or subsidies should be signed in future without the previous consent of Parliament. Mr. Gladstone, however,......

Sir Rutherford Alcock Writes To Monday's Times That...

has now fallen in some of the famine-struck districts of China, and that by the month of October it may produce good results, till then none of the poor creatures dependent on......

The Government Of Prussia Has Asked The Federal Connell Of

Germany to authorise the Emperor to dissolve Parliament, Prince Bismarck hoping that amidst the excitement caused by Nobiling's attempt on the Emperor's life the electors may......