Sir W. Foster Moved On Friday Week That The Septennial
Act be repealed, in order to shorten the duration of Parliaments, and the debate, though, of course, somewhat academic, was an unexpectedly good one. Sir W. Foster showed that......
Mr. Goschen Showed That The Signs Of Depression Consisted...
in the great falling-off at the Clearing-House, and the fall in the consumption of wine, beer, and spirits (except brandy), and in the stamps on City business. On the other......
A Very Great Change Will, It Is Believed, Shortly Take
place in the German military system. According to the new Berlin correspondent of the Times, who, we may remark, draws up. his telegrams with unusual clearness, the experiments......
Mr. Goschen Explained That He Had Taken Measures To Put
a stop to a system called " grogging," by which the revenue had lost, but in future would no longer lose, about 2200,000 a year. It was a system the object of which was to......
Last Saturday, Mr. Balfour Was Admitted An Honorary...
the Merchant Taylors' Company, which celebrated the five hundred and ninety-second anniversary of its founda- tion on that day. Mr. Balfour, of course, had to respond to the......
Alarm Appears To Increase In China. The Statesmen Of Pekin
have detected the want of unity among the European Powers, and are setting them at defiance. The Ambassadors have recen,tly demanded to be received within the Palace itself; but......
Mr. Balfour, In Reply, Made A Fine Speech. He Said
that much of Mr. Fowler's speech was an argument for dissolving this Parliament, and that if "no dissolution is to take place on an old register, it may be necessary to......
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