16 MAY 1874, page 1

We Have Discussed Elsewhere The Debate On Mr. G....

Bill to assimilate the franchise in counties and boroughs, and need here only remark on some oddities in the Division List. The second reading was negatitred by 287 to 173, a......

Lord Carnarvon On Tuesday Explained The Government Plan...

reorganisation of the Gold Coast. We have discussed it 'elsewhere, but may here remark that Lord Carnarvon repudiates the idea either of abandoning 'the settlement or paving:......

News Of The Week.

W E have two sharp quarrels with American Republics this week on hand. The first case is rather obscure, inikit would seem that Captain Hyde was in command of the steamship '......

- The House Of Lords Discussed Archbishop Tait's Public Wor-

ship Bill on Monday, in almost the only field-night of the preeent Session. It was severely criticised by :Lord Shaftesbury, who said that while it did not touch . confession it......

A Correspondent - Of The Times, Who Signs Himself "c.,"...

an able letter to show that the admission of the labourer into the franchise would not.give him' representation: There are six peasant boroughs," and they do not represent......

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