17 FEBRUARY 1877, page 8

Mr. Fawcett's Defeat.

ITIHE Public Debt of India is about £120,000,000 sterling, or JL a little less than two-and-a-half years' revenue of the Em- pire, and the interest on it is £6,000,000, or......

Patents For Inventions.

E NGLISHMEN have very little regard for Inventors, but they have a great deal of fellow-feeling for them ; and though the two sentiments have nothing in common, the in- ventor......