18 JANUARY 1879, page 2

On Wednesday, Mr. Goschen Delivered An Address To The...

of University College, Bristol, in which he insisted on the importance of the distinction between useful knowledge, and knowledge which gives the mind a mastery over itself,......

The Annual Meeting Of The London And Westminster Bank,...

the most important of all unlimited Joint-Stock Banks, was held on Wednesday, and the statements made by the Chair- man, Sir John Rose, have greatly reassured the public. This......

The Proposals For Advancing English Money To The Sultan Are

endless, but the most dangerous is one put forward by Mr. Hamilton Lang, in the Times of Monday. He declares that the " mime difficulty," that isi the difficulty of the......

Before The Germans Can Have The Satisfaction Of Trying...

Bismarck's new experiments in Protectionist policy,—in other words, of experimenting, like Goethe in his youth, on their capability for suicide,—they have had the advantage of......

The Marquis Of Ripon Seems To Be None The Less

of a Liberal for having become a Roman Catholic. In an address delivered to a Liberal meeting in Harrogate yesterday week, he remarked that while other people became......

On The Subject Of Cyprus, Sir William Harcourt Was Very

amusing. Quoting Mr. Brassey, to show that " the British administrators of Cyprus hold the unworthy office of tax- gatherers for a bad Government," he pointed out that we had......

It Is Still Extremely Doubtful Whether The German...

resist Prince Bismarck's Bill for punishing the free expres- sion of opinion by Members of the Reichstag within the walls of Parliament. It is reported in some quarters that the......

When The Law Against The Socialists Was First Passed, It

is said that Prince Bismarck burst out with, " Now, off we go for the pig-sticking !" (" Jetzt geht die Sauhatz los "). And apparently the chase has been tolerably active. For......