The Reception Of Mr. Gladstone At Birkenhead On Thursday,...
he had to cut the first sod of a new railway joining Birkenhead with Wales,—the Wirral Rail- way,—was a significant sign of the times. Birkenhead is a strongly Conservative......
The Members Of The Prime Meridian Conference Sitting At...
have decided to adopt Greenwich and to measure 180 degrees of longitude each way, marking West by minus and East by plus. A motion to count the degrees continu- ously was......
In The Same Speech, Lord Randolph Made A Furious Attack
on the Bill which the Standard had revealed, lamenting at the same time that the Standard had, shown a disposition to join "the party of snivel and drivel." The attack was......
Prince Bismarck Has Summoned A Conference To Meet In Berlin,
and settle once for all the position of Europe on the Niger and the Congo, and the formalities through which each nation will take possession of any riverine territory it......
The French Have Suffered A Repulse In Formosa, And Have
achieved a success in Tonquin. Admiral Lespes, on the 8th inst., landed 600 men to attack Tamsui; but the Chinese troops, who had been carefully concealed, attacked them......
The Times' Correspondent In Paris Says M. Ferry Will Not
be beaten. He is protected by the near approach of the elections, the Deputies being afraid that, if he is overthrown, the next Ministry may leave their names out of the......
Some Of The Tory Leaders, In Their Despair, Are Inclined
to see if they cannot resuscitate Protection. Sir Stafford Northcote "will not commit himself" so far as to promise a Commission of Inquiry, but thinks the subject ought to be......
Lord Randolph Churchill At Birmingham On Wednesday Pro-...
blessing on the Standard for exposing the Minis- terial proposals, whatever means the managers of the paper may have taken for that end, on the principle that as espion- age......
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