19 AUGUST 1871, page 1

The Death Of Mr. Charles Buxton Deprives The House Of

Com- mons of a most valuable member, an honest and earnest philan- thropist, whose philanthropy never got the better of his judgment. Mr. Buxton declined office under Lord......

The Gun-cotton Manufactory At Stowmarket, Said To Be The...

of the kind in the world, blew up on Friday evening, killing about thirty persons, and wounding treble that number. Two of the principal partners in the factory were blown to......

M. Rivet Demanded " Urgency " For His Motion, But

M. Adinet, of the extreme Right, moved as an amendment that the Assembly should confirm and continue the powers conferred on M. Thiers at Bordeaux. This was equivalent to a......

Members Who Work Hard In The House Of Commons During

the small hours have now apparently to do their own reporting. Mr. Watkiu Williams, for example, writes to the Times to inform the public that the Bill for reforming the......

News Of The Week.

T HE news from Frankfort is most unsatisfactory. It is said that the French are paying their indemnity too rapidly for German satisfaction, that Prince Bismarck objects toretire......

Mr. Fawcett On Monday Opened A Grand But Very Useless

debate on the constitutional propriety of abolishing Purchase by Royal Warrant. His point was that the Premier, the head of " an inefficient administration," had overridden......

Diplomatists Are Greatly, And, As We Conceive, Justly...

the meetings between the Emperors of Germany and Austria. The first took place at Iscbl on the 11th, and the second was to take place at Gastein on the 17th. At the first no......

M. Rivet On Saturday Introduced Into The French Assembly A

motion of great importance. He proposes to extend M. Thiors' powers for three years, to call him " President of the Republic," and to enable him to appoint and remove the......

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