20 JULY 1878, page 3

Mr. Alfred Austin, Who Delivered A Great Oration At Notting-

ham on Wednesday, at the annual gathering of the Conservative and Constitutional Associations, proclaimed his belief that if the British Empire is not " in its dotage," and if......

The Sudden Death Of Miss Catherine Winkworth, The Accom-...

compiler and translator of the " Lyra Germanica," on July 1st, in Savoy, deprives us of a woman of rare refinement and ability, who had had the wisdom to cut out for herself a......

A Whole Family Has Been Murdered In Wales In A

way which recalls De Quincey's account of the murders in Ratcliffe High- way,—years ago. On Monday last an assassin appears to have entered the premises of a labouring man,......

Mr. Cross Should Be At Once Asked To Explain The

Vivisection Returns. It appears from them that during the year four new ficences have been issued for " experiments without anaesthetics," seven licences dispensing with the......

Consols Were On Friday 951 To 95: - .

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Nor Was This The End Of The Government Troubles On

the sub- ject of this dear-meat Bill. When the subject of compensation to farmers, &c., for their slaughtered cattle came up, the question arose as to the right of corporations......

The Members Of The Established Church Of Scotland Have...

a great blow this week. They were under the impression, when the Patronage Abolition Act passed in 1874, that their Church had been set free from lay control, or that, in their......

The Irish Intermediate Education Bill Was Read A Second Time

in the House of Commons on Monday, without a division, Mr. C. Lewis (M.P. for Londonderry), who had moved its rejection, withdrawing his amendment at the close of the......