21 DECEMBER 1878, page 2

Prince Bismarck Will, It Appears, Obtain The New And Heavy

tax which be thinks necessary to restore German finance. He had proposed that tobacco should be made a Government monopoly in Germany, as it is in France ; and although the......

Those Who Have Any Doubt As To The Facts And

reasoning by which we arrived at a conclusion so unfavourable to the trust- worthiness of the Rhodope Report, should read a very careful letter in the Scotsman of Thursday,......

The Last Night Of The Afghan Debate Was Chiefly Remarkable

for the vigorous speeches of Sir W. Harcourt and Lord Hartington. The former proved carefully, what he has since verified still more carefully in his letters to the Times, that......

The Debate Of Monday And Tuesday, On The Method Of

paying the expenses of the Afghan war, was comparatively a poor one. Many Members delivered speeches prepared for the previous debate, and many more seemed to think that the......

The Division List Shows That Hardly Any Genuine Liberals...

with the Government. Of course Mr. Roebuck did, but he is no more a Liberal than is Sir Robert Peel. Sir N. M. de Rothschild voted with the Government, in compliance with the......

On The Evening Of Yesterday Week, After Our Last Issue

went to press, the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice of his inten- tion to propose (on Tuesday) a vote for the assistance of the sufferers in the Rhodope districts, and he......

No Announcement Has Been Received From The Cape Of A

Zulu declaration of war, but it is still expected in Natal, with con- siderable alarm. Lord Chelmsford, the General commanding, has abandoned the attack on Secocceni's......

It Is Remarkable, Considering How Important The Subject...

Englishmen, how little we hear of events actually passing at Con- stantinople. According to accounts which must be substantially true, a kind of revolution has occurred in the......