21 DECEMBER 1878, page 3

In The French Senate, On This Day Week, M. Waddington

gave a reply in relation to the policy of France at the Congress, and the results of the Congress, which was of some interest. He so far supported Lord Beaconsfield, that he......

A Grand Free-trade Demonstration Was Held In Paris On...

when exceedingly telling speeches were delivered by M. Frederic Passy and M. Raoul Duval. The former directed his speech to re- fute the assertion that what might be good for......

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......

Mr. H. Stacey Marks, An Artist Long Known For His

great humour, the fidelity and vividness of his figure-painting, and the quaint- ness of his subjects, has been at length elected a Royal Academician. Mr. Marks is still......

On Tuesday, Mr. Cross, The Home Secretary, And Mr....

the head of the Local Government Board, gave answers in relation to the distress existing in the manufacturing districts, answers in some respects of i reassuring kind. Mr.......

The Speeches On The Side Of Government Were Rather...

Mr. Stanhope brought forward the strong argument that if England found the money, India would be actually paid for waging a war undertaken on her own behalf, and declared that......

Lord Penzance Has Acted Wisely In Declining To Read The

Lord Chief Justice's irritating letter to him on the question at issue between the Court of Arches and the Court of Queen's Bench ; but perhaps he would have done better if, in......

We Regret Deeply To Notice The Death Of Mr. Bayard

Taylor, the American Minister at Berlin, who died suddenly, on Thurs- day, of dropsy. Mr. Taylor was originally, like his friend Horace Greeley, a compositor, and rose gradually......

Consols Were On Friday 941 To 941, Ex Div.

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