23 DECEMBER 1871, page 3

George Hudson, The Railway King, Is Dead, And Everybody Is

speaking well of him, and pointing out that, after all, the specula- tions he favoured have turned out well, and that he died poor. Quite true ; but what has that to do with the......

Mr. Boutwell, The American Finance Minister, Has The Most...

ideas of political economy. All materials used in ship- building being " protected " in the United States, the yards cannot compete with British builders, and the carrying trade......

The Australian Moat Companies Seem To Us To Be Playing

an un- wise game, which we notice not for their sake, but for that of the public. They have got the ball at their foot. They can sell their meat at a cost which, allowing for......

The Times Appears Greatly Surprised At Some Statistics...

from India showing that young soldiers do not die there so fast as old ones, but that has always been the experience of civil life. Every old Indian knows that men who go out......

After Seventy Days Of Evidence, The Case Of The Claimant

to the Tichborne estates has at length been completely placed before the Court, and men are, for the first time, beginning to count on living to see the close of the trial. Sir......

An Effort Is Being Made Among Scientific Men In England

to obtain, if possible, a commutation or remission of the sentence passed upon M. Elie& Reelus, the great French physical geo- grapher, —the English translation of whose......

'rho Author Of A Letter On Volunteer Expenses In Our

issue of last week advised from four to eight squad-drills a year, not forty-eight. The mistake was the printer's, who, knowing busi- ness, could not believe that he advised so......

The Pall Mall Records That The German Ambassador In Mexico,

Count Enzeuburg, a great collector of autographs, has got M. Gnizot's, M. Tillers', and Prince Bismarck's autographs, all in the same page of his autograph album, and all of......

Some Intelligence Received This Week From Cuba Strongly...

the views we expressed last week as to the conduct of the Volunteers. The regular troops are in the interior, and these men are masters of the capital, where, besides inducing......

Consols Were On Friday 92i To 92i Ox. Div.

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