Another Great Strike Has Been Tried In America On Behalf

of the eight-hour principle, and has, as usual, failed. This time it was the " pork-packers " of Chicago, acting, of course, on behalf of the great pork-killing trade. The......

General Boulanger Is Obviously Intent On Conciliating The...

of the French Army. He cannot yet give them victories, and the Chamber would be startled if he gave them champagne and sausages ; but he can give them more leisure, and he has......

Lord Derby Was Entertained By The Mayor Of Liverpool On

Tuesday, and made a sensible speech. While admitting the depression to the full, he doubted whether the general com- munity had suffered much, and quoted some figures, given......

Mr. Blaine, Who, In Spite Of The General Distrust, Still

hopes to be the candidate of the Republican Party at the next election, has apparently decided that his best chance is to come out as an enthusiastic Protectionist and......

The Opening Of Mansfield College—or, Rather, Of The...

which is to be Mansfield College—at Oxford, on Monday, is an event of some importance. The College is intended to educate Nonconformist divines, and its establishment is a......

We Are Most Unfortunate In Burmah. Sir H. T. Mac-

pherson, the General in supreme command of the 35,000 men now collected there, died on Wednesday of fever, in a steamer on the Irrawaddy. He was a most brilliant officer, and in......

Messrs. Baring Will On Monday Sell The Largest Business Ever

offered to the public. The Guinness Brewery has been turned into a Limited-Liability Company, and will be sold to the public for six millions sterling in shares, preference......

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