25 JANUARY 1879, page 3

The Outbreak Of " Plague " At Astrachan Appears Seriously

to have alarmed the Governments of Central Europe. They believe, it is stated, that it is not "plague," in the technical sense, but the horrible epidemic known in Asia as the......

Dr. Richardson, The Well-known Lecturer On Sanitarian...

dreamer who dreamed some years ago of the model city of Hygeia, in a lecture delivered on Monday at the London Institution, quoted American statistics to show that intellectual......

A Correspondent Of The Times, Who Appears To Be Well

informed, writes from Cairo that the Egyptian revenue, under a manage- ment tolerably just, will not exceed £8,500,000—in itself an enormous amount for a population so small and......

The Root Of The Power Of The Bureaucracy In France

has always been that in questions between rich and poor the State officials are more trustworthy than anybody else. We wonder if that feeling will ever extend to this country.......

We Are Happy To Perceive, From A Textual Report Of

Sir John Lubbock's speech at Maidstone, on Wednesday week, that that -very good, though rather hesitating Liberal, has ceased to be attracted by Lord Beaconsfield's Asiatic......

Mr. Chamberlain, As President Of The National Liberal...

made on Wednesday an able but somewhat dangerous speech to its members,—dangerous, we mean, because its motif, if clearly stated, is not Liberalism, but the divine right of......

A Meeting Was Held In Westminster On Monday Of Delegates

from the Vestries of the metropolis, to condemn the opening of Co-operative Stores by Crown servants. The meeting was attended by seventy-five representatives, and was very......

Consols Were On Friday 961 To 961.

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