The West Londoners Are Getting At Last A Full Hearing
for their pet and very real grievance, the excessive prices charged by retail dealers. Nothing which rises goes down again. The cattle plrigne is over and sheep are......
The Council Of The Reform League Is Divided Against Itself
upon the question of Fenianism. • At a meeting of that body on Wednesday, a letter was read from the President, Mr. Beales, con- demning the Fenian movement as a "sanguinary and......
Mr. Gilpin Made A Clever And Straightforward, Though...
speech to his constituents at Northampton on Monday afternoon, "to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill," which he did by praising the gift and assailing the givers,......
Mr. Coleridge And Mr. Acland Made Able Speeches At Exeter
on Thursday evening, the ability of which, however, was chiefly confined to criticisms on the past session. Mr. Coleridge did full justice to Mr. Gladstone. "He has all......
The Emperor Of Austria Arrived In Paris On Thursday, And
was well received by the Parisians, who see in him, first, a possible ally ; and, secondly, a capital mode of satirizing their Govern- ment. So they praised him loudly for......
There Has Been A Dispute In The City About The
Lord Mayor's show. The great merchants want it abolished as a nuisance, and Alderman Allen, who does not see the " dignity " of riding through London in an absurd gilt van, is......
The Parliament Of North Germany Has Abolished All Laws...
usury. The majority of Germans have long been aware that a legal maximum for money is as absurd as a legal maximum for coals or corn, but the landowners have a notion that it......
The Bank Of Liverpool Stopped On Monday, With Liabilities...
at about a million, but the shareholders being fully responsible, a call of 5/. per share has been agreed to, and business will be resumed. The chairman, Mr. Banner, Made an odd......
Mr. Ducane, Civil Lord Of The Admiralty, Addressed The...
Agricultural Club, North Essex, on Tuesday. He had not much to say, though he said it in a sprightly manner. He affirmed, of course, that Reform had been carried on the old......
There Has Been A Somewhat Serious Riot In Penang. Two
of the Hoeys, or Trades' Unions, quarrelled some time in August, and at last descended into the streets to fight it out with muskets. The Government objected, but the Chinese......
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