29 AUGUST 1868, page 3

Mr. Simon, Medical Officer Of The Privy Council, Has Made

a very clever suggestion. Why, he says, should not Jones, poisoned by malfeasance of, say, the Windermere Water Company, have an action for damages against them, as he would......

The People Of Nova Scotia Appear For The Present Quite

in ear- nest in their dislike of the Confederation. At a large meeting held at Weymouth the speakers talked about annexation to the United States, the Legislature has protested......

There Has Been A Comparative Absence Of Business In All

de- partments of the Stock Exchange during the week. Consols have been quiet throughout, and yesterday they closed dull at' 94 to it for money, and 94i- to for the account.......

Two Considerable Hoaxes Have Been Played Off This Week. In

one case Mr. Loftus Pemberton acknowledges that he issued an address to the electors of Kent, supposed to emanate from Sir John -Croft. The address was intended to diminish Sir......

Mr. Leone Levi On Wednesday Made Some Remarkable State-...

to the British Association about the position of the Civil S ervice. The total number of persons coming under that desig- nation, exclusive of those paid from local funds, and......

Lord John Manners Has Issued His Address To The Electors

of North Leicestershire. It is curiously like Lord John Manners. He quotes a whole series of administrative reforms, and then says, v" That to this list cannot be added the......

At The Half-yearly Meeting Of The South-eastern Railway...

Watkin, the chairman, and Member for Stoekport, made a speech defending the recent increase of fares on the Southern lines. He urged that the railway was giving facilities which......

It Is Stated,—we Cannot Confirm It, But Believe The Account

-to be substantially correct,—that a desperate attempt has been made to upset the Italian Ministry and substitute for it another amore devoted to France. The attempt was made by......

Yesterday And On Friday Week The Leading Foreign Bonds Left

off at the annexed quotations :— Brazilian, 1855 Egyptian, 1864 Italian Mexican Aug. 21. i t 1 84 53 141 . 28. 731 851 011 15 Russian (Anglo-Dutch) Spanish, 1851 Turkish. 1853 ,......

Yesterday And On Friday Week The Leading British Railways...

off at the annexed Great Eastern Great Northern Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire London it Brighton Lou. & North-Western Lou. & South-Western Aug. 21. 361 106 411 130 021 114......