The Indian Legislative Council Has Passed A Bill To...
flogging with a rattan in cases of second conviction for almost all short sentences. The arguments for the change are various, the strongest being the excessive demoralization......
The Tendency To Rely On Government Supervision As A Check
upon avarice seems to grow stronger every day. The coroner's jury which " sat " on the Bradfield reservoir and its victims re- commended strict official supervision, and Sir......
Sir Stafford Northeote On Tuesday Made A Speech To The
Con- servatives of Exeter, in which he declared formal war against the Ministry. After an exordium in praise of "my friend and our leader, Mr. Disraeli," which appears intended......
The American News Is Still Almost Confined To Rumours About
the next election to the Presidency. It appears certain that General Grant will not stand—he objecting, says one account, to have his wife scolded in the papers—that Mr. Chase's......
Garibaldi Left Gibraltar For England On The 29th Of March,
on board the mail steamer Ripon. He will arrive at Southampton, therefore, on Wednesday or Thursday, where he will be received by the Mayor and Town Council. He goes at once, it......
The Census Tables Showing The Occupations Of The People In
1861 reveal some noteworthy facts, among others the precise pro- portion of agriculturists and artisans. The former, females not included, number 1,611,652, and the latter,......
Another First-claw Steamer Has Been Very Ably Wrecked....
a reef at the entrance of Queenstown harbour which has for years been the opprobrium of the port, and is very nearly as well known as the Eddystone. The City of New York,......
Schiller's " Robbers " Filled Half The Youth Of Germany
with longings for a predatory life, and the fact is quoted as a proof of his genius. Very inferior writers, however, if we may believe the police reports, exercise precisely the......
The Trade And Revenue Returns For The Year Have Been
published, and are really most extraordinary. The total amount after all re- missions of taxation is 70,208,963/., against 70,603,561/. last year, and as Mr. Gladstone demanded......
The Special Correspondent Of The Times Now At The Prussian
headquarters gives a suggestive account of the Prussian rifle, the Zundnadel gewehr, peculiar to that army. It is a breech-loader, and he says it can be loaded and fired six or......
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