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The Ballot Is To Be Next Tried In A Large

constituency. The death of Sir T. G. Hesketh has made a vacancy in the representa- tion of Preston, a town with 11,300 electors, which has usually returned Conservative......

Mr. J. B. Johnson, Who Calls Himself The Champion Swimmer,

and really swims quite as well as an average South Sea Islander, on Saturday attempted to swim from Dover to Calais. He jumped into the sea at 10.40 a.m., and swam strongly for......

Mr. Spencer Stanhope, The New Member For The South Division

of the West Riding, made a speech at Scisset on Saturday which contained one noteworthy remark. He was altogether against the concession of the vote to the county householder.......

Lord Derby Is The First Statesman Of The First Rank

who has spoken upon the labour question. He was extremely cautious in his remarks, but he told the Agricultural Association of Bury that, although he doubted whether the......

It Is Believed That S. Zorrilla And His New Ministry

have a majority of more than 100 in the new Cortes, and his friends assert that this has been obtained without official pressure. That remains to be seen when the Cortes meets,......

Lord Beauchamp Has Made Rather A Sensible Speech To His

tenants at Madresfield. He advised his tenantry, if any agitators came into the district, to leave them alone, confident that the men would find out who were their friends, and......

Shareholders Of The Metropolitan Railway Had A Bad...

an hour on Wednesday. Their new Chairman, Sir E. Watkin, told them that their high dividends had been more or less ficti- tious ; that the 1 per cent, now declared was more than......

The Burgh Of Wick Presented Mr. Lowe With Its Freedom

on Friday se'nnight, but was rather disappointed in the speech the burgesses expected to get in return. Mr. Lowe observed that his office brought him forward so little that he......

We Are Not Quite Sure That Magistrates Who "bear The

sword in vain 's are not as mischievous as magistrates who are unjust. Mr. W. N. Nankville, a respectable wine merchant, saw a young ruffian strike a girl, who was crying with......

When Mr. Greeley Accepted The Nomination Of The...

he retired from the editorship of the Tribune, but we fear he still controls it. If he does, his election would be a very bad omen for the Negroes, for the Tribune is clearly......