Mr. Take, Writing To Us From Achill Island On March
28th, says : " So far from the destitution caused by the failure of the potato crop being confined to the islands, it extends at intervals along the whole coast of Connaught,......
The French Chambers Are Still Occupied With Bills...
the Clerical party. Of three carried this week, two are reasonable, and one is persecuting. Cremation has been per- mitted by a heavy vote, and though opposed by the priesthood,......
Prince Bismarck's Plan Of A Spirit Monopoly Has Been...
rejected by the German Reichstag, only three Members voting for it on the final division. He accepts• the defeat, and promises a Brandy-tax instead; but his closing speech was......
The Bishop Of Nottingham Has Been Rather Sharply Censured...
Rome for refusing communion to members of the Primrose League in his diocese, and lie has already retracted his pro- hibition till the pleasure of the Holy See on the subject......
Mr. Tuke Also Remarks That Achill Island Curiously...
position taken up in his letter to the Spectator of March 6th :—" On the Mission estate, on which we are, there are 453 tenant., of whom 154 are under a £1 rental. 144 above......
The Riots In Belgium Have Abated, After The Districts Round
Charleroi had been reduced to a kind of anarchy, and the General Commanding-in-Chief, General van der Smissen, had placed them in a state of siege. The complaint of the miners......
At A Conference Of Clergy, Nonconformist Ministers, And...
held last week, under the presidency of Mr. Albert Grey, to consider the subject of Church Reform, the Rev. Sir George Cox moved a resolution affirming that " the only means by......
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