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The Next Important Division Was On Tuesday, On A Motion

by Lord Grey to resuscitate the Compounder, which was of course rejected by 148 to 4:3, and the next on Lord Cairns' plan for the representation of minorities? This was unfoldel......

The Great Debate In The Lords On Redistribution Cants , Off

on Thursday, when Earl Grey proposed to limit the twelve boroughs between 10,000 and 12,000 to one member, and so group boroughs under 5,000 as to gain eleven seats, making......

Mr. Crawford On Thursday Brought On A Mail-packet...

brought out two important facts. The Government have decided as soon as the Mont Cenis Railway is open to send the Indian mail express via Brindisi hoping to gain thirty - four......

The Times Reviews The Legislation Of The Session On The

water • supply of London. The statements are favourable to the Companies, but it is manifestly clear that some progress has been made of late. The Companies that take their......

The Lords On Monday Night Made One Small But Trouble-

some change in the Reform Bill. Lord Cairns proposed, in a short speech absolutely devoid of reasons, to raise the lodger franchise from 10/. to 15/., thus disfranchising all......

M. De Persigny Wound Up The Session Of The French

Senate with a noteworthy speech. According to him, people mistake the meaning of the Emperor's "responsibility." He is respon- sible, to be sure, but his responsibility is like......

The Tailors' Strike Has Reached A New Phase. The 2,500

men now on strike have agreed to waive for the present the particular question on which they struck—the uniform time log ; and now simply ask for the settlement of that and......

Lord Lyttelton's Amusing Amendment On The Reform Bill,...

franchise to everybody who cannot write legibly, was, of course, withdrawn without a division. It was, in fact, condemned before it was proposed, the clerk being totally unable......

It Appears To Be Understood On All Sides That The

India House is arranging for an expedition to Abyssinia, to be carried out should Theodore refuse to surrender his British captives. It will be organized by the Bombay......

Mr. Grantley Berkeley Has Been Making A " Conservative"...

to the electors of West Gloucestershire. They were very angry at Mr. Somerset's victory, and made a great noise, whereupon Mr. Grantley Berkeley told them in the same breath......