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The Parnellite Leaders Appear To Be Seriously Alarmed By The

extension of boycotting, which might, under certain circum- stances, lead to the suppression of the National League. They, therefore, urge moderation ; but as we noticed last......

The News From Burmah Owes Its Seriousness To A Single

fact. It appears to disturb the Chief Commissioner, Mr. Bernard, formerly Lord Lawrence's Private Secretary, and an unusually cool and able man. Setting aside rumours, the known......

Lord Cranborne Is Labouring Hard To Win The Suffrages Of

the electors of the Damen division of Lancashire. He not only stamps the towns, but makes speeches to rough audiences in remote places, and some of his hearers occasionally give......

The Defendants In The Armstrong Case Were On Saturday All

committed for trial, Mr. B. Booth and Mrs. Combo being, how- ever, exonerated from the charge of indecent assault.......

The World Is Growing Small, And The Inter-relation Of Its

peoples unpleasantly close. One would hardly think that the comfort of most Anglo-Indian families in England depended upon the pliability or obstinacy of President Cleveland ;......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent. Consols Were On Friday 991

to 99i.......

The Anti-vaccination Party, So Conspicuous In A Few Of Our

own towns, have produced an insurrection in Montreal. An epidemic of small-pox has recently visited that city, and, of course, has fallen with tremendous severity on the French,......

Mr. Whitley Stokes, Recently Legislative Member Of...

makes a suggestion for the benefit of Hindoo widows which deserves attention. He would prohibit child-marriages, or rather betrothals, thus by degrees extinguishing the corrupt......

The Revenue Returns For The Quarter Ending September 30th...

not encouraging. The curious shrinking in Excise returns, which has never yet been fully explained, still goes on, and the revenue from that source is less by 2310,000 than it......