4 MAY 1867, page 2

Mr. Walpole Has Prohibited By Proclamation The Proposed...

Hyde Park next Monday, on the ground that the use of the Park for the purpose of holding such meeting is not per- mitted, and " interferes with the object for which Her Majesty......

The King Of Prussia Opened His Parliament On The 29th

April in a speech the main point of which is, that under the Constitu- tion the Federal Parliament gains all that the State Parliaments lose. " No right," says the King, " is......

Sir Stafford Northeote Is Quite In A Pet With The

public for accusing him of confiscating gas dividends. The opposition, however, has induced him to come to a compromise with the Companies, and the Bill as amended will......

Mr. Trevelyan's Speech Of Tuesday On The Purchase System,...

not a maiden speech, was the first in which he has pro- duced an impression on the House. Sir John PakingtOn told him a little unkindly that his father had furnished his argu-......

" General " Burke And Patrick Doran, Two Leading Fenians,

were on Thursday found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, a sentence which, as they were no more guilty than their comrades, will, we trust, be commuted. They are......

When All The Railways In England Are Insolvent The Board

of Trade will probably offer a plan for putting them on a sound_ footing. The shareholders of the London and Brighton Company have been inquiring into the position of their......

But The Most Important Event Of Thursday Night Was, After

all, Mr. Disraeli's answer to Mr. W. E. Forster, in which he reiterated that the Government had " no wish to connect the new franchises with those which at present exist ;" and......

Mr. Hodgson Pratt Has Done A Very Clever And A

very kindly thing. He has made arrangements with the English and French Railways, with the Imperial Commission, and with certain pro- visioners, under which 200 workmen per week......

The Meeting Of The Hyde Park Conspirators On Wednesday, In

Sussex Hall, Bouverie Street, was somewhat unpleasantly inter- rupted during an oration of Mr. Bradlaugh's by the appearance of Chief Superintendent Walker, Superintendent......

A Lodger Franchise Of Course Surrenders The No-rate...

which according to Tories is so vital in the case of the poor, so meaningless in the case of the rich. Accordingly a correspondent of the Times writes to suggest that the lodger......