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Mr. Goldwin Smith Has Written A Very Interesting And...

letter to a Conservative M.P. on Lord Salisbury's strange "leap in the dark" in relation to female suffrage. He remarks that the Tory leader no doubt counts on it confidently as......

Lord Eversley,—the Speaker Known To The House Of Com- Mons

as Charles Shaw-Lefevre,--died yesterday week at his house, Heckfield Place, Hampshire, at the age of ninety-four. He succeeded Mr. Speaker Abercomby in 1839, and though a......

Sir John Pender Is Selected As The Ministerial, That Is,

the Unionist candidate, for the Govan District of Glasgow, in place of the late Sir W. Pearce, who was a Conservative Unionist. Sir John Pender, as every one knows, is a strong......

Mr. Forwood, The Secretary To The Admiralty, Made A Good

speech at Wavertree, near Liverpool, yesterday week, in which he remarked that the condition of Parliamentary business was the great question of the hour; that in the Session......

The Great People Of The Continent "received Addresses,"...

on New Year's Day, and except the Emperor of Germany, they all spoke hopefully of peace. The Emperor of Austria telegraphed to his brother Kaiser that he thought peace would be......

Lord Northbrook On Monday Made At Winchester The Most...

defence yet offered for the government of the counties by the country gentlemen. He showed that in Hamp- shire, the seventy gentlemen who have really done the work have managed......

The Persistene2 Of The English Belief In Beer Has Received

a striking illustration this week. The great brewing firm of Truman,Hanbury, and Buxton have turned their concern into a limited liability Company. The partners keep all their......

The Indian Congress At Allahabad Has Broken Up Without...

more than half the members of the future Legisla- tive Council, and an unlimited right of raising volunteer regi- ments; but the sittings were marked by a suggestive incident.......