Mr. Cardwell Presented The Army- - Estimates On -...
smothered himself in details, but it would appear that under his arrangements the United Kingdom at least is well guarded. There are 109,000 men in the Islands, of whom 86,000......
The Submarine Cable Has Been Safely Laid From Bombay To
Aden across the Arabian Sea. It remains only to extend it to Suez, and then we shall have a communication with India, which would be perfect but that the Khedive can interrupt......
The Irish Tenant-right Chiefs Do Not Appear To Be Satisfied
with the Land Bill. We publish to-day a letter from the editor of the Freeman's Journal, their organ, disputing the usual view of the Bill. He says the mere tender of the lease......
Mr. Lowe And The Brewers Are Going In For A
tussle. In 1862, Mr. Gladstone abolished the duty on hops, but imposed a tax of 3d. per barrel on the brewers by way of licence. This was, in fact, to impose a light duty on......
Mr. Gladstone Intimated Both On Monday And Thursday That He
had some new plan to propose for the repression of agrarian outrage in Ireland. On Monday, in answer to a question from Lord J. Manners, he stated that Government had several......
The French Winnipeggers Seem To Have Roused The English...
at last. On the 28th February it was stated in Toronto that a sort of Territorial Government had been formed in the Settlement, with Rielle for President, and that negotiations......
Mr. Corry Of Course Criticized Mr. Childers' Statement,...
only points he made were that he was entitled to some of Mr. Childers' credit, which is true of every First Lord who ever held office ; and that sweeping reductions in the......
The North-germanparliament Has Abolished Capital...
to 81, in spite of a strong speechlrom Count von Bismarek,.and a threat that the -Federal Council would reject the common Penal Code. The vote is a remarkable one, as it is not......
Mr. Heron, Mr. Disraeli's " Sham Fenian," Was Officially...
for Tipperary by a majority of four votes over his opponent Mr. Kickhani, the "true Fenian," having polled 1,668 votes against Mr. Kickham's 1,664. The total number of votes......
Mr. Cardwell Proposes That In Future Men Shall Enlist For
twelve ,years, of which six shall be passed at home in the Reserve. He 'believes that this change will greatly encourage recruiting, which, however, improves. The standard has......
The American Senate Seems To Have A Prejudice In Favour
of honesty. The House of Representatives lately passed a resolu- tion advising an issue of £10,000,000 in greenbacks, that is, mulcting every creditor about 12 per cent. for the......
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