6 APRIL 1878, page 3

Mr. Fawcett On Tuesday Raised A Considerable Discussion...

J. Strachey's last Budget, condemning the increase in the duties on salt in Bombay and Madras, in order to equalise them over India, when they might have been equalised by......

A Great Crime Has Been Committed In Ireland. Lord Leitrim,

a wealthy Peer, noted for the sternness with which he governed his tenantry—who sat, however, at low rents—and for his hatred of the Irish Land Act, was on Tuesday morn- ing......

The House Of Commons Have Made One Complete Night Of

it, and one half-night of it this week, over the Irish Sunday Closing Act ; and the " Obstructives " in this case were by no means exclusively Irishmen, many English Members......

It Seems Impossible Just Now To Ascertain The Truth About

anything. The whole of that story about Lady Rosebery's jewels, though minutely given in the Times of Friday week and other papers, was untrue. Burglars, between one and three......

It Should Be Noted That While The Press Of The

Continent is almost unanimous in praising England for threatening Russia, no Continental Power has as yet shown any willingness to take serious part in a war with that country.......

A Colorado Beetle, It Is Said, Has Made Good His

landing on the coast of Glamorganshire. A Cardiff house-decorator, Alfred John, took one last Sunday, which had been observed by his wife on a potato, to the police-station, and......

The Discussion In The House Of Lords On Tuesday Night

con- cerning the opening of certain popular places of amusement—like parts of the British Museum and the Zoological Gardens—to the people on Sunday, was more liberal and......

Consols Were On Friday 941 To 941.

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The Recent Accounts From India As To The State Of

the crops excite very little interest, but they are by no means pleasant reading. The Madras correspondent of the Times, writing on March 2, says there are still 280,000 people......