6 DECEMBER 1884, page 3

Mrs. Weldon Has At Least Done A Public Service In

prosecuting to a successful issue her action against Dr. Forbes Winslow for attempting improperly to confine her in an asylum. The Jury found for the plaintiff last Saturday,......

The Under-secretary For The Colonies On Thursday...

of the coolies in Trinidad. His account makes the affair better, but proves the necessity for the independent inquiry which is at once to be instituted. It appears that as bands......

Is Great Britain Owner Of A Colony Called The "niger

Basin ?" The community is certainly not aware of it ; but it appears that the sole right to regulate and tax the traffic on the Niger for 600 miles from its mouth, and to......

The Case Of The Two Men Belonging To The Yacht

" Mignonette," who were accused at Falmouth of murdering and eating a boy named Parker in a boat on the high seas, came on before the Queen's Bench Division on Thursday. The......

Mr. Courtney Has Resigned Office, On The Ground Of The

exclu- sion of proportional representation from the Redistribution Bill. It is rumoured that the late Postmaster-General (Mr. Fawcett) and Mr. Courtney had mutually pledged each......

The Friends Of Proportional Representation Have, As We...

at the meeting of the society on Wednesday, adopted at last the Hare scheme in its entirety as the plan on which they would like to see constituencies elect more than two......

Lord Rosebery Made An Amusing Speech To The Liverpool Reform

Club on Wednesday. He remarked that there bad been assembled in one small room lately, champions whom a month ago Salisbury plain could not have contained without serious risk......

It Follows From The Statements Made On Tuesday By Lord

Northbrook in the Upper House, and Sir T. Brassey in the Lower, that the Government propose to spend £5,525,000 in addition to the Estimates, on the Navy, naval guns, and......

Bank Rate, 5 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 99* to 991 xd.......