8 APRIL 1876, page 1

Lord Shaftesbury's Motion For An Address To The Crown To

entreat her Majesty to assume some title in her capacity of ruler of India less distasteful to her subjects than that of " Empress " was brought forward on Monday night, in a......

Mr. Fawcett's Motion For An Address To The Crown, Begging

the Queen not to assume the title of " Empress" of India, will not come off till after the Easter vacation. Mr. Disraeli had pro- posed to give him Monday next for the motion,......

Sir Stafford Northcote Brought On The Budget On Monday, Be-

fore a very inattentive House. He had for the past year a sur- plus of £710,000, but for the coming year he expected a deficit of £774,000, which he should increase by £26,000,......

News Of The Week • T He News From The East

is becoming more serious. The Servian Government has raised a forced loan, has called out its militia, and refuses all demands from Turkey for explanations of its acts. The......

Lord Selborne Made A Very Spirited Speech, In Which He

proved that the title of 'Queen' has long been officially used in the Statute Book of India, complimented Lord Cairns on the delicacy with which he had picked up in the course......

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Paramount" Or "lady Paramount" Was Not A Title,' But "a

definition and description," [and what, then, is Defender of the Faith ?' do not definitions and descriptions become ' titles ' when systematically used ?]—that 'King' and......