8 MAY 1869, page 3

The Alarmists Made A Last Effort (at Least, Let Us

hope it is a last e ffort) at St. James's Hall on Monday, to persuade the country that it does not wish to disestablish and disendow the Irish church, and to persuade the House......

The Bishop Of St. David's, On Monday, Explained Clearly To

the House of Lords that nothing very fatal happens to the country in consequence of the temporary inability of certain bishops through old age or sickness to discharge their......

Mr. Justice Blackburn Appears To Think That An Idiot's Vote

is as good as any other person's in a borough election. In trying the petition against Colonel Meller, M.P. for Stafford, Mr. FitsJames Stephen said he objected to one vote on......

Lord Stanley On Wednesday Took The Chair At The Eightieth

annual dinner of the Royal Literary Fund, and made an extremely cold speech, prefacing it by the remark that he had read the records of previous dinners, and thought everything......

It Appears From The Latest Advices From Buenos Ayres That

Lopez still maintains the war, carrying off small detachments, holding kis railroad and making forays in railway waggons, and keening, at least, 6,000 men in the field. The......

An Extraordinary Case Of Heartlessness Was Tried On...

Baron Cleasby. Frances Alice Whimper, aged 18, was on 11th April a nurse in the house of Mr. Brehm, grocer, of Spitalfields, and in company with Ellen Toohey, a girl of 15,......

The Americana Are Beginning To See That Protective Duties...

taxes levied on the poor for the benefit of the rich. A very important meeting was held at Boston on the 20th April, to found a Free-Trade League. It was supported by many......

The Court Of Common Pleas, On Thursday, Delivered...

the case of Mr. Birley, minority Member for Manchester. Mr. Birley's firm had held a contract from the Indian Secretary of State, the whole of the money for which he had not......

Diamonds Of Large Size, One Of 83 Carats, Have Been...

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The Annual Dinner Of The /loyal Academy Was Held On

Saturday, and the President, the Duke of Cambridge, Mr. Gladstone, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mr. Revordy Johnson made speeches. The Duke, returning thanks for the Army,......