News Of The Week.
O N Thursday, Sir Stafford. Northcote asked for a day on which he might move for his Committee to inquire into the -circumstances attending the release of Mr. Parnell, Mr.......
The New Ministry In France Is, Apparently, To Be Allowed
to exist. The Extremists on Monday tried their strength by pro- posing a revision of the Constitution, which M. Jules Ferry resisted with some determination. He said that the......
The Americans Have Been Withdrawing Gold This Week, About...
and the price of all Securities is falling. It is evident from the condition of the Exchanges that more will be with- drawn, and the dealers are panic-stricken by a story that......
On Monday, The Case Against The Editor, Proprietor, And Pub-
lisher of the Freethinker, for a blasphemous libel,—a case which failed last week in consequence of the disagreement of the jury,— was tried again at the Central Criminal Court,......
The Cost Of The Egyptian Expedition Has, So Far, Not
been great. It appears from a Treasury Minute of February 17th that the total cost is 24,558,000, of which 23,416,000 is expended by the United Kingdom, and 21,142,000 by India.......