16 AUGUST 1879, page 3

We Are Sorry To Observe An Unfortunate Split Among The

Liberals of East Aberdeenshire. The sitting Member, Sir A. Gordon, was elected as a staunch Conservative. He was opposed by Mr. Douglas Ainslie, a brother of Mr. Grant Duff, and......

We Believe That The Draft Charter Of The Proposed Victoria

University has, in accordance with the request of the Lords of the Privy Council h been submitted to that body. We understand that, according to this draft, the University would......

The New Minister Of Public Worship At Berlin, Herr Van

Puttkammer, has been blazoning abroad, greatly to the scandal of the German Liberals, that his conception of the true ecclesiastical policy is as different as possible from his......

The Ministerial Whitebait Dinner Came Off On Wednesday,...

Ship Hotel, Greenwich, but the hero of the occasion, Lord Beaconsfield, was absent, which was a pity, as the trout which Lord Beaconsfield had tickled and caught with his......

The Government Of The United States Are Going To Try

to prevent the immigration of the Mormons, by diffusing through friendly European Governments the information that polygamy is a violation of the law of the United States, and......

The Murder Of A Policeman By Mr. Mainwaring, At Derby,

in a fit of intoxication, has given rise to a great scandal. It seeTri$5 that after Mr. Justice Lindley's charge, the jury retired to de- liberate, and were equally divided, six......

A Very Hasty Corrupt Practices Bill Has Been Pushed Through

Parliament. In the main, it is only a continuance Bill, but at the last moment, the Government have added to it a provision for requiring two Judges to sit on every election......

The Paris Correspondent Of The Times Announces With Great...

in the curious letter published on Tuesday, which con- tains at least as much about Germany as Franee, that Prince Bismarck is deeply absorbed in the working of the new economic......

Consols Were On Friday 971 To 97.

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