The Mineral Statistics For 1866 Have Been Published This...
and show that we last year produced 101,630,000 tons of coal, or three and a half millions more than last year ; 4,530,000 tons of iron, of which more than a tithe was exported;......
S. Rattazzi Has Once Again Affirmed In The Most Solemn
manner that the Italian Government does not intend to reduce the interest -on Italian Rentes. He says he can raise no loans outside Italy, and his policy, therefore, is to raise......
Last Week A Woman Named Sarah Dobner, Aged 56, Died
suddenly at the Great Western Station, at Paddington, after hav- ing travelled by the Underground Railway from King's Cross. The medical evidence was that she had died from......
The Ministerial Whitebait Dinner Came Off On Wednesday....
was not present, being probably afraid of temptation, but 'the Chancellor of the Exchequer was loudly cheered. It must have been an amusing dinner. If men's faces changed with......
Mr. Hunt On Thursday Explained The Position Of The Indian
-mail service, which is most unsatisfactory. The service ends in its present form on 2nd February, after which the Government must -send letters how it can, probably by paying......
Lord Derby On Thursday, In Answer To A Question From
Lord Stratford de Itedeliffe, hinted that the Powers, England excepted, were pressing somewhat peremptory views with regard to Candia on Turkey. The British Government had......
Lord Derby, In The Debate On The Commons' Amendments, Took
-occasion to give an odd little rap to the Commons. It seems that when the Managers of the two Houses meet in conference, the Lords sit capped and the Commons stand uncovered.......
There Is A Life Raft Now Exhibiting At The Crystal
Palace which appears for its purpose to be nearly perfect. It is the invention of an American, and consists of three cylinders of gutta percha 24 feet in length and 2 feet in......
We Regret To Notice This Week The Death Of Mrs.
Austin, probably the best translator from German into English ever known in literature. She had a faculty quite special to herself of making -Germans talk as they do talk, and......
The London Traffic Bill Is, It Appears, To Pass. Its
general principles are, that nothing in ordinary streets is to stop the way, and that in particular streets the police are to be absolute. The Bill is approved, but it will be......
The Government Broker Having Recommenced His Purehases On...
the Sinking Fund, Home Securities have been steady this week ; nevertheless, prices have slightly given way. On Monday, Consols for money were quoted at 94, ; and for the 10th......
Yesterday And On Friday Week The Leading British Railways...
off at the annexed quotations :— Friday, August 9. Frlday, August 16. Great Eastern .. _ .., .. • . .. 281 .. 291 Great Northern .. .. .. 1.11 .. 118i Great Viestera.., .. .. •......
The Closing Prices Of The Leading Foreign Securities...
on Friday week are subjoined :- Friday, August 9. Friday, August 16. Mexican . - — . - 151 .. 14 — k Spanish Passives .. 21 .. 21k Do. Certificates. ... .. .. Mil .. 16k Turkish......
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