Sensible People Are Soapy With All This Folly, That Mr.
Cross, though horribly afraid of the Sabbatarians, whose influence he- exaggerates as an infidel exaggerates the influence of a Catho- lic priest, has been badgered into a......
A Monster Meeting To Prepare For The Debate In Parliament
on the Permissive Bill was held in its favour in Exeter Hall on Monday night, when Cardinal Manning made an eloquent speech, which he himself described as strictly "political,"......
The House Of Commons, Has Granted A Commission Of Inquiry
into the prevalence of corrupt practices at Norwich. The inquiry may go back to the last election, and it seems to be admitted on all bands that it will reveal a regular......
Referring To This Reflection On The Licensed Victuallers,...
Wilfrid Lawson, who spoke late in the debate, said, with happy irony, in allusion to the present licensing law, that he, on the contrary, considered the Licensed Victuallers......
The Debate On Monday On The Flogging Clause In Mr.
Cross's Bill for amending the law for offences against the person was remarkable for the weight of argument against that punishment. Mr. Henley, who is not a sentimentalist,......
A Great Debate Has Been Going On In The French
Assembly as to the future Universities of France, the Radicals wishing to place at least the Degree-giving power completely in the hands of the State, while the Bishop of......
The Court Of Exchequer, Sitting In Banco, Has Decided That
the directors of the Brighton Aquarium must close that establish- ment on Sundays. All four Judges agreed that the absence of newspapers and music made no difference, and that......
The Debate On The Permissive Bill On Wednesday Was As
languid as most other debates in this languid Session, when nobody appears to feel much interest in anything human, or at least anything political Mr. Julian Goldsmid remarked......
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