There Was A Short Conversation In The House Of Commons
on Tuesday concerning the delay of two years in filling up the office of Poet-Laureate, which led however only to two jokes of Sir William Harcourt's, and no announcement con-......
The Result Of The General Election In New South Wales
will be scanned with some interest in this country. At the last election, the Protectionist party, headed by Sir George Dibbs and Mr. Barton, gained a signal victory over the......
The Fuller Accounts Of The Earthquake At Constantinople,...
place on Tuesday, July 10th, show that the .damage done to the buildings of the city has been very great. According to the correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, scarcely a......
Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent.
New Consols (2i) were on Friday, 1011-1.......
Congress Has Passed The Bill Admitting Utah To The Union,
and thus put an end to a long-standing dispute. But for their polygamous habits, the people of Utah would long ago have been entrusted with the rights of a State. 'The law does......
The Telegrams From The Transvaal Show Not Only That There-
is a considerable amount of unrest among the English sub- jects of the Yeoman Republic, but that the Boers are in.. alined to try a very foolish form of repression. A telegram......
The Times Of Tuesday Gives Some Useful Information As To
the fighting forces of China and Japan. A correspondent, 'who signs " W. A. T.," declares that the Japanese soldiers are armed with a magazine-rifle as good as any carried by......
Some Curious Evidence Has Been Given Before The Royal...
on the Financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland. The Freeman's Journal (July 6th) reports that Mr. Herbert Murray, Chairman of the Board of Customs, stated that in......
On Monday, A Meeting Was Held At Grosvenor House, The
Duke pf Westminster in the chair, in aid of the proposed National Gallery of Natural Pictures, to which we lately drew attention. Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter, Lord......