We See With Some Surprise No Mention Of Miss Octavia
Hill's name among those of the Commissioners to be appointed on the question of the housing of the poor. The truth is that Miss Octavia Hill knows as much about the matter as......
Lord Randolph Churchill Almost Outdid Himself In The...
of his speech this day week, at the Prince's Hall, Piccadilly, on the Egyptian policy of the Government. The Liberals, he said, "had wallowed in a stifling morass of the most......
In The Assizes Held At Swansea, Mr. Justice Stephen Deter-
mined yesterday week that cremation, if properly carried out, is not illegal,—the question being raised by the attempt of Dr. Price, the Welsh Druid, to burn the dead body of......
It Appears To Be Certain That The Torcoman Clans Who
hold the oasis of Mery have voluntarily offered their submission to the Czar. Its acceptance is not so certain, but is probable ; and as Mery is only 230 miles from Herat—that......
Prince Bismarck Is Greatly Amusing The Americans By...
cross with them. The House of Representatives recently voted a message of condolence to the German Parlia- ment on the death of Herr Lasker, the great Jewish orator on the......
,catharine Flanagan And Margaret Higgins, The Liverpool...
insured for small sums the lives of several persons, who subsequently died from arsenical poisoning, were 'found guilty at Liverpool on Saturday of the murder of Thomas......
West Somerset Returned On Saturday The Tory Candidate,...
by a majority of 762,—Mr. Elton gaining 3,757 votes, and Lord Kilcoursie, the Liberal candidate, only 2,995. This is a Tory gain on the poll of the last contest, when Mr. Acland......
Mr. Marriott, Who Voted With The Tories On Wednesday Morn-
ing, has applied for the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, and a new writ for Brighton was moved for on Thursday. The Liberals of Brighton are putting forward Mr. Robert......
Bank Rate, 3 Per Cent. Consols Were On Friday 101i
to 101t,......
The Finance Departments Of All The Courts Amalgamated...
High Court have been consolidated, and Mr. Gladstone has appointed Sir George Kellner Assistant-Paymaster-General, with instructions to organise and manage the huge mass of......