28 AUGUST 1869, page 2

In The Dearth Of Better Subjects, The Discussion On The

propriety of Formosa has been going on all the week without any particular result, except to fill Drury Lane. Mr. Chatterton, the lessee, writes to say that he has tried to......

A Congress Of Trades' Unionists Has Been Held At Birmingham

to consider the proposed legislation upon their associations. The spirit which prevailed was not altogether commendable. The delegates ask protection for their funds, and the......

The Times Hints, We Believe Correctly, That A Silent...

is going on in the Prussian Cabinet. Count von Bismarck is weary of some of his colleagues, particularly of the Minister of the Interior, a man of the old repressive school, and......

The Trades' Union Congress Was Evidently Strongly In...

a reduction in the hours of labour, and passed unanimously a Tather extravagant resolution :—" That it is the firm conviction as well as the duty of the trade representatives at......

One Of The Numerous "railway Wars" In New York Has

very nearly ended in a proclamation of martial law. Mr. Fish has been trying to get possession of the Albany and Susquehanna Rail- way in the usual way, by buying shares,......

The Discussion On The Capacity Of Man For Progress Or

degeneracy has been continued before the British Association, Sir John Lub- bock leading the way with a reply to the Duke of Argyll. The papers as reported—and the reports seem......

The Liquidators Of The Albert Assurance Office Have...

proposal for reconstruction. We have analyzed it elsewhere, for the benefit of our Anglo-Indian friends, who are interested in it to a singular extent, the "Medical and......