A Wallachian Bandit, Named Nico, Practising His Trade...
has captured Colonel Synge, an English officer employed by the Embassy at Constantinople to distribute a relief fund, and his wife, a lady, it is said, of Greek extraction. They......
M. Rouher Made A Great Free-trade Speech This Day Week
in the French Chamber of Deputies, during the discussion on the General Tariffs Bill. He defended the commercial treaty of 1860 with England, and showed how enormous were the......
The Discussion On Mr. Plimsoll's Breach Of Privilege...
have come to an end when Mr. Plimsoll made, yesterday week, a fall apology to the Members for West- minster and Guildford, against whom he had made use of language at once......
Mr. Blake On Tuesday Moved To Abolish The Freedom From
arrest for debt enjoyed by Peers and Members of Parliament. He held that the privilege was of no value, and that all men should be equal before the law ; and will therefore, we......
The Details Of Legislation Are Not Important, When A...
tion is almost sure to stop all progress ; but we must mention Mr. Norwood's Bill for extending County-Court jurisdiction. The Member for Hull proposes to raise the jurisdiction......
The Liberal Party Has Real Reason To Complain Of The
present condition of its London reports of political speeches. On Monday, Mr. Grant Duff delivered, at Northallerton, a most able and effec- tive reply to Mr. Cowen's recent......
Mr. Holms, On Tuesday, Raised A Discussion, Which Was
much more languid than it ought to have been, on the Septennial Act, and proposed a resolution that the duration of Parliaments ought not to extend beyond five years. He was......
However Gravely The House Of Commons May Condemn The...
of Mr. Plimsoll, it is at least obvious enough that he has learnt the secret of pulling the strings which move the Government. His first great outburst certainly passed a Mer-......