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A. Select Committee Appointed To Take Evidence As To The

best treatment for habitual drunkards has submitted a very wild report. It recommends that drunkenness should be prevented by punishing " casual " or " initial " drunkenness......

Earl Russell On Monday Delivered An Address To The...

Society, of which he has been elected President, on the progress of oivil and religious liberty since 1815. He believes that both have advanced materially, the landmarks being......

Mr. Greeley's Programme Of Respecting State-rights,...

in the South, will apparently lead to very horrible con- sequences, if he should be elected President and should adhere then to the principles he now avows. In Montgomery,......

All Saints' College, Oxford, Has Done A Shabby Thing. After

employing a Roman Catholic architect, Mr. Clutton (a convert of some eighteen years back),—no doubt without full knowledge, on the part either of the College or of its Managing......

Lord Belmore, The Ex-governor Of New South Wales, Made An

interesting speech on Monday in the House of Lords, with respect to the kidnapping of Pacific Islanders for the labour market of Queensland and of certain French colonies. He......

The Dearth Of Water In Bermondsey And Rotherhithe, A Dearth

so extreme that washing may be considered discontinued, and the poor people have the greatest difficulty in making their tea, has been mentioned in Parliament, but it seems that......

The Attorney-general Did Not Do Credit Either To Himself Or

to the Government he advised, when he counselled the policy of -defeating Mr. Edmunds' libel suit against the Treasury—a libel for defaming his character by imputing to him......

No Incident Of Moment Has Occurred This Week In Regard

to the Builders' strike and lock-out, but there are the usual com- plaints of the sufferings endured by the labourers who are dependent upon the skilled hands, who have no......

Consols Were On Friday 92* To 92* For Money.

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