As Usual Of Late Years, The First Benefit Of The
war falls to the share of Italy. Instigated partly by a desire to get finally rid of an unendurable burden, partly by the hope of an Italian contingent, but chiefly by the......
Coroners' Juries Are Beginning To Be Ashamed Of The Verdict
of " temporary insanity" in cases of suicide, but seem unable to hit upon any compromise between felo de se and falsehood. Ellen Elizabeth Dent, servant to Dr. W. Evans,......
There Is Some Honesty Left In The World Yet, And
some con- sideration. A correspondent of the Standard who signs himself " Verax," lost his pocket-book with notes to the amount of £45. It was found by a poor ragged old man......
Mr. Gladstone On Wednesday Delivered A Speech Upon The...
'which, but for the war, would have been an immense event. Ile declared for manhood suffrage. He thought that household -suffrage involved in principle unlimited suffrage. "......
Our System Of Executing Criminals Must Be Changed, Or The
punishment of death will be abolished. The unutterable horror -of the scene at Dublin, on the execution of Andrew Carr, will be too much for the popular imagination, as, indeed,......
The Latest News, Friday, 9 P.m., Speaks Of Severe Skirmishes
across the frontier, near Saarbriick, between German reconnoitring parties and French videttes ; and the latest rumour—very doubt- ful — of a naval engagement in which a French......
The Duke Of Argyll Presented The Indian Financial...
the House of Peers on Thursday. Twelve peers attended to listen to it. The main fact of the speech was that there had been another muddle in Indian accounts, and that owing......
There Was A Funny Debate In The House Of Commons
last Friday on the second reading of the Census Bill. Everybody wanted his own pet crotchet inserted in the Act. After the usual fuss about the religious census, which......
A Point Of Curiously Wide Interest Was Raised During The
dis- cussion of Thursday on the annual vote for Education. It appears that no class suffers more from want of provision for old age than the Certificated Schoolmasters, and Mr.......
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