Sir G. Tessel On Friday Week Committed His First Serious
official indiscretion. He made a bold, blatant, and brutal speech against Law Reform, and particularly against reform in the Court of Chancery, declaring that the country cared......
Lord Derby Brought Up The Case Of Dr. Hooker On
Monday in a very thin House, it being the eve of the Goodwood meeting, which is more attractive to Peers than discussions about science and art. Lord Derby made, however, a good......
Ne Ws Of The Week.
T HE event of the week has been the success of the French Loan, a success absolutely without a precedent. So attractive were the terms offered by M. Thiers—nearly double the......
Mr. Gladstone Has Formally Pledged His Government To A Great
measure on local government and taxation next Session. On Thursday he stated, in answer to My. St. Aubyn, that the Govern- ment would during the Recess study the whole question,......
We Have Commented Elsewhere On Mr. Ayrton's Defence, And The
Treasury Minute, but may state here that while the former is crammed with imputations on Dr. Hooker, the latter declares that he " deserves the gratitude of his country," and is......
One Of The Deepest, Though Least Noticed Divisions Among...
ing-men, the chasm between the skilled and the unskilled labourers, came out oddly at an open-air meeting of the brick- layers and others held on Saturday in Hyde Park. Mr.......