London Has Been Startled This Week By A Very Great
crime. A letter was received on Monday morning by the police at Smith- field station, signed "J. W. Duggan," and warning them to go to 15 Hosier Lane. They went, and found an......
The Bishop Of Oxford Made A Speech Which Was A
substitute for that which he did not make on the second reading, in which he inti- mated, as we understand him, that had he been able to speak he should have voted for the......
Later In The Evening There Was A Curious Collision In
Committee between the Bishops of Lichfield and Oxford. The Bishop of Lichfield (Dr. Selwyn), led away by Mr. Disraeli's ingenious Paradox that the Roman Catholic religion is......
We Hope Lord Granville Will Be Careful In The Distribution
of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. It was a good idea to revive it for colonial dignitaries, who will value the handle to their wives' names exceedingly, but we do not......
Lord Carnarvon In His Speech In Defence Of His Amendment
avoided any calculation as to its pecuniary result, and did not mention a most important point, the right of the Synod to invest the money as it pleases. That body may get 5 per......
In The Debate Of Thursday Night The Duke Of Argyll
spoke very strongly and very ably against the Bishop of Peterborough's pro- posal to consider the tax on clerical incomes,—of which every clergyman who pays it has notice before......
Is There A Stock Of Nitro-glycerine In London Or Not?
Reasoning a priori, we have no more doubt that there is than that there is a stock of sugar ; and if there is, this great capital may, at any moment, be blown to atoms. On......
The Government Has Been Again Asked To Find Funds For
the Gurney prosecution, and the Home Secretary, on grounds noticed elsewhere, has finally refused. We regret to perceive that he had the full support of Mr. Gladstone, who, on......
Ldrd Grey Made A Very Long And An Able Speech
on Tuesday night in favour of applying the surplus to concurrent endowment, and on some of his points no doubt he made good his case against Voluntaryism,—i. e., he showed what......
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