We Heartily Congratulate Sir Richard Webster On Having...
Third Reading of his Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act Amendment Bill, which passed on Wednesday, we suppose by favour of the Government. We cannot under- stand the view......
The Last Example Of The Working Of The Referendum In
Switzerland is very significant. On Sunday, the adult males of the Republic were asked to accept or reject a law embodying "Le droit de travail," the right of every man who......
The Discussion On The Budget Has Continued All The Week,
the Government wisely declining to closure a money Bill,. but the Opposition make nothing by their resistance. They , are beaten on small amendments, intended really to improve......
Society Has Been Defrauded This Week Of A Sensation. The
Sutherland will case came on for trial on Thursday in the Probate Court, and as the amount at stake was 21,500,000, and as the Dowager Duchess who claimed the money had burned a......
Pank Rate, 2 Per Cent.
New Consols (2!) were on Friday, 101i x.d.......
Mr. George Smith, The Head Of The Great Publishing Firm
of Smith, Elder, and Co., was entertained on Wednesday by the -editors and contributors who have made his "Dictionary of National Biography" the great work it undoubtedly is,......
The Government, On Friday Week, Made The Long-delayed...
their policy in Uganda. It is probably the result of a compromise within the Cabinet, and is a wretchedly weak one. The Government retain the Protectorate of Uganda, and will......
A Curious Parliamentary Incident Happened On Thursday,...
W. Russell called the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the fact that the Local Veto Bill had disappeared from the Order Book of the House, and begged to know if......
The Text Of The New Resolutions Drawn Up By The
Judges of the Queen's Bench Division on May . 2.141, was published on Saturday last. The most important is that which provides for continuous sittings " throughout the legal......