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LITERATURE

... real facts ? P The French have lowered their duties or, English coal, i ever' description of iron, raw and manufactured, cotton D goods, flax, and various other articles, while England g9 has lowered her duties on wine and. brandy, and abo- 1 lished them ...

Fashion and Varieties

... r in-Chief, Lord Hardtnge. I IThe Earl of Clarendon was in Lindlon several days cduriiig the week, to attcnd his official duties at tne Foreign Office. Thte noble earl returned to he Grove, t near Watford, on Fvidav, where his lordship and the countess ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... the navy, ltie Civil entinoerlog, or Ithe duties of tiles conutlng.houes-in eheti any call~ng which a gentleman and a citicen of this fleconntry- might choose for hitsssif, end might heoe by ei'etfrmiog his duty to confer advantages upon the country ov~ ...

THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW

... might be improved time could only show, but he would be sorry to see their abolition. The Lord Mayor then went through the formalities, and swore to faithfully fulfil the duties of the office. The pro- cession then left the courts and returned to the Guildhall ...

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862

... its manifest and manifold advantages, and. to the number of the population. In a question of so much importance it was the duty of PUrliament to inteifere, and three msasures, if . sanctioned by legislati'e enactment, would contribute most materiallylto ...

REVIEWS

... measures. The abolition of the Corn Laws, he argues, was a step that necessarily in- f creased ther evils resulting from the potato hi~.itit aird was, moreovei,, a step taken with the design of so increasing them:- 1This repeal of the duties on foreign ...

THE HORSE SHOW

... doubt it VMwas: oeuLalW so, for isJ the ease of a conuederabie number of entries, if the merit is at all good all round, the duty.of selection must be naturally a delicate aud difficult one. The number of entries shows a, falling off as compared with last ...

THE NATIONAL FESTIVAL

... sound wvho would more fittingly perform the-task which it is now my duty to discharge. But though that inadequacy is obvious to all, the appropriateaess of the disecalge of this duty by one in my official position cansot but be apparent. It ia owing to ...