MR. GLADSTONE'S CRUISE

... MR, GLADSTONE'S CRUISE. On Tuesday tb Grantully Castle arrived at Tuber- t money, the Premah during the day having landed in the t, ship's boat and visted Loch Dormok, and afterwards y Rook Scoving. The vessel anchored at Salen Bay, near t Tobernioney, till yesterday morning, when sae was to N) prooeed via Pentland Firth to PeterhLead. It is arranged nh that the Grantully Castle, after sailing ...

Published: Thursday 02 September 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 970 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

OUTRAGES ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—BRITISH EXPEDITION

... OUTRAGES ON THE WEST COAST OF I AFRIOA.-BRITISH EXPEDITION. The British and African Steam Navigation. Company's Royal mail steamer Volta ?? Gabriel), with passen- gers and mails from the West Coast of Africa, has just arrived at Liverpool. She was at Old Calabar on the 11th March, when a meeting was held on board her Majesty's ship Forester, called by Comamodore Richards, to enquiro into the ...

Published: Monday 26 April 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 947 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

THE JAPANESE CUSTOMS TARIFF

... The Japanese Government have formulated their pro- posils for an increase in the duties on imports, and conm- munisated them to the foreign repsresentatives. The tariff appears to be a very complicated one. 3'l) classes are eniminratedl, and textile fabrics are charged at so much per srouare yard. It is for tire remost part an ad role.oervui tariff, the ratee of duty ranging fron 5 to ,d per ...

Published: Wednesday 23 June 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 559 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

Birmingham Daily Post AND JOURNAL

... AND JOURNAL. THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1880. Ni:EWS OF THE DAY. In the House of Commons, yesterday, on the third reading of the British Gas-liglht Company (Staffordshire Potteries) Bill, Mr. WOODALL movedl that it be read the third time in three months. He stated that the bill, which sought for addi- tional powers, was strongly opposed by his con- stituents, but, in consequence of a technical objec- ...

Published: Thursday 29 July 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7291 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY

... The followinig appearedl in a portion only of our edition on , Saturday , Ut-t S O O H1OUSE OF UOMMAOINS,-FjuDAY. THE STATE OF1 PUBLIC BUSINESS. Sir S. NozrsOCOTES said ho had not come down to tile ?? prepared wvith statistics of the character quoted by the ko0)bl lord, but there were two sides to this question. Uo thought if the spechlies of some of the Liberal members were added up during ...

Published: Monday 23 August 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 521 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

Birmingham Daily Post AND JOURNAL

... oftnaginiaND fRai1 'Lot AND J OURNAL. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1880. NEWS OF TH1E DAY. The Bacchante, -with the Princes ALBERT VICTOR and GEORGE of WALES on board, by accounts received at the Admiralty on Wednesday, was still at Vigo, and would accompany the Inconstant, flagship of Rear-Admiral the Earl of CLANWILLIAM, commanding the detached squadron, to Madeira- next Sunday. The arduous and ...

Published: Friday 29 October 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4122 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

DISTRICT NEWS

... Trin BRICIxT' OBELISK IN CHANCBRtY.-TbO further liserili g of the case Wills ?? the Ceejilaiation and thle 13right Testurnonitel Committee, respecting the obelisk now being cotuted at the bottom of the Holaly Walk is fixed for W~ed- nesday next. It was to have been argued on 'Ilthursday last. but a, very large number of affidavits having been filed by the defendants. an arrangement was made by ...

Published: Monday 20 September 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2458 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... FRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE LONDON. Saturday Night. , VESTERN humanity is a blunt sword -with Twhich i to combat Eastern cunning is now passing into aX proverb: and, indeed, the events of the past week A3 regards affairs in the Adriatic go far to establish the truth of the saying. Another protest from the Forte, defiance from its Minister at Scutari, ultimatums from the Powers, request for ...

Published: Monday 04 October 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2239 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

STOURBRIDGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

... STOURBRIDGE T Y ;RAMR ; Trho ?? w-r- A;RtThntlue1 ait t -1i - -- I The pri:es were distributed at this school on Sit Lord Lyttelton, who 3)resided on the ocession.atrde) Fletcher read tho report of the hoad master' ahe il e:l I J .T. Welch. wbich stated that the ntsmlr of b Rev roll bad agr.in reached its limit of ninety, an hayea th were eleven boys registercl for admiseioj ex term iter ...

Published: Monday 02 August 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 687 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

DESTRUCTION OF A LONDON CHURCH BY FIRE

... ' ! DESTRUCTION OF A LONDON CHURCH t I BY 1 IRE, Yesterday afternoon the pariah church of St. Mar's Whitechapel, usually known as ?? hitechapel Church, was totally wrecked by lire. only tile bare walls now remlaliling. 'Irom the statement of Mr. Mantle, one of the vergers, it i appears that his attention was calliod to the oatbreak by some of the servants in the rector'3 house, adjoininlg the ...

Published: Friday 27 August 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 595 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

Birmingham Daily Post AND JOURNAL

... AND JOURNAL. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1880. NIEWS OF THEI DAY. The House of Commons yesterday again went. into Committee on the Compensation for Dis- turbance (Ireland) Bill, and proceeded with the amendment proposed by Mr. FoitsrnER, that the. bill should only apply to holdings held at a rent' not exceeding £30. per annum, which was an amendment to a proposal made by Mr. Giesox to limit the ...

Published: Thursday 15 July 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5843 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

Birmingham Daily Post AND JOURNAL

... AND JOURNAL. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1880. NEWS OF THE' DAY. The Paris correspondent of the Daoily Chronicle is informed that tio Duke of CONTNAUGIT is ex- pected in that city at the beginning of January, but it is not said positively that the Duchess will accompany him. At a meeting of the electors of New Ross, Wex- ford, held yesterday, a resolution accepting Mr. FOLEY'S proffered resignation ...

Published: Tuesday 28 December 1880
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4648 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News