... SPEAKING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Speaking hut night at dinner of the members the Stockport Parliamentary Debating Society, Sir Joseph Leigh, ex-M.P. for the borough, replying to the toast The Houses of Parliament, said what struck him the House of ...

... SPEAKING PASSING SHIPS. NEW EFFORTS TO REVIVE SEA COURTESIES. The London Daily Mail says the fine old custom of speaking passing ships is rapidly dying out among the skippers of to-day, and the general opinion seems to be that the modern master is, as ...

... DUMB MAN SPEAKS. Dr. Drouot, professor at the National Imtitofe» the and Dumb in Paris, contributes to paper on singular case of dumb person sun recovoriug the power of speech. A child livvag Commune of Tremeaux, in the department of the • was struck ...

... WHO FEARS SPEAK OF '98 Last night very largely attended meeting was held in Belfast, for the purpose of commemorating the death of William Orr.a co. Antrim Presbyterian,who, 100 years ago, was hanged for his connection with the United Irishmen. P ...

... AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING UTOPIA PARAGUAY. A British Consular report on the Argentine Republic refers the failure cf the co-operative colony called New Australia in Paraguay. was started in 1891, when Australia was divided into two hostile camps. A series ...

... PLAIN SPEAKING BY MR. GEO. HARWOOD, M.P. HINT TO THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE COMPANY. Speaking a Liberal meeting at Bolton last night, Mr. George HarwooJ, M.P., referred length to criticisms of his views on the licensing question. He stated emphatically ...

... An Historic Sikoe.— It speaks volumes for the discipline of the army and for Henry's talent for organisation that on August 17, only three days after disembarkation, he was able move his force to Harfleur, and two days later to invest completely. Then ...

... The Johannesburg correspondent of the Times states that President Kruger, speaking Belfast, again dwelt on the danger to the independence the country which would result from the establishment of an advisory board at Johannesburg, and repeated his statement ...

... Speaking at Dewsbury last night, Sir Matthew White itidley expressed the opinion that there was prospect the engineering conference resulting in a settlement. He defended the Workmen's Compensation Act, declaring that both employers and emp oyed would ...

... Loud Wolseley on the Army Difficulty.—Lord Wolseley, speaking at Whitehall yesterday on voluntary and compulsory service, said it was generally accepted that cur army must be increased, or it could not fulfil its duties. Compulsory service was the simple ...

... THE EVENING NEWS. MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1897. To speak in opposition to the Sunday closing of public-houses at a Methodist bazaar requires courage on the part of the speaker. Therefore Mr. W. J. Galloway, M.P., is courageous. And bis credit that when he was ...

... Mr. hMe arQ extinct volcano. But whii t the effort, to indue. hi m speak - not afraid using his pen.* bas thS once more proved to the world that his style in the matter directness is growing not loss but mora vigorous. People have scarcely | finished ...