12 FEBRUARY 1870, page 1

Sir C. Dilke Was Immediately Followed By Mr. Disraeli, Who

was apparently in some alarm lest his followers should stumble on fallible views of their own. He limited himself entirely to the subject of Ireland, and his line was, on the......

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P ARLIAMENT was opened by Commission on Tuesday, and the Queen's Speech read to a small knot of Peers and a - - ,boxfull of Members from the Lower House. The Speech appears to......

The Debate On The Address In The Lords Was Languid,

though' Lord Cairns made some points. The Marquis of Huntly, who moved the Address, was fluent, but stuck very closely to the Speech, including a paragraph about America, which......

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Mr. Bright Has Broken Down Just At The Commencement Of

the Session, and is ordered to abstain absolutely from all mental labour for at least a month, nor do some of his friends conceal their fear that a longer rest and retirement......

The Debate On The Address Was Moved In The Commons

by the Hon. Captain Egerton (M.P. for South Derbyshire), more of a sailor than of a speaker, who blurted out pretty plainly, in a short speech which contained no other......

Lord Granville In Reply Congratulated Lord Cairns On His...

to the leadership of the House, but denied the responsibility of Government for the state of Ireland, his real point, a Most important one, being this : the difficulty of......