12 FEBRUARY 1876, page 1

Lord Granville Told A Very Good Story Of The Canal,

to illus- trate, as he said, the French proverb that "Man proposes, and God disposes." Lord Palmerston opposed M. de Lesseps' project, and this so excited the French that they......

The Government Has Not Loaded The Queen's Speech With Bills,

but Her Majesty promises measures for regulating the ultimate Tribunal of Appeal ; for amending the Merchant Shipping Laws ; for doing something about University Reform and......

Lord Derby Replied On The Whole Speech, But We Can

only condense the more important portion. The Government had signed the Austrian Note because they believed that the Imperial Powers intended to pacify the disturbed districts......

The Address Was Moved In The Upper House By The

Earl of Aberdeen, and seconded by the Earl of Ellesmere, in speeches calling for no comment, and then Lord Granville began his gentle and solvent criticism. He remarked on the......

The Mover And Seconder Of The Address In The Commons—mr.

Ridley, the Member for North Northumberland, and Mr. Mulholland, the Member for Downpatrick—both made much abler speeches than is usual with Members discharging that at once......

News Of The Week.

T " Queen opened Parliament in person on Tuesday, amid a ceremonial which is described as most imposing, though marred by the unmannerliness of the Commons, who, in their rush......

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