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Mr. Richard Brought On His Education Act Amendment Bill For

striking out the famous Twenty-fifth Clause on Wednesday, Sir Henry Havelock (M.P. for Sunderland) seconding him. The discussion was remarkably free from the acrimony of former......

The Suffolk Farmers, Under The Guidance Of Mr. Hunter Rod-

well, Q.C., have declared war to the knife upon their labourers.. At a meeting held at Bury St. Edmund's, with this gentleman in the chair, it was proposed that the Trades'......

This Is Not An Extravagant Government ; That Is Quite

clear. It promised to be one, but whenever it is asked for cash it is as close-fisted as Mr. Lowe. On Tuesday, Mr. Meldon, Member for Kildare, asked for a little more money for......

Lord Salisbury Has Introduced And Passed Through The Lords A

Bill adding a sixth member to the Cabinet of the Viceroy of India, who will have charge of the Public Works Department, already vast, and about to be entrusted with irrigation......

The Division List Is Rather Curious. Four Members Of The

late Cabinet, Mr. Lowe, Lord Hartington, Mr. Goschen, and Mr. Stansfeld, voted in the minority, and no less than twelve mem- bers of the late Government,—i.e., the four Cabinet......

The Miners At Aston Hall Colliery Have Struck, Because The

manager retained four non-Union men. The manager, therefore, by way of showing how he hated oppression, requested Mr. Glad- stone to turn the strikers out of their cottages. Mr.......

Mr. Cross Is Getting On With His Liquor Bill, Mainly

by letting the House do as it likes, and it likes to do very little, and that little in the restrictive sense. For instanee, the Home Secretary, who is in power because the......