15 AUGUST 1885, page 3

On Wednesday, A Vote Of Thanks Was Passed In Both

Houses to Lord Wolseley and her Majesty's troops in the Soudan for the ability, courage, and determination exhibited in that most difficult campaign; and fall credit was done to......

A Duel Between Lord Salisbury And Lord Granville On The

refusal of the Liberals to join the Commission, followed Lord Iddesleigh's speech, Lord Salisbury taunting them with a wish to " boycott " the inquiry. Thereupon Mr.......

On Monday Lord Iddesleigh Made A Rather Forlorn Statement As

to the proposed Royal Commission of Inquiry into the De- pression of Trade. The depression, he said, which had now lasted some twelve years, was admitted on all hands. The......

We Greatly Regret To See That The Long Drought Is

likely to blight the hopes which bad been entertained as to the yield of the present harvest. Some of the returns show that every- thing will be scarcer this year than last,......

We Deeply Regret To See The Letter Of Sir Charles

Dilke to the Chairman of the Liberal Association of Chelsea, in which he says: —" I have received formal notice of the commencement of legal proceedings deeply affecting my......

In The Discussion On The Dwellings Of The Poor Bill,

on Tuesday, the debate turned chiefly on the power given in the Bill to apply the sites of certain public prisons to build dwellings for the working-classes, without paying for......

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In Committee On The Irish Land Purchase Bill On Tuesday,

Mr. Sexton moved the omission of the clause which requires the State to place one-fifth of the money advanced by it to the tenant in the hands of the Land Commissioners as a......

The Scotsman, Commenting On Our Article Of Last Week Upon

" The Future Government of Scotland," objects to two of the statements in it,—that the appointment of a Scotch minister, though occupying a position little, if at all, superior......