15 DECEMBER 1888, page 2

The Parliamentary Week Has Been Chiefly Wasted Over The...

progress being delayed by " discussion " on minor Scotch affairs and on the Irish police. The character of this latter discussion may be judged from the fact that on Tuesday Dr.......

Firing On Both Sides Still Goes On At Suakin, But

active operations are delayed for a moment. It would seem that during General Grenfell's cavalry reconnaisance of the enemy's entrenchments, he discovered certain facts which......

Mr. Goschen Made Perhaps The Best Speech Of The Year

in the Town Hall at Birmingham on Wednesday. We have contrasted its policy with that of Mr. Morley's speech at Clerkenwell in another column, and have pointed out some of its......

Lord Charles Beresford On Thursday Raised A Serious...

the condition of the Navy, arguing that we had scarcely sufficient battle-ships to fight France, and no reserve whatever of such vessels. He made a good point by showing that......

The Panama Scare In Paris Is Not Over Yet. The

lottery loan was reopened on Monday, and the most desperate efforts were made to ensure success, M. de Lesseps even weeping for joy before his subscribers, because four hundred......

Mr. John Morley, In His Speech At Foresters' Hall, Clerken-

well, on Wednesday, began with an attack on Lord Salisbury for his Suakin policy, for his East African policy, and for his indiscretion in calling the defeated Holborn candidate......

Mr. Goschen Ascribed Much Of The Waste Of Time In

the House of Commons to the frequent absence of the leader of the Opposition, and the not infrequent absence of his chief lieutenants from their places. The truth is, that they......