15 MARCH 1873, page 2

The Irish University Debate Of This Week Was Renewed By

Mr. Vernon Harcourt, on Monday, in a speech of apology for the Bill, which was of course not unseasoned with sarcasm. He spoke of Mr. Lowe as " the Philippe Egalite' of......

A Correspondent Of The Times, Who Writes From Zanzibar, And

is obviously well informed, states that the Sultan has _finally refused to sign a Treaty binding him to suppress the slave,,trade. He alleges that slavery is permitted by liep......

Mr. Gladstone Made The Chief Point Of His Reply, Turn

on the tenderness betrayed by Mr. Disraeli for the Con- current endowment which he had fornially declared to be dead,—the Prime Minister stating in one pert of his speech with......

We Imagine That The " Gauge Question " In India,

which for years past has created so much heartburning, has been settled at last, and settled against the "break." On Friday week the question was brought before the House of......

Mr. Disraeli, Except.when He Was Amusing, Wasrather...

He dwelt too long on the eccentric proposal to let all the religious bodiesin Ireland give divinity degrees, deelaring•with mock, horror that it was luckyhe did not venture to......

The First County Election Under The Ballot, That Of...

was carried against the Liberal - candidate by a very much in- creased majority as compared with the majority of 1868. Then Mr. George Cornwall Legh had a majority of- only 604......

The Last Night Of The Debate Was Memorable Chiefly For

the closing speeches of the leaders, but earlier in the evening Mn Myles O'Reilly had made a very effective attack on the Queen's University, declaring that Mr. Heron, one of......

The German Emperor Opened His Parliament On Wednesday In A

speech, the most important portion of which was a.recogpsi- tion that the internal condition of France had been pacifically developed, that the sums due for the indemnity had......

The Bill Legalising Marriage With A Deceased Wife's...

thrown out on Thursday in the Lomb by a vote of 74 to 49. The- speeches were of the usual kind, and the division litt&_no party character, Lord Kimberley voting. fer the Bill,......