15 MARCH 1879, page 2

The Government Is Decidedly Unlucky In All That Relates To

Zululand. The first steamers with reinforcements on board were so loaded with stores, that it was impossible to give them enough coal for the voyage to the Cape, and they were......

The Financial News From India Is Not Good. The Budget

pro- duced in Calcutta on March 13th shows that the deficit of 1877-78 was 23,543,000, in addition to 24,790,000 spent on, public works. In 1878-79, there was a surplus of......

There Was Another Egyptian Debate On Thursday In The House

of Commons, Sir G. Campbell wanting to know why the British Government supported an Administration at Cairo which ruled in the interest, not of Egyptians, who are perishing of......

Sir Wilfrid Lawson Exchanged His Permissive Bill This...

an abstract resolution declaring the right of the inhabitants of any district to decide for themselves on the subject of the grant and renewal of the publicans' licences in that......

Yesterday Week, Mr. Courtney Moved A Resolution To The...

that it is injurious to the best interests of the country that women who have a vote for municipal elections and for School Board elections should have none for Parliamentary......

The Debate, Of Course, Turned On The Distinctionbetween...

missive Bill of former years and the principle of a" local option," which was all that was claimed as the necessary drift of the resolution; and it soon appeared that many......

Mr. Cross Has For The Second Time Proved Himself, As

supreme Judge, amenable to "influence." Our readers will remember that he stopped by a pardon proceedings against a " Countess," believed to belong to the Brunswick family. He......

Mr. E. A. Owen, Of 1 Tanfield Court, Temple, In

a very nalf way, gives a portion of the public a piece of rather startling in- formation. The Polytechnic caught fire on Friday week, and the upper floors were burnt out. The......

It Is Not Easy To Understand Prince Bismarck's Position...

the " Gagging Law." It has been rejected almost unanimously by the German Parliament, and was very feebly defended by the Chancellor, whose line in the debate has been to say......