16 AUGUST 1879, page 1

The Chancellor Of The Exchequer, In Moving The Second Read-

ing of the Public Works Loans Bill on Saturday last, gave a most dismal account of the losses on these loans made by the State to Municipal Bodies. Since 1792, when this system......

The Last Evening Of Debate In The Commons,—thursday...

sad-coloured. First, Mr. Grissell, who surrendered to the Serjeant-at-Arms so soon as there were but two days left of the Session, was ordered. to Newgate for the remaining......

The Commission Of Inquiry Into The Causes Of Agricultural...

is much too big for practical purposes, and is furnished, in the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, with too mild, and bovine a chairman. There is no representative of the......

News Of The Week.

P ARLIAME NT was prorogued yesterday. The Queen, who was represented by the Lord Chancellor, is made to say that her relations with other Powers continue to be cordial, and that......

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Sir Julian Goldsmicl's Attack On The Government Both For Its

mismanagement, and for its secret management, of our Egyptian policy, was made on Monday, and was complete, un- answerable, and unanswered. He was seconded by Sir Charles Dilke,......