17 APRIL 1880, page 1

The Tory Ministry Has Recognised The Situation, And, It Is

understood, will resign at once ; but their followers are still slightly bewildered. They cannot understand that Lord Beaconsfield went to the country on his foreign policy, and......

Lord Lytton Has Sent In Isis Resignation, And Has Been

created an Earl, an honour which he deserves, at all events for his fidelity to his chief. A man of extreme cleverness, though not of ability, and of great power of work, he was......

News Of The Week • T He Country Is All But

unanimous in the desire to get Mr. Gladstone to assume once more the office of Prime Minister. No one can read the country papers,—the real index of the feel- ing of the......

We Reported Last Week That In The Ten Days During

which the Elections had proceeded, the Liberals had gained 112 seats (without counting mere Home-rule gains from the Conserva- tives), and lost twenty-three, leaving a net gain......

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Lord Hartington Carried North-east Lancashire By A...

than 1,400 votes over his highest opponent, and even his colleague, Mr. Grafton, stood nearly 1,300 votes higher on the poll than the highest of the Con- servatives, Mr. Ecroyd.......

The Extreme Dislike Of The Fighting-classes Of India To...

in Afghanistan has at last been officially acknowledged by the Government and the Commander-in-Chief. On March 16th the following order was issued from the Adjutant-General's......