An Impressive Meeting Was Held At Her Majesty's Theatre On
Wednesday evening, to protest against the Home-rule Bill, —Earl Cowper, the Liberal Irish Lord-Lieutenant of 1880-82, in the chair. It was attended by Lord Salisbury, Mr. W. H.......
Sir William Harcourt's Budget On Thursday Was Preceded By A
curious little passage. at-arms between Mr. Lewis (M.P. for Derry) and the Irish Secretary, in which Mr. Lewis did not come off with flying colours. Mr. Lewis complained of the......
Prince Bismarck's Attempt To Lay A Ghost With Artillery Has
failed, and he has admitted it. In a speech on the 12th inst. to the Prussian House of Lords, he abandoned the May Laws, which he declared he did not even accurately know, as......
Mr. Gladstone's Reply On Tuesday Was Full Of Fire, And
pro- duced even more effect than his great opening speech. He insisted on the duty of undoing the great act of fraud by which the Union was carried. He made light of the......
Our Article On "mr. Forster " Last Week Has Been
misunderstood as asserting that Mr. Forster's demand for a Crimes Act in 1882 was refused altogether by the Liberal Cabinet of that day. We read it simply, as asserting what is......
For The Year 1886-87, The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Gave
his estimates of revenue and expenditure as follows :— REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. Customs 219,70 4 ,000 Consolidated Fund Charges £30 , 639,917 Excise 25,710,000 Army 18,233,200......
The Election For Ipswich On Wednesday Was Not Favourable To
the Government. Ipswich contains a large body of working men, and the Home-rule candidates were both strong, one being Sir Horace Davey, and the other Lord J. Hervey, locally a......
Sir William Harcourt Discharged What He Called The "un-...
duty " of making a Budget statement with his usual tact. But he did not supply all the usual figures. As to the last year's revenue and expenditure, for instance, he dealt only......
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